October 12th, 2025

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Local News

  • Beebs is ready for Halloween season

    Al Beeber Love It To Beeber Spoiler alert: Christmas stuff is filling stores already. Yes, it’s that time of year – and maybe has been for a few weeks – that even before Thanksgiving and Halloween have come and gone, we consumers are being reminded it’s soon time to stock up on gift bags, paper, [...] Read More »

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  • Jumbo Bites bring in big bucks for Longhorns

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge provided the Lethbridge Longhorns with a cheque for $18,000 on Friday from Whoop-Up Days proceeds as they took part of the Jumbo Bites program.   Paul Kingsmith, director for event development with Excite Lethbridge, said it was exciting to be able to provide such a significant contribution to their [...] Read More »

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  • Jenny’s teaching excellence came from varied experience

    Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It was a moment a long time in the making for Jenny Burke.  Burke, a biology instructor, was named the University of Lethbridge’s 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award winner, the school announced this week. In an interview with the Herald, Burke says she was quite surprised to [...] Read More »

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  • Province announces new funding for special needs

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The government of Alberta announced Friday that they will be providing new supports to help parents and students manage financial and learning challenges during the teacher’s strike.  Previously, the government announced a Parent Payment plan, where those with school children 12 years old and younger, will be able to receive $30 [...] Read More »

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  • Jessenia literally wrote the book on bumble bees

    Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Bees are widely considered the most effective and important pollinators; and as far as bees go, bumble bees are often considered among the friendliest bee species due to their generally docile and non-aggressive nature. And now a University of Lethbridge student has created the first bumble bee [...] Read More »

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National News

  • PM Carney makes last-minute trip to Egypt summit for Trump’s Gaza peace plan

    OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was set to leave Sunday afternoon for Egypt, to take part in a hastily organized summit surrounding the truce U.S. President Donald Trump helped arrange between Israel and Hamas. Carney will join leaders from more than 20 countries in the Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where Egyptian President [...] Read More »

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  • CP NewsAlert: PM Carney making last-minute trip to Egypt for Trump peace plan summit

    OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Egypt this afternoon to take part in a summit surrounding the truce U.S. President Donald Trump helped arrange between Israel and Hamas. Carney is heading to the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, joining other world leaders Monday where Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says he will co-chair a [...] Read More »

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  • French language complaints and inspections surge in Quebec

    Quebec’s office for the protection of the French language carried out close to 10,000 inspections this past year as the province ramped up its crack down on businesses that fail to comply with its language law. A total of 9,813 inspections were carried out between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, representing a 47 [...] Read More »

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  • Three N.L. activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla released from Israeli detention

    AMMAN — Three Newfoundland and Labrador activists have been released from Israeli detention and are en route home to Canada. Sadie Mees, Devony Ellis, and Nikita Stapleton were part of a flotilla of nine ships aiming to bring medical aid to Gaza, and break the Israeli naval blockade. According to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla group, [...] Read More »

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  • University of B.C. launches mushroom-powered toilet, turning waste into fertilizer

    VANCOUVER — A “beautiful experience” isn’t a term often used for a trip to an outhouse, but researchers at the University of British Columbia say the description fits for their mushroom-powered waterless toilet. It’s described as the world’s first such toilet, turning human waste into compost using mycelia, the root network of mushrooms. The MycoToilet, [...] Read More »

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