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As clocks “fall back” this weekend, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services reminds residents to take the opportunity to check and maintain their smoke alarms and prepare their homes for the colder months ahead. 

Effective immediately and until further notice, a fire ban is in place on all open fires within the City of Lethbridge’s River Valley. 

Lethbridge’s new City Council is now on the clock. In a Swearing-In Ceremony held Monday afternoon at Lethbridge City Hall, the Oath of Office was administered for each of the nine members of the 2025-2029 Lethbridge City Council: Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Councillors Al Beeber, Mark Campbell, Belinda Crowson, Rajko Dodic, Rufa Doria, Ryan Parker, Jenn Schmidt-Rempel and Ryan Wolfe.

A meaningful tribute is taking shape in the heart of the city.

The City of Lethbridge will install a commemorative Remembrance Day/Veterans Crosswalk at the intersection of 4 Avenue South and 10 Street South.

As cooler weather sets in, the City of Lethbridge is reminding residents to reduce the rollout of their green carts until springtime. 

With the appropriate checks and balances and an audit now complete, official results have been released for the 2025 Lethbridge Municipal and School Election.

An unexpected system outage is impacting Lethbridge Transit’s Access-A-Ride (AAR) and Ride-on-Demand (ROD) services. 

Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford says that with 20/20 polls reporting, unofficial results show that Lethbridge residents have voted in their new City Council-Elect. All polls are now counted, as well, with unofficial results for Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division Ward 2 and for the Lethbridge Public School Division contests.

As ballot counting remains in progress, the first unofficial results have been posted for the 2025 Lethbridge Municipal and School Election.

Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford says that with 20/20 polls reporting, the unofficial results of the Lethbridge Mayoral contest show that Lethbridge residents have re-elected Blaine Hyggen as Mayor-Elect with 7,591 votes.