The Lethbridge West riding will remain orange. The NDP’s Rob Miyashiro won with 53 per cent of the vote during Wednesday night’s by-election. He beat out John Middleton-Hope of the UCP by 1150 votes. In Read More
There is going to be a change to Alberta’s electricity market. Officials say it will restore the balance between affordability, reliability and sustainability. Alberta’s Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf joined BCN’Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with western governors in Las Vegas recently. She got some face time with the South Dakota governor who is Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security Secretary. Our legislative reporter, Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says Premier Smith and her party are taking a very strong line in protecting the oilsands in Fort McMurray under the Alberta Sovereignty Act, which many would argue is a Read More
UCP Candidate John Middleton-Hope and NDP Candidate Rob Miyashiro speak on their excitement on the now-called Lethbridge West byelection set for December 18th.Read More
A certain Conservative MP referred to a Liberal MP as “Cocaine Randy” and the Tories lead according to one poll may be slipping somewhat. Political commentator, Brian Lilley, explains in this interview with BCN’s Read More
Recent stats show that violent gun crime has been increasing in Canada especially in our major cities including Vancouver and Toronto. In October, Prime Minister Trudeau spoke about the effectiveness of the handgun ban his Read More
As you have heard on Bridge City News the Trudeau government wants to put an emissions cap on our oil and gas sector which would be 35 per cent less than 2019 levels. Premier Danielle Smith has Read More
Will the Keystone XL pipeline be revived with Trump heading back to the White House in January? Sun political columnist shares his thoughts with BCN’s Jeannette Rocher.Read More
The UCP held a leadership review at their AGM in Red Deer over the weekend and passed 35 resolutions. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson shares the details with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
A class action lawsuit has been given the green light as business owners in Alberta are suing the province for losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. Lawyer Jeff Rath shares the details with BCN’Read More
The U.S. presidential election is less than a week away. The latest polls show it’s close between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. U.S. political correspondent, Lisa Daftari, explains who may be leading Read More
The United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting is coming up this Friday and Saturday in Red Deer. Organizers say it may be one of the largest ever attended with over 5-thousand members attending. Our Read More
A lot of people on social media have been naming names of the so–called traitors or those who were involved with foreign interference which impacted our country. Sun political columnist Brian Lilley gives us Read More
The U.S. federal election is just weeks away now. Will Donald Trump return to the White House or will the United States see its first female president in Kamala Harris? U.S. political reporter, Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says spending by the federal government is out of control. The group is calling on Ottawa to cut spending following a report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The study by Yves Read More
There are reports of an alleged revolt happening within the Trudeau Liberal caucus. Now…the prime minister is losing four more cabinet ministers who have decided not to seek re-election. They are Marie Claude Bibeau, Read More
The UCP will be holding its convention Nov 1 and 2 in Red Deer. Just over 54-hundred members are registered to attend. They will be debating 35 party resolutions including banning transgender people from women’s washrooms and Read More
The Trudeau government says Samidoun will now be listed as a terrorist entity. You may recall that Samidoun was behind many of the pro-Palestinian and anti–Israel rallies across the country including the protest in Read More
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi and NDP nominee for Lethbridge-West Rob Miyashiro spoke in front of reporters in Lethbridge on Tuesday following Health Minister Adriana LaGrange’s announcement on Alberta’s new Primary Care Agency.Read More
There has been a lot of chanting of “Death to Canada” at pro-Palestinian rallies across the country in particular in Vancouver. According to Sun political columnist, Brian Lilley, many of these marches are being coordinated Read More
Full interviews with Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi and NDP Shadow Minister for Health Sarah Hoffman.Read More
The province is looking at tweaking the Alberta Bill of Rights. According to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, it will include strengthening firearm and property rights. He says this will offer the government a playbook Read More
The Trudeau government survived another non-confidence motion put forward by the Poilievre Conservatives. There is also some talk that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may prorogue Parliament ahead of the Bloc’s Oct 29th deadline to Read More
Many Canadians agree with the federal Conservatives that we should have a carbon tax vote so that we can go to the polls early not having to wait until October of next year. But…according Read More
With the federal government’s gun buyback legislation continuing a number of gun owners here in Alberta are wondering what their rights are. Leighton Grey is an Alberta constitutional lawyer who was actually involved in Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced that 8.6 billion dollars will be going towards building more schools and creating around 200-thousand new spaces for students over the next seven years. According to our legislative reporter, and the Read More
Two big by-elections were held on Monday night. In the Winnipeg riding of Elmwood-Transcona the NDP took it with Leila Dance narrowly defeating the Conservative candidate, Colin Reynolds. In the LaSalle, Emard-Verdun riding in Quebec Read More
Not one, but two assassination attempts on Trump, plus ABC whistleblower alleges network coordinated with Harris campaign prior to debate. Catch the full interview with Lisa Daftari of The Foreign Desk.Read More
With China retaliating against Canada’s tariff on Chinese made vehicles with a tariff of their own on Canadian canola that will severely impact our agriculture industry. Alberta’s Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, RJ Read More
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