Author: Jenn Schmidt Rempel

Yesterday, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Business Data Lab released a report: Which Canadian Cities Are Most Exposed to Trump’s Tariffs? Lethbridge is ranked 10th out of 41 in terms of potential U.S. tariff exposure. Does this concern you? It concerns me. I’m happy to share that at the same time The Canadian Chamber released […]

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Council approved 4 proposed housing projects on the city’s southside. It was not an easy decision, and as these projects were met with some community opposition at the December public hearings, I wanted to take a moment to more fully explain why I supported these projects. We need to ensure […]

I was at an event at the Sandman Signature a few weeks ago, and as I was headed back to my car a lady approached me. She saw my nametag, and said, “Oh! You work here!” She was visiting our city for a convention, and wanted to share with me how amazing Lethbridge is. She […]

On January 8, I attended the province’s Water Availability Town Hall. It was a full house, with a panel that included Minister Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, and Taber-Warner MLA, Grant Hunter. It was outlined that this was an opportunity for the Government of Alberta to collect an initial base of ideas […]

Yesterday I participated in an Election Awareness Campaign interview for Alberta Municipalities. The goal of the campaign is to help educate potential candidates on what running for and being part of a municipal council looks like. Once the video is out I’ll be sure to share it, but in the meantime here are the answers […]

On January 18, Economic Development Lethbridge, Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, and Downtown BRZ released the results of their Brighter Together Business Survey. In its fifth year, this initiative seeks to have local businesses provide feedback about their current sentiments and overall business health. The survey results help anticipate and respond to current and future challenges […]

This is the last week for you to share your perceptions of community safety in our city by completing the Community Safety Survey: https://getinvolvedlethbridge.ca/ Safety in our community means different things to different people, and we need to understand and discuss the who, what, where, why, when, and how of all facets of community safety […]

Highlights from this week’s meetings… Video and agenda packages for all meetings are available at: https://agendas.lethbridge.ca/AgendaOnline If you have any questions at all, or would like to talk further about the work Council is doing, please contact me via this website, or email me at: jenn.schmidt-rempel@lethbridge.ca Audit Standing Policy Committee, Dec. 6, 2023: Committee received […]

Highlights from this week’s meeting… Video and agenda packages for all meetings are available at: https://agendas.lethbridge.ca/AgendaOnline If you have any questions at all, or would like to talk further about the work Council is doing, please contact me via this website, or email me at: jenn.schmidt-rempel@lethbridge.ca City Council, Nov. 28, 2023… Lethbridge and District Exhibition […]

It was a long one at Council today, and I’ve received some questions tonight as to why I voted the way I did on the resolution Councillor Dodic brought forward regarding Exhibition Park’s request for additional funding. I’d like to take this opportunity to reiterate what I stated in my debate at Council, and why […]