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Mayors of Lethbridge, Medicine Hat discuss city growth
MEDICINE HAT, AB — As of Monday, Lethbridge’s population officially surpassed 100,000 people, allowing the city to edge out Red Deer as the third largest city in Alberta.
“We’re just showing consistent growth, our businesses, our largely agricultural based processors,” says Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman. “That’s very stable and there has been some reinvestment and some new investment in the last two years.”
Lethbridge appears to have an edge over Medicine Hat, largely due to the University of Lethbridge, with roughly 20 per cent of graduates staying in the city.