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
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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
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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
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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
February 1 is just days away, that’s the day that Donald Trump promised to bring in tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico. But will Trump go for it, or will he not? Here Read More
When it comes to saving lives, every single second matters, that’s why Lethbridge Police along with Fire and Emergency Service partnered in the creation of the Tactical Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) program. The new Read More
At least 20 employee and hundreds of students could be affected by the closure of the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program, provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. This includes the LINC program at Read More
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Donald Trump tells reporters Canada should expect tariffs by February 1. Meanwhile, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says parliament needs to resume to properly deal with incoming U.S. threat. Toronto Sun Political columnist Brian Lilley discusses Read More
Donald Trump’s recent threats to impose tariffs on several countries, including Canada, continue to generate reactions among Canadian political experts. Lars Hallstrom, professor of political science at the U of L explains what would Read More
On April 1, the Liberal government is raising the carbon tax. After the increase, the carbon tax will cost 21 cents per litre of gasoline and 25 cents per litre of diesel. Could the Liberal Party’s attitude Read More
Less than a week until Donald Trump is sworn in as president and as Canadians look to see what happens with the threat of tariffs we have Alberta Premier Danielle Smith talking about a national Read More
As the death toll and amount of destruction rises in Los Angeles due to wildfires it seems some are trying to cash in on an opportunity, be it political or otherwise. Here once again to Read More
Following her visit with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump at his Florida resort, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Albertans should expect the incoming president to follow through on his plan to implement blanket tariffs on Read More
Jeannette Rocher speaks with our U.S. correspondent, Lisa Daftari who resides in Los Angeles and was on fire evacuation alert as of Thursday (Jan 2). She describes the devastation and the disgust with the city’Read More
University of Lethbridge Political Science professor, Lars Hallström explains to BCN’s Naveen Day the mechanics behind prorogation of parliament, and the next steps for the Liberal party as they seek a new leader.Read More
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