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It's been a fantastically fun first year of The Everything Red Deer Podcast with many amazing guests. This is the first of two 'Best Of' episodes -- this week sports and next week news. Today on the podcast, you can hear a new edition of our weekly segment ICYMI, plus the best of the show's sports interviews from year one with: 7:11 - Stettler hockey player and motivational speaker Jesse Jack 15:4...

Red Deer has renamed its downtown recreation centre, the Don Moore Recreation Centre. On this week's episode, host Josh Hall catches up with some of the people who knew him and knew of his great contributions to the community of Red Deer. Hear from his son Glenn Moore, City general manager of operations Sarah Tittemore, old colleague Jim Fry, and a performance, by Don's son Rick, of the song "A Ma...

Welcome to this bonus and milestone 50th episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast, which is dedicated entirely to Remembrance Day. Here's what you'll hear on this episode: Opening remarks from host Josh Hall (0:00) In Flanders Fields (8:22) Community friends share what remembrance means to them (9:07) Interview with Al Cameron, founder Veterans Voices of Canada (17:46) Interview with Ray Stuart,...

This week, get to know a little about Brent Ramsay, who was recently elected the new mayor for Red Deer County. That interview took place this week at Red Deer County council's swearing-in ceremony, and was conducted by rdnewsNOW's Ian Gustafson. We also have In Case You Missed It, with the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com. Don't miss our very special 50th episode, dedicated to Remembrance...

Krissy Fiddler, show manager for the 41st annual Agri-Trade, is this week's feature guest on the show (8:48). Agri-Trade might sound like it's only for one group of people, but we're here to squash that theory, because Agri-Trade is definitely for everyone! We also have some PSAs from the Red Deer Rebels and Red Deer Christmas Bureau, and of course, In Case You Missed It (4:26), going through the...

Mayor-elect for the city of Red Deer, Cindy Jefferies, joins rdnewsNOW's Josh Hall in studio at BIG105 to discuss, one-on-one, winning the Oct. 20 municipal election, and a wide variety of topics, including the busy campaign, her mayoral bid loss in 2013, priorities for council as the term begins Nov. 3, property taxes, dynamic staffing at Red Deer Emergency Services, homelessness, housing, Downto...

The Alberta teachers' strike is coming to a head, and the energy among teachers was evident Friday in Red Deer where a rally was held at City Hall Park. Host Josh Hall was there to catch up with ATA local presidents Evelyn Chan and Sara Lambert (7:31), as well as Meagan Parisian with the Alberta School Councils' Association (14:06). Finally, we have audio from a press conference held Friday featur...

If you are a business- or entrepreneurship-minded individual, this episode of the show is for you. If you are a Red Deer Rebels fan and want to hear from the new hometown captain of the club, it's also for you. Today, hear from Talon Brigley on being named the club's 29th captain (2:38), and then hear from Cathy Forner with the Catalyst Incubator program, which is helping entrepreneurs get off to...

National Fire Prevention Week runs Oct. 5-11, so what better time to chat with Red Deer County Fire Chief Drayton Bussiere? Drayton talks about this year's theme, which is lithium ion battery-related, as well as smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and the ongoing fire restriction. As well, both the city and county are hosting fire prevention open houses this week -- the city on Oct. 4 and...

For the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, The Everything Red Deer Podcast spoke with local Indigenous and Indigenous organization leaders in the Red Deer area, including Donna Bishop and Lianne Hazell of the Red Deer Native Friendship Society, as well as Aaren Howse with the Red Deer Indigenous Dance Troupe. Plus, the show is happy to partner with 'A Day to Listen,' an initiative of the Do...

When could be a better time than a month before voting day to get to know the five people running to be mayor of Red Deer? Plus, one last podcast interview (barring any 11th hour controversies) with outgoing Red Deer Mayor Ken Johnston. And of course, In Case You Missed It, as well as some important election information! In Case You Missed It: 2:18  Election Info: 4:44  Ken Johnston: 9:0...

Delayed by sickness, the Sept. 20 (19th) episode of the show features 2x Red Deer Paralympian swimmer Tammy Cunnington, whose new book 'Still Fighting' is out Oct. 4 on all main ebook platforms, as well as Amazon and IngramSpark. Tammy speaks with host Josh Hall about where her athletic journey began, when her childhood took a terrifying turn, and how she's morphed that into being an inspiration t...

This week, host Josh Hall was out at Wolf Creek Golf Course in Ponoka for the long-running Alberta Sports Hall of Fame (ASHoF) golf tournament. First, Josh has In Case You Missed It (3:30), zigzagging through the top local stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com, then some community event info (6:00), and finally, interviews with ASHoF Board Chair Murray Cunningham (8:17), and Board Director Kelly Bl...

Thirty-five years after his daring escape and adventures in the wilds of Red Deer, Francis the Pig has been re-immortalized with a repaired, reinstalled, bronzed, and boujeed-up base. This week, we re-tell Francis's story, but host Josh Hall couldn't have done it without the amazing help of the City of Red Deer's Colleen Sharpe, the City of Red Deer Archives' Jillian Staniec, and former city emplo...

You want Red Deer Rebels? The Everything Red Deer Podcast gives you all the Red Deer Rebels content you can handle this week. First, hear from play-by-play broadcaster Troy Gillard (7:40), then new head coach March Habscheid (22:02), and finally, 2025 first round draft pick Nolan Wolitski (29:24)! In Case You Missed It is back this week (2:48) with the top five stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com...

[NOTE: Event venue changed to Westerner Park] -- It's almost here... the inaugural (first annual?) Red Deer Folk Fest runs Aug. 30-31. Learn all about it from the man behind it -- local singer/songwriter, and president at Deer City Records, Jesse Roads. More about the fest(ival?) is at reddeerfolkfest.com. And find the companion article, as always, at rdnewsNOW.com. PSSSST... No In Case You Missed...

Ten years ago, Fast Eddy, or Edward Dostaler as he's known legally, began his run across Canada, and then he ran back, all in support of Alzheimer's and breast cancer awareness (8:34). Eddy made stops in Red Deer going both directions, and made a profound impact on the many Canadians he met along the way, including yours truly, the host of this podcast, Josh Hall. Eddy has now written a book about...

On the show this week, host Josh Hall is joined by former deputy premier of Alberta and organizer of the 'Alberta Forever Canada' petition, Thomas Lukaszuk (9:32), plus Innisfail town councillor Jason Heistad (24:34) who is registered with Elections Alberta to be a petition canvasser over the next three months. From why Lukaszuk chose to undertake this petition with the old, more difficult regulat...

In this very special bonus episode of the show, co-creator and lead singer of Canadian rock band Chilliwack, Bill Henderson, speaks with host Josh Hall about the band's history, experiences, and what's led them to the here and now, on their Farewell to Friends Tour, which stops in Rimbey, Alberta on Aug. 8 during the Rock the Track Music Festival.   *All music in this episode is supplied...

On the Aug. 1, 2025 episode of the show, host Josh Hall speaks with Linda MacPhail (8:40), executive director with the Alberta Sports and Recreation Association for the Blind, which is celebrating 50 years this year. As usual, Josh has In Case You Missed It (3:05), and The Page (21:32), plus a quick note on the anniversary of the Black Friday Tornado.

Are you ready to Rock the Track, August 7-9 in Rimbey? Back to our regularly scheduled Friday programming, with In Case You Missed It, then host Josh Hall previews Rock the Track, with its creator Terry Raymond (9:13); plus, the frontman for long-time Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman, Tyler Connolly, is on the show (19:37)! Tyler also sticks around for our segment, The Page, in partnership w...

On this bonus episode (our third episode in four days), rdnewsNOW journalist Ian Gustafson chats with 2025 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, and frankly, legends of the game, Joe Nieuwendyk (7:13) and Carla MacLeod (14:09). The interviews were conducted at this past weekend's induction gala at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer, which is home to the Hall. For more details on h...

On this bonus episode of the pod, host Josh Hall is joined by Bonnie Critchley, an independent candidate running in the Aug. 18 federal byelection for Battle River-Crowfoot in east-central Alberta. But she isn't up against just the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, she has more than 100 opponents, most of whom are protest candidates, all of whom will also be listed on the ballot as 'Inde...

A loaded episode this week features the leader of the Republican Party of Alberta, Cameron Davies. Off the hop, host Josh Hall starts with some food for thought on why we chose to do this interview, and then it's time for the segment sweeping social media -- 'In Case You Missed It,' rolling through the week's top five stories at rdnewsNOW.com. Then, learn about a local initiative for cancer patien...

In the season three premiere of The Everything Red Deer Podcast, host Josh Hall takes a reflective and retrospective look back at the Pine Lake tornado, which caused its devastation, including 12 fatalities, 140 injuries, and over $3 million in property damage, 25 years ago, as of this Monday, July 14. Following 'In Case You Missed It,' (9:10) Josh speaks with long-time central Alberta media perso...