Southern Alberta News
LINK Pathway gets additional funding
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 13th, 2024
The MPE Link Pathway recreational project that will connect Coaldale to Lethbridge has received a major financial boost. During a ceremony Saturday at the Coaldale Civic Square atrium, MLA Grant Hunter, on behalf of Minister Tanya Fir and the Government of Alberta, presented the Link Pathway committee with a $1 million grant from the Community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Offender to spend more time in jail for break-ins
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who broke into a couple of commercial businesses in 2021 and 2022, had hoped the equivalent of 303 days he has already spent in remand custody would satisfy the judge hearing his case and he would be released Monday. However, Joshua Alexander Drake is going to have to spend more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Education support workers stage rally
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 13th, 2024
Education support workers from all over the province rallied along Mayor Magrath Drive in front of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Saturday to send a message about not being able to live off poverty wages they receive in Alberta. Education support workers include education assistants, administrative support, library workers, early learning assistants, custodial, maintenance, grounds workers, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police federation wants more RCMP officers in Alberta
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The National Police Federation (NPF) is asking the provincial government to make room in its 2024 budget for the RCMP to be able to increase the number of officers serving Albertans. NPF Prairie Region director Kevin Halwa told the Herald Friday they are asking the UCP to invest $80 million over three years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forensic assessment ordered for man caught with child porn
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who, over several years, collected thousands of images and videos of child pornography, has been ordered to have a forensic assessment before he is sentenced later this spring. Ahren Fegbeitel pleaded guilty recently in Lethbridge court of justice to one charge of possession of child pornography, but instead of sentencing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exhibits at Galt raise awareness on residential school history
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 10th, 2024
The Galt Museum hosted the visit of Legacy of Hope Foundation board president Adam North Peigan on Friday coinciding with the Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives exhibit. The occasion also featured Apooyak’ii / Tiffany Prete who is guest curator of Stolen Kainai Children: Stories of Survival exhibit. The Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives exhibit was loaned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driving a stolen car and threatening family earns woman a jail sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who was caught with a stolen car and threatened to burn down a family member’s house, has pleaded guilty to several criminal offences, but won’t have to spend any more time in custody. Cheyanna Megan Williams was sentenced Friday in Lethbridge court of justice to 100 days in jail, one day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Report into fatal plane crash at Claresholm Airport released
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com While an investigation into a fatal plane crash last summer at the Claresholm Industrial Airport has determined that the small Cessna 152 aircraft suddenly lost altitude and spun into the ground, it was unable to determine the cause of the aerodynamic stall and tailspin. The air transportation investigation report, which is not intended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Galt Museum welcomes AI to the archives team
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Artificial Intelligence has joined the archives team at the Galt Museum and Archives through an innovative AI model developed by a Swiss company specifically for archives. Head Archivist Andrew Chernevych, said this week the AI model Archipanion offers users a better and more effective way to search for images within the museum’s database. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College hosting extended reality student competition this spring
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge College Spatial Technologies Applied Research and Training (START) Centre will be taking part in a highly competitive event this spring with other post-secondary institutions across Alberta to provide high school students an opportunity to explore the world of virtual reality. Industry liaison and research advisor in START, Mike McCready said the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Standoff man to stand trial on two sets of drug charges, hopes to make bail on third set
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Standoff man who faces drug and weapon-related charges from three separate incidents in Lethbridge in 2022 and 2023, will stand trial later this year in relation to two of the matters. At about 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 2022 officers were patrolling in the 300 block of 4 and 5 Street South following ... Read More »
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