A Lethbridge woman who once lived on the streets, is now helping those she once lived alongside. BCN’s Heidi Echavarria brings us this inspiring story of transformation.Read More
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The City of Lethbridge dismantled a “high-risk” encampment on the river valley after finding debris and fire-risk items that brought concern for safety, environmental and structural risks.Read More
Streets Alive Mission in Lethbridge is seeking more winter clothing donations after the current cold snap has deteriorated their supply to give away for struggling people.Read More
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 Alberta judge is appealing to the provincial government for safer donation bins for clothing across the province after working on cases of deaths of people climbing into bins for shelter.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
Edmonton Police were shocked to discover a homeless encampment filled with amenities ranging from generators and solar panels, to running water and marble flooring. EPS have also seized weapons and over $8,000 in stolen goods.Read More
Many of us would like to know that no one needs shelter, but the reality is these emergency centers are a support for many of our most vulnerable. As BCN’s Heidi Echavarria reports, it Read More
The Streets Alive Mission has put out an urgent call for clothing donations. The Mission’s People In Need or P.I.N. Bank makes a wide variety of clothing available to those in need. Read More
There will be more help available to those who are battling homeless issues in Lethbridge. The Alberta government announced today that the city’s Indigenous led emergency shelter will be expanded. Officials say once complete 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
Lethbridge will be receiving new permanent supportive housing units thanks to an investment by the Alberta government. Officials say the 10.2 million dollar investment will help to build new housing in our city to ensure those Read More
Some of the players and coaching staff with the Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey club are doing their part and giving back to the community in a special way. They have been serving up meals at the Read More
For many it’s the closest they’ll ever come to the feeling of being homeless. On Saturday, hundreds of people in Lethbridge had the opportunity to empathize with those who have no shelter this Read More
Christian organization Streets Alive Mission which helps many of our homeless in the city held their Coldest Night of the Year event over the weekend. It is one of their biggest fundraisers. Co-founder, Ken Kissick, Read More
Another special event is coming up this Saturday in Lethbridge. It is the Coldest Night of the Year walk. A fundraiser aimed at supporting vulnerable people in our community. There will actually be two walks Read More
The cold weather has created such a need for warm winter clothing for many of our most vulerable in Lethbridge. The folks at My City Care say they are collecting items to help those less Read More
As you have heard on Bridge City News the Trudeau Liberals along with the Bloc shot down a Conservative motion to put a temporary carbon tax pause on ALL home heating. This carbon tax continues Read More
During the first snowfall of the season, our thoughts often turn to our homeless population. The Lethbridge Shelter says they will never turn anyone away…while other charities like Streets Alive Mission are looking for Read More
As many of us are getting ready to stuff some turkeys over the weekend for Thanksgiving, The Lethbridge Soup Kitchen is doing the same. The non-for-profit is preparing many meals that are expected to feed Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the Affordability and Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf, took part in the annual Whoop Up Days parade. Video Journalist Micah Quinn caught up with both to discuss some big issues impacting Read More
Former Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman was back in our city last Thursday for a presentation at SACPA on what he learned about finances during his time as mayor. Spearman was also asked during the session Read More
How do we create a housing continuum in Lethbridge? That question was posed at a recent SACPA session. According to the CAO of the Lethbridge Housing Authority, Robin James, she says there is a need Read More
The Lethbridge Shelter is officially under new management. Operations were transferred over to the Blood Tribe Department of Health on Monday. Bill Ginther from the neighboring Lethbridge Soup Kitchen believes this was a good move. “Read More
A man who fights for the homeless in our city says the Alberta government isn’t doing enough to help our most vulnerable. Bill Ginther, the executive director of the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen took to Read More
Here in Lethbridge our only shelter has been full and over capacity during the last few nights due to the extreme cold weather. Staff from Alpha House Society say they do not turn away any Read More
A Lethbridge non-for-profit group says they are in need of donations especially with the big dump of snow we received overnight. Streets Alive Mission’s pin bank, which offers clothing to our most vulnerable, is Read More
A massive cleanup at a Lethbridge tent encampment was completed on Wednesday. A fence was also installed at the tent site by the Civic Centre Track here in our city. The encampment was also the 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
Bill Ginther, the Executive Director of the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen believes the new homeless initiative from the province won’t do much as he says he hasn’t seen much action from the province or Read More
