The City of Lethbridge alongside Fire and Police are asking the public for help to report encampments in the Oldman River Valley. LPS have confirmed that two major grass fires that occurred on January 13th Read More
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The Encampment Response Team presented a report to Lethbridge City Council this week that identified 124 encampment sites throughout November and December 2024 compared to 2023.Read More
An Encampment Strategy was presented to Lethbridge City Council this week, which shows an increase of overall encampments from this time last year, but also a dramatic exodus of encampments from city parks.Read More
Lethbridge City officials say an increasing number of encampments are being discovered and dismantled in Lethbridge’s river valley. In a report presented to City Council on July 9, general manager of community social development, Andrew Read More
Why are not more encampments at universities across Canada coming down? Pat King of the Freedom Convoy had his trial begin in Ottawa and a new Nanos Poll says the Tories now have a 20 point Read More
Lethbridge City Council has approved a new strategy to help deal with the encampment issue in our city. The city will be working with the police and city administration on several goals including connecting some Read More
As the temperature drops outside, a couple of non-for-profits in our city say they are seeing more people are using their services. Bill Ginther with the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen believes the increase is due to Read More
A number of concerned citizens came forward at Lethbridge City Hall to speak on the encampment issues within our city. Resident Angeline McDonald who lives next to the YWCA says she comes across needles in Read More
Lethbridge has been dealing with an issue of many tent encampments popping up near some downtown facilities. The city currently does not have long-term housing solutions for the most vulnerable. In a special feature, BCN’Read More
Many of the most vulnerable in Lethbridge have set up tent encampments outside of two downtown facilities because of the lack of city housing support. As BCN’s Angela Stewart explains this is putting a Read More
