November 21st, 2025

Local News

LA Olympics will keep ‘Intuit’ on Clippers arena as part of groundbreaking venue-naming deal

By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025

The Intuit Dome will be called just that for the Los Angeles Olympics, after organizers struck a deal with the makers of tax and business software as part of a groundbreaking arrangement to sell naming rights for venues at the upcoming Summer Games. Intuit also announced Friday that it is the latest “founding partner” for ... Read More »

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Mexican president celebrates Fátima Bosch’s Miss Universe 2025 win

By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated Friday the victory of Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico as Miss Universe 2025, applauding her as an example for women. Bosch’s win the previous night in Thailand was a vindication after the 25-year-old was scolded by the Thai national director earlier in the competition. Bosch walked ... Read More »

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Canadian boxers Beaudoin and Galle will fight for titles on Paul-Joshua card

By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025

Canadian boxers Leila Beaudoin and Amanda (Bambola) Galle are back in the title hunt. Both women were scheduled for separate championship bouts on a Nov. 14 card in Miami headlined by Jake Paul and WBA lightweight champion Gervonta (Tank) Davis. But Most Valuable Promotions, the promotion company co-founded by Paul, scrapped the card on Nov. ... Read More »

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Canada announces $1B for Global Fund to fight infectious diseases

By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025

OTTAWA — Canada will contribute just over $1 billion over the next three years to the Global Fund to fight infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. Cindy Termorshuizen, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal representative for the G20 summit in South Africa, made the announcement today in Johannesburg ahead of Carney’s arrival at the summit. ... Read More »

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Seniors centres must evolve to keep up with the times

By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Seniors centres such as the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO) are as important now as they’ve ever been in providing a vital community hub for older adults, fostering social connections, promoting health and wellness and offering essential support services.  These centres remain crucial in addressing the evolving ... Read More »

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Chin farm wins major award

By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local journalism Initiative Reporter It was a tremendous recognition for the Perry family farm.  During the first ever PepsiCo Global Farmer Awards in Purchase, New York, the Perrys were given the company’s Farmer of the Year award. The awards had six different categories, including sustainability, next-gen farming, leadership and advisory, heritage ... Read More »

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Friends of Medicare calls on Albertans to push back against two-tiered system

By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A confidential draft legislation obtained by the Globe and Mail outlines plans by the Alberta Government to bring two-tier health care to Alberta by allowing physicians to simultaneously work in the private and public sectors. Chris Gallaway, executive director of Friends of Medicare, says Albertans only have ... Read More »

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The Lethbridge Herald Marks 120 Years of Local Storytelling

By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025

The Lethbridge Herald Alberta had been been a province for just over two months when the Lethbridge Herald first appeared in November of 1905. Lethbridge was a mining town of about 3,000 people, already being served by the Lethbridge News, which had just begun daily publication after 20 years as a weekly paper.  Two Cranbrook ... Read More »

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Economic growth isn’t more important than lives and livelihoods

By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025

Editor, “In the National Interest.” Those words now remove environmental regulations in Canada when referring to “fast tracking major projects” like pipelines, mines, transmission lines and LNG. Does that sound like a good idea? No one likes bureaucracy, but regulations, good regulations are absolutely necessary for a myriad of reasons. Flint Michigan for example. The ... Read More »

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Mental illness a minefield for policing sector

By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025

Chris Schneider, Ania Theuer & Stacey Hannem For the Herald In October 2024, Lethbridge hosted the first Annual First Responders Suicide Awareness Conference. Suicide is tragic and the underlying conditions that lead to it are multi-faceted. The public has learned of two recent suicides of on-duty Manitoba Mounties, one in September and the other in ... Read More »

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Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson fall in quarterfinals at beach volleyball worlds

By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025

ADELAIDE — Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were knocked out in the quarterfinals at the beach volleyball world championships on Friday. The Olympic silver medallists lost 2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 9-15) to Brazil’s Rebecca Cavalcante and Carol Solberg. The Canadians entered the elimination round undefeated and hadn’t dropped a set all week. Brazil held the ... Read More »

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