The Red Deer-South Constituency board is calling on Alberta’s United Conservative government to fully welcome Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson back into the fold. Johnson was expelled from the UCP’s caucus after making offensive remarks in 2022, comparing transgender children in school to feces in cookie dough. UCP party leader Danielle Smith had said at the time that Johnson could not sit with the caucus, if elected. But in a letter emailed to Premier Smith on Wednesday, the Red Deer-South Constituency board of directors states Johnson has “sufficiently made amends for her...… The Red Deer-South Constituency board is calling on Alberta’s United Conservative government to fully welcome Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson back into the fold. Johnson was expelled from the UCP’s caucus after making offensive remarks in 2022, comparing transgender children in school to feces in cookie dough. UCP party leader Danielle Smith had said at the time that Johnson could not sit with the caucus, if elected. But in a letter emailed to Premier Smith on Wednesday, the Red Deer-South Constituency board of directors states Johnson has “sufficiently made amends for her...WW…

The Red Deer-South Constituency board is calling on Alberta’s United Conservative government to fully welcome Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson back into the fold. Johnson was expelled from the UCP’s caucus after making offensive remarks in 2022, comparing transgender children in school to feces in cookie dough. UCP party leader Danielle Smith had said at the time that Johnson could not sit with the caucus, if elected. But in a letter emailed to Premier Smith on Wednesday, the Red Deer-South Constituency board of directors states Johnson has “sufficiently made amends for her...… The Red Deer-South Constituency board is calling on Alberta’s United Conservative government to fully welcome Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson back into the fold. Johnson was expelled from the UCP’s caucus after making offensive remarks in 2022, comparing transgender children in school to feces in cookie dough. UCP party leader Danielle Smith had said at the time that Johnson could not sit with the caucus, if elected. But in a letter emailed to Premier Smith on Wednesday, the Red Deer-South Constituency board of directors states Johnson has “sufficiently made amends for her...WW…

A colourful season of concerts by the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra will be preceded by a little ‘Bach in the Barnyard.’Red Deerians will get a free sampling of Bach’s “supremely spectacular” music when it’s performed by a chamber orchestra of RDSO musicians at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Heritage Ranch in Red Deer.The now standing-room only concert (registration through Showpass.com) is one of three no-admission-charge community concerts that the RDSO is planning alongside its new season of six regular subscription concerts for 2023-24.Director Claude Lapalme believes music is for everyone, so it’s...…A colourful season of concerts by the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra will be preceded by a little ‘Bach in the Barnyard.’Red Deerians will get a free sampling of Bach’s “supremely spectacular” music when it’s performed by a chamber orchestra of RDSO musicians at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Heritage Ranch in Red Deer.The now standing-room only concert (registration through Showpass.com) is one of three no-admission-charge community concerts that the RDSO is planning alongside its new season of six regular subscription concerts for 2023-24.Director Claude Lapalme believes music is for everyone, so it’s...WW…