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Lightning sign Ryan McDonagh to a 3-year, $12.3M contract extension
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh to a three-year extension worth $12.3 million. General manager Julien BriseBois announced the deal Thursday. McDonagh will be 37 when the new contract kicks in that counts $4.1 million against the salary cap through the 2028-29 NHL season. McDonagh helped the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian ice dancers Gilles and Poirier sit third at Grand Prix Final
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
NAGOYA — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit third after the rhythm dance at the Grand Prix Final. They scored 82.89 points early Thursday as the event brings together the world’s top six in each discipline. Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates lead with 88.74, ahead of Montreal’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reitan leads Nedbank Golf Challenge after opening with a 63
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) — Kristoffer Reitan made 10 birdies in a 9-under 63 to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge on the European tour on Thursday. The Norwegian golfer earned a first PGA Tour card at the end of last season but is beginning the 2026 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dukes for Duke: No. 19 James Madison’s CFP hopes could hinge on Blue Devils winning ACC
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
James Madison coach Bob Chesney and athletic director Matt Roan didn’t know until after the team’s charter flight home from Saturday’s lopsided win at Coastal Carolina that California was threatening to upset visiting SMU — a game with a potential impact reaching all the way across the country to the Dukes’ campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AMC Entertainment CEO remains in charge of world’s largest theater chain after stroke
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron suffered a minor stroke last month but is recovering rapidly and will continue to lead the world’s biggest movie theater chain, the company said Thursday. Aron, 71, suffered the stroke while on a business trip in London, where he immediately received emergency medical care, the company said. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Macron vows to fight for French journalist’s release in Algeria after court appeal fails
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to keep fighting for the release of a sports journalist held in Algeria. An Algerian appeals court upheld on Wednesday a seven-year prison sentence for French sportswriter Christophe Gleizes, who was convicted of “glorifying terrorism,” quashing hopes for an early release. Macron “will continue to take ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ is a messy, un-scary sequel
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
How do you top “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” the video game movie adaptation about murderous anthropomorphic robots? If it’s a battle for insipid nonsense, the answer is blindingly clear: “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.” The sequel builds on the un-scary, un-funny bones of the 2023 original by expanding the Freddy’s Cinematic Universe with an even ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seattle slugger Josh Naylor earns Tip O’Neill Award as Canada’s top MLB player
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Seattle Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor of Mississauga, Ont., has won the 2025 Tip O’Neill Award, given to the top Canadian in Major League Baseball. Naylor hit .295 with 92 RBIs and 30 stolen bases, leading all Canadians, while splitting the season between Arizona and Seattle. He also finished second among Canadian big leaguers in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope Leo XIV’s first full-length US book, ‘Peace Be with You,’ to be released in February
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The first full-length book by Pope Leo XIV to come out in the U.S. will be published next year. HarperOne announced Wednesday that it had acquired world rights to “Peace Be with You! My Words to the Church and to the World,” scheduled for release on Feb. 26. “Peace Be With ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Theodor Pištěk, Czech Oscar-winning costume designer, dies at 93
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
PRAGUE (AP) — Theodor Pištěk, a Czech costume and stage designer and painter who won an Academy Award for his work on the 1984 film “Amadeus,” has died. He was 93. His death was announced on Thursday by the town of Mukařov, just east of Prague, where he lived and was confirmed by his family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS, partners support community with Charity Checkstop Saturday
By Lethbridge Herald on December 4th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service is partnering up with the Christmas Hope campaign to host their 6th Annual Charity Checkstop on Saturday. Cst. Dana Holland with the Community Engagement Unit said Wednesday that on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. officers and staff will be volunteering at the Park Place Mall’s west ... Read More »
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