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VANCOUVER – Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is changing many things in Vancouver, from the tune of Gastown’s iconic clock to traffic patterns as thousands of fans pour into the city ahead of Friday’s first show. While the hooting whistle of Gastown’s steam clock doesn’t exactly lend itself to the beat of Swift’s “Shake It Off,” [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) – Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection. The Royal Mint, which has struck the coins of monarchs from Alfred the Great in the ninth century through to King Charles III, revealed Friday that it is launching a McCartney coin collection for collectors to buy. On [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran. His weekslong journey would take him from Tehran, through rural Iranian villages, on foot across a mountainous borderland and ultimately to Hamburg, Germany. As arduous and dangerous as the trip was, Rasoulof’s travels had an [...] Read More »

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche became friends while playing lovers in “Wuthering Heights.” A few years later, they would share the screen again in Anthony Minghella’s “The English Patient,” that historical epic that would take them all the way to the Oscars. They’ve kept in touch in the years since, fused by those early experiences [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is changing many things in Vancouver, from the tune of Gastown’s iconic clock to traffic patterns as thousands of fans pour into the city ahead of Friday’s first show. The City of Vancouver is warning of much slower traffic this weekend in the downtown core, not only because of [...] Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER He was picky about the dogs he liked and the humans, too. He spent a lot of time at the veterinarian for one reason or another – porcupine quills in the nose, dew claws ripped off and ear infections ad nauseum until he was finally diagnosed with a thyroid condition. He’d [...] Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber Well, it’s the May long weekend and time to relax. Or choke in smoke. I’m sure most southern Albertans didn’t have gagging on their to-do lists this weekend which is traditionally considered the start of the planting season. Instead, many were – or maybe still are – getting ready [...] Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Bieber – Lethbridge Herald Here we go again – time to see a doctor about a cataract. On Monday, I’ll be having a cataract removed from my left eye so will be out of the office for a few days. This time around I won’t be taking an entire week [...] Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD Today as many readers grab their morning coffee and read the Herald, I was planning to head west to Frank for a memorial ceremony remembering the victims of the Frank Slide on April 29, 1904. But a battle with health issues this week has changed my mind; [...] Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald I don’t know about any of you but life seems to be getting way too seriously lately. There is so much conflict in this world that it seems we are constantly bombarded with negativity from every angle. I try to be an upbeat, positive guy but sometimes [...] Read More »