Alberta sees an early start to forest fire season – not to mention a risk of drought this summer , also the province spends $57M to research hydrogen to heat homes and fuel cars…and the Premiere Read More
Well, it appears as though Canada Post wants nothing to do with the gun buyback program. According to political reporter, Brian Lilley, officials at Canada Post say that they don’t want to be the Read More
The federal budget was tabled on Tuesday by federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Political reporter and Sun columnist, Brian Lilley, tells BCN’s Hal Roberts what the impact of the budget will have on Canadians.Read More
We’ve recently seen the Prime Minister making a cross country campaign-like tour to announce extra funding for housing in certain municipalities. Just last week he visited Calgary. But there’s been some criticism that Read More
Carbon tax vs the premiers….a cross country campaign by the prime minister…and possible Chinese election interference? There’s so much to unpack this week in Canadian politics and here to break it all Read More
Israel completes its invasion stage of the war against Gaza as they turn their attention to invading Rafah in the deep southern Gaza Strip…also, the U.S. sends a warning to Iran…and who Read More
There has been a lot of pushback on the 23 % increase in the federal carbon tax from protests across Canada to rumblings by seven of Canada’s premiers. Political reporter and Sun columnist Brian Lilley says Read More
As you have heard on BCN, the federal carbon tax is going up by 23 per cent on April 1st. According to political reporter Brian Lilley federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault was asked if we could Read More
The Trudeau government wants to pass legislation moving the date of our next federal election. Instead of October 20th, 2025 it would be October 27th or a week later. Some say the reason is that by Read More
The vote for non-confidence in the Trudeau government was defeated on Parliament Hill. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brought forth the motion to declare non-confidence in the prime minister and his government increasing the carbon tax Read More
The federal carbon tax is set to go up by 23 per cent on April 1st. The federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano, explained to BCN’s Hal Roberts how much more it Read More
Alberta’s Affordability and Utilities Minister, Nathan Neudorf, says electricity rates in the province are coming down. In this special one-on-one interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts he also discusses why the Alberta government is Read More
There was quite a bit of debate in the House of Commons on Monday night as MPs talked about the NDP’s motion to officially recognize Palestine as a state. In the end that request Read More
The Alberta government promised a tax cut for those who are making under 60-thousand dollars per year. That was scrapped, however, when the latest budget came out. According to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, the Read More
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is sounding the alarm over Bill C-63. They say it is the most aggressive assault on free speech in modern Canadian history. To talk about this in more detail Read More
A potential trade dispute is developing with the United States that could hurt Alberta beef producers. According to political reporter and Sun columnist, Brian Lilley, it may have something to do with meat labelling. He Read More
The federal carbon tax is going up around 23 per cent on April 1st. The federal levy has hurt many even with the rebates. You don’t have to look much further than our home heating Read More
Political reporter and Sun columnist Brian Lilley says many of the pro Palestinian demonstrations in Canada are also pro Hamas supporting the terrorist organization. He says Toronto police really dropped the ball when it came Read More
A new poll by Leger says the majority of Canadians are dead set against the federal government’s carbon tax increase which is coming up April 1st. To discuss this in more detail is the Read More
The federal government will be launching the national Pharmacare program. It will include contraceptives and certain diabetes drugs including insullin being covered. According to our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson Alberta is opting out and going Read More
It appears as though when it comes to Alberta’s strained relationship with Ottawa a lot of it has to do with federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. That is according to political columnist Brian Lilley. Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Alberta government to strengthen the Taxpayer Protection Act to shield Albertans from a future provincial carbon tax. To discuss this in more detail is the Alberta director Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a recent stop in Winnipeg warning that selling anger, fear and division to Canadians will not solve any of their problems. Political reporter and Sun columnist Brian Lilley thinks it Read More
Premier Danielle Smith recently returned from a visit to Ottawa, Toronto and Washington. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson says Smith was out touring and promoting investment in our province. He shares the details with BCN’Read More
According to a number of recent polls it appears as though the Trudeau Liberals continue to sink in popularity. Not just here in Alberta but across the country and that includes Quebec. Political reporter and Read More
A class action lawsuit is being launched against the Alberta government on behalf of business owners in the province. Those who faced operational restrictions or were forced to close their doors due to public health Read More
It turns out that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did in fact extend the invitation to former Nazi 98 year old Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament Hill. You may recall that House Speaker Anthony Rota ended up taking Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says there is some good news on the horizon when it comes to our healthcare system. That includes Shoppers Drug Mart investing 77 million dollars to create pharmacy clinics and the Read More
Like the United States, Canada has pulled funding for a UN agency which provides aid for Palestinian refugees. Political reporter Brian Lilley says some UNRWA participated in the October 7th attacks in southern Israel. Mr. Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says it appears as though the province and the City of Edmonton are butting heads over the encampment issue. He explains in this interview. Mr. Dawson also chats with BCN’Read More
