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February 1
1910
TRAIN FALLS THROUGH WOODEN BRIDGE AND DROPS NINETY FEET INTO COULEE.
1922
LOCAL MERCHANTS STAND OUT FOR 9:00 P.M. CLOSING ON SATURDAYS.
1926
BREAD PRICE WAR IN THE CITY SIXTEEN LOAVES FOR ONE DOLLAR.
1927
BYLAW FOR NEW TURBINE COSTING $97,000 TO GO TO VOTE.
1928
FURNISHINGS BOUGHT FOR NEW HOTEL, LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY HOTELS LTD.
1934
MYSTERY BLAZE DESTROYS SUPERIOR HONEY CO. PLANT. LAMB FARM IS DAMAGED.
1938
SUGAR FACTORY OFFER FOR TABER AREA. GROWERS STUDYING ROGERS CO. PROPOSAL FOR MILL.
1938
MONOXIDE FATAL 3 CLARESHOLM BOYS. DEADLY FUMES OVERCOME YOUTHFUL TRIO WHILE PLAYING INSIDE GARAGE.
1938
JUDGE MADE BLOOD CHIEF. HIS HONOUR MADE "CHIEF LEADER" AT ST.PAUL'S REUNION.
1943
RUSSIAN RELIEF TOPS $6,000.
1945
OFFICERS AT BORDER POINTS INSTRUCTED NOT TO LET ANY MEN OF CULPABLE EYE CROSS.
1946
C.S.DONALDSON TO RETIRE FROM LETHBRIDGE COLLIERIES.
1947
LETHBRIDGE HAS 4,630 DWELLINGS AND 16,206 PEOPLE.
1947
SEEK SITE FOR NEW CITY DUMP.
1949
GEORGE WATSON RE-ELECTED HEAD OF PLANNING.
1950
GARAGE WORKERS BEING ORGANIZED INTO MACHINIST UNION OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR.
1951
NEW HERALD BUILDING TO BE ERECTED ON SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 7TH ST AND 5TH AVE.
1951
RYLANDS AND CO., PIONEER CITY BUSINESS SOLD TO HARRY B. WILKES.
1952
NEW SUSIE BAWDEN SCHOOL ON 12TH ST AND 9TH AVE OFFICIALLY OPENED.
1955
21 ST. UNDERPASS TO BE BUILT.
1956
ANGLICAN CHURCH TO RAISE $200,000 IN 3 YEARS FOR NEW BUILDING.
1958
JIM GLADSTONE OF BLOOD RESERVE NAMED TO SENATE. FIRST TIME FOR AN INDIAN IN THIS POSITION
1963
NORTH LETHBRIDGE HARDWARE AND APPLIANCES SELLS TO HOYTS HARDWARE.
1965
NEW NURSING HOME FACILITIES SCHEDULED FOR THE CITY.
1967
FT.MACLEOD LANDMARK, OLD CPR. STATION DESTROYED BY FIRE.
1967
SVEN ERICKSEN NAMED PRES. OF ALBERTA TOURIST ASSN.
1968
CITY BUYS 589 ACRES ON WEST SIDE FOR UNIVERSITY.
1971
FIRE AT FRANK WALKER MEN'S CLOTHES
1972
ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS WILL REMAIN OPEN MONDAYS.
1974
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL LAUNDRY ON MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL GROUNDS TO OPEN MAR.1
1975
CITY PROJECTS BENEFIT FROM NEW $200 MILLION RECREATION PLAN.
THIS WILL GIVE SUCH PROJECTS AS THE LETHBRIDGE SPORTSPLEX AND A PROPOSED ART GALLERY A BOOST IN FUNDING.
1978
ELEVATOR AT ELLISON MILLING CO. BUILT IN EARLY 1900'S DEMOLISHED.
1979
FIRST EVER TOWN HALL MEETING FOR FULL SLATE OF CITY OFFICIALS.
1979
GAS STATIONS BEGIN SWITCH TO METRIC MEASUREMENT.
1980
CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT SLOWS TO CRAWL.
1981
CITY'S TRANSIT GETS ROUGH RIDE COSTS OUTSTRIPPING INCREASES IN PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
1982
ALDERMEN REJECT TAX REBATE PLAN. CITY TAXPAYERS CAME WITHIN TWO VOTES SAT. OF RECEIVING A PIECE OF THE CITY'S SURPLUS WINDFALL THROUGH A REBATE CHEQUE SYSTEM.
1983
MONTAGNE MEATS LTD. CLOSES LETHBRIDGE PLANT AT 719 - 32 ST.
February 2
1891
VOTE TAKEN ON INCORPORATION
1891
MR. C. A. MAGRATH FIRST MAYOR ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION.
1910
POSTAL DELIVERY TO BE INSTALLED AT ONCE FOLLOWING NEWS FROM OTTAWA.
1920
JOSEPH GILLESPIE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE ASSUMES DUTIES.
1924
ROGERS AND COMPANY HAVE A NEW WRECKING MACHINE
IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HERE.
1926
HON.GEORGE HOADLEY VISITS THE CITY.
1928
CALGARY HYDRO CO. IS BEING SUPPLIED BY CITY POWER PLANT.
1929
COL.DR.MEWBURN BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS IN EDMONTON.
1931
2 STUDENTS DIE IN LETHBRIDGE'S FIRST AIR CRASH.
IVAN THOMPSON SON OF DR. R.B.C. THOMPSON & DONALD MACKENZIE, SON OF ALD. A.L. MAC KENZIE WERE VICTIMS WHEN A PLANE THEY WERE IN WENT INTO A SPIN AND CRASHED NEAR THE I.H.C. BUILDING IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE.
1931
ELLISON'S MILLS $100,000 BLAZE AT IRON SPRINGS.
1934
MAN KILLED IN CPR. YARDS. TURIN FARMER IS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FREIGHT CARS. JOSEPH E.SMITH 75 YEARS FOUND ON TRACKS.
1935
"DAVE" GRIER, PIONEER RANCHER OF MACLEOD, CALLED BY DEATH. BELIEVED RAISED FIRST WHEAT IN SOUTH.
1935
NEW DEAL FOR L. N. PROJECT SETTLERS AIM OF MACLEOD MEMBER. RECLASSIFICATION OF ALL LANDS RECOMMENDED BY W. H. SHIELD.
1942
GREATER USE OF HONEY DUE TO SUGAR RATIONING.
1943
INDIANS CAN DRINK IN MILITARY CANTEENS -- NOT IN PUBLIC BARS.
1944
OTTAWA PAYS $50,000 ON LETHBRIDGE SEWAGE PLANT.
1945
NEW T.C.A. SERVICE INAUGURATED.
1948
LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD WILL ERECT OFFICE BUILDING ON 6TH ST BETWEEN 5TH AT 6TH AVE.
1948
CITY TRANSIT FARES TO BE RAISED.
1949
YORK PHARMACY OPENED - - BILL SKELTON
1949
RAYMOND WOMAN SUES GALT HOSPITAL FOR $10,381.32.
1951
MCGUIRE'S MEN'S WEAR CHANGES HANDS. BOUGHT BY THREE FORMER EMPLOYEES.
1956
ST.ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO BUILD NEW HALL ON 5TH AVE BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH ST.
1956
GEORGE LOMAS, PRES. OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW FIRESTONE STORE, CORNER 3RD AVE AND 8TH ST.
1959
FOUR SOUTHERN ALBERTA HISTORIC SITES MARKED- - INDIAN BATTLE PARK, FT.WHOOP-UP,"EARLY MAN" SITE BY FT.MACLEOD AND MASSACRE BUTTE.
1963
PEIGAN INDIANS HONOUR FOUR SOUTHERN ALBERTANS.
1965
SHAUGHNESSY RESIDENTS PONDER FUTURE FOLLOWING MINE CLOSURE.
1970
STEEL WORK COMPLETED FOR SIMPSON'S SEARS NEW STORE IN CENTER VILLAGE MALL.
1971
HOSPITALS NO LONGER ALLOW PRIVATE TV. SETS
ONLY RENTALS FROM STERISYSTEMS LTD.
1973
ABOUT 20 LETHBRIDGE STUDENTS AND TEACHER BRUCE HAIG TO FOLLOW FIRST N.W.M.P. TREK.
1974
COM-SERV -- A PROJECT TO INTEGRATE MENTALLY RETARDED INTO SOCIETY TO START IN LETHBRIDGE
1977
GOVERNMENT LIKELY WON'T PURCHASE BIRDSEYE RANCH.
1978
TUITION AT LCC INCREASES BY 12 PER CENT.
1982
PASS SITE FOR 1984 WINTER GAMES.
WITH AS MUCH SUSPENSE AS THEY COULD MUSTER, PROV. OFFICIALS MONDAY ANNOUNCED THE 1984 ALBERTA WINTER GAMES WILL BE HELD IN THE CROWSNEST PASS.
1984
BLOODS LOOK TO EDUCATION TO GAIN MORE WORK. WANT TO PUT MORE PEOPLE INTO THE WORK FORCE.
February 3
1912
POST OFFICE BUILDING TO COST $200,000.
1930
MONARCH SUFFERS LOSS OF NUMBER OF BUSINESS PLACES. THE POST OFFICE, OLD BANK BUILDING AND GROCERY STORE WERE PREY FOR FLAMES.
1931
CORNER'S JURY FINDS SUNDAY'S PLANE CRASH WAS PURELY ACCIDENTAL. THE JURY WAS OUT ONE HALF AN HOUR BEFORE BRINGING IN A VERDICT.
1938
BEET GROWERS WILL RECEIVE CHEQUES.
PAYMENT TO DATE TOTALS $5.60 A TON. ANOTHER DOLLAR PER TON IS EXPECTED.
1938
TRANS-CANADA AIR SERVICE WILL GET UNDER WAY IN NEXT FOUR MONTHS TRANSCONTINENTAL SERVICE WILL BE SPLIT AT LETHBRIDGE AND INCLUDE EDMONTON.
1940
NEW UNIFORMS KNOWN AS BATTLE DRESS WERE ISSUED TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 108 AND 20TH ANTI-TANK BATTALION.
1942
GALT GRADUATES ITS LARGEST CLASS.
1944
YMCA POOL REOPENS TO PUBLIC.
1944
CITY UTILITIES MAKE PROFITS.
1950
SNOWMOBILE USED TO TAKE MAIL SOUTH OF CITY.
1953
COSTS FOR GLENCOE SUBDIVISION SERVICES $479,000.
1955
K.H.PERRY IS APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT OF LETHBRIDGE DIVISION OF CPR.
1958
NEW SENIOR CITIZEN'S HOME OPENED AT 122 5TH AVE SOUTH.
1959
FINAL SERVICES HELD IN ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
1961
GREAT- GREAT NEPHEW OF WILLIAM LETHBRIDGE AFTER WHOM THE CITY IS NAMED PRESENTS PORTRAIT OF HIS ANCESTOR TO THE CITY
1964
R.L.A.ROY, FOUNDER OF ROY CLINIC, DIES AGED 76.
1967
COL.R.A.JACOBSON FIRST PEACE - TIME SOLDIER TO COMMAND 18TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT.
1970
HOUSE AT 1321 35TH ST USED AS PRACTICE BURNING FOR CITY FIREMEN.
1970
CITY'S OLD TRANSIT GARAGE ON 6TH ST AND 8TH AVE SOUTH BEING DEMOLISHED FOR NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX.
1972
NEW P0STAL CODES TO GO INTO EFFECT IN LETHBRIDGE IN APRIL.
1979
WEEKEND MAGAZINE NOT INCLUDED IN PAPER BECAUSE OF ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES OF STRIP-TEASE.
February 4
1880
THE FIRST BIRTH IN WHAT IS NOW THE LETHBRIDGE TOWNSITE. IT WAS THAT OF CHARLES SHERAN, SON OF NICHOLAS SHERAN AND A PEIGAN WOMAN CALLED MARY BROWN AT THE SHERAN CABIN.
1920
$15,000 IN LICENSES, FINES, AND TAXES COLLECTED BY POLICE DEPT
1922
LUMBER TAKES $9.00 PER THOUSAND DROP.
1927
C.P. COLONIZATION DEPT. TO BRING THOUSANDS MORE IMMIGRANTS TO THE SOUTH.
1942
STOCK YARDS TO BE ENLARGED.
1946
LETHBRIDGE JAPANESE CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE.
1947
FREE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS FOR THE CITY.
1957
COALDALE GETS FIRST RURAL FIRE PROTECTION UNIT IN ALBERTA
1958
TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL OPERATE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
1960
'Y' MARKS JUBILEE WITH FIRST SURPLUS IN 17 YEARS.
1964
WESTERN EXPANSION OF CITY MAY HAVE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.
1969
RESIDENTS FAVOUR NORTH SIDE FOR $3 MILLION SHOPPING CENTER.
1969
CITY COLLECTS $5.5 MILLION IN TAXES. PUBLIC WORKS EXPENSES LESS THAN BUDGET.
1975
MINOR QUAKE JARS SOUTHERN ALBERTA IT REGISTERED FIVE ON THE RICHTER SCALE. THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED OVER KALISPELL.
1977
SITE SOUTH OF COALHURST FAVOURED FOR RAILROAD RELOCATION.
February 5
1886
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OPENED THE 1ST HOUSE OF GOD FOR WORSHIP
ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS OF LETHBRIDGE
1891
FIRST COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN TOWN OF LETHBRIDGE
1920
SUPT. FAIRFIELD OF EXPERIMENTAL FARM PROVES TOBACCO CAN BE GROWN LOCALLY BY DISTRIBUTING CIGARS TO ROTARIANS MADE FROM TOBACCO GROWN AT THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
1938
FIRE AT CARSON STORE
1938
CHAS. F. HARRIS SUFFERS STROKE WHILE IN CALGARY. PIONEER BARRISTER OF LETHBRIDGE IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
1940
TWO CHILDREN OF MR. AND MRS. FRED WILSON BURNED TO DEATH IN THEIR HOUSE ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF ST. MICHAELS HOSPITAL.
1940
BAPTISMAL IN SOUTHMINISTER UNITED CHURCH DEDICATED TO MRS. CHARLES MCKILLOP.
1942
LARGE TWO STORY HOUSE ON CORNER OF 6TH AVE. AND 8TH ST. BUILT BY RANCHER ROBT. SMITH SOLD TO E.W.VATH.
1946
CITY CENTRE PLAN DISCUSSED AT ROTARY.
1949
NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
1949
OPENING OF NEW FLEMING- KENNEDY MOTORS.
1952
NEW DIAL TONE FOR LETHBRIDGE PHONES.
1953
LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS SEND CLOTHING, MONEY AND BLANKETS OVERSEAS TO COUNTRIES FLOODED IN EUROPE.
1958
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO BE EXPANDED AT COST OF $300,000.
1962
CHRONICLE OF BLAIRMORE JUST PUBLISHED. PETER FIDLER MENTIONED.
1964
FLASH STORM HITS CITY. FROM 58 ABOVE TO 2.6 INCHES OF SNOW IN FIVE AND A HALF HOURS.
1972
$200,000 GRANT GIVEN TO RED EYE
A LOCAL, PROJECT DEALING WITH NON-MEDICAL USE OF DRUGS
1972
PORTION OF ROOF AT WESTMINSTER SHOPPING MALL CAVES IN.
1977
NEW HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION OF IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OPENED.
1977
CBC ADS WORRY LOCAL CHAMBER .
1983
SECOND FLOOR OF POST OFFICE BUILDING BEING RENOVATED.
February 6
1885
NO.3 SHAFT TO BE CLOSED CAUSING SOME UNEMPLOYMENT.
1908
C.F.P.CONYBEARE RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRADE.
1920
IRRIGATED LAND IN VAUXHALL DISTRICT GOING FOR $40.00 TO $50.00 AN ACRE.
1920
LOCAL BRANCH OF CANADIAN AIR SERVICE FORMED.
1922
DANCES AND MOVIES CRITICIZED BY PASTOR.
1926
DAILY TRAINS TO MEDICINE HAT NOW TO RUN ONLY TRI-WEEKLY.
1929
SCHOOL BOARD CALLS FOR BETTER EDUCATION IN RURAL SCHOOLS.
1930
A.G.BAALIM AGAIN HEADS TRADE BOARD. THE RE-ELECTION TO PRES WAS ACCLAIMED WITH ENTHUSIASM.
1931
BLIZZARD FORCES DOWN MAIL PLANE IN STUBBLE FIELD. IT FINALLY REACHED LETHBRIDGE FIVE HRS LATE.
1931
ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE DROPPED
THE WIFE WITHDRAWS CHARGE AND HUSBAND IS DISCHARGED.
1933
RAYMOND SHEEPHERDER LOST FOR HOURS IN BLIZZARD - - BADLY FROZEN.
1940
LORD TWEEDSMUIR, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA INJURED. HE WOULD LATER PASS AWAY.
1941
DISTINCTIVE UNIFORMS FOR RCAF.
1943
FORMER CITY POLICEMAN JOHN SHAW GRADUATES AS AIR OBSERVER
1944
COMFORT STATION PLANS UNDERWAY AT GALT GARDENS.
1951
NEW BRANCH OF IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA OPENS IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE
1951
HENRY WARRINGTON CHURCH, PROMINENT CITY BARRISTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS DIES IN CITY.
1951
CHESTER MINE, NORTH OF CITY ABANDONED BECAUSE OF FLOODING.
1952
CITY AND DISTRICT MOURNS DEATH OF KING GEORGE VI.
1953
PURPLE GAS USE BRINGS FIVE DOLLAR FINE.
1954
NEW 3-D SCREEN IN PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
1954
FRANK SHERRING ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF LOCAL CNIB.
1959
APPROVAL GIVEN FOR 2ND RADIO STATION IN LETHBRIDGE
1963
TRANS-CANADA FREEZER PLANT BEING DOUBLED BY EXPANSION.
1964
FULL-FLEDGED UNIVERSITY FOR LETHBRIDGE INTIMATED BY DR.WALTER JOHNS.
1965
FUNERAL HOME IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE OPPOSED BY RESIDENTS OF PROPOSED LOCATION.
1965
MRS.G.MURDOCH, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF LETHBRIDGE OLD AGE PENSIONERS CLUB DIES, AGED 88.
1969
MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES $4 MILLION DEVELOPMENT ON 16TH AVE AND MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE. COMPLEX WILL HOUSE A MOTEL, SERVICE STATION AND APARTMENT BLOCK.
1970
BLOOD INDIAN RESERVE TO HAVE FIRST INDUSTRIAL PLANT.
1971
CONSTRUCTION OF 12 - SUITE APARTMENT BUILDING AT 2110 15TH AVE. UNDERWAY.
1973
FIRE AT 537 - 8TH ST. INJURES BABY.
1975
CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MAY RECEIVE CAFETERIA.
1977
TRANSIT FARE HIKE POSSIBLE.
1979
CITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDS FOR $4 MILLION GARBAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM.
1979
$125,000 DAMAGE TO C.Y. PROMOTIONS
1981
NEW ARTS CENTRE AT UNIVERSITY PRES. DR.JOHN WOODS SEES CENTER AS A MAJOR MOVE TO MATURITY.
February 7
1885
SURVEYOR EXPECTED TO LAY OUT TOWNSITE OF LETHBRIDGE.
1906
C.P.R. TO BUILD TRANSFER TRACK ALONG SMITH ST. TO ACCOMMODATE TOWN'S WHOLESALE HOUSES.
1907
LETHBRIDGE ELECTS FIRE OFFICIALS.
1910
W. R. HALL TO BUILD SIX-STORY BLOCK ON GLYN AND REDPATH STREETS.
1910
POPULATION OF CITY NOW 11,134 ACCORDING TO LATEST CENSUS FIGURES.
1913
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL OPENED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
1920
JOHN BARREAU FIRST CONDUCTOR ON CROW BRANCH OF CPR DIES.
1922
W.A.SHACKLEFORD HAS CONTROL OF BOTH COLONIAL AND KINGS THEATRES.
1929
NEW SCHOOL ACT PROPOSED BY HON. PERRIN BAKER GIVEN OVERWHELMING DEFEAT BY ALBERTA SCHOOL TRUSTEES CONVENTION.
1931
NEW ORGANIZATION WILL PUSH DEVELOPMENT IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS.
1940
BIGGEST BONSPIEL IN LETHBRIDGE HISTORY.
1941
KOTCH ASKS TO EXTEND BUS LINE TO RAYMOND.
1942
LAST HEREDITARY BLACKFOOT CHIEF (MOUNTAIN CHIEF AGE 94) BURIED.
1942
NEW COAL MINE OPENS ON OLDMAN RIVER.
1946
A. DARLINGTON APPOINTED POSTMASTER.
1947
BLOOD GROUPING OF CITY'S INDUSTRIAL WORKERS TO GET UNDERWAY.
1947
OLD LANDMARK, OLD HUDSONS BAY STORE ON S.W.CORNER OF 5TH ST AND 1ST AVE SOLD.
1948
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESSES FOR AGRICULTURE SCHOOL.
1949
DIPTHERIA CASES REPORTED.
1951
WESTERN CANADA'S ONLY A-BOMB SHELTER BUILT UNDER GARAGE AT 1117 8TH ST.
1953
JOHN W. KIPP, RETIRED VETERAN RAILROADER DIES IN CITY.
1956
APPROVAL GIVEN FOR EXPANSION OF EL RANCHO.
1956
WESTERN STOCK GROWERS ASSOC. CELEBRATES DIAMOND JUBILEE. FOUNDED IN 1896.
1961
CITY TO HAVE FLUORIDATION VOTE THIS YEAR.
1963
CITY "BANANA BELT" OF CANADA. TEMPERATURES HITS 64 DEGREES F.
1963
LETHBRIDGE LAUNDRY VACATES LANDMARK SITE AFTER 55 YEARS. FIRST LAUNDRY IN CITY.
1968
SURVEY '68 WILL BRING AMERICANS TO LETHBRIDGE ON EDUCATIONAL TRIP. CITY WILL BE FIRST LEG OF A 6,500 MILE TOUR OF GREATER PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
1969
WELL- KNOWN CITY BUSINESSMAN IAN WOOD DIES SUDDENLY AGED 50 HE WAS THE PRES. OF VALUE VILLAGE.
1972
SOUTHLAND NURSING HOME OPENS DOORS.
1973
VALUE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER AT 13TH ST AND 6TH AVE BURNS
1974
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REJECTS PACIFIC WESTERN AIRLINES APPLICATION FOR LETHBRIDGE- CALGARY RUN.
1979
LEONARD HALMRAST, PROMINENT SOUTHERN CITIZEN DIES.
1980
HUGE NORTH SIDE RECREATION COMPLEX "NO DREAMS" COULD BE THE HUB OF EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
1981
NATIONAL ENERGY BOARD URGED TO TEST SOUTH ALBERTA SUN POWER, "SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY COULD BE PROSPEROUS HERE".
1983
LETHBRIDGE CHOSEN AS SITE FOR NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPETITION IN 1984.
1983
LETHBRIDGE NEW COURTHOUSE ON 4TH ST OPENS.