The Alberta Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the budget that was released on Tuesday looks good from a taxpayer’s perspective. Kim Sims says we are seeing a lot of guard rails and Read More
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Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen expressed his frustration regarding the Alberta Budget. Hyggen says overall, he is disappointed with a lot of what came out of the budget. He says he doesn’t understand why our Read More
Black History Month celebrations ended Tuesday afternoon at Lethbridge College. To conclude the month, a lunch and learn session took place which featured a guest speaker. Moji Taiwo is a Calgary based author, speaker and Read More
Homeowners will soon be able to add some new energy efficient upgrades to their homes as the city has now opened applications for their Clean Energy Improvement program. Lethbridge is one of eight municipalities carrying Read More
The 2023 Ag-Expo and North American Seed Fair kicked off on Tuesday at the Lethbridge and District Exhibition. Hundreds of ag industry experts made their way to our city to showcase the newest in farming technology. Read More
The historic Lethbridge Hotel is in the process of being demolished. This follows a fire that burned most of the building last Friday morning. Officials determined that due to the weak structural integrity of the Read More
The stats are in for the 2023 Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games. It appears as though Team Lethbridge took home some nice hardware. A total of 24 athletes from our city took part in the event and Read More
Streets Alive Mission raised around $65,000 this past weekend during the Coldest Night of the Year event. Officials with the Christian organization said more funds are set to come in. Members of the community walked around Read More
Lethbridge Police have charged two 22-year-old males with aggravated assault following a stabbing on Sunday. LPS were called to the Enmax Centre where the International Peace Pow-wow and Festival was taking place around 2pm to Read More
Professional bull riders endure harsh injuries until sometimes they physically can’t compete anymore. Chad Hartman, a bull rider from Lancer, Saskatchewan will be competing in the upcoming PBR Canada Elite Cup Series in Lethbridge Read More
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Groups like the Project Sunflower Aid Society in Lethbridge and Samaritan’s Purse Canada have continued to help displaced Ukrainians during the war. Hundreds Read More
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s soccer team has a new head coach. Thiago Bastos joins the team with six years of experience coaching soccer in Canada. He is currently completing a Master’s Read More
The South Western Alberta Teachers’ Convention took place at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday. The event will also be held on Friday. Katherine Pritchard from the Alberta Teachers’ Association, says the convention is a Read More
Many Christians around the world are celebrating Lent. It began on Wednesday and will run for 40 days until April 6th. Joel Klemick, one of the pastors with The Miz City Church in Lethbridge explains exactly Read More
Professional bull riders from around the world are set to test their mettle against some of the toughest bucking bulls around. The PBR Canada Elite Cup Series will take place at the Enmax Centre in Read More
A 12-day revival continues down at Asbury University in Kentucky. A pastor from Melfort Saskatchewan who drove down with a group to take part in the worship says on Sunday alone there was 25,000 people who Read More
Snow removal is well underway in Lethbridge and to ensure snow plowing can move forward without issues, temporary parking restrictions are now in effect along snow routes. Darwin Juell, the transportation manager for the city Read More
According to industry experts, The Last Of Us TV show will generate over 200 million dollars in revenue for Alberta. The show was shot entirely in our province and has showcased the Alberta Legislature, the Lethbridge Read More
New West Theatre has provided a wide variety of theatrical and musical shows over the past 30 years in Lethbridge. Last year, the organization said they were in trouble financially and had to fundraise $150,000 to be Read More
Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen brought forward an official business motion to City Council on Tuesday asking members to vote to have him send letters to the province and federal government asking for funding for a Read More
A Lethbridge mother accused in the case involving an infant who was believed to had been sexually assaulted by her parents last month will be staying behind bars for the time being. Angela Stewart has Read More
The Lethbridge International Airshow is ready to take flight once more this summer. Local dignitaries unveiled what the show will look like this year at a media availability earlier today. As BCN’s Micah Quinn Read More
The Helen Schuler Nature Centre will soon be launching a new website. In the lead up to the launch, the nature centre is hosting a family day long weekend scavenger hunt for families to learn Read More
There has recently been a large increase in dead waterfowl in the City of Lethbridge. This includes areas near Henderson Lake and in the river bottom by the High Level Bridge. Dr. Everett Hanna an Read More
Additional funding for Streets Alive Mission and its outreach programming may be made available. Members of the Cultural SPC met on Thursday to figure out if the money should be divvied out to the Christian Read More
It was day two of the Farming Smarter Conference and Trade Show in Lethbridge. Many guest speakers took part in the two-day conference including Graham Collier from Nufarm Canada. Collier spent part of the day Read More
Joseph Schow, the MLA for Cardston-Siksika and Alberta Government House Leader for the UCP spoke about the upcoming 2023 budget at a Thursday SACPA session. Schow said there were close to 94,000 full-time jobs created in Alberta Read More
In alliance with Pink Shirt Day next week, a junior high school in our city held a fun activity for its grade nine students to help promote mental health and wellness in the school. Angela Read More
An amateurs’ mixed martial arts event is set to take place on Saturday February 18. Rumble in the Cage 64 plans to give spectators some knock-out action at Exhibition Park. And according to promoter Lee Mein, the Read More
Lethbridge business owners expressed their frustration during an Economic Standing Policy committee Wednesday afternoon about the potential of parking fines being increased. The fee for a parking fine currently sits at $25 and it’s looking Read More
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