Health
Police and Crisis Teams (PACT) see RCMP and mental health nurses providing critical mental health services

News release from Red Deer RCMP
Red Deer RCMP bring attention to suicide and mental health
As Sept. 10th approaches, Red Deer RCMP would like to take time to recognize the importance of World Suicide Prevention Day.
Suicide and mental health are difficult topics to discuss and often carry stigma and shame. Far too often these 2 things act as barriers and prevent people from getting the help they need and deserve.
Many individuals struggle with mental health on a daily basis. Asking for help or listening to a friend or family member can be difficult when we donāt know what to say or where to turn.
Red Deer RCMP would like to reach out to our community and fellow citizens to let them know they are not alone. As police officers we acknowledge suicide exists. Members receive training which prepares officers responding to calls for service when dealing with suicide ideations and suicidality.
In Red Deer we are fortunate to have two Police and Crisis Teams (PACT) that are specially trained in suicide and mental health. PACT is a collaborative partnership between Red Deer Primary Care Network (PCN) and Red Deer RCMP. Our PACT teams consist of a police officer paired with a registered psychiatric nurse (RPN).
For the last 12 years, PACT has been responding to mental health crisis calls providing initial intervention in Red Deer. Our PACT teams are well versed in dealing with suicide and mental health, and are often called upon for their experience alongside other police officers.
Our PACT team is an integral part of an innovative police response in our community.
We are proud to have RPN Michelle, Constable Floroiu, Constable Kokkola, and RPN John providing mental health response in our community.
If you, or someone you know is struggling with mental health or suicide, contact the Alberta Mental Health Help line, 24-hour service, 1-877-303-2642.
COVID-19
FDA requires new warning on mRNA COVID shots due to heart damage in young men

From LifeSiteNews
Pfizer and Modernaās mRNA COVID shots must now include warnings that they cause āextremely high riskā of heart inflammation and irreversible damage in males up to age 24.
The Trump administrationās Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will now require updated safety warnings on mRNA COVID-19 shots to include the āextremely high riskā of myocarditis/pericarditis and the likelihood ofĀ long-term, irreversible heart damage for teen boys and young men up to age 24.
The required safety updates apply toĀ Comirnaty, the mRNA COVID shotĀ manufactured by Pfizer Inc., andĀ Spikevax, the mRNA COVID shot manufactured ModernaTX, Inc.
According to aĀ press release, the FDA now requires each of those manufacturers to update the warning about the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis to include information about:
- the estimated unadjusted incidence of myocarditis and/or pericarditis following administration of the 2023-2024 Formula of mRNA COVID-19 shots and
- the results of a study that collected information on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI) in people who developed myocarditis after receiving an mRNA COVID-19 injection.
The FDA has also required the manufacturers to describe the new safety information in the adverse reactions section of the prescribing information and in the information for recipients and caregivers.
Additionally, the fact sheets for healthcare providers and for recipients and caregivers for Moderna COVID-19 shot and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot, which are authorized for emergency use in individuals 6 months through 11 years of age, have also been updated to include the new safety information in alignment with the Comirnaty and Spikevax prescribing information and information for recipients and caregivers.
In aĀ videoĀ published on social media, Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, explained the alarming reasons for the warning updates.
While heart problems arose in approximately 8 out of 1 million persons ages 6 months to 64 years following reception of the cited shots, that number more than triples to 27 per million for males ages 12 to 24.
Prasad noted that multiple studies have arrived at similar findings.
Business
RFK Jr. says Hep B vaccine is linked to 1,135% higher autism rate

From LifeSiteNews
By Matt Lamb
They got rid of all the older children essentially and just had younger children who were too young to be diagnosed and they stratified that, stratified the data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found newborn babies who received the Hepatitis B vaccine had 1,135-percent higher autism rates than those who did not or received it later in life, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. toldĀ Tucker Carlson recently. However, the CDC practiced ātrickeryā in its studies on autism so as not to implicate vaccines, Kennedy said.
RFK Jr., who is the current Secretary of Health and Human Services, said the CDC buried the results by manipulating the data. Kennedy hasĀ pledged to find the causes of autism, with a particular focus on the role vaccines may play in the rise in rates in the past decades.
The Hepatitis B shot isĀ requiredĀ by nearly every state in the U.S. for children to attend school, day care, or both. The CDC recommends the jab for all babies at birth, regardless of whether their mother has Hep B, which is easily diagnosable and commonly spread through sexual activity, piercings, and tattoos.
āThey kept the study secret and then they manipulated it through five different iterations to try to bury the link and we know how they did it ā they got rid of all the older children essentially and just had younger children who were too young to be diagnosed and they stratified that, stratified the data,ā Kennedy told Carlson for an episode of the commentatorās podcast. āAnd they did a lot of other tricks and all of those studies were the subject of those kind of that kind of trickery.ā
But now, Kennedy said, the CDC will be conducting real and honest scientific research that follows the highest standards of evidence.
āWeāre going to do real science,ā Kennedy said. āWeāre going to make the databases public for the first time.ā
He said the CDC will be compiling records from variety of sources to allow researchers to do better studies on vaccines.
āWeāre going to make this data available for independent scientists so everybody can look at it,ā the HHS secretary said.
— Matt Lamb (@MattLamb22) July 1, 2025
Health and Human Services also said it has put out grant requests for scientists who want to study the issue further.
Kennedy reiterated that by September there will be some initial insights and further information will come within the next six months.
Carlson asked if the answers would ādiffer from status quo kind of thinking.ā
āI think they will,ā Kennedy said. He continued on to say that people āneed to stop trusting the experts.ā
āWe were told at the beginning of COVID ādonāt look at any data yourself, donāt do any investigation yourself, just trust the experts,āā he said.
In a democracy, Kennedy said, we have the āobligationā to ādo our own research.ā
āThatās the way it should be done,ā Kennedy said.
He also reiterated that HHS will return to āgold standard scienceā and publish the results so everyone can review them.
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