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Josh Hall-rdnewsNOW

@vancan19.bsky.social

• Award-winning journalist @rdnewsNOW, host of The Everything #RedDeer Podcast • Dad & husband • IBD (colitis) & IBS • #2SLGBTQ+ ally (he/him) • OG #Canucks YouTuber • Craft🍻 • #StarWars NERD • Surrey boy • Living on Treaty 6&7 territory of Turtle Island

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PLUS: #Lacombe's mayor and Lacombe County's reeve, who recently spoke to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture & Agrifood about the impending closure of the local research and development centre. LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/6Mjg...

06.03.2026 17:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Arguably the top U15 hockey player in Canada is on The Everything #RedDeer Podcast (ep. 61) today, and that's Madden Daneault, who just finished a record-breaking 34-0, 149-point season. LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/6Mjg...

06.03.2026 17:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ep. 60: Big Sugar's Gordie Johnson talks 30th anniversary Hemi-Vision tour

Ep. 60 of The Everything #RedDeer Podcast features Big Sugar founder and lead singer Gordie Johnson! The band plays Bo's Bar and Stage TONIGHT! LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/5tow...

13.02.2026 21:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Everything #RedDeer Podcast (Ep. 59): A Night Among Stars, and talking Big Brothers Big Sisters #Lacombe & District open.spotify.com/episode/1Tnv...

06.02.2026 19:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ep. 58: Lacombe Mayor Thalia Hibbs addresses closure of AAFC Research and Development Centre

The Everything #RedDeer Podcast (ep. 58): #Lacombe Mayor Thalia Hibbs addresses closure of 119-year-old Research and Development Centre by AAFC open.spotify.com/episode/5nOt... #canpoli #agriculture @rdnewsnow.bsky.social

30.01.2026 13:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Ep. 57: Kicking off 2026 discussing the latest on homelessness and housing in Red Deer

The Everything Red Deer Podcast is back for 2026: Reviewing Red Deer's housing & homelessness portfolios + The City approves new winter response plan open.spotify.com/episode/4hJS... #RedDeer #CentralAlberta #ableg #abpoli

24.01.2026 01:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alberta’s mental health and addictions minister says overdose stats declining, but stats suggest otherwise How the fight to save people in Red Deer from opioid-related overdoses is going, seems to be a matter of persp...

My story with Alberta's minister for mental health & addictions who says opioid overdose-related stats are declining, but the gov't's own surveillance system in many ways suggests otherwise rdnewsnow.com/2026/01/05/a... #ableg #abpoli #RedDeer #CentralAlberta

06.01.2026 17:23 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Everything #RedDeer Podcast: Revisiting @rdnewsNOW’s top local SPORTS stories of 2025 -- LISTEN NOW (wherever you get your podcasts): open.spotify.com/episode/5iAJ...

31.12.2025 17:05 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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💥🎙️Ep. 55: My year-in-review podcast special is here, looking back at many of the top local news (non-sports) stories of the year in central Alberta and #RedDeer, as reported by @rdnewsnow.bsky.social!

LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/5bWm...

Watch for my year-in-review in local sports ep. 12/31!

26.12.2025 17:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

VOTE UNTIL 9 A.M., DEC. 23! #RedDeer #CentralAlberta

21.12.2025 05:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ep. 54: It's our Bday -- Enjoy a rant, some laughs, and farm talk!

Today is the first birthiversary of The Everything Red Deer Podcast! We've got lots to share today too! If you've listened to the podcast, if you've been on it, if you've shared it... I've got two words: Thank you! LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/1cMi... #RedDeer

13.12.2025 04:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Best of’ The Everything #RedDeer Podcast – Year 1: News Edition is out NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5lAi...

#CentralAlberta #podcasts #BestOfEpisode #FirstAnniversary @rdnewsnow.bsky.social

05.12.2025 17:37 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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BEST OF THE EVERYTHING #REDDEER PODCAST - YEAR ONE: SPORTS EDITION🏒🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🎤ft. Clara Hughes, Jesse Jack, Joe Nieuwendyk and Tammy Cunnington! LISTEN wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/44XD... @rdnewsnow.bsky.social

28.11.2025 19:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Recall petition against him “will fail,” predicts Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan is officially on the hot seat.Stephan, a United Conservative backbencher and ...

NEW: My story on the recall petition now facing #RedDeer-South UCP MLA Jason Stephan, with fiery comments from both Stephan and the petition applicant rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/25/r... #ableg #abpoli

25.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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🎙On this Nov. 11, I hope you'll join me in remembering by checking out The Everything Red Deer Podcast for a very special bonus Remembrance Day 50th episode! LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/02AP...

READ: rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/11/2...

11.11.2025 13:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Episode 49 of the Everything #RedDeer Podcast: Meet Red Deer County's new mayor, Brent Ramsay (interview done by rdnewsNOW's Ian Gustafson) open.spotify.com/episode/5SSx...

Episode 50 coming this Tuesday, Nov. 11!

07.11.2025 20:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#WANTITALL #WANTITNOW! LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!

02.11.2025 00:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Recount overturns election result for Red Deer Catholic trustee Following a recount, one election result in Red Deer has been altered. Initial results showed Emily Huber had ...

ELECTION UPDATE: Recount overturns result for #RedDeer Catholic trustee rdnewsnow.com/2025/10/25/r...

26.10.2025 03:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎙One-on-one: #RedDeer mayor-elect Cindy Jefferies is my guest today on a brand new episode of The Everything #RedDeer Podcast! SO MANY topics covered. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1OEc...

24.10.2025 13:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Red Deer mayor-elect Cindy Jefferies reacts to win, rest of council announced Cindy Jefferies admitted Tuesday it was an unusual way to find out she'd been elected mayor.On a TV screen, Je...

Full #RedDeer election results are here, plus initial reaction from mayor-elect Cindy Jefferies, who'll be my guest on The Everything #RedDeer Podcast tomorrow. | MORE: rdnewsnow.com/2025/10/23/r...
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23.10.2025 14:52 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Statement from City of #RedDeer to @rdnewsnow.bsky.social explaining delay in municipal election and school board election results...

21.10.2025 20:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Results: Municipal Election day arrives in central Alberta Election day for the 2025 municipal election has finally arrived in central Alberta and in municipalities acro...

On the air tonight at 8, 9, 10, 1030, 11 and 1130 on BIG105 and 106.7 REWIND Radio with central Alberta election coverage. #RedDeer will not have results but many others have said they will. All the latest will be @rdnewsnow.bsky.social. MORE: rdnewsnow.com/2025/10/20/m...

21.10.2025 01:02 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcast: Striking teachers and their supporters rally in Red Deer; back-to-work legislation coming if strike doesn’t end Listen to this story on today's brand new episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast! -- Back-to-school legisl...

Written story from @rdnewsnow.bsky.social is here: rdnewsnow.com/2025/10/17/p...

18.10.2025 13:54 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sights and sounds from Friday's teachers rally in #RedDeer. Get up to speed on the strike with the new episode of The Everything #RedDeer Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/01sP...

18.10.2025 13:53 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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...plus Meagan Parisian with the Alberta School Councils' Association... BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE: I bring you audio from the press conference today with Premier Danielle Smith and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

18.10.2025 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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TEACHER, TEACHER! Pretty, pretty big new episode of The Everything #RedDeer Podcast today, with yours truly getting you completely up to speed with everything going on with the Alberta teachers' strike. I speak with the presidents of ATA locals 60 and 80...

18.10.2025 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Teachers and supporters rallying right now in #RedDeer... #ableg

17.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There should be a tournament-style bracket vote to see which deal the provincial government has to agree to with the teachers. #ableg

15.10.2025 20:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week, I dove into the inaugural @solaralberta.ca municipal report cards, on which #RedDeer got a measly 13%. I speak to the city, plus Solar Alberta ED Heather MacKenzie on the role of municipal politicians in effecting solar policy rdnewsnow.com/2025/10/15/r... #abvotes2025

15.10.2025 19:09 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcast: Catalyst incubator helping central Alberta entrepreneurs find their path Entrepreneurs ready to take their business and thrive...That's who the Central Alberta Regional Innovation Net...

Written story with Cathy Forner of the Catalyst Incubator program: rdnewsnow.com/2025/10/10/p...

10.10.2025 16:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0