October 16th, 2025

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Local News

  • Money raised by Pronghorns’ Giving Day will open doors

    Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns are hoping for big things in their third annual Giving Day. Giving Day allows friends, family, alumni and community members to support the Pronghorn varsity program of their choosing. Teagan Viney, president of the Pronghorn student-athlete council, says the funds are important [...] Read More »

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  • World Food Day highlights the need to feed all people

    Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Food insecurity is a continual issue on all levels from global to local, driven by factors including poverty, economic shocks, conflict, and climate change.  In Canada, this national and provincial issue has seen rising rates, and it is also a daily reality at the local level for [...] Read More »

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  • The fix is in at City’s new repair cafés

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Environment Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Public Library have partnered for the inaugural Repair Cafe, and they are inviting Lethbridge residents to repair broken or damaged items that might otherwise end up in the landfill.  Kathleen Sheppard, executive director of Environment Lethbridge, says repair cafes are a way for community members to [...] Read More »

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  • Province to change licence plate theme

    Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The provincial government wants to put a new look on licence plates. The government on Wednesday announced that until Nov. 15 Albertans can  have a voice in a refreshed look for the plates which haven’t been  changed since 1984. Starting in 2026, licence plates will be based on a theme of [...] Read More »

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  • New Galt exhibit based on personal choices

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Galt Museum has over 17,000 artifacts in its archives, and invited 100 people of all ages into the vault to pick their favourites for the museum’s latest exhibit, Treasures and Curiosities.  Nearly 200 artifacts are on display, all of which are accompanied by an explanation from [...] Read More »

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National News

  • Amazon unionization in Quebec was discussed by management, tribunal hears

    MONTRÉAL — An Amazon senior executive has told a labour tribunal that unionization efforts by Quebec workers were discussed in meetings by management, though not in detail. Amazon’s director of operations for Canada told the Tribunal administratif du travail he knew there was some unionization activity at the e-commerce giant’s distribution centre in Lachine. But [...] Read More »

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  • Astronaut Jeremy Hansen fields kids’ queries, 100 days from Artemis II launch opening

    LONGUEUIL — A Canadian astronaut embarking on a deep space mission to the moon admits it’s a scary prospect, but he’s learned to mitigate those fears. Jeremy Hansen made the comments as he took questions from elementary school students during an event at the Canadian Space Agency today. Hansen says the mission has risks but [...] Read More »

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  • Provincial immigrant nominee programs get late year boost: Diab

    OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says some provincial immigrant nominee programs are getting a late-year increase to the number of slots they have. Diab says she relayed the news to her provincial and territorial counterparts on Wednesday during a ministerial forum. The subnational ministers have been calling for a restoration of slots in the [...] Read More »

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  • Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator

    Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm. The Canada Energy Regulator posted four penalties dated Oct. 3 to their website and referred The Canadian Press to an inspection order and compliance report [...] Read More »

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  • IMF chief, former PBO Kevin Page say Ottawa has leeway to run steeper deficits

    OTTAWA — Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer and the head of the International Monetary Fund are both arguing Ottawa has room to run steeper deficits in the upcoming federal budget, despite concerns raised by the current fiscal watchdog. Kevin Page, now president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, [...] Read More »

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