Following extensive engagement and community feedback, Lethbridge City Council will not proceed on six previously-proposed dog park locations in established neighbourhoods. Instead, based on the engagement results, Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to consider appropriate areas for future dog parks when new Outline Plans, or amendments to Outline Plans, come forward. This will involve continued work with BILD Lethbridge, land developers and landowners moving forward.

​During the past 15 years, Lethbridge has successfully hosted all but one elite curling event and that could soon change as the city prepares a bid for the 2025 Canadian Olympic Curling trials.

Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to provide a letter of support, as well as $900,000 in cash and in-kind services, through the Major Community Event Grant budget, to support a bid for the event commonly known as Roar of the Rings. The event would feature both men's and women's curling, with the winners earning spots at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

​Are you looking to work outside in fresh air, with a great group of people and with the summer sun on your face? We're hiring!

​On Wednesday, during a ceremony at the University of Lethbridge, five members of Lethbridge City Council, including Mayor Blaine Hyggen, added the City of Lethbridge as a signatory supporting the Buffalo Treaty – thus making Lethbridge the first municipality to do so.

Parking fines are still in place for Lethbridge, but no increases will be happening at this time.

Applications are now open for the City of Lethbridge’s Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP), which will provide homeowners with a financial tool to support energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades to their properties.

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/

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. 

​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.

​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.