Whoop Up Days gets underway with popular parade

Thousands lined the streets of Lethbridge on Tuesday morning as the Whoop Up Days parade marked the opening of the biggest annual event in our city.

A long list of dignitaries, businesses, Indigenous and cultural groups and community organizations were organized in over 120 floats that travelled through the main streets of Lethbridge.

BCN reporter Landon Hickok has more on some of the sights and sounds from the parade.

Landon Hickok

Landon is a recent graduate of the Radio and Television program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton. He previously obtained a diploma for Christian Ministries at Home Church Bible College in Red Deer, Alberta. For years since, he worked on church media with Home Church and later with City Life church in Leduc, Alberta, working on event live-streams and video productions. At NAIT, he was part of the student-run NAIT NewsWatch news program. He led topics ranging from school athletics to local news and international headlines such as the October 7 attack in Israel in 2023. Outside of news, he spent internships in Edmonton sports with the Oilers of the NHL and the Stingers of the CEBL. Now in Lethbridge, he’s here to produce stories to help inform all and to honour Jesus Christ with his work.

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