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Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion in investment from the United Arab Emirates. The announcements came as Carney concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi that focused heavily on trade amid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first book of nonfiction to come out in English will be released next spring. The Korean author’s “Light and Thread” is scheduled to be published March 24 by Penguin Random House imprints in the U.S., the United Kingdom and other English-speaking regions. Published in Korean this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2026 World Cup: Australia and Uzbekistan to host FIFA-backed warmup mini-tournaments
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ZURICH (AP) — World Cup qualifiers Australia and Uzbekistan will prepare for the tournament by hosting FIFA-backed tournaments of intercontinental friendlies in March, soccer’s governing body said Friday. The “FIFA Series” of mini-tournaments designed to help developing soccer nations debuted two years ago and will add the first women’s events next year, in Brazil, Ivory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!British skeleton racer Matt Weston wins 1st test race on controversial new Olympic sliding track
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain on Friday. Weston beat European champion Samuel Maier of Austria by 0.15 seconds after two runs in the head-first discipline down the Eugenio ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Origin stories behind the trophies heighten college football rivalry games on the smaller stage
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The winners of the annual North Dakota State-South Dakota State rivalry football game get an unusual honor: hoisting a 78-pound trophy for all to see. The Dakota Marker is a rock — and it is heavier than it looks. “When you get a chance to run over and grab it, you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier League to introduce a spending cap from next season
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Premier League teams agreed Friday to introduce spending caps in England’s top flight from next season. Clubs’ on-field spending will be restricted to 85% of their soccer revenue and net profit or loss on player sales. There will also be an allowance of an extra 30% – but if clubs exceed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 robbers overpower a guard and steal dozens of ancient gold coins from a Swiss museum
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities were searching Friday for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne, smashed a display case and made off with dozens of gold coins that had been displayed inside. City police said the suspects had purchased tickets and waited until other visitors had left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eurovision plans changes to voting, security after allegations of Israeli government ‘interference’
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced plans to change the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure fairness, a move that follows allegations of “interference” by Israel’s government. The European Broadcasting Union, a Geneva-based union of public broadcasters that runs the event, said Friday that the changes were “designed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Milan Cortina Olympic mountains are wintry white after 1st big snowstorm of the season
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The mountains that will host the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been hit with their first significant snowstorm of the season. On the upper sections of the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina where women’s Alpine skiing will be contested for the Feb. 6-22 Games, up to 20 centimeters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Friday, November 21, 2025
By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on November 21st, 2025
GRUNINGER, Carol
ENNS, Albert
GREEN, Olive
DOWNS, Neville
WALKER, Beth
BAPTISTA, Bosco
LANE, Judy
Alisson returns for Liverpool but Wirtz and Bradley sidelined
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker is set to start against Nottingham Forest on Saturday after missing the past eight games with a hamstring injury. Florian Wirtz and Conor Bradley, however, will be unavailable, manager Arne Slot said Friday, citing “muscle issues” from their recent international duty. “So, that’s far from ideal,” Slot ... Read More »
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