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Chair of the Agenda Review Committee of the City of Lethbridge, Mayor Hyggen, has provided notice that the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee Meeting scheduled for 12:30 P.M. on April 10, 2025, has been rescheduled to begin at 9:00 A.M. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, City of Lethbridge.

As residents prepare to set their clocks forward one hour this weekend for daylight saving time, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services reminds everyone that this is also the perfect time to check smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms. 

The City of Lethbridge is warning the public about a payment scam where users receive a text message claiming they have an unpaid parking infraction.

The City of Lethbridge was pleased last week to learn about a specific area of the 2025 Alberta Budget: the restoration of Grants in Place of Taxes (GIPOT). Properties belonging to the Government of Alberta are exempt from municipal taxation. To account for this, municipalities are paid a GIPOT on eligible properties within their boundaries. Starting in 2025-26, GIPOT funding will be paid to municipalities at 75 per cent of the property tax amount that would be owed, equal to $55 million. Next year it will increase to 100 per cent.  

Following a recent increase in kitchen fires, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) is reminding residents of the dangers of cooking with oil. 

Our water team is repairing a valve in the 200 block of Stafford Drive North. The work has both southbound lanes and one northbound lane closed between 2 Avenue A North and 3 Avenue North.

Are you looking for an exciting new career opportunity this summer? Mark your calendars for our Summer Job Fair on Tuesday, March 11, at the Cavendish Farms Centre and Wednesday, March 12, online (virtually) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.! 

Free mini camps on March 14, led by Pronghorn athletes. 

Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services crews responded to a grass fire west of Scenic Drive, between Scenic Drive Dog Run and Scenic Heights Apartments. 

The end of winter is mere weeks away and the mercury is climbing. With spring on the horizon, eyes are once again turning to southern Alberta reservoirs.

The City of Lethbridge has resumed weekly reporting of water levels in the Oldman, St. Mary and Waterton reservoirs.