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It's official: Councillor Faron Ellis will campaign to be mayor of Lethbridge. Ellis, a political science instructor at Lethbridge College, declared his intention Thursday - a day after Mayor Rajko Dodic announced he won't seek re-election.

The newly opened Penny Building was put to good use Thursday as the University of Lethbridge board of governors met there and approved a $160-million operating budget.

Gas prices may have gone up, some provincial parks have issued liquor bans and some areas still have fire bans in place, but southern Albertans won't be deterred on heading out for the May long weekend.

Nine years on city council is long enough, says Mayor Rajko Dodic. A day after cutting the ribbon at a major civic facility, Dodic announced Wednesday he won't seek re-election this fall.

Rick West has a 2,000-acre cattle ranch on the Belly River, eight kilometres west of Mountain View right on the border with Waterton Lakes National Park. His family has been there since 1893 and he says they have had plenty of experience with bears during his lifetime.

"When he retired the tribe had created a pension, or continued his salary, and then in 2006 or 2007 they terminated that arrangement," said Peter Leveque, the lawyer representing the tribe.

Nine years on city council is long enough, says Mayor Rajko Dodic.
A day after cutting the ribbon at a major civic facility, Dodic announced Wednesday he won’t seek re-election this fall.

Come next month, the Lethbridge Public Library adminstrative team will have a new CEO.

It was just a dream for decades. But Tuesday, Lethbridge artists and community leaders celebrated the opening of Casa, a landmark structure designed to foster the arts in all their shapes, sizes and colours.