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Major Health Care Announcement For Sylvan Lake January 16th

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By Sheldon Spackman

Alberta’s Health Minister is coming to the Town for all Seasons on January 16th to make a major health care announcement. Government officials say Sarah Hoffman will unveil enhanced health care services for Sylvan Lake and the surrounding area.

Hoffman will be joined by Dr. Ted Braun, Acting Vice-President and Medical Director, Central and Southern Alberta, Alberta Health Services. Sean McIntyre, Mayor, Town of Sylvan Lake. Susan Samson, Chair, Sylvan Lake and Area Urgent Care Committee and Dr. Brad Bahler, Sylvan Lake physician.

The announcement will take place at the Sylvan Lake Municipal Government Building at 1:00 pm.

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Germany launches first permanent foreign troop deployment since WW2

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Germany activated a 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania ā€” marking its first permanent foreign military deployment since World War II. The move strengthens NATOā€™s eastern flank amid Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia.

Key Details:

  • The 45th Armored Brigade was formally launched outside Vilnius on Tuesday.
  • Germany plans for the brigade to be fully operational by 2027 in RÅ«dninkai, near the Belarus border.
  • The deployment marks a major policy shift for Berlin and a boost for NATO’s deterrence posture.

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Germany has officially entered a new era of military engagement, launching its first permanent foreign troop deployment since the end of World War II. The move,Ā announced Tuesday, sees the activation of a 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania as part of a broader NATO strategy to counter the perceived threat from Russia.

The newly formed 45th Armored Brigade wasĀ ceremonially inauguratedĀ outside the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. German Brigadier General Christoph Huber assumed command, overseeing the establishment of a temporary headquarters and unveiling the unitā€™s crest. ā€œWe have a clear mission: to ensure the protection, freedom and security of our Lithuanian allies on NATOā€™s eastern flank,ā€ Huber said, adding that the unitā€™s presence also directly contributes to the defense of Germany and NATO as a whole.

The deployment follows a pledge made by Berlin in 2023 ā€” a decision that broke with decades of postwar defense policy rooted in military restraint. German officials had long avoided permanently stationing combat troops abroad. That posture has changed in response to Russiaā€™s ongoing war in Ukraine, which has turned the Baltic region into one of NATOā€™s most vulnerable frontlines.

Germanyā€™s commitment includes more than just fighting forces. The brigade will also feature key support elements, such as a medical center, communications specialists, and command support units dispersed across multiple Lithuanian locations. Troops will initially operate out of temporary facilities, with a permanent base under construction in RÅ«dninkai, located roughly 30 kilometers south of Vilnius.

Currently, 150 German soldiers are already on the ground in Lithuania. That figure is expected to rise to 500 by the end of the year as the new brigade scales up operations.

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Top Five Huge Stories the Media Buried This Week

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#5 – CNN panel lectures America on military ā€œaccountabilityā€ā€¦ and then melts down when Scott Jennings points out that no one was held accountable for the disaster in Afghanistan or Bidenā€™s open border.

NEERA TANDEN:Ā ā€œThe military requires accountability. Itā€™s the most accountable organization. You are supposed to be accountable to higher-ups. Politics isnā€™t supposed to have to do with any of this, and the fact that thatā€™s happening, that theyā€™re just basically saying nothing to do here, is a big problem, I think, for those who believe in accountability.ā€

@ScottJenningsKY:Ā ā€œI think Republicans arenā€™t interested in any lectures on accountability in the military after the Biden administration. I mean, the bar for getting rid of a Secretary of Defense is apparently pretty high. You can get 13 people killed and go AWOL and not tell the commander in chief, and thatā€™s not a fireable offense.ā€

ā€œBut these lectures about accountability and national security after letting 10 million people into the country who raped and murdered and committed violent acts and no remorse or accountability.ā€

NEERA TANDEN:Ā ā€œWhat are you talking about? They closed the border.ā€

#4 – Bill Gates says we wonā€™t need humans ā€œfor most things.ā€

During an appearance onĀ The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon asked Gates a pretty direct question: ā€œWill we still need humans?ā€

Gates responded, ā€œNot for most things. Weā€™ll decide ā€¦ There will be some things that we reserve for ourselves, but in terms of making things and moving things and growing food, over time those will be basically solved problems.ā€

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#3 – Rep. Jim Jordan hammers NPR CEO Katherine Maher for three straight minutes over political bias, the Hunter Biden laptop cover-up, and NPRā€™s 87-to-0 Democrat staff ratio.

REP JORDAN:Ā “Is NPR biased?”

MAHER:Ā “I have never seen any political bias.”

JORDAN:Ā “In the DC area, editorial positions at NPR have 87 registered Democrats and 0 Republicans.”

MAHER:Ā “We do not track the voter registration, but I find that concerning.”

JORDAN:Ā “87-0 and you’re not biased?”

MAHER:Ā “I think that is concerning if those numbers are accurate.”

JORDAN:Ā “October 2020, the NYPost had the Hunter Biden laptop story, and one of those 87 Democrat editors said, ‘We don’t want to waste our readers and listeners’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.’ Was that story a pure distraction?”

Video + Transcript viaĀ @Kanekoathegreat

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#2 – Utah becomes the first state to officially BAN fluoride in all public drinking water.

For decades, fluoride was accepted as a safe way to prevent tooth decay. Few questioned it.

But last year, in a dramatic legal twist, a federal judge ruled that fluoride may actually lower childrenā€™s IQā€”and cited evidence that could upend everything we thought we knew.

That ruling sent shockwaves through the public health world.

Judge Edward Chen pointed to scientific studies showing a ā€œhigh level of certaintyā€ that fluoride exposure ā€œposes a riskā€ to developing brains.

He ordered the EPA to reexamine its safety standards, warning that the margin for safety may be far too narrow.

At the center of the case: dozens of peer-reviewed studies linking everyday fluoride exposureā€”even at levels found in U.S. tap waterā€”to reduced intellectual capacity in children.

It wasnā€™t just one paper. The National Toxicology Program, a branch of the U.S. government, also concluded that higher fluoride levels were ā€œconsistently associatedā€ with lower IQ in kids.

They flagged 1.5 mg/L as a risk threshold. Some communities hover right near it.

In response to the growing evidence, Utah passed HB 81, banning all fluoride additives in public water.

The law takes effect May 7. It doesnā€™t ban fluoride completely. Anyone who wants it can still get itā€”like any other prescription.

And thatā€™s the point: Utahā€™s lawmakers say this is about informed consent and personal choice.

This issue is no longer on the fringe. Across the country, cities and towns are quietly rethinking water fluoridationā€”and some have already pulled out. Utah is the first state to take bold action. It may not be the last.

The conversation surrounding fluoride has shifted from ā€œIs it helpful?ā€ to ā€œIs it safe?ā€ And for the first time in nearly a century, that question is being taken seriously.

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#1 – RFK Jr. Drops Stunning Vaccine Announcement

Kennedy revealed that the CDC is creating aĀ new sub-agency focused entirely on vaccine injuriesā€”a long-overdue shift for patients whoā€™ve spent years searching for answers without any support from the government.

ā€œWeā€™re incorporating an agency within CDC that is going to specialize in vaccine injuries,ā€ Kennedy announced.

ā€œThese are priorities for the American people. More and more people are suffering from these injuries, and we are committed to having gold-standard science make sure that we can figure out what the treatments are and that we can deliver the best treatments possible to the American people.ā€

For years, the vaccine-injured have felt ignored or dismissed, as public health agencies refused to even acknowledge the problem. Now, thereā€™s finally an initiative underway to investigate their injuries and to provide support.

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