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Get ready for a bigger, better and more accessible Canada Day in Lethbridge!

Beginning in July 2025, the City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge District & Exhibition (LDE) will combine forces to host Canada’s birthday. Some activities will stay at Henderson Lake Park (including the popular Kid Zone) while others will shift across the street to LDE.

Crews from two stations were called to a vehicle fire at a westside residence on Sunday, February 2.

The deadline for businesses, organizations and institutions to submit their annual mandatory waste reports is today. 

More than 500 businesses have already filed their reports with the free and easy-to-use online system, which takes less than five minutes to complete. The online portal will automatically close at the end of the day. 

Do you have reservations about reporting business waste? 

Jeff and Allison Gliege, co-owners of Firestone Restaurant and Bar, felt overwhelmed when the City introduced its mandatory recycling and mandatory organics program. Rather than fear it, they gave it a shot – and quickly realized it wasn’t as daunting as it seemed. 

Lethbridge Police and Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services have partnered in a new Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) initiative that will help save lives during high-risk incidents where every second counts.

Chemical composition of the Category "A" Soil Supplement produced by the City of Lethbridge Waste & Recycling Centre.

Another eye in the sky is helping motorists monitor a busy stretch of road in real-time.

A new traffic monitoring camera points directly at the Highway 3 river crossing. It captures westbound and eastbound traffic before, on and after the bridge. The camera takes still images every two minutes, covering the previous 20 minutes of activity.

Yellow Fish Road™ is a free storm drain painting program that promotes awareness about urban runoff pollution with various groups such as school classes, eco clubs, youth groups, neighborhood groups, or even your family/friends! Sign up your group or family today!​

In 2023, we began a pilot project of lowering residential speed limits to 40 km/h in several city neighbourhoods. The areas of Uplands/Blackwolf, Paradise Canyons/The Canyons and the southern portion of Southgate Sixmile continue to be part of the Residential Speed Limit Pilot Project – a multi-year endeavour, with data on the pilot areas to be collected throughout the project timeline.

The City of Lethbridge is reminding businesses, organizations and institutions to submit their annual mandatory waste diversion reports by Friday, January 31.  

More than 450 businesses have already filed their reports with the free and easy-to-use online system, which takes less than five minutes to complete.