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A Central Albertan is among 5 in the province to die from COVID this weekend. (April 5 update)

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Information from covid19stats.alberta.ca

From the Province of Alberta

Three additional deaths have been reported in the Calgary, Central and North zones. That is a total of 14 deaths in the Calgary zone, four in the Edmonton zone, four in the North zone, and one in the Central zone

Five Albertans have died so far this weekend bringing the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 23.  The province has 1,250 cases of COVID-19.

  • A total of 919 cases are laboratory confirmed, and 331 are probable cases (symptomatic close contacts of laboratory confirmed cases). Laboratory positivity rates remain consistent at two per cent.
  • Cases have been identified in all zones across the province:
    • 774 cases in the Calgary zone
    • 309 cases in the Edmonton zone
    • 67 cases in the Central zone
    • 77 cases in the North zone
    • 20 cases in the South zone
    • Three cases in zones yet to be confirmed
  • Of these cases, there are currently 48 people in hospital, of which 13 have been admitted to intensive care units (ICU).
  • Of the 1,250 total cases, 152 are suspected of being community acquired.
  • There are now a total of 279 confirmed recovered cases.

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As of Sunday, April 5 there are 67 cases in Central Alberta.

Altogether Red Deer has 26 cases of COVID-19.

  • Red Deer – East has 16
  • Red Deer – South West has 4
  • Red Deer – North West has 6

Here’s the breakdown in the Central Zone.

  • Red Deer – 26
  • Red Deer County – 13
  • Wetaskiwin County – 8
  • Lacombe – 3
  • Camrose & County – 3
  • Olds – 2
  • Vegreville / Windburn County – 2
  • Vermilion River County – 2
  • Tofield – 2
  • Innisfail – 1
  • Ponoka – 1
  • Stettler County – 1
  • Three Hills / Highway 21 – 1
  • Sundre – 1

There are still wide swaths of Central Alberta showing no cases so far.

We thought it would be interesting to compare Red Deer to other mid-size cities in Alberta.

 

  • Red Deer – 26
  • Saint Albert – 25
  • Leduc and Devon – 25
  • Sherwood Park – 17
  • Airdrie – 13
  • Medicine Hat – 9
  • Lethbridge – 6
  • Fort McMurray – 4
  • Grande Prairie – 2

 

Here are the total numbers for the province.  In recent days the percentage of cases in Central Alberta has dropped from 8 to 5.

 

To wear, or not to wear a homemade mask? That is the question.

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After 15 years as a TV reporter with Global and CBC and as news director of RDTV in Red Deer, Duane set out on his own 2008 as a visual storyteller. During this period, he became fascinated with a burgeoning online world and how it could better serve local communities. This fascination led to Todayville, launched in 2016.

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Sylvan Lake football coach fired for opposing transgender ideology elected to town council

Published on November 18, 2025

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By Anthony Murdoch

Taylor ‘Teej’ Johannesson was fired by H.J. Cody High School in Sylvan Lake because he spoke out against gender confusion, but the community rallied to support him.

A Central Alberta high school football coach who was fired for sharing his views opposing transgender ideology on social media has been vindicated by members of his community, who voted him in to be a town councilors.

As reported by LifeSiteNews earlier this year, coach Taylor ‘Teej’ Johannesson was fired by H.J. Cody High School in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, by school principal Alex Lambert because he spoke out against gender-confused youth who “take their hatred of Christians” to another level by committing violent acts against them.

Many in his community, which is located in a traditionally conservative area of Alberta, rallied to support Johannesson and even had a GiveSendGo campaign for him at one point.

Saying of his win, as noted in a Western Standard report, Johannesson described it as being vindicated, noting how his wife told him, “You’re vindicated — the good wins now. God closed one door and opened a bigger one.”

Last month, Alberta had municipal elections province-wide, and Johannesson ran for a seat on the Sylvan Lake town council. After the results were tallied, he won a seat on the council, noting how he ran for office to fight against the creep of the woke agenda on society.

Johannesson said that he ran for the same council four years ago “purely on an anti-vaccine platform,” saying he was “pissed off at the mandates.”

He said he decided to run for town council as a Christian conservative so he could share his pro-family beliefs with people in the town, so “everyone knows who I am and what my beliefs, morals, and values are, so that way, if I get elected, I could just keep being that way.”

He noted how he received a lot of “hate and slander” from many people, including many in the school, because of his beliefs. However, their plan against him backfired.

“That school tried to bury me, and instead they lifted me,” he said, adding that going from fired football coach to town councillor in “two months was pretty good.”

The legal demand letter, which was sent to school officials last week, reads, “Given that Mr. Johannesson’s expression in the TikTok Video was not connected to his volunteer work, the principal and the division have no authority to regulate his speech and punish him by the Termination decision, which is ultra vires (“beyond the powers.)”

Teej has been in trouble before with the school administration. About three years ago, he was called in to see school officials for posting on Twitter a biological fact that “Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.”

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Pierre Poilievre will run to represent Camrose, Stettler, Hanna, and Drumheller in Central Alberta by-election

Published on May 3, 2025

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By Anthony Murdoch

Conservative MP-elect Damien Kurek announced Friday he would be willing to give up his seat as an MP so Pierre Poilievre, who lost his seat Monday, could attempt to re-join Parliament.

Conservative MP-elect Damien Kurek announced Friday he would be willing to give up his seat in a riding that saw the Conservatives easily defeat the Liberals by 46,020 votes in this past Monday’s election. Poilievre had lost his seat to his Liberal rival, a seat which he held for decades, which many saw as putting his role as leader of the party in jeopardy.

Kurek has represented the riding since 2019 and said about his decision, “It has been a tremendous honor to serve the good people of Battle River—Crowfoot.”

“After much discussion with my wife Danielle, I have decided to step aside for this Parliamentary session to allow our Conservative Party Leader to run here in a by-election,” he added.

Newly elected Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney used his first post-election press conference to say his government will unleash a “new economy” that will further “deepen” the nation’s ties to the world.

He also promised that he would “trigger” a by-election at once, saying there would be “no games” trying to prohibit Poilievre to run and win a seat in a safe Conservative riding.

Poilievre, in a statement posted to X Friday, said that it was with “humility and appreciation that I have accepted Damien Kurek’s offer to resign his seat in Battle River-Crowfoot so that I can work to earn the support of citizens there to serve them in Parliament.”

 

“Damien’s selfless act to step aside temporarily as a Member of Parliament shows his commitment to change and restoring Canada’s promise,” he noted.

Carney said a new cabinet will be sworn in on May 12.

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