On this very special episode, Pattison Media reporters Ashley Lavallee-Koenig and Ian Gustafson, plus Pattison Media Alberta news director Sheldon Spackman join the conversation, running down all the April Fools hijinks you missed from around Red Deer and central Alberta. Plus, some exceptionally good ones from around the internet. This was fun!

In addition to ICYMI and the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com, hear from Citizenship Judge James Clover, who welcomed 122 new Canadians during a ceremony this week at Red Deer Polytechnic, and hosted by Red Deer Local Immigration Parternship. Plus, some thoughts on the ceremony, and about bad news, with podcast host Josh Hall.

Joining the podcast this week are two panel members for the upcoming 19th annual World Religions Conference at Red Deer Polytechnic, which goes March 25 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the mainstage at the RDP Arts Centre.

Hear host Josh Hall's conversation with panelist Imam Atta-ul Wahab, who runs the Baitan Nur Mosque in Calgary (9:38), and co-moderator Dr. Dan Haas, who is a philosophy instructor at RDP (29:35).

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Also, ICYMI and the top 5 local news stories of the week at rdnewsNOW,com; plus, we talk for a moment about Community: Power of One, and the Central Alberta Top 40 Under 40.