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City of Lethbridge pools & arenas reopening with public health guidelines

Phase 2 of the provinces re-launch plan is underway.

Which means some recreation facilities will gradually re-open, but not without new rules and registration requirements.

Lethbridge pools and arenas re-opening will have to adhere to public health guidelines in order to operate safely and limit the spread of COVID-19.

Recreation Services Manager, Jason Freund says they’ll be taking things day by day. “We’re looking for that feedback as people come though. Unfortunately the reality of the situation is as people come in we are not able to be as flexible as we normally are. We are following guidelines and if we don’t follow those guidelines, the authorities-at-be can shut our facilities down.”

Both Stan Siwik Pool and Henderson Outdoor Pool will open their doors again with two significant changes. All visitors must pre-book their swim time at least one hour in advance. Online registration is strongly encouraged, but swim times can also be reserved over the phone.

Swimmers must also be prepared to enter and leave the facility in their swimming clothes, as change rooms must remain closed due to public health guidelines. Stan Siwik will open Saturday, July 11. Advanced booking is available for 60 minute, 90 minute, or 120 minute slots. Swimming lessons will resume later in July.

Henderson Pool will re-open Sunday, July 19. Advanced booking is available for 90 minute slots from 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m- weather permitting. Westminster Pool will open on Saturday, July 18. Pre-registration is not required but the number of visitors allowed will be limited.

The ice arenas at ATB Centre will open on Saturday, July 11. There is no public skating at this time and ice time must be booked in advance over the phone.

The following facilities will remain closed until further notice.

  • Nicholas Sheran Pool
  • Fritz Sick Pool
  • Logan Bulet Arena
  • Civic Ice Centre
  • Henderson Ice Centre
  • Labor Club Ice Centre
  • Nicholas Sheran Ice Centre
Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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