Alberta’s Ombudsman will host open houses at the Medicine Hat and Lethbridge public libraries on Wednesday, May 29, and Thursday, May 30. Ombudsman Peter Hourihan will speak and members of his staff will be available to meet with individuals.
Get ready! Whoop-Up Days is on its way folks.
Held every year at Exhibition Park, Lethbridge Whoop-Up Days Family Festival is preparing for its 2013 celebration held August 20–24. Here is a breakdown of all the exciting things you have to look forward to and the details you need to know:
89 individuals and organizations are nominated for this year’s Minister’s Seniors Service Awards.
The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce Nominating Committee has now completed the process for the new Board of Directors for 2013-2014.
Experts in moccasin making and felt design will be at the Galt Museum & Archives in early June and August to lead the in-depth Heritage Arts Workshops–a hands-on series for adults exploring arts with cultural and historical significance.
The Boys & Girls Club of Lethbridge is currently selling raffle tickets to support its amazing Teen Stuff program. This is a free drop-in program for youth ages 11–19. The Boys & Girls Club is currently experiencing amazing participation rates and are anticipating over 9,000 visits to the program in 2013.
The City of Lethbridge has started flushing fire hydrants this week beginning with North Lethbridge. Crews will be working in the Sherring Industrial area for approximately one week, followed by Uplands.
The city’s next 10-year capital budget will aim to fulfill City Council’s commitment to taking care of existing community facilities while also committing nearly $55 million for construction of a major new aquatics centre by 2017.
The University of Lethbridge is celebrating the new location of its Calgary Campus with its post-secondary, community, alumni, and government partners, as Bow Valley College officially opens its South Campus today.
The Rotary Centennial Fountain, activated early for the Rotary Conference that took place the first weekend in May, will remain on for the summer season. This decision was made based on weather forecasts that show continued warmer than normal temperatures for our area.
Residents of Lethbridge are invited to register to share their photography skills, compete in cribbage, race in 5 and 10 km runs, or put together teams to play 3 on 3 basketball, rugby or beach volleyball. In total 18 competitive events will be taking place from July 3 to 6 in Taber, for this year’s Southern Alberta Summer Games, and all ages and levels of competition are needed to represent Lethbridge at the Games. Deadline to register is June 4 at 4:30 p.m.
June 15 will be the 15th time the Investors Group Memory Walk has been held in Lethbridge and the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories would like everyone to join the walk.
With the release of the Conference Board of Canada’s first ever Mid-Sized Cities Outlook 2013, Lethbridge now has statistical data that has not been typically available in the past, particularly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by city.
As rattlesnakes emerge after a winter in hibernation, the City of Lethbridge is providing information to residents about the key role rattlesnakes play in our ecosystem, particularly to the rodent population and what residents should know.
On May 2 New West Theatre announced its 2013/14 season with a diverse line-up, highlighting its mandate of providing Southern Albertans with broad-based, professional theatre programming.