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  • Helen Schuler Nature Centre new website owl graphic
    Look 'hoooo' has a new website!

    Residents and visitors can now view information and news from the Helen Schuler Nature Centre at a new website. Launching today, the Helen Schuler Nature Centre can be discovered in a new digital habitat– https://nature.lethbridge.ca/

  • MMIWG reg flags winter city hall
    Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls remembered with visual display at City Hall

    Nationally on February 14, walks are held throughout various cities in memory of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited people who have been lost or are missing. It's an opportunity for their loved ones to grieve, remember them and raise awareness of the disparity in the number of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited people who die nationally every year. 

  • Ambulance truck
    Lethbridge adding two new ambulances into EMS system

    ​The City of Lethbridge and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are adding two additional ambulances starting in April. This will improve Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response times, keeping rural ambulances in their communities and ensuring people in the Lethbridge area get the care they need.

  • Lethbridge City Council supports Rapid Housing Initiatives

    ​Three local organizations could soon be in a position to help with affordable housing needs in the community thanks to the unanimous support of City Council. 

    Council conditionally approved up to $4.97 million in municipal funding requests in an effort to capitalize on the Federal Government's Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) program. The money could be used to leverage up to $38.89 million for the proposed projects. 

  • Cavendish Farms Centre Sign Announcement YMCA
    Cavendish Farms is the new title sponsor of Crossings Leisure Complex

    The City of Lethbridge is excited to announce Cavendish Farms as the new title sponsor for the Crossings Leisure Complex (formerly ATB Centre).

  • Snow Plow Mean Jean talking to students
    See Darth Blader and Snowzilla in action with new online snow plow tracking tool

    Planning your winter commute has become easier as the City of Lethbridge has introduced a new online snow plow tracking tool. With GPS technology, the online tracker map shows where the plow trucks are working around the city, and where they have been throughout the day.

  • Green Cart Kitchen Catcher compost bin
    Phase 1 curbside organics showing ‘wheelie’ good success rates

    ​Residents who have been a part of the first phase of the curbside organics program have been reporting good success using their green cart.

  • Fire EMS crew classroom
    Local life-saving learnings gain industry attention

    Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) are using technology and education to solve industry-wide challenges in cardiac resuscitation. Using data from real-time events, LFES has worked with Alberta Health Services to created new protocols that are saving lives and garnering attention from agencies across North America.

  • Recap of December 13 Lethbridge City Council meeting

    Recap list of items discussed at the December 13 Lethbridge City Council meeting.

  • Council approves next four-year operating budget

    ​Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt the Economic Standing Policy Committee's recommendations to amend the City of Lethbridge's 2023-2026 Operating Budget.

    With its approval, the 2023-2026 average annual change in municipal tax rate is 5.1 per cent for each of the next four years. This is equal to a $129.93 per year per single family house, based on an average market value of $285,800.