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Exhibits at Galt raise awareness on residential school history
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 »
Forensic assessment ordered for man caught with child porn
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 »
Driving a stolen car and threatening family earns woman a jail sentence
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 »
Police federation wants more RCMP officers in Alberta
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 »
College hosting extended reality student competition this spring
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 »
Report into fatal plane crash at Claresholm Airport released
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 »
Galt Museum welcomes AI to the archives team
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 »
Last Chance to Catch Documentary at Monarch Theatre
Source: Editing Luke Last Chance to Catch Documentary at Monarch Theatre My thanks to the Medicine Hat News for their coverage of the final screenings of Your Cinema Needs You at the Monarch Theatre. Tickets for the February shows are available here. ... Read More »
WHL: Wheat Kings beat Hurricanes 4-1
BRANDON, Man. – Rylen Roersma scored twice as the Brandon Wheat Kings hammered the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Roger McQueen and Jayden Wiens had a goal each for Brandon. Wheat Kings goaltender Carson Bjarnason saved 21 shots in the win. Miguel Marques had the lone goal for Lethbridge. Hurricanes goaltender Harrison Meneghin stopped 32 of 35 shots. ... Read More »
Zibanejad scores in OT to give Rangers 4th straight win, 4-3 over Blackhawks
CHICAGO (AP) – Mika Zibanejad scored 2:37 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory. Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafreniere and Jonny Brodzinski scored for New York, which carried a 3-1 lead into the third period. Kreider also set up Zibanejad’s winning goal for ... Read More »
Kane nets 2nd hat trick of season as Oilers beat Ducks 5-3 to get back to winning ways
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Evander Kane had his second hat trick this season and the eighth of his career as the Edmonton Oilers got back to their winning ways Friday night by rallying for a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Kane had a pair of second-period goals and finished off the hat trick with ... Read More »
