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 Digital technologies for agricultural sustainability

Digital technologies for agricultural sustainability

Heidi Echavarria June 20, 2025

When we think of farming, we think of big pieces of machinery working in the fields. But smaller digital technology is playing an increasingly important role. For the second year in a row, a digital Read More

 ALERT warns parents about children’s access to A.I.

ALERT warns parents about children’s access to A.I.

Heidi Echavarria June 20, 2025

Summer is here, which means kids will be home for the holidays, allowing them to manipulate their devices even more. Due to the growing trend of child sexual abuse material (images and videos created using Read More

 Raymond Hospital to receive modernization work

Raymond Hospital to receive modernization work

Heidi Echavarria June 9, 2025

Modernization work has begun in the emergency department at Raymond Hospital in southern Alberta. According to Alberta Health Services, the work aims to improve facilities and patient flow, along with renovations to the laboratory and Read More

 Joint emergency management plan for Southern Alberta counties

Joint emergency management plan for Southern Alberta counties

Heidi Echavarria May 29, 2025

Lethbridge County and surrounding communities are joining forces on a new strategy to strengthen disaster response. The Regional Emergency Management Plan also includes the towns of Coalhurst, Nobleford, Picture Butte and the Village of Barons. Read More

 Whoop Up Days return with tons of fun and festivities

Whoop Up Days return with tons of fun and festivities

Heidi Echavarria May 29, 2025

Whoop-Up Days 2025, the highly anticipated summer fair, returns to the Lethbridge & District Exhibition. From August 19-23, the festival, which aims to bring families and the community together, features programming that includes the Lethbridge & Read More

 How to play the new favourite sport of Pickleball

How to play the new favourite sport of Pickleball

Jeannette Rocher May 29, 2025

Pickleball is a sport that seems to be growing in popularity be leaps and bounds.  Why is that – what’s it all about? Richard Boras is one of the directors at the Coaldale Pickleball Club Read More

 Coaldale and Picture Butte RCMP to be equipped with body-worn cameras

Coaldale and Picture Butte RCMP to be equipped with body-worn

Heidi Echavarria May 27, 2025

Starting in June, the Coaldale & Picture Butte RCMP will equip all frontline officers with body-worn cameras. The Mounties say it’s part of their ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability, and modernization. Sgt. Mike Numan, Read More

 Not4Sale gala to raise awareness of human trafficking

Not4Sale gala to raise awareness of human trafficking

Heidi Echavarria May 21, 2025

A local not-for-profit organization is asking the community to help them raise 100 thousand dollars to fight child sex slavery. The group Not4Sale is holding a fundraising gala this Friday, May 23rd, in Parallel Church Read More

 Affordability & Utilities Minister talks tariffs; Oil &Gas

Affordability & Utilities Minister talks tariffs; Oil &Gas

Jeannette Rocher May 14, 2025

U.S tariffs and federal government restrictions on the oil and gas sector continue to be major concerns for Albertans. Is there any hope for change?  We chat about it with Alberta’s Minister of Read More

 Meet Medicine Hat’s NDP candidate

Meet Medicine Hat’s NDP candidate

Jeannette Rocher April 25, 2025

The 2025 federal election is quickly approaching, and we have the opportunity to discuss the issues with the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner NDP candidate: Jocelyn Johnson.  Aired: April 9, 2025Read More

 Medicine Hat’s Green Party candidate Andy Shadrack

Medicine Hat’s Green Party candidate Andy Shadrack

Jeannette Rocher April 23, 2025

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

 Inaugural Vibe Fest at University of Lethbridge

Inaugural Vibe Fest at University of Lethbridge

Heidi Echavarria April 11, 2025

For the first time ever, Lethbridge will host the Vibe Fest. This event showcases the talent and artistic of fine arts, highlighting the University Centre for the Arts as a hub for creative talent in Read More

 Extended Interview – Marc Slingerland, Lethbridge CHP Candidate

Extended Interview – Marc Slingerland, Lethbridge CHP Candidate

Landon Hickok April 8, 2025

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

 Chess for Life program teaches mental skills to young offenders

Chess for Life program teaches mental skills to young offenders

Heidi Echavarria April 4, 2025

Many strategies are used to achieve positive behavioral outcomes among young people. Sports and cognitive board games are among these alternatives. Studies have shown that chess makes strategic thinking in those who play it, which Read More

 Streets Alive receives large donation from the Giving Machine campaign

Streets Alive receives large donation from the Giving Machine campaign

Heidi Echavarria April 4, 2025

Almost 20 thousand dollars is the donation that Street Alive Mission received from the Giving Machine initiative. As part of the Light of World, the initiative wraps up the 2024 campaign giving to the community what received Read More

 Lethbridge NDP candidate Nathan Svoboda launches campaign

Lethbridge NDP candidate Nathan Svoboda launches campaign

Heidi Echavarria March 28, 2025

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

 Premier’s list of nine demands to federal leaders

Premier’s list of nine demands to federal leaders

Jeannette Rocher March 26, 2025

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

 NASA connected ULeth researcher discusses recent space flight

NASA connected ULeth researcher discusses recent space flight

Jeannette Rocher March 25, 2025

The University of Lethbridge has a fascinating connection to NASA, as they have studied the effects of a changing hostile environment on astronauts while in space. Dr. Gerlinde Metz is a neuroscientist at ULeth. Following Read More

 Airline damages car seat without full reimbursement

Airline damages car seat without full reimbursement

Jeannette Rocher March 25, 2025

Not a day goes by that someone’s property isn’t damaged by an airline. But one southern Alberta woman spent months fighting with Air Canada after her infant carrier was damaged and the airline Read More

 Extended Interview – Chris Spearman on running for Lethbridge MP

Extended Interview – Chris Spearman on running for Lethbridge MP

Landon Hickok March 24, 2025

Watch the full interview with Chris Spearman following his announcement on running for Lethbridge MP as a liberal candidate.Read More

 Raising awareness and support for seniors

Raising awareness and support for seniors

Heidi Echavarria March 18, 2025

Community support initiatives are common in Lethbridge, such as the fundraising campaign to support the Lethbridge Elder Abuse Response Network (LEARN). The initiative to raise awareness and funds is led by the Therapeutic Recreation – Gerontology Read More

 YMCA to present Lethbridge Community Commitment Scholarships

YMCA to present Lethbridge Community Commitment Scholarships

Heidi Echavarria March 17, 2025

Investing in education is one of the best ways to ensure a nation’s social and economic development, and the YMCA of Lethbridge is doing just that. At its annual awards ceremony, the YMCA of Read More

 University of Lethbridge holds its annual Indigenous Awareness week

University of Lethbridge holds its annual Indigenous Awareness week

Heidi Echavarria March 17, 2025

This Monday, the University of Lethbridge (U of L) kick off its annual Indigenous Awareness Week to promote the spirit of reconciliation. Lindi Shade, Indigenous Services Manager at the U of L, says the event Read More

 Lethbridge Polytechnic to host Winter Open House

Lethbridge Polytechnic to host Winter Open House

Heidi Echavarria March 14, 2025

This Saturday, March 15, Lethbridge Polytechnic will hold its Winter Open House. This event invites prospective students, along with their families and community members, to visit the campus and learn about over 60 programs offered at the Read More

 Catholic Central High School presents ‘Mamma Mia!’

Catholic Central High School presents ‘Mamma Mia!’

Heidi Echavarria March 13, 2025

If you love Broadway musicals, a very famous one is coming to Lethbridge. Mamma Mia will be hitting the stage at the Knights of Columbus Eggplant Theatre. It’s being put on by Catholic Central Read More

 LFS hosts their Spring to Light Benefit Gala

LFS hosts their Spring to Light Benefit Gala

Heidi Echavarria March 13, 2025

Lethbridge Family Services is about to celebrate its first Spring to Light Benefit Gala. The fundraising event, to be held on April 25, recognizes LFS’s 115 years of service to the community. Michelle Gallucci, Director, Advancement &Read More

 Lethbridge creates economic task force responding to tariffs

Lethbridge creates economic task force responding to tariffs

Heidi Echavarria March 5, 2025

In local news, a group of organizations in Southern Alberta has launched a new economic initiative to enable success amidst US tariffs, which will likely be disruptive to the provincial economy because the Alberta government Read More

 Southern Alberta Home and Garden show coming up in March

Southern Alberta Home and Garden show coming up in March

Heidi Echavarria February 27, 2025

The 2025 edition of Southern Alberta Home, Garden and Leisure is ready to kick off and offer new things. The show will be held March 13-15 at the Agri-Food Hub to ensure an enhanced and engaging Read More

 Lethbridge Polytechnic closes Black History Month with food and cultural fashion

Lethbridge Polytechnic closes Black History Month with food and cultural

Heidi Echavarria February 27, 2025

Although February is almost over and with it, Black History Month, it’s good to continue to remember throughout the year the achievements and events that marked the history of black people. With cultural food Read More

 Lethbridge family donates $500,000 towards a cardiac centre

Lethbridge family donates $500,000 towards a cardiac centre

Heidi Echavarria February 25, 2025

The Southern Alberta Cardiac Centre of Excellence has received a huge boost in its fundraising campaign. A private donation of 500 hundred thousand dollars came in today from local resident, Shilpa Stocker, who shares why she Read More

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