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​Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt the Economic Standing Policy Committee's recommendations to amend the City of Lethbridge's 2023-2026 Operating Budget.

With its approval, the 2023-2026 average annual change in municipal tax rate is 5.1 per cent for each of the next four years. This is equal to a $129.93 per year per single family house, based on an average market value of $285,800.

In a game that saw some slick skating and a lot of laughs, the City team won on the scoreboard but food banks have ultimately won out.

"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin once wrote. As much as we all may not love the prospect of a tax increase, it is an inevitability, as well as, for the next four years, a necessity in order to maintain the high level of services provided to the community.

Cutting open a car, breaking down a door and navigating through a smoke filled building are just some of the adrenalin pumping activities local high school students recently experience with crews from Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES).

​A one-of-a-kind partnership between key stakeholders was announced today to try and tackle the health and social challenges of the city and surrounding areas.

​Today marks the beginning of Métis week and to celebrate the occasion, the City of Lethbridge helped introduce a new word into the community vocabulary, Tan'si.

Skateboarders, inline skaters, BMX and scooter riders will soon be shredding at the Wade Galloway Skate Park as City Council approved a new multi-year sponsorship deal with the Wade Galloway Foundation. The site, formally known as the SLP Skate Park, was a passion project for Galloway as he advocated for, and raised money towards, the construction of the facility.

Quench your thirst with the best tasting water in the west! Of nine competing cities and municipalities, Lethbridge was crowned the winner of the best tasting water at the 2022 American Water Works Association (AWWA) Western Canadian conference in September 2022.