Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Wanted: volunteers for July's Southern Alberta Summer Games
Last Wednesday was the start of athlete registration for the upcoming Southern Alberta Summer Games in the County of Forty Mile.Organizers, however, would like you to know they are still looking for a...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Suzanne Tucker/Dreamstime)
Emergency Preparedness Week Colouring Contest deadline approaching
There's just a few days left to get in your entry for Lethbridge County's Emergency Preparedness Colouring Contest.Emergency Management Director Breea Taminga reminds you, if you haven't picked up you...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Coalhurst begins annual spring clean-up campaign Wednesday
The Town of Coalhurst begins its annual Spring Clean-up program Wednesday. Beginning at 8 a.m., residents can put out large household items, bagged yard waste, pruned tree branches, appliances, furnit...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
New executive director begins at Lethbridge Food Bank
The Lethbridge Food Bank is welcoming in a former longtime business owner as its new executive director.Tim Rempel, recently appointed by the board, was asked if he has any plans as he takes on his ne...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
City sees first draft of new economic development strategy
Deloitte Canada is putting together an economic development strategy for the City of Lethbridge.A draft document, presented at a Community Issues Committee meeting yesterday, follows discussion by the...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Small communities, like Fort Macleod, facing rising policing costs
Like many smalltown Alberta communities, Fort Macleod is looking at a huge jump in its share of RCMP policing costs.Under a new formula introduced last month, the town could see its current annual pay...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Funding awarded for regional economy initiatives, employment opportunities
Calling it a shift towards a more connected approach, the province announced Tuesday that it's awarding $120,000 to the Highway 3 Alberta Tourism Corridor Development Project.Through its Northern and ...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Waterton Tourism)
Convocation ceremonies planned for Lethbridge Polytechnic
It's graduation week for a number of students at Lethbridge Polytechnic with the main ceremonies set for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday.The institute is also hosting an Honour Night for Indigenous gradu...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Alberta's rise in the industrial carbon tax will impact almost everything
The Alberta director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation believes almost everything you and I purchase will be impacted by a newly-agreed-to industrial carbon price for our province.Kris Sims adds t...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Lethbridge & Medicine Hat Kidney Walk on tap for this weekend
Southern Alberta's annual Kidney Walk, in support of those affected by kidney disease, is set to go this weekend in both Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.According to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, rough...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)