Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Washington Tuesday for his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. This was a high-stakes meeting for the Prime Minister, as Canada’s relationship with the U-S Read More
While Canada is in the aftermath of its federal election, Foreign Affairs expert Lisa Daftari shares what she witnessed from her American vantage point.Read More
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During elections, political parties and news organizations love to conduct and talk about polls. But do most Canadians understand what these snapshots of opinion mean, and can the numbers be trusted? Reg Manzer is one Read More
Dan McTeague served as a Liberal MP for 18 years in Ontario and is the president of “Canadians For Affordable Energy” – something many of us are concerned about these days. He joined us to discuss the Read More
The 2025 federal election is quickly approaching, and we had the opportunity to discuss some of the issues with the Green Party candidate for the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner riding: Andy Shadrack. Also, his reaction to the Leader’Read More
Here we are in the final week of the election trail. What are our politicians promising? And who will Canadians put their trust in? Joining us to weigh in is the honorable Stockwell Day – former Read More
With less than a week to go til election day, party leaders are really ramping up their promises. We heard from the NDPs and Liberals over the weekend about their costed platforms. Here to break Read More
The Alberta government recently announced a significant change to how hospital surgeries will be funded. Instead of a lump sum of funding to be used however hospitals see fit, so-called activity-based funding will be tied Read More
It seems in every federal election, the issue of gun control comes up. Our nation continues to see high levels of violent crime, which many believe is fueled by the number of guns in Canada. Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that nobody was getting off the hook for unfair trade balances and tariffs barriers, which other countries have used against the United States. Foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari Read More
Watch the full interview with Marc Slingerland of the CHP hosted by BCN’s Landon Hickok, and how his campaign is striving to bring pro-life policies to the federal level.Read More
Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi spoke with Lethbridge media on Tuesday as he discussed topics and issues ranging from Premier Smith’s recent trip to Florida, as well as tariffs the US say they will Read More
Watch the full interview with the Green Party candidate for the Lethbridge riding ahead of the 2025 Canadian federal election hosted by Landon Hickok.Read More
Voting time is approaching. The federal NDP candidate for Lethbridge, Nathan Svoboda, stopped by the BCN office and spoke about what he has to offer the Lethbridge community if elected to represent the city in Read More
Alberta NDP MLA for Calgary-Mountain View Kathleen Ganley sat down with BCN’s Naveen Day to share her party’s concerns with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Smith recently met with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Read More
Watch the full interview with the PPC candidate for the Lethbridge riding ahead of the 2025 Canadian federal election hosted by Landon Hickok.Read More
Lots happening in the political arena, with a federal election underway, and of course, the ongoing tariff war. Alberta’s premier has laid out a list of nine demands to federal leaders. So, here to Read More
Watch the full interview with Chris Spearman following his announcement on running for Lethbridge MP as a liberal candidate.Read More
A federal election is very likely headed our way in the near future, and everyone’s talking tariffs these days, including Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, who says he’Read More
How good is your memory? Do you still remember the, SNC Lavalin debacle that put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the hot seat? It was a pretty big deal back then, leading to the firings Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have officially come into effect as of today. Also, by this weekend the Liberals will have chosen their new leader, meaning we’ll soon have a new Prime Read More
Canada continues to wrestle with how best to respond to the threat of 25% tariffs when exporting goods to the U.S. But exactly how do tariffs work, and how will they affect our bottom line? Read More
The Province finds itself embroiled in major controversy over contracting at Alberta Health Services…plus, Alberta’s budget to be released next week. BCN sits down with National Post’s legislative correspondent, Tyler Dawson.Read More
There is so much division between Canada and the U.S. lately over a trade war that could be on the horizon. Foreign affairs correspondent Lisa Daftari joins us from Los Angeles to discuss why Read More
When speaking on pipelines did Liberal leadership front runner Mark Carny say one thing in English and another in French? Catch the full BCN interview with Federal Political commentator Brian Lilley.Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith takes action to secure the Alberta/Montana border – she’s also encouraging other premiers to get on board with this – because it might be the only action that avoids tariffs. BCN Read More
The tariffs are held off for at least 30 days but this uncertainty is still causing problems for the Canadian business climate. Here to discuss this in more detail is Toronto Sun columnist, Brian Lilley. Read More
There’s lots of anxiety and concern over U.S. President Donald Trump’s intentions to place a 25% tariff on Canadian exports. But how should Canada respond? Joining BCN’s Jeannette Rocher to discuss, is Read More
Charter rights & freedoms – some people say these were overridden during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many Canadian judges ruled that this was justified, but was it? The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms doesn’t think so. Read More
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