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Great entertainment options for the whole crew at Westerner Park this month!

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A brand new year means brand new experiences! Westerner Park is committed to bringing world-class events to Central Alberta in 2020 and beyond. As we ring in the new year, we look forward to creating new memories with our community.

Here’s a look at what’s coming up this month at the Park!

What’s Happening at Westerner Park?

Looking for commercial hockey ice time that’s closer to home? For the remainder of the 2019/2020 season, it’s only $275 for 90 minutes on the Westerner Park Centrium ice after 10:30 pm!

Weeknight and weekend slots are available! Please note this offer is not applicable to existing bookings. For more information, call 403.343.7800 or email [email protected].

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Rebel Energy Xtreme Bullriding
Saturday, January 11

You don’t want to miss out! Rebel Energy Xtreme Bullriding is back with an-action packed night where 30 of the best bull riders will vie for the Championship title at Westerner Park Centrium.

Showcasing the young, talented up-and-coming superstars of novice bullriding, and we will top it off with thrill seeking freestyle bullfighting. A night of action and excitement – join us for the best show on dirt!

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WE WILL ROCK YOU
Friday, January 24

WE WILL ROCK YOU is a quirky, eccentric and heartfelt story of outsiders. It is also a creative cautionary tale for the cyberage. With the Oscar-winning film, Bohemian Rhapsody, the music of Queen is more popular than ever. WE WILL ROCK YOU follows two revolutionaries, Galileo and Scaramouche, on a quest to save rock n’ roll in a post-apocalyptic world where there are no musical instruments and rock n’ roll has died.

WE WILL ROCK YOU reflects the scale and spectacle that marked Queen’s live performances and earned the band its pinnacle position in rock history. With Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor as music supervisors and “a band without parallel in the theater” behind the cast, the audience can expect WE WILL ROCK YOU to rock as fiercely as the best of Queen’s concerts.

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The Harlem Globetrotters
Sunday, January 26

The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, featuring larger than life entertainers, will bring their ALL-NEW show, “Pushing the Limits” to Red Deer’s Westerner Park Centrium! The show features a blend of hilarious hijinks and incredible basketball skills including ball handling, high flying dunks, and a new record-breaking attempt.

The Harlem Globetrotters are a one-of-a kind experience, putting a new spin on family time. You won’t want to miss these memories worth repeating, so get your ticket today!

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With This Ring…Bridal Gala
Sunday, February 2

Brides and their guests will be welcomed to Westerner Park’s NEW Exhibition Hall for With This Ring Bridal Gala’s Spring Show! Complete with swag for the first 100 brides at 10:00 am and 100 brides at 1:00 pm, professional fashion shows, photo ops, industry-leading exhibitors, over $20,000 dollars in prize packages, and so much more!

With This Ring.. Bridal Gala is known as a staple event for Central Alberta brides, serving as a one-stop-show for local couples in the wedding planning process for the past 16 years and counting.

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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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Study finds 99% of late-night TV guests in 2025 have been liberal

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A new study reveals that liberal guests overwhelmingly dominate late-night TV in 2025, with nearly every political figure or commentator featured leaning left. Just one guest this year was even remotely center-right, according to the analysis.

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  • The Media Research Center reviewed guest lineups from five late-night comedy programs and found that 99% of political guests so far in 2025 were liberal, with zero elected Republicans featured.
  • The survey covered shows hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, and The Daily Show, all of which favored Democrat politicians, liberal journalists, and left-wing commentators.
  • Of the 77 non-elected guests tracked, only one—economist Oren Cass—represented a center-right viewpoint, making a single appearance to discuss Trump’s tariffs on The Daily Show.

Diving Deeper:

A recent report by the Media Research Center paints a stark picture of political bias across the late-night television landscape. The analysis, which surveyed the first half of 2025, found that liberal guests were nearly the only voices featured on major late-night comedy programs. According to the report, 99 percent of all political guests on shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Daily Show leaned left.

When it came to sitting officeholders, the bias was even more glaring: 30 elected Democrats appeared on these shows, while not a single Republican lawmaker was invited. Some of the most featured repeat guests included far-left figures like Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), who each appeared multiple times.

Even among non-politicians, the ideological imbalance persisted. Out of 77 guests analyzed, just one—American Compass executive director Oren Cass—was identified as having a conservative or center-right viewpoint. His lone appearance on The Daily Show was centered on a policy issue: President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The MRC report also highlighted the recurring presence of left-wing media figures. Nine guests were MSNBC hosts, eight were from CNN, and six others were CNN reporters or analysts. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes was featured three separate times.

The findings are consistent with MRC’s prior research. Since 2022, they note, late-night comedy shows have hosted 511 liberal guests compared to just 14 center-right figures.

Critics argue this lopsided exposure skews public perception and reinforces ideological silos, especially among younger audiences who consume political content through entertainment. The report suggests that late-night programming, once a venue for varied political commentary and humor, now operates more like an echo chamber for the American left.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Pedro Pascal launches attack on J.K. Rowling over biological sex views

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Pedro Pascal, star of HBO’s The Last of Us, ignited backlash this week after publicly hurling an expletive-laced insult at author J.K. Rowling in response to her support for a landmark UK ruling that upheld the legal definition of sex as biological. Rowling celebrated the decision, which affirms the rights of women to single-sex spaces—a view shared by many who advocate for the safety and integrity of women’s rights. Pascal, a vocal progressive and LGBTQ+ activist, labeled Rowling a “heinous loser,” aligning himself with calls to boycott HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter reboot.

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  • Pedro Pascal responded on Instagram to Rowling’s post celebrating a UK court ruling that legally defined “sex” as biological.

  • Pascal echoed an activist’s call for a fan-led boycott of the Harry Potter reboot, saying Rowling’s stance was “heinous LOSER behavior.”

  • HBO has downplayed concerns of a boycott, citing the blockbuster success of Hogwarts Legacy despite similar activist campaigns.

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The latest clash in the culture war surrounding Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and the trans activist movement reached a new level of hostility this week when actor Pedro Pascal, a key face of HBO’s entertainment slate, stooped to name-calling on social media. His remarks came in response to Rowling’s defense of the United Kingdom’s recent court decision, which reaffirmed that sex, under British law, means biological sex—a ruling many women’s rights advocates hailed as a long-overdue step toward protecting vulnerable female spaces such as shelters, hospital wards, and sports.

Rowling, whose views on the importance of distinguishing biological sex from gender identity have made her a target of trans activists for years, posted a pointed but unapologetic reaction: “I love it when a plan comes together.” She added, “I get the same royalties whether you read [my books] or burn them. Enjoy your marshmallows!”

In the comments of a post by activist Tariq Ra’ouf—who had attacked Rowling and promoted a boycott of HBO’s Harry Potter reboot—Pascal added his own vulgar commentary: “Awful disgusting SHIT is exactly right. Heinous LOSER behavior.” While Pascal did not explicitly mention Harry Potter, the post he endorsed included calls to tank all future franchise content, including theme parks and merchandise.

Pascal’s involvement with HBO places the network in a difficult position. As the Emmy-nominated co-lead of The Last of Us, one of HBO’s crown jewels, Pascal’s comments are being widely interpreted as an implicit endorsement of the boycott. While HBO has attempted to downplay the activist push, the tension is palpable. Casey Bloys, HBO’s chief content officer, previously noted that the 2023 video game Hogwarts Legacy, which also faced calls for boycotts due to Rowling’s views, still became the year’s top-selling game.

Pascal’s activism is personal as well as political. His sister, Lux Pascal, publicly transitioned in 2021, and he has frequently signaled support for trans activism. At the UK premiere of Marvel’s Thunderbolts, Pascal wore a shirt that read “Protect the Dolls,” a slogan popularized in trans activist circles.

Rather than “heinous,” Rowling’s remarks represent a reasoned defense of biological reality and a pushback against an increasingly aggressive ideology that demands conformity and punishes dissent. Her critics, like Pascal, resort to vulgarity and character attacks instead of engaging with the substance of her argument. But Rowling has stood firm in supporting women’s rights and advocating for clarity in laws that impact everything from sports to safety in single-sex spaces—positions grounded in truth, not hate.

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