Ten years ago, Fast Eddy, or Edward Dostaler as he's known legally, began his run across Canada, and then he ran back, all in support of Alzheimer's and breast cancer awareness (8:34). Eddy made stops in Red Deer going both directions, and made a profound impact on the many Canadians he met along the way, including yours truly, the host of this podcast, Josh Hall. Eddy has now written a book about his experience, called Iceberg , which he hopes will help Canadians unite, and also give them a per...
Aug 15, 2025•42 min•Season 3Ep. 9
On the show this week, host Josh Hall is joined by former deputy premier of Alberta and organizer of the 'Alberta Forever Canada' petition, Thomas Lukaszuk (9:32), plus Innisfail town councillor Jason Heistad (24:34) who is registered with Elections Alberta to be a petition canvasser over the next three months. From why Lukaszuk chose to undertake this petition with the old, more difficult regulations, to his confidence it can actually be done, from treaties to how you can get involved, we cover...
Aug 08, 2025•34 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In this very special bonus episode of the show, co-creator and lead singer of Canadian rock band Chilliwack, Bill Henderson, speaks with host Josh Hall about the band's history, experiences, and what's led them to the here and now, on their Farewell to Friends Tour, which stops in Rimbey, Alberta on Aug. 8 during the Rock the Track Music Festival. *All music in this episode is supplied by Chilliwack and dkpr public relations. Tickets to Rock the Track are at showpass.com. Tickets to Chilliwack's...
Aug 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 7
On the Aug. 1, 2025 episode of the show, host Josh Hall speaks with Linda MacPhail (8:40), executive director with the Alberta Sports and Recreation Association for the Blind, which is celebrating 50 years this year. As usual, Josh has In Case You Missed It (3:05), and The Page (21:32), plus a quick note on the anniversary of the Black Friday Tornado.
Aug 01, 2025•24 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Are you ready to Rock the Track, August 7-9 in Rimbey? Back to our regularly scheduled Friday programming, with In Case You Missed It, then host Josh Hall previews Rock the Track, with its creator Terry Raymond (9:13); plus, the frontman for long-time Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman, Tyler Connolly, is on the show (19:37)! Tyler also sticks around for our segment, The Page, in partnership with Red Deer Public Library (29.24). Get your tickets for Rock the Track HERE , and find our compani...
Jul 25, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
On this bonus episode (our third episode in four days), rdnewsNOW journalist Ian Gustafson chats with 2025 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, and frankly, legends of the game, Joe Nieuwendyk (7:13) and Carla MacLeod (14:09). The interviews were conducted at this past weekend's induction gala at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer, which is home to the Hall. For more details on how to nominate someone, visit hockeyalberta.ca . And you can find this episode's written companion p...
Jul 21, 2025•23 min
On this bonus episode of the pod, host Josh Hall is joined by Bonnie Critchley, an independent candidate running in the Aug. 18 federal byelection for Battle River-Crowfoot in east-central Alberta. But she isn't up against just the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, she has more than 100 opponents, most of whom are protest candidates, all of whom will also be listed on the ballot as 'Independent.' Following the interview with Bonnie, Josh has a written statement provided by the mysterio...
Jul 20, 2025•24 min•Season 3Ep. 3
A loaded episode this week features the leader of the Republican Party of Alberta, Cameron Davies. Off the hop, host Josh Hall starts with some food for thought on why we chose to do this interview, and then it's time for the segment sweeping social media -- 'In Case You Missed It,' rolling through the week's top five stories at rdnewsNOW.com. Then, learn about a local initiative for cancer patients put on by The Endless Spirit Foundation. (8:48) We get to our in-studio chat with Mr. Davies (10:...
Jul 18, 2025•57 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In the season three premiere of The Everything Red Deer Podcast, host Josh Hall takes a reflective and retrospective look back at the Pine Lake tornado, which caused its devastation, including 12 fatalities, 140 injuries, and over $3 million in property damage, 25 years ago, as of this Monday, July 14. Following 'In Case You Missed It,' (9:10) Josh speaks with long-time central Alberta media personality Jim Claggett (13:31) who was reporting at the time in Red Deer, and covered the tornado in it...
Jul 11, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Could the Women's Football Alliance, the largest women's tackle football league in the world, succeed in a market like Red Deer? The group looking for Canadian ownership groups thinks so. This week, host Josh Hall has 'In Case You Missed It' (5:06), with the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com. Then, he speaks to Cary Kaplan, president of Cosmos Sports & Entertainment (8:32), as well as Martin Rheaume, head coach with the Central Alberta Fire girls football program (24:07).
Jun 13, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Easily the most decorated lineup of guests to grace The Everything Red Deer Podcast is featured on this bonus episode, and it all happened thanks to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, which held its 2025 induction ceremony on June 7, 2025 at the Red Deer Resort & Casino. Host Josh Hall tees things up and then is in conversation first with Cor Ouwerkerk and Mike Harnett of the 1981-89 Red Deer College Queens volleyball team, which won an unfathomable 8 consecutive ACAC titles. (6:34) Then, Josh...
Jun 09, 2025•39 min•Season 2Ep. 23
We start this week with some words about D-Day, with June 6, 2025 being that fateful day's 81st anniversary. Host Josh Hall takes you through 'In Case You Missed It' (4:06) and the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com; a message about an upcoming fundraiser called 'Appetite for Instruction' (7:57); in conversation with Bradley Lafortune, executive director of Public Interest Alberta about their call to the UCP government for an independent seniors advocate (8:58); Josh relays a response from...
Jun 06, 2025•36 min•Season 2Ep. 22
The podcast is graced this week by the fine folks at Make-A-Wish, including Wish Kid Blake, who's just 10-years-old. Blake, along with mom Amanda, and the organization's development manager for Edmonton region, Kathryn McLean, join host Josh Hall to talk about the upcoming Heroes Challenge event, happening Sept. 24 at The Dome, and to give you a sense of what families go through before, during and after a wish is granted. On today's episode, we have 'In Case You Missed It' (4:44), followed by a ...
May 30, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 21
College-turned-pro hockey player Jesse Jack, who is from central Alberta, as well as Central Sport CEO Trevor Thomas, join the podcast for the May 23, 2025 episode to talk about the upcoming 'She Plays' event at Red Deer Polytechnic. Host Josh Hall has 'In Case You Missed It' and counts down the week's top five stories (2:15); then hear from Trevor Thomas about what Central Sport does and how you can register for the event on May 31 (4:50); and Josh speaks with Jesse Jack who shares her incredib...
May 23, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 20
May 16: The Everything Red Deer Podcast welcomes back Mayor Ken Johnston this week to talk about the idea of and discussion around Alberta separating from Canada, and you'll hear that chat right off the hop as host Josh Hall visits the mayor in his City Hall office. Because we're a little backwards this week, then you'll hear 'In Case You Missed It,' where we run down the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com (44:09); and finally, a brand new segment on the podcast, brought to you by the Red ...
May 16, 2025•56 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Two very different guests and subjects comprise the May 9, 2025 episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast. After 'In Case You Missed It' (4:07), which by the way features an amazing update about some very scientific grade threes, host Josh Hall talks to the new CJHL Rookie of the Year, Easton Daneault of Red Deer and the AJHL's Drumheller Dragons (11:06); finally, Josh is in conversation with Kelley Arnold from the Red Deer Native Friendship Society about Red Dress Day and what it means to walk...
May 09, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 18
We close the door on the 2025 federal election on this week's episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast. First, host Josh Hall goes over some fast facts from the results of local ridings, then it's 'In Case You Missed It' (6:19). Without further ado, Josh speaks with Red Deer MP-elect and House of Commons first-timer Burton Bailey (10:48); and finally, Pattison Media's Alberta news director Sheldon Spackman is in conversation with Ponoka-Didsbury MP-elect Blaine Calkins, who has been elected fo...
May 02, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This week, hear reflections on the visit of the late Pope Francis to Maskwacis, Alberta on July 25, 2022, from people who were there. Francis, who died April 21, made an apology that day to Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in the Indian Residential School System. After our weekly segment ICYMI (5:50), which runs down the week's top stories, host Josh Hall speaks with Reverend Tony Snow of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation (11:15), and former rdnewsNOW journalist Alessia Proietti (32...
Apr 25, 2025•48 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Look at the size of that thing! That's right, after a week off due to illness, we're back with a special super-sized episode centred around Earth Day, and we recorded (most of) it on-site at Red Deer's Common Ground Garden Project (CGGP), an initiative of ReThink Red Deer. First, Josh speaks with CGGP founder Art van Zanten about how the project started and more (2:39); next, Meagan Ophus with ReThink Red Deer speaks about the Indigenous perspective on Earth Day and what it means to oversee the ...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Now under new ownership, the Junior 'A' Olds Grizzlys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League are front and centre on this week's episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast. Listen in as Josh tees things up, plus In Case You Missed It (4:07) and all the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com. Then, Ian Gustafson speaks with Olds Grizzlys primary owner Moe Jamal (10:58); and new head coach Tyson Soloski (16:23).
Apr 04, 2025•22 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This week, host Josh Hall dives headfirst back into the aftermath of a concerning incident which took place in Red Deer on March 1 -- first by speaking with Alberta RCMP Hate Crime Coordinator Cpl. Mohamad Khaled about how hate crimes and similar incidents are investigated (7:24); then, an interview with the organizers of the 10th annual CommUnity Power of One event, Dieulita Datus-Hall with Red Deer Local Immigration Partnership, and Shannon Humphrey of the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre (30...
Mar 28, 2025•59 min•Season 2Ep. 13
On the podcast this week, host Josh Hall runs down the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com with ICYMI (2:48); then Ashley Lavallee-Koenig has an interview with Counselling Alberta counsellor Che Burnett, who is part of the AGKNOW network. Che talks about the impacts of trade and climate uncertainty on those in agriculture, what kind of supports are out there, and his message for farmers and ranchers about the benefits to simply starting a conversation (6:57). More information is at www.agkn...
Mar 21, 2025•20 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week, The Everything Red Deer Podcast heads to the Centrium where officials with the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced they're bringing the league's first neutral-site regular season matchup to Red Deer this June. First, Josh has 'In Case You Missed It' (ICYMI) and our top stories of the week (00:43), plus a look at basketball culture and popularity in Red Deer (4:36); then, rdnewsNOW's Ian Gustafson talks with Jason Ribeiro, president of the Calgary Surge (8:24), CEBL commissioner...
Mar 14, 2025•21 min•Season 2Ep. 11
On this regular Friday episode of the podcast, host Josh Hall delivers In Case You Missed It (1:53); then he shares some reaction from local MLAs to a racist and xenophobic display seen in downtown Red Deer on March 1 (5:31), and he gives his own two cents in what can only be described as a semi-rant (8:20). Thank you Rick Mercer for the inspiration. Then, Josh speaks with counter-protest event organizer Jaelene Tweedle (18:15); and rdnewsNOW's Ashley Lavalee-Koenig is in conversation about the ...
Mar 07, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 10
On this bonus (non-Friday) episode of the podcast, the rdnewsNOW team unites to bring you reaction to the news of a trade war between Canada and the U.S.A., kickstarted March 4 by the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump. Host Josh Hall speaks with Dion Zukiwsky of Scotia Wealth Management (3:17); Ian Gustafson chats with Darren Gagnon of Lacombe Ford (12:35); then Ashley Lavallee-Koenig is in conversation with Chris Windrim of BILD Central Alberta (17:51).
Mar 05, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 9
On this bonus (non-Friday) episode of the podcast, Josh chats with Keith Myrol, father of Brock Myrol, who was one of four RCMP constables killed in the line of duty on March 3, 2005 in Mayerthorpe, Alberta. Together, Brock Myrol, Anthony Gordon, Lionide ‘Leo’ Johnston and Peter Schiemann, have come to be known as the Mayerthorpe Four, or the Fallen Four. Monday, March 3, will mark 20 years since the tragic incident occurred. Find the written edition of this story at rdnewsNOW.com.
Mar 02, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week, Josh chats with the national youth president, as well as the regional director for Red Deer, at the National Farmers Union (NFU). Adama Bundu, from the Edmonton area, and Glenn Norman, a farmer from Bowden, give their perspectives on how farming and DEI are strongly linked, yet aren't mentioned in the same sentence anywhere near enough (6:08). NFU memberships are half off through Feb. 28. Before that, our new segment: In Case You Missed It! (2:27) Find the NFU on social media @NFUCana...
Feb 28, 2025•36 min•Season 2Ep. 7
This week, host Josh Hall speaks with S/Sgt. Jay Peden, commanding officer at Sylvan Lake RCMP, about the nationwide implementation of body-worn cameras. Josh also discusses some community events, and his thoughts on the historic 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, which wrapped Feb. 20 with Canada, thankfully, beating the U.S.A. in overtime. The RCMP survey, noted in the podcast, is at rcmp.ca/en/body-worn-cameras , and you can find the written edition of our interview with S/Sgt. Peden at rdnewsnow...
Feb 21, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 6
It's Valentine's Day! Did Red Deer make PinkCherry's annual sexiest cities list? This week, Josh talks with Shamus Neeson from Canadian Blood Services in central Alberta about how NOT scary it is to donate blood, how blood donation works, and his journey to over 300 donations, plus a kidney donation (4:38)! Then, we hear from Juno Award winner and now (newly) two-time Juno nominee Claude Lapalme, music director and conductor with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra (18:39)! Plus, this Monday is Sock...
Feb 14, 2025•30 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This week, we chat with Erin Peden, long-time executive director at the Community Foundation of Central Alberta. Josh and Erin dive into what exactly a community foundation is, what her organization's priorities are, how any central Albertan or Red Deerian can help, and what it means for community to come together to make our home a better place. More information is at www.cfcab.ca.
Feb 07, 2025•18 min•Season 2Ep. 4
