Budget Deliberations will begin at city council next week. Mayor Blaine Hyggen says council has had the opportunity to review everything well in advance to make sure they are all prepared and they are ready to make inform decisions on all the data. Hyggen says this year is difficult given the high cost of inflation. “I’ll […]Read More
The Alberta United Conservative Party held their annual general meeting over the weekend in Enoch, located just outside of Edmonton. During keynote speech, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith took aim at Rachel Notley for her support of increases to the federal carbon tax, and Alberta Health Services for the shortage of health-care providers. Following her speech, […]Read More
In an effort to increase support ahead of next spring’s provincial election, Alberta’s official opposition held their own convention in Calgary over the weekend. This marked the unofficial launch of the party’s campaign. Angela Stewart was there and has more on the NDP’s plan to help Albertans. Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her new cabinet. Of note…Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf becomes Deputy Premier and Infrastructure Minister. Other appointees noted below: Deputy Premier and Minister of Skilled Trades and Professions – Kaycee Madu Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure – Nathan Neudorf President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance – Travis […]Read More
Remembrance Day is just around the corner. It is a day where we honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and laid down their lives to ensure freedoms for so many of us. Members of the Lethbridge Legion’s Remembrance Day Committee were at a Cultural SPC meeting at city hall on Thursday. They were asking […]Read More
The budget draft review was a main focus on Tuesday. Members of the Lethbridge Economic Standing Policy Committee met at City Hall to engage in presentations, debate and engagement about the 2023-2026 operating budget. The annual Capital Budget for the year makes up $76 million and the Operating Budget totals $433 million. The capital portion […]Read More
A new four year operating budget for Lethbridge will be presented on Tuesday and Wednesday during Economic SPC meetings. Members will received a draft review of the 2023-2026 budget, hear presentations on several proposed new initiatives and receive the Operating Budget What We Heard Report, which has been compiled from online and in-person engagement completed […]Read More
The city’s 311 number was developed in 2019 and has been used to help residents with any number of issues they have in Lethbridge. Stats for this year indicate close to 100,000 cases have been logged with 89 per cent of calls answered within the first 30 seconds. A presentation was made at Lethbridge City […]Read More
Close to 85,000 votes were submitted at Calgary’s BMO Centre during the election process for the United Conservative party to pick their new leader Danielle Smith. She came out with a majority of valid votes in the sixth round, beating Travis Toews by 5,943 votes. During her speech, Smith touched on the rising cost of […]Read More
The United Conservative Party has a new leader. She is 51-year-old Danielle Smith. The former leader of the Wildrose Party of Alberta beat out former finance minister Travis Toews on the 6th ballot. Smith had around 53 per cent of the vote compared to Toews’ 46 per cent. Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley offered up […]Read More
A healthy dose of funding has been invested in Lethbridge and its trades economy. The Alberta government announced on Tuesday that just over $2 million will be given to Southland Trailer Corp to continue their expansion in our city. Ryan Sailer, the General Manager for the company says they will be creating a new facility […]Read More
Members of the Governance Standing Policy Committee in Lethbridge questioned the city’s communications department recently. Currently the department has 10 staff members that work for the team and an additional person who works as a communications strategist for city council. Tara Grindle, the communications manager for the city made a presentation on the Community Engagement […]Read More
A battle between members of Alberta’s criminal defense lawyer associations and the province is heating up. As of Monday, defense lawyers in Alberta are no longer taking legal aid cases. Protests have been held in Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer as lawyers are not happy. Greg White, a defense lawyer from the Michael Dietrich Law […]Read More
If you take a drive down 5th St in Downtown Lethbridge you might notice the Oliver Block building. It was constructed in 1900 and was in disrepair just a few years ago as it was set to be torn down, paving the way for a parking lot. In 2017, the building was bought and underwent […]Read More
On September 1 at a Lethbridge Civic Works Standing Policy Committee meeting it was recommended during a presentation that the southeast portion of Parkside Drive South be renamed Exhibition Way South. City administration found that there was a large influx of addressing requests related to the exhibition during the construction of the new Agri-Food Hub […]Read More
If you take a cruise down Parkside Drive by Henderson Lake you may see a new name in the future. The Civic Works Standing Policy Committee recommended that Lethbridge City Council name the current area Exhibition Way. It would be to honour the Lethbridge and District Exhibition. The area is located adjacent to the new […]Read More
The City of Lethbridge is hoping to hear from residents about the upcoming 2023-2026 budget deliberations. They will take place starting in November. Locals are encouraged to go online and visit the My Two Cents campaign which will allow them to give their own two cents on how they think the budget should be spent. […]Read More
UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith has a few new shining endorsements from Alberta MLAs. Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf has thrown his support behind Smith to replace Jason Kenney as premier and leader of the party. Smith said at the first UCP leadership debate on Wednesday in Medicine Hat that she has also received support from […]Read More
Following the UCP leaders debate Wednesday in Medicine Hat, Rebecca Schulz says the best thing for people to focus on when choosing the next leader of the UCP is who can lead the party effectively and win the election over Rachel Notley next year. Schulz says it’s all about unity. “Unity of our party members, […]Read More
An amendment to legislation for free bus passes for refugees was debated on Tuesday during Lethbridge City Council. Council asked city administration to allow refugees from Ukraine to have free bus passes for those coming into our city. The initiative would last for six months. Lethbridge Deputy Mayor Jenn Schmidt-Rempel says this was an easy […]Read More
UCP leadership hopeful Travis Toews was in Lethbridge on Tuesday chatting about his leadership platform. Toews held a meet and greet at the Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre. The issue of no doctors accepting new patients in Lethbridge has been a hot button topic the past few years. The only clinic currently accepting new patients in Lethbridge […]Read More
Legislation for an existing amendment by the City of Lethbridge to offer more aid to refugees in our city will be debated during Tuesday’s city council meeting. On July 5th council voted to allow free public transit for all refugees in Lethbridge. A local organization called Project Sunflower was in support of the idea, but […]Read More
A Pincher Creek councillor who was well known in the community has died. Wayne Elliot passed away on July 9th while camping with his family. He was serving his fifth term as a councillor for the town before his unfortunate death. Pincher Creek Mayor Don Anderberg says Elliott was a stand up guy who loved […]Read More
A new letter bound for the legislature has been signed by over 70 Alberta municipalities which disagree with the province’s plan to implement a provincial police force. There are mayors and politicians who have differing opinions on the matter however. As BCN’s Micah Quinn explains, the potential decision to phase out the RCMP in Alberta […]Read More
A total of nine candidates are battling it out to see who will become the next Alberta premier and leader of the UCP. Rebecca Schulz, the MLA for Calgary-Shaw and former Minister of Children’s Services has thrown her name in the hat vying for the top job. Schulz was in Lethbridge on Tuesday campaigning in […]Read More
More and more Albertans are feeling the pinch in their wallets due to inflation. But those living on a fixed income may be feeling it even more particularly since the province stopped adjusting compensation according to the cost of living. NDP Finance Critic, Shannon Phillips and Marie Renaud, MLA for St. Albert, were in Lethbridge […]Read More
The issue of paid parking at the Enmax Centre has been a hot button talking point lately. City council voted in May to move forward with a five dollar paid parking idea at the event centre starting in September. Lethbridge Councillor John Middleton-Hope filed a motion to city council asking them to rescind paid parking […]Read More
The fallout from the Jason Kenney leadership review and subsequent Kenney resignation has been felt in a number of ways. That is according to Political Science Professor Dr. Duane Bratt who teaches at Mount Royal University. Bratt presented at SACPA on Thursday and said Premier Kenney dug his own grave during the pandemic which led […]Read More
Lethbridge City Council unanimously approved the hiring of eight additional firefighters for the Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services at a council meeting on Tuesday. A total of $884,600 will be used from unspent operating funds. Ongoing costs of approximately $1 million to $1.3 million per year will be absorbed by LFES with no additional tax […]Read More
Reaction to Jason Kenney’s resignation made its way to Lethbridge as well. Local politicians commented on the decision Thursday. As Micah Quinn explains, there are some who have already put their names forward vying to become the new leader of the UCP including Danielle Smith and Brian Jean. UPDATE: UCP caucus chair Nathan Neudorf released […]Read More
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