In response to Premier Danielle Smith’s visit to Lethbridge and her not taking any questions from the media, Lethbridge-West candidate Shannon Phillips is reacting to the UCP’s new media policy change. Phillips says Read More
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Nearly $4-million will be given to the University of Lethbridge to help expand enrollment capacity in various programs. The money is part of Budget 2023 and the three areas which will receive a funding boost are Read More
A recent poll commissioned to Janet Brown Opinion Research by one of Canada’s national broadcasters shows the NDP is five points up on the UCP in popularity in Calgary. The numbers show the official Read More
Alberta’s NDP justice critic is calling for a full independent investigation following news that Premier Smith is under investigation by the ethics commissioner. Calgary MLA Irfan Sabir says the ethics investigation is not enough. Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will no longer speak about her involvement in how COVID-19 court cases are being prosecuted. Smith says the UCP is considering a defamation lawsuit against the public broadcaster. Smith Read More
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Torry Tanner steps down as UCP Lethbridge-West candidate following claims
The UCP Lethbridge-West candidate has resigned. Torry Tanner stepped down following a video on social media where she claimed that teachers in Alberta were introducing children to pornography and helping them change their gender identity. Read More
Today was Budget Day in Canada. The Trudeau government booked in billions of dollars in new costs which will give us a 10 billion dollar increase in the deficit to 40.1 billion dollars. The newly tabled budget, Read More
The Alberta election is coming up May 29th. There are some who feel that Alberta should separate from Canada. You can include Ed Kallio in that group. Ed is the leader of the Alberta 1st Read More
One of the big business stories we have shared on BCN is of the downfall of the Silcon Valley Bank and their alleged risky practices. American correspondent, and one of our regular contributors, Lisa Daftari, Read More
The UCP has a new candidate in Lethbridge West who is set to go up against the NDP’s finance critic Shannon Phillips. BCN’s Hal Roberts introduces us to Torry Tanner. The Alberta provincial Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still receiving a lot of heat over the alleged foreign interference into our federal elections. Political reporter Brian Lilley says many Canadians are calling for a public inquiry. Mr. Lilley Read More
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The Alberta Budget and Upcoming Spring Election
Host Jeannette Rocher speaks with independent Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes about the close battle between the NDP and UCP in Alberta. Barnes also shares his thoughts on the recent budget and how he was Read More
A recent poll has the UCP and NDP in a virtual tie in our province. There is also a large percentage of Albertans (22 per cent) who are undecided. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, talk a Read More
Prime Minister Trudeau is going to be appointing a special rapporteur to look into potential election interference. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says Trudeau will announce who it is and this individual will answer to the Read More
The World Health Organization is urging all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of COVID-19 after claims from the US government agencies that a lab in China leaked the virus was denied Read More
There has been more talk coming out of China about a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. President Xi Jinping is allegedly telling his troops to be ready by the year 2027. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Read More
Nations appear to be rising and falling as global diplomacy and power brokers look to be on divergent paths. With revelations of Chinese police stations on Canadian soil and allegations of Chinese interference in the Read More
Many Canadians are upset at the possibility of the federal government adding minors to the Medical Assistance in Dying bill. You can include Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas in that group who says she has some Read More
Alberta Trade Minister and Calgary northeast MLA Rajan Sawhney announced that she will not be seeking re-election in May. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says as we get closer to election day on May 29th Read More
Eva Chipiuk is a lawyer who is representing protesters who participated in the Freedom Convoy last winter in Ottawa. She gave us her thoughts on the recently released Justice Rouleau report which stated that the Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is sounding the alarm when it comes to the amount of CBC employees who are now earning six-figure salaries. The group’s federal director, Franco Terrazzano, says the amount of employees Read More
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The war Ukraine, one year later – Dr. David Marples
It’s been a year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, and the war may not end anytime soon according to David Marples, Professor of Russian and East European History at the University of Alberta. In Read More
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Political reporter Lilley upset at paperwork received from Trudeau government
Toronto Sun columnist and political reporter, Brian Lilley, took issue with the fact that important information he received from the federal government on who stayed at the $6,000 a night hotel suite in London, England during Read More
Two new UCP candidates are seeking the nomination for the Lethbridge-West riding. Rick Dempsey and Torry Tanner are both in it to win it. Businessman Rick Dempsey says for the last thirty years, this city Read More
Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says a number of countries are now helping with search and rescue efforts including Israel. She says the country put politics aside to help those who are in dire Read More
If the provincial election was held today it would appear as though Danielle Smith and the UCP would be re-elected. A recent poll by Think HQ says the UCP currently has 48 per cent support compared Read More
The federal Conservatives motion on bail reform was shot down by all of the other parties. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, has the details. Mr. Lilley will also discuss how the $6.8 million spent on 10 people at Read More
The war in Ukraine has cost thousands of lives. In has now been a year since Russia invaded. A number of countries are continuing to help Ukraine’s President Zelensky in his battle with Russia’Read More
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Alberta Deputy Premier takes issue with “Just Transition.”
Alberta Deputy Premier, Nathan Neudorf, is speaking out against PM Justin Trudeau’s “Just Transition” plan. Neudorf says we shouldn’t be so quick to transition away from our country’s oil and gas sector. Read More
