News

Through a new innovative partnership between Community Social Development (CSD), Lethbridge Police Service and the Watch Program, a new approach to outreach will provide enhanced services for the vulnerable population as well as the community at large.

City Council took proactive steps to mitigate the costs and risks associated with extreme weather for the community for years to come today.

Effective immediately and until further notice, a fire ban is in place on all open fires in the Lethbridge’s river valley.

The application deadline is looming for those residents looking for an opportunity to apply to the Community Wellbeing Advisory Board (CWAB).

Bridge maintenance and cleaning on Stafford Drive Bridge will start tomorrow; northbound traffic will be reduced to one lane on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 and the southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Road crews will be onsite from approximately 5 am to 4 pm each day.

City crews are closing the outside, southbound lane along the 900 block of Stafford Drive North starting Sunday, July 7 at 9 a.m.

With the continuation of the Whoop-Up Drive bridge rehabilitation project, work will be moving from the inside lane to the centre lane of Whoop Up Drive westbound beginning July 8, 2024. Traffic will be directed to merge around the lane closures. The work on westbound lanes is expected to be complete by approximately Labour Day weekend in September.

Lethbridge motorists looking to access more live-time information on the city’s busiest roadway have a new tool to plan or adjust their route. Four new traffic monitoring cameras have recently been installed to look at Whoop-Up Drive, both westbound and eastbound, as well as at Whoop-Up Drive exit ramps at University Drive and Scenic Drive. The 24/7 cameras, which can be viewed here, take still images in two-minute increments with each photo stored for 20 minutes.

Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) proudly announces the graduation of seven new Firefighter Paramedics, a key milestone in their careers. The graduation ceremony took place on July 3, 2024, at Fire Station #4 in North Lethbridge.

For Dorothy Graham, a recent recruit at Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES), firefighting runs in the blood. Her great-great-grandfather was the Lethbridge Fire Chief from 1911 to 1935 and left a legacy that continues to inspire her.