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MPs ask Anand to get answers from Israel after West Bank delegation denied
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Two MPs on a delegation that was denied access to the West Bank earlier this week are asking Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to get answers from Israel for the harsh treatment of its members. Several witnesses told The Canadian Press they saw Israeli border officials push Ontario Liberal MP Iqra Khalid while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Kennedy Center starts work to add Trump’s name onto the building
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center started the work of adding Donald Trump’s name to the building on Friday, a day after the president’s handpicked board voted to do so. Several blue tarps were hung in front of the institution early Friday to block views of the work underway. A large letter D was seen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Means tears Achilles tendon and says he was about to sign a 2026 contract
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Former All-Star pitcher John Means says he tore an Achilles tendon this week just before he was to sign a 2026 contract. “This is hard to put into words, but I’ll try,” he wrote Thursday on social media. “On Tuesday, while training, I ruptured my Achilles. It happened the same day I was supposed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miami’s Marcus Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, will miss remainder of season
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami sophomore forward Marcus Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and will miss the remainder of the season, the school announced Friday. The Hurricanes and Allen’s family said he was diagnosed following routine medical tests. Allen, a Miami native who started his college career at Missouri before joining the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt welcome their ‘perfect angel girl’
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have announced the birth of their “perfect angel girl.” They took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the Dec. 12 birth of Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, accompanied by several photos of the couple cradling and caring for their newborn. Hewitt wrote under the photos: “my best work yet, i am ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City physician named province’s medical officer of health
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2025
Lethbridge Herald Staff Lead medical officer for the South Zone and local physician Vivien Suttorp has been selected as Alberta’s permanent chief medical officer of health. The announcement comes after an extensive eight-month search, following the ending of previous chief medical officer Mark Joffe back in April. Suttorp has over 25 years of experience in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Great things are afoot with the Sock It To ‘Em campaign
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The 25th annual Sock It To ‘Em campaign concluded Thursday with thousands of socks collected for those in need across the city. What started as a way to help students in need have socks during the winter months, has evolved into collecting socks for multiple groups of people, that need socks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All I want for Christmas is Ryan Tanner’s phone number
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2025
Scott Sakatch Herald Editor This past Wednesday marked three weeks since the recall petition for Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf was approved by Elections Alberta, and nine days since I wrote a column specifically calling out petition “organizer” Ryan Tanner to come forward and own up to the fact that he’d been actively ignoring dozens ... Read More »
2 responsesNo injuries in explosion at community centre
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2025
Trevor Busch Southern Alberta Newspapers While there were no injuries when a large explosion rocked the interior of the Taber Community Centre on Wednesday afternoon, pure luck appears to have been a significant factor in that positive outcome. At approximately 4 p.m. on Dec. 17, an explosion occurred at the Taber Community Centre while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s time Neudorf gave a real statement on his recall
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2025
Editor, The recall for MLA Nathan Neudorf is looking suspiciously like bad-faith initiative. The organizer has refused to make a statement, and there are credible reports that it was undertaken by UCP insiders with possible links to Neudorf\’s office itself. Are the reports true? I don’t know, but the MLA needs to make a substantive ... Read More »
3 responsesSony buys a majority stake in the ‘Peanuts’ comic for $457 million from Canada’s WildBrain
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Happiness is taking control of a beloved comic strip. Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts” and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada’s WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday. The deal adds to Sony’s existing 39% stake, bringing its shareholding to ... Read More »
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