2025 Year In Review: Quarter 4 - November

• The federal budget was unveiled a $78.3-billion deficit. It included a number of new spending initiatives, including several measures to tackle affordability and youth unemployment. Local Conservative MP Garnett Genuis called the numbers “alarming” and that the Liberals were passing massive spending under the guise of investment. • Strathcona County Emergency Services’ Pumpkin Drop for Muscular Dystrophy raised more than $4,400. • Nearly 50 authors gathered for