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New college grad calls VR program a form of art
By Lethbridge Herald on October 17th, 2023
Steffanie Costigan LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER This year’s Lethbridge College fall convocation celebration had many bright and talented students completing their programs, all looking forward to a bright new start. Raphael Aubut was one among the graduating students who completed his certificate in Virtual and Augmented Reality. He shared his experience in the program before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council addressing motion to establish task force
By Lethbridge Herald on October 17th, 2023
Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD An official business motion calling for a collaboration with the Downtown Business Revitalization Zone on a cross-functional task force on lawlessness is among the agenda items when Lethbridge city council meets today at 1:30 p.m. The motion will be moved by Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Acting Mayor John Middleton-Hope. The two ... Read More »
5 responsesUniversity moves up Maclean’s rankings
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The University Lethbridge has leaped up in the annual Maclean’s University Rankings report which was released this week. The university jumped five spots in the primarily undergraduate classification for 2024 moving up to sixth out of 20 schools in the class. The university says the ranking is line with previous years. It was ... Read More »
1 responseVoir dire shortened in manslaughter case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A court hearing for a Fort Macleod man charged with manslaughter more than two years ago has been shortened following discussions between the Crown and defence. A three-day voir dire – a mini trial within a trial – for Cullen Drake Tailfeathers was scheduled to run next Thursday, Friday and Oct. 23. However, ... Read More »
1 responseArtist goes to bat for bats in SAAG exhibition
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 14th, 2023
Bats get a bad rap and Vancouver born artist Gabi Dao has had about enough of the slander. Many will remember the rumours from the early days of COVID-19 when word on the street was that the virus was transmitted to humans via bat after a video of a Chinese vlogger eating bat soup went ... Read More »
1 responseFabric and yarn sale pulls together for African grandmothers
By Heather Cameron SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 14th, 2023
The 6th Annual Harambee Grandmas Fabric and Yarn Sale is set to take place next weekend at McKillop United Church. Mardi Renyk of the Harambee Grandmas says that the proceeds from the sales will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers-to-Grandmothers Campaign and the unsold items are donated to various charitable groups and school programs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused killer faces charge of breaching order
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Brocket man waiting for a judge’s decision following his second-degree murder trial in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, is also facing a related charge in a lower court. Dustin Big Bull is charged with failure to comply with a non-communication order for contacting a woman while he was in remand custody at ... Read More »
1 responseNikkei history project shortlisted for Governor General award
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A project by the University of Lethbridge in partnership with the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden and the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, that shares the histories of Japanese Canadians in the post-war era has been shortlisted for a Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming. The Nikkei Memory Capture ... Read More »
1 responseCooking in vacant suite a recipe for arrest
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught inside a vacant basement suite was just trying to eat his lunch. Police were called to the residence last January after a renter, who occupied the upper level of the southside home, heard someone in the stairwell who may have been trying to get into the lower residence. While ... Read More »
3 responsesCeremony welcomes new president to U of L
By Lethbridge Herald on October 14th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge officially welcomed Digvir Jayas as their seventh president and vice-chancellor during an installation ceremony Friday afternoon. Jayas began his term as the University of Lethbridge’s seventh president and vice-chancellor on July 1. An accomplished researcher and former Tier I Canada Research Chair in Stored-Grain Ecosystems, Jayas ... Read More »
1 responseEveryone has a role in ending child sexual abuse, SACPA told
By Lethbridge Herald on October 13th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) invited Kristine Cassie, CEO of Chinook Sexual Assault Centre, to their Thursday session to talk about child sexual abuse. Cassie spoke to the Herald prior to the presentation and said she prepared the topic since October is Child Abuse Prevention Month. “This ... Read More »
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