The Alberta WorkerA recent conversation while waiting to turn right at a red light in Lethbridge. Me: You can turn right, you know. Woman in front of me who refuses to turn: It’s a red light. Me: This isn’t Québec. Woman: Your car’s a piece of crap.
Lethbridge is in a state of emergency today after 42 mm of rain fell over a 4-hour period.
Wikipedia featured Lethbridge on its home page today. I am so excited. I made a significant (if not a majority) contribution to the article and it’s a testament to the work so many people have put into it in the last 2 years.
What this city really needs is another newspaper. It has a daily and a weekly, and both are provided by the same company. That isn’t too much of a bad thing, but the Herald has a poor track record for on-time delivery and providing timely international news. The problem though is if one wants to […]
There was a homicide in Lethbridge this weekend. Lethbridge’s homicide rate has now jumped form 1 per 2 years to 2 per 1 year.
Over the last year or two, I have noticed an increase of Africans and Caribbeanians (?) in the Lethbridge area. They seem to have taken over Heritage Day. A few months ago, an Ethiopian restaurant opened downtown. Just today, I came across an African/Caribbean store on 9 Avenue. I welcome my African/Caribbean brother and sisters. […]
A property developer in Lethbridge has applied for a bylaw amendment in order to rewrite the Hardieville/Legacy Ridge/Uplands Area Structure Plan. They intend to rezone some undeveloped commercial property to direct control in order to build multi-family housing. This would allow them to avoid the hassle of dealing with public outcry twice (first by rezoning […]
Apparently the City of Lethbridge requested public comments regarding their Growth Management review. I missed it, so I sent the following letter to Tom Wickersham, who was acting mayor at the time. Dear Mr. Wickersham, I apologise for the lateness of me message. I heard about the request for comments on the Growth Management Review […]
I came across this website for carpooling. They even have a section on Lethbridge. Not surprisingly, not too many Lethbridge commuters have signed up yet.
In this morning’s issue of the Lethbridge Herald: . . . the typical Lethbridge home’s value [will] rise nearly $25,000 over the year . . . pushing the average resale price to $210,000 by year’s end. Yet another reason to build high-density downtown. In fact, Due to investors’ reluctance to invest in new apartments and […]