Grab your cowboy boots and strap in for some pro rodeo action coming to Red Deer May 21-23 at Westerner Park. On this week's episode, hear from Red Deer Pro Rodeo organizers David Harvey and Dianne Finstad, who joined host Josh Hall in-studio for a conversation about how you can get tickets and what to expect, but also why rodeo is important to central Alberta, and how much it means to the community to add this event to the calendar (12:34). And of course, we have In Case You Missed It, plus some birthday and Star Wars talk.

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Happy retirement to our guest on this bonus episode... longtime Red Deer resident Todd Labranche, who announced his retirement this week from the National Lacrosse League after 25 years and 491 games.

Rebounding from a couple weeks off due to illness, the show returns in a big way with a pair of interviews, on top of our weekly segment 'In Case You Missed It,' where host Josh Hall highlights the top five local stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com!

(7:57) Lori Shatto, executive director, The Lending Cupboard -- talking about the upcoming 15th annual Ladies' Luncheon event, and how her organization continues to provide a critical service to central Alberta.

(19:57) Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Liberal MP for Calgary-Confederation, speaks on affordability measures in the face of the war in Iran, oil prices, what Canada can do and is doing to alleviate pressure on Canadians, as well as fertilizer costs and the impacts on producers, separatism, tension between Alberta and Ottawa, and his reassurance to Albertans that the current majority government won't forget about Alberta.

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