There has been a lot of talk of Alberta potentially pulling out of the Canada Pension Plan and creating our own. Some are in favour of the idea while others are simply saying…Leave our Read More
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According to recent polls the free fall by the Trudeau Liberals continues. In fact if an election was held today the party may have 100 less seats than they did in 2015. Political reporter and Sun columnist Read More
The pause on the provincial gas tax is scheduled to come to an end at the end of next month. That would make life much for expensive for Albertans. We asked Alberta’s Affordability and Read More
Political reporter and Sun columnist Brian Lilley says Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre should not bring up the findings of the Manning report into Alberta’s handling of the pandemic during the next election. He says Read More
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Former MLA discusses potential of Alberta Pension Plan
Is an Alberta Pension Plan the best way to go for our province? Former Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes gave us his thoughts in this exclusive interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
Lethbridge Conservative MP Rachael Thomas joins BCN’s Hal Roberts to discuss how the Trudeau spending has been impacting inflation and the high cost of living. She also discusses how the carbon tax is hurting Read More
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City votes to support four charities in upcoming budget- Councillors
These tough economic times are taking their toll on nearly everyone, including those who care for our city’s most vulnerable. On Thursday, four Lethbridge charities appeared before the City’s Economic and Finance Standing Read More
The Islamic terrorist organization Hamas turned to digital currencies last year to obtain tens of millions of dollars in financing from the Islamic Republic of Iran in preparation for its October 7 attack against Israel, according Read More
Our legislative reporter and the Alberta correspondent for the National Post Tyler Dawson has details of how the Alberta government is changing the role of AHS. Dawson says talk of the proposed changes actually came Read More
According to recent polls, the Trudeau Liberals are plummeting in popularity across the country. Political reporter Brian Lilley says having the Liberals vote against the Tory motion of exempting the carbon tax on ALL forms Read More
Many premiers are not happy that Atlantic Canada will get a break on the carbon tax for their home heating from the federal government. Political reporter Brian Lilley says Saskatchewan is also giving its residents Read More
It appears as though Tory leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can agree on one thing. That is that neither would like to see Alberta go its own way and pull out of Read More
Political reporter and Sun columnist Brian Lilley says all party leaders except the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh called Hamas terrorists. Mr. Lilley says the party appears to have a bit of an antisemitism problem. He Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling on Ottawa’s Bill C-69 which was deemed unconstitutional was a big win for our province. The bill sought to regulate activities Read More
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Parliament to vote on bill for assisted dying of mentally
Parliament will be voting October 18 on an important bill that could affect the lives of Canadians, particularly those struggling with mental illness. The rapid expansion of MAID, which stands for Medical Assistance In Dying, is Read More
A new poll suggests that Albertans want to keep the RCMP and not move forward with a provincial police force which the province had been pushing. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson says the idea was Read More
Matt Hatfield of OpenMedia discusses the challenges Canadian have faced no longer getting their news on certain social platforms, as well as what his organization is doing to stop it.Read More
This week we chat with political reporter Brian Lilley about the Manitoba election, how a new Leger poll says most Canadians want the carbon tax scrapped, how Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe may use the notwithstanding Read More
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Top Pentagon official’s alleged ties to Iranian propaganda network
The Biden administration is investigating a top Pentagon official for her alleged ties to an Iranian propaganda network after previously saying last Wednesday that it was “honored to have her serve.” Ariane Tabatabai is allegedly Read More
According to recent polls a large percentage of Albertans do not want to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan in favour of an Alberta plan. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says the province will Read More
The Muslim Association of Canada took issue with so many politicians and school boards who blasted the recent 1 Million March 4 Children. Many who opposed the marches, including counter protesters, also called them hate-filled. Political reporter Read More
Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas says Canadians simply cannot get ahead. She says poor decision making by the Trudeau government continues to hurt families financially including many here in Alberta. She explains in this Q and Read More
We asked political reporter and Sun columnist Brian Lilley what we know about Hardeep Singh Nijjar the BC Sikh leader who was gunned down June 18 in Surrey. Was he really a terrorist that India claimed? Read More
Albertans may yet see the Sovereignty Act invoked this fall. That is according to our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson. He says it stems over fears of Ottawa implementing an emissions cap which would then lead Read More
The G-20 Summit wrapped up in India and according to political reporter, Brian Lilley, it was a disaster for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He explains in this Q and A with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
The criminal trials involving Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has begun in Ottawa. Police, city officials and former mayor Jim Watson will be among 22 witnesses called to take the stand. Crown attorney Read More
A recent court ruling here in Alberta has undone a number of high profile COVID era prosecutions. As of last week there were only around 14 left and that number may in fact be lower this Read More
A new poll says parents want more involvement in their children’s lives at school when it comes to potentially changing their gender identity and pronouns. Columnist Brian Lilley with the Toronto Sun says most Read More
Alberta’s United Conservative Party has been very vocal about the federal government’s 2035 net-zero emitting electricity goal. We speak with Rebecca Schulz, Alberta Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, about the province’s own 2050 Read More
It’s been several weeks since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith handed out her mandate letters to her ministers – so what will this look like as the legislature resumes its sessions in the fall. Here to Read More
