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Business Spotlight: Living Sounds Hearing Centre

- What is your business?
Living Sounds Hearing Centre is a leading hearing healthcare clinic. Our team of dedicated professionals is committed to helping our clients improve how they hear and communicate with the world around them. We treat each client uniquely, offering personalized hearing care that includes diagnostic evaluations, education, and rehabilitation tools which help us customize the right hearing solution to meet their needs.
- When did your business open?
Living Sounds was formed in 2002 in Edmonton. Through the years, it has grown to become one of the largest hearing health centers in Alberta with over 20 locations throughout Central Alberta and Greater Edmonton. In January 2021, our team joined forces with an existing hearing healthcare clinic, located in Red Deer, that had been operating for over 10 years.
- What makes your business unique?
At Living Sounds Hearing Centre, we believe that everyone’s journey to better hearing is unique, and that hearing loss is about more than just hearing aids. We understand the challenges our clients are facing and the impact that hearing loss can have on their lives.
Our experienced team of hearing care professionals will walk you through the first steps of setting up a hearing evaluation and if additional services are needed, we will guide you every step of the way to better hearing with honesty and respect.
- What are some products/services that you offer?
In addition to offering a full line of hearing aids and devices to fit all budgets, we also provide audiological testing, counselling, and hearing protection products.
- Why did you choose Downtown Red Deer as the location for your business?
This central location makes it easy for Red Deer residents, no matter what part of the city they live it, to visit and shop downtown. We felt it was important to bring our essential service of hearing healthcare to the most accessible area of the city.
- What do you think makes Downtown vibrant?
The diversity of the businesses in downtown Red Deer make it an interesting and lively location to operate. Plus, the work done by the Downtown Business Association to keep the area clean, add colour with planters and organize events attracts people to visit downtown.
- Finish this sentence: I love Downtown Red Deer because…
It showcases the pride the residents have for the city they live in. The city hall park is beautiful in all seasons and is a draw for residents and visitors. Ross Street patio is a great place to enjoy local cuisine, local music and spend time with family and friends.
2025 Federal Election
POLL: Canadians want spending cuts

By Gage Haubrich
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released Leger polling showing Canadians want the federal government to cut spending and shrink the size and cost of the bureaucracy.
“The poll shows most Canadians want the federal government to cut spending,” said Gage Haubrich, CTF Prairie Director. “Canadians know they pay too much tax because the government wastes too much money.”
Between 2019 and 2024, federal government spending increased 26 per cent even after accounting for inflation. Leger asked Canadians what they think should happen to federal government spending in the next five years. Results of the poll show:
- 43 per cent say reduce spending
- 20 per cent say increase spending
- 16 per cent say maintain spending
- 20 per cent don’t know
The federal government added 108,000 bureaucrats and increased the cost of the bureaucracy 73 per cent since 2016. Leger asked Canadians what they think should happen to the size and cost of the federal bureaucracy. Results of the poll show:
- 53 per cent say reduce
- 24 per cent say maintain
- 4 per cent say increase
- 19 per cent don’t know
Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised to “balance the operating budget in three years.” Leger asked Canadians if they believed Carney’s promise to balance the budget. Results of the poll show:
- 58 per cent are skeptical
- 32 per cent are confident
- 10 per cent don’t know
“Any politician that wants to fix the budget and cut taxes will need to shrink the size and cost of Ottawa’s bloated bureaucracy,” Haubrich said. “The polls show Canadians want to put the federal government on a diet and they won’t trust promises about balancing the budget unless politicians present credible plans.”
2025 Federal Election
Carney’s budget means more debt than Trudeau’s

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is criticizing Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney’s budget plan for adding another $225 billion to the debt.
“Carney plans to borrow even more money than the Trudeau government planned to borrow,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “Carney claims he’s not like Trudeau and when it comes to the debt, here’s the truth: Carney’s plan is billions of dollars worse than Trudeau’s plan.”
Today, Carney released the Liberal Party’s “fiscal and costing plan.” Carney’s plan projects the debt to increase consistently.
Here is the breakdown of Carney’s annual budget deficits:
- 2025-26: $62 billion
- 2026-27: $60 billion
- 2027-28: $55 billion
- 2028-29: $48 billion
Over the next four years, Carney plans to add an extra $225 billion to the debt. For comparison, the Trudeau government planned on increasing the debt by $131 billion over those years, according to the most recent Fall Economic Statement.
Carney’s additional debt means he will waste an extra $5.6 billion on debt interest charges over the next four years. Debt interest charges already cost taxpayers $54 billion every year – more than $1 billion every week.
“Carney’s debt binge means he will waste $1 billion more every year on debt interest charges,” Terrazzano said. “Carney’s plan isn’t credible and it’s even more irresponsible than the Trudeau plan.
“After years of runaway spending Canadians need a government that will cut spending and stop wasting so much money on debt interest charges.”
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