LETHBRIDGE, AB - As the weather gets warmer, patios are going to start popping up around downtown Lethbridge.The City's annual patio and parklet program is back for 2024, which they say helps businesses transform streets and sidewalks into spaces for people and not just vehicles.One of the businesses that has taken adv...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents and businesses along 11 Street South will see an improvement to their water service infrastructure this summer.The City of Lethbridge is replacing the watermain along 11 Street South between 3 Avenue and 6 Avenue South. The work will start on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 and is expected to be comple...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Get set to party in downtown!The 6th Street Block Party is set to return to Lethbridge after a successful first outing in 2023. This year's event is set for Saturday, June 15, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in Festival Square.WESTCO Construction will serve as the presenting sponsor, and officials say ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge (U of L) has new funding to train students in data science.The school has received a $1.65 million grant over six years from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council's (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program.The grant comes as pa...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Diabetes Canada is holding its Drive Up and Donate event this weekend.This Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, 2024, the organization is asking Lethbridge residents to donate gently used clothing and small household items.Since the initiative began in 2020, Canadians have donated nearly half-a-million poun...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local attractions were in the spotlight this week.On Tuesday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Tourism Lethbridge hosted VIP (Visitor Information Provider) Tours. Frontline workers, along with members of the media and City staff were driven around on a City Transit bus to different venues.The tour s...

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for parts of Southern Alberta, beginning on May 16, 2024.Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and large hail.The storms are expected to begin early in the afternoon, produ...

Officials say a series of investigations into contraband tobacco has lead to several major seizures in 2024, including two that are among the largest in the province's history.The Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) says, between six separate incidents since the start of this year, they have confiscated 32,222,08...

Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the highways near Fort McMurray, studded with cannons that can blast enough water into fire-threatened ditches to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 90 minutes.The soakers help protect buildings, homes and vital routes into and out of the Alberta city against wil...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Sport Council (LSC) has announced a new program which begins next week.The Summer Sport Drop-In Program begins May 21st and runs every Monday to Thursday evening through June 26th. In July, the drop-ins will be moved to the mornings to avoid the heat.The east end of the Nicholas Sheran I...