The UCP government has announced some targeted funding for drought and flood protections throughout the province. $25 million from its Drought and Flood Protection program will go to 12 separate projects, while $3.5 million will go to projects Read More
The Community Foundation is now accepting applications for its Community Priorities Grant Program and the Henry Varley Fund for Rural Life Grants Program. A total of $520,000 in funding is available between the two programs to Read More
Lethbridge City Council has approved funding towards body-worn cameras for members of the Lethbridge Police Service. The funding will come from the Municipal Revenue Stabilization Reserve as a one-time allocation, to the tune of $555,000 this Read More
The YMCA of Lethbridge say they are very appreciative after receiving support funds to enable youth to participate in their street hockey and summer camp programs.Read More
The City of Lethbridge has announced one-time funding for projects that tackle homelessness, and local non-profits that promote DEI.Read More
The province announced that more than 820 million dollars in infrastructure funding will be going to Lethbridge and other Alberta municipalities during the 2025-2026 period. That represents an increase of around 13 per cent compared to the 2024 Read More
The president of the Highway Three Twinning Association here in southern Alberta is not happy with the recent comments made from federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault. Guilbeault recently allegedly said that Ottawa should not be Read More
More money will be going to bring in more qualified nurses to Alberta. The province announced that $11 million will go toward nurse bridging programs to help train internationally educated nurses. Advanced Education Minister Rajan Sawhney Read More
Here in Alberta, a million dollars has been approved by the city of Medicine Hat to help support HALO Air Ambulance for two years. This is the first time the city has approved support for Read More
Lethbridge City Council voted in favour of a number of funding allocations on Tuesday to help support the Community Social Development team. Some of the money includes up to $200,000 of federal Reaching Home Funding to Read More
It has been one month since Lethbridge City Council approved the encampment strategy. City officials say lots of progress has been made securing the resources they need to get the plan into action. Andrew Malcolm, Read More
A Lethbridge man is running across Alberta to raise awareness and funds for Autism Speaks Canada. The incredible part is he’s hoping to do so in only 96 hours. The goal for the initiative is Read More
Members of the Alberta government, Alberta Health Services and a local dialysis patient were on hand at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge for a huge funding announcement. The UCP is investing hundreds of millions Read More
Lethbridge City Council voted 6-3 against providing over $215,000 of federal funding for Streets Alive Mission’s Outreach Programming. Officials from Streets Alive told us the money would have been used to help out many of Read More
The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta are now accepting applications for their grant funding program for spring intake. Some of the applications that are open currently include the Rural Life and Community Priorities Read More
Recent stats say 43 per cent of people in Alberta have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime. That’s a staggering 1.8 million people. These numbers come from the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services. The group Read More
Lethbridge organizations will be receiving over $11.2 million dollars in funding from the federal government. The money will go to groups such as the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge College, the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers and the Read More
The federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano, says instead of the CBC going on a cross Canada tour promoting itself to Canadians it needs to be defunded. Terrazzano also talks about how Read More
For the next year and a half, the Cor Van Raay YMCA will be able to expand their youth mental wellness program thanks to some government funding. Over six million dollars has been invested into Read More
The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta has dished out $307,970 in grants to local organizations here in our city. The grants are through Community Priorities Granting Program, which is awarding $220,970 to 27 projects. As well Read More
Here is a follow-up to a story we brought you last week about disability support workers frustrated about not seeing a wage increase for the last eight years. A worker in Lethbridge says the lack Read More
The Village of Stirling’s pool is currently undergoing some massive upgrades. Back in November Stirling received close $319,943 from the Canada Community Revitalization Fund. The village will contribute the remaining funds which will total $600,000. The Read More
Construction on a new playground in Galt Gardens will soon begin after the city was awarded $375,000 from the Government of Canada’s Revitalization fund. The money will be on a 75 to 25 per cent basis meaning Read More
The Alberta government invested over $5.3 million into the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge College and Medicine Hat College through the Alberta at Work initiative. The money will go toward supporting programs in agriculture, health care, science Read More
Athletes in our province are getting set to compete in the 2023 Alberta Summer Games. The event will be hosted by Okotoks and Black Diamond, with the province investing $420,000 into the games. There was an additional $70,000 Read More
The Lethbridge Airport is set to receive some much needed improvements in the form of customer experience. The City of Lethbridge received $583,480 from Western Economic Diversification Canada’s Regional Air Transportation Initiative that will be Read More
The Lethbridge 2020 Alberta Summer Games were forced to be cancelled due to the pandemic. Around 3,000 participants were set to compete in 14 sports over the four day event. This has resulted in $250,000 being given out to Read More
Alberta Environment and Parks Minister, Jason Nixon, was in Lethbridge County to announce provincial funding to the tune of over $28-million for a new renewable fuel facility in our city. As Micah Quinn reports this Read More
Lethbridge College received a huge financial boost today to its applied research activities and programs. A total of more than $1.3-million was awarded as part of two grants through the Canada Foundation For Innovation. Over $410,000 Read More
The Alberta Government announced some much-needed funding for recovery centres in Lethbridge. Lethbridge’s Southern Alcare Manor is set to receive more than $300,000 to add 11 publicly funded residential recovery treatment beds. Executive Director with Read More
