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
The cost of living goes up….again….a war of words between Trudeau’s environment minister and Alberta’s premier, and who’s really to blame that you can’t see content on Facebook anymore? Read More
A hostage swap between the U.S. and Iran will see the release of five American prisoners while strengthening the Islamic Republic; plus a house committee to issue subpoenas to the Biden’s; and Ukraine Read More
It appears as though Alberta may no longer pursuing a plan to dump the RCMP in favour of a provincial police force. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says Justice Minister Mickey Amery received his mandate Read More
The vast majority of politicians supported government health mandates and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, some enthusiastically supported it. However, one former Ontario MPP did not. Randy Hillier (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) originally faced 25 charges for Read More
When it comes to reaching emissions targets there is one former politician who says the UCP and the Trudeau government are very much in agreement. Drew Barnes former independent MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat says the Read More
There was a recent by-election in former PM Stephen Harper’s riding of Calgary-Heritage and it wasn’t even close. The Conservative candidate, Shuv Majumdar, won with around 65 per cent of the vote. Political reporter, Read More
Following release of the movie Sound of Freedom, many people are surprised to learn human trafficking and slavery are still present in the 21st century. But according to Lisa Daftari of The Foreign Desk, human Read More
Government public policy can impact our lives in a wide variety of ways. It can also impact major industries in Canada including our energy sector. David Leis is with the Frontier Centre for public policy Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dished out a variety of mandate letters to her ministers. One that was given to Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is calling for her to address EMS response times and getting more Read More
Many parents across the country are expressing their concerns over gender identity and expression being taught in the classrooms. According to political reporter, Brian Lilley, they are protesting. Mr. Lilley also made reference to some Read More
A top Biden immigration official has called for the end of detention for illegal immigrants and the abolishment of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). This while hundreds of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have recently crossed Read More
Political reporter and Toronto Sun columnist, Brian Lilley, weighed in with on the BC port strike and offered his thoughts on if the Trudeau government will issue back to work legislation to get Canadian cargo Read More
You can add Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas to the list of Conservative politicians who are concerned about the second Trudeau carbon tax which will kick in on Canada Day. Thomas says our prime minister’s Read More
Toronto has a new mayor. She is former NDP MP Olivia Chow. Chow takes over from John Tory who stepped down. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, calls Chow a socialist and says even though she leans Read More
Lethbridge-West MLA, Shannon Phillips, is calling on the Danielle Smith government to take action to address the housing crisis in our city. Phillips says we not only have rising poverty in the windy city but Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith recently met with federal ministers including Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson discussing our province’s natural resource sector. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says with all things considered it went reasonably Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says an investigation needs to take place to find out how many wildfires are being caused by arsonists. Political reporter Brian Lilley says those who say all of these wildfires were Read More
In this week’s foreign affairs update, Lisa Daftari discusses China’s spy base in Cuba, Iran helping Russia to build a drone factory, and Putin announcing he’s agreed to deploy tactical nuclear weapons Read More
The results from the recent Alberta election will be made official on Thursday. The UCP won a slim majority winning 49 seats to the NDP’s 38. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says the relationship between Premier Read More
Lindsay Wilson is with a group called Alberta Proud. A host of Albertans who are passionate about many of the issues impacting our province. Wilson is also a social media influencer. Wilson, like many of Read More
Officials with the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce are reacting to the final result of Monday’s Election. Cyndi Bester, CEO of the Chamber says from a business stand point, there has been a lot of Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, who is also the Alberta correspondent for the National Post breaks down the provincial election results and discusses the high profile candidates who lost their seats. Dawson also talks about Read More
The Owl Acoustic Lounge was packed full of NDP candidates and supporters Monday night while they awaited the results of the election. NDP Lethbridge-West candidate Shannon Phillips secured her spot as an MLA for a Read More
The candidates have been busy on the campaign trail and so have the volunteers who have been door-knocking alongside of them. Some volunteers with UCP Lethbridge East candidate Nathan Neudorf’s campaign say it has Read More
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University commits to recruitment on World Teachers Day
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Lethbridge Polytechnic names fall 2026 valedictorian
A Therapeutic Recreation student is being recognized as Lethbridge Polytechnic’s valedictorian for the school’s Fall 2026 Convocation. Sarah Watters, who is graduating...
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Lethbridge Jewish and Palestinian communities reflect on October-7
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$287M water expansion proposal presented to Lethbridge Council
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Weapons report prompts Southside school-lockdown, youth in custody
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Lethbridge Police recruiting volunteer Crisis Support Workers
Lethbridge Police are looking for volunteers to help victims and witnesses of crime through some of the most difficult moments...
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