Regional Services
Lethbridge serves as a hub for commercial activity in the region, which includes several satellite communities. It provides many services and amenities for the region. Much of the region's transport needs are provided by or concentrated in or near the city including Greyhound service, convergence of four provincial highways, rail service and an airport. Other than the Red Crow Community College, which has a campus in Lethbridge, the only post-secondary education south of Calgary and west of Medicine Hat is provided by Lethbridge and consists of the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Community College.
The city provides direct services to surrounding communities. In 2004, the police services of Lethbridge and Coaldale combined to form the Lethbridge Regional Police Service. The city provides municipal water to the nearby towns of Coaldale and Coalhurst and the hamlets of Diamond City, Iron Springs, Shaughnessy and Turin. The city's Public Safety Communications Centre provides fire and ambulance dispatching services for the County of Lethbridge and police dispatch for the Lethbridge Regional Police Service.
Lethbridge provides jobs for up to 80,000 people who commute to the city from a radius of 100 km. It provides numerous processing facilities for nearby agricultural producers and a dozen trucking firms for commercial shipping needs.
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