Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Alberta funding improvements, expansion for Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant is getting capacity upgrades due to funding from the provincial government.The plant can currently treat up to 150 million litres per day (MLD), a...
Oct 23, 2024
Glow Lethbridge returns to Agri-Food Hub for 2024
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A holiday favourite is returning to Lethbridge for 2024.Glow Lethbridge will be coming back to the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre this year. It debuted in 2023, and guides visitors ...
Oct 23, 2024
Weekend fire in Coaldale under investigation
COALDALE, AB - Crews are investigating a fire in Coaldale.On October 19, 2024 at approximately 5:00 a.m., Coaldale & District Emergency Services crews responded to reports of an outside fire. Upon...
Oct 23, 2024
Lethbridge Recovery Community celebrating one year of operations
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government is recognizing one year of operations at the Lethbridge Recovery Community.Construction on the Lethbridge Recovery Community began in spring 2022. The 50-bed fa...
Oct 23, 2024
Three southern Alberta students receive agri-food scholarships
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Three post-secondary students in Southern Alberta have received an agri-food scholarship.The 2024 SouthGrow Agri-Food Futures Scholarship comes from the SouthGrow Regional Initiative,...
Oct 23, 2024
BoC delivers half percentage point rate cut, says it now must keep inflation at 2%
The Bank of Canada delivered a supersized interest rate cut Wednesday in response to the recent decline in inflation, bringing its key policy rate down by half a percentage point.With annual price gro...
Oct 23, 2024
Alberta launches new grant to support communities facing rapid growth
The Alberta government has unveiled a new grant to help take some pressure off some of the province's fastest growing municipalities.Minister of Municipal Affairs Ric McIver was in Lethbridge on Tuesd...
Oct 22, 2024
Cardiac Care expansion project at Chinook Regional Hospital moving to next phase
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The project aimed at expanding cardiac care services at the Chinook Regional Hospital is moving forward. The planning work for a cardiac catheterization laboratory in Lethbridge began...
Oct 22, 2024
Clean Energy program now available to homeowners in Taber
TABER, AB - Homeowners in Taber can now apply for the Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP).The town announced on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 that the applications are now available for residential pr...
Oct 22, 2024
Premier Danielle Smith joins John Middleton-Hope for door knocking campaign in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The UCP has began their doorknocking campaign in Lethbridge ahead of the upcoming Lethbridge-West by-election.John Middleton-Hope will run against the NDP's Rob Miyashiro for the offi...
Oct 22, 2024