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City trial project aims to assist those with visual impairments

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is taking part in a one-year trial project with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the developers of an App called "Key2Access"- to offer a safer...

Oct 24, 2019 New "Smart Speakers" controlled by fobs and an App called Key2Access have been installed at some downtown intersections

Green cart program unlikely in Lethbridge for at least four years

LETHBRIGE, AB - There will be no green carts for organic waste in Lethbridge before 2023 at the earliest, after City Council voted 7-2 on Tuesday (Oct. 15), to postpone the program until the next Capi...

Oct 16, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall

BILD Lethbridge to design new Subdivision Recycling Depot Program

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It would be a first in the province: BILD (Building Industry and Land Development Association) Lethbridge is in the midst of creating a recycling standard for all member builders in t...

Oct 12, 2019 A new south Lethbridge Subdivision under construction- a centralized recycling depot would eliminate many trash bins

AUMA votes to support two of four Lethbridge resolutions

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is batting .500 after two of its four resolutions were passed at the recent Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention in Edmonton (Sept.25-27).The AUM...

Oct 11, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall

Councillors vote to implement Municipal Housing Strategy plan

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted unanimously to approve the implementation of the city's first Municipal Housing Strategy. The plan, with 51 recommended actions, will include identif...

Oct 07, 2019 Martin Thomsen presents the Municipal Housing Strategy to City Council Monday

Salary freeze for Red Deer city council

RED DEER -- Red Deer city council will see no salary increase this year.Council voted Monday to freeze the salaries for the mayor and its other eight members at their current rates."As we continue to ...

Oct 01, 2019 Red Deer Countil RDNewsNOW

“Significant increase” in calls for service at SCS and surrounding area strain LPS resources

LETHBRIDGE, AB - *UPDATED* In the first year of its operation, according to new numbers released by Lethbridge Police at Wednesday's Police Commission meeting, calls for service at the city's Supervis...

Andrew Snook Sep 25, 2019 Lethbridge's Supervised Consumption Site

City of Lethbridge Salaries and More: Your Questions Answered

LETHBRIDGE, AB - *UPDATE*: A motion by Councillor Jeffrey Coffman is expected to be brought forward at Monday's City Council meeting (Sept. 16) called "Compensation Disclosure List." The motion asks t...

Sep 12, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall (Lethbridge News NOW)

Thousands of litres of oily substance released into Oldman River

LETHBRIDGE, AB - What's believed to be between 3,500 and 4,500 litres of cooking oil was somehow recently released into Lethbridge's stormwater drainage system and ended up in the Oldman River.That's ...

Sep 04, 2019 What's believed to be cooking oil was released into the Oldman River

Lethbridge Regional Park and Ride set to open in one week

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's a project more than 18 months in the making, but on Aug. 28, the city's new regional Park and Ride facility will open its doors to the public. That means changes for those who no...

Aug 21, 2019 Construction on Lethbridge's Regional Park and Ride facility is almost complete