Teams constructing their displays for CANstruction YQL 2024 at Centre Village Mall on March 7, 2024. (Photo: LNN)

By Christian Oldale

CANstruction YQL returns for 2024

Mar 7, 2024 | 3:38 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – An event in Lethbridge this week is bringing out the giving, and engineering spirit of residents.

CANstruction is an anti-hunger project across North America, which looks to donate food to food banks. As part of the event, teams of architects, engineers, designers, contractors, and students work together to create structures out of canned food.

Lethbridge has seven teams participating in the event in 2024, and they are constructing their food can sculptures in the hallways of Centre Village Mall. The teams come from multiple community organizations and companies, including from the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge College, and Winston Churchill High School.

James Walshe, Board Chair for CANstruction YQL spoke about the designs made by the teams. He said, “We do have some supports with local firms if everybody needs help [with designs]. You can do very simple, basic designs as well, it doesn’t need to be this big fancy thing.”

Walshe added, “We do get a wide variety, this year we have two racecars, we have the water tower, the College is doing a sink, and the high school did an Oki sign”

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The finished products will be displayed in the mall for a month for residents to see, and after being deconstructed, the food will be donated to the Lethbridge Food Bank and the Interfaith Food Bank. There will also be an awards show following the month-long display, where six awards will be given out.

Passersby will also be able to vote on which of the structures is their favourite with a voting table inside Save-On Foods over the weekend. In order to vote however, you will have to bring a food item for donation, or donate money to the food bank.

Walshe said he loves the public voting, “Peoples’ Choice is my favourite award because it really gets people involved with coming to see the structures, and its for a good cause.”

This year marks the twelfth year that CANstruction YQL has been running. Photos from CANstruction, taken on March 7, 2024 can be seen below:

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