The Better Business bureau is warning Canadians if Canada Post workers go on strike, they may be an increase of phishing scammers posing as Canada Post on emails and texts. An increase of scams were Read More
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Canada’s housing affordability crisis continues, according to the latest report issued by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) in partnership with Demographia. Major cities in Canada remain among the least affordable in the Read More
As fires burned across Manitoba, the provincial government was prompted to close some provincial parks including Nopiming Provincial Park, northeast of Lac du Bonnet. Where the park’s “welcome” sign was completely consumed by flames. Read More
Ceremonies across Canada, including here in Lethbridge, commemorated the surrender of German forces in the Netherlands and Europe 80 years ago with remembrance ceremonies.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
Advance voting for the Federal Election will end on Monday, with special and mail-in ballots closing on Tuesday. Early voting witnessed record turnout numbers, with nearly 2 million voters showing up on Friday alone.Read More
Elected officials and representatives of 28 small to mid-sized municipalities throughout Canada came together in Lethbridge to develop a playbook on substance treatment, prevention and recovery.Read More
Right now, if you sell your home in Canada, the profit from that sale is exempt from capital gains tax. But even though it’s exempt…you still must report it to the Canada Revenue Read More
Polls from Angus Reid and Mainstreet Research say that anywhere from 25% to 37% of Albertans support the idea of seceding from Canada, and increasingly so if the Federal Liberals win a fourth term in office.Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on federal party leaders to stop a pair of policies that will take effect on Tuesday. On April the first, MPs, cabinet members and the prime minister are Read More
Many Canadians believe the main issue in the upcoming federal election will be about who can best stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump amidst his tariff war with Canada. John Buchan with Tree(3) Read More
A Lethbridge travel agency owner is sharing what Friday’s blackout at London’s Heathrow Airport will still do to disrupt worldwide commute, after a fire at a electrical substation cut power to the whole Read More
Finland has been named the happiest country for the eighth year in a row on the 2025 World Happiness Report, while Canada slips down to 18th, down three spots from last ranking.Read More
Statistics Canada came out with their first quarterly population estimates of 2025. Canada has gained 63,382 new residents since January 1st to bring its total to 41,528,680 people. Alberta took on nearly half of the newest residents and Read More
As Hudson’s Bay awaits a court decision on full liquidating, shoppers around Lethbridge have been flocking to the only store in the city to grab deals on products that they may never have the Read More
The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce say in consensus with chambers in the United States, the implemented tariffs on Canada are “dangerous”.Read More
Hamilton Police recently uncovered a massive auto theft ring where criminals ship stolen vehicles to countries overseas. But as auto theft numbers decrease in Canada, Alberta now holds the highest per capita rate of thefts Read More
Following heavy snow falls in the East and cold snaps in the West, there have been multiple cases of carbon monoxide poisonings throughout Canada that have resulted in deaths in the past week alone.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
Kris Sims, Alberta Director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federations spoke with BCN’s Jeannette Rocher and says that Mark Carney’s is hiding a new carbon pricing plan.Read More
President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, John Carpay, spoke with BCN’s Jeanette Rocher arguing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament was unconstitutional.Read More
Gwyn Morgan, founder of Encana Corporation, once one of the largest energy companies in Canada, says he wants to see continued trade cooperation with the United States, and for Canada to find a way to Read More
Former CEO of Encana Gwyn Morgan, tells BCN why exporting liquid natural gas is Canada’s next big opportunity amid trade stand-offs with the US.Read More
RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency say one has died and 15 were arrested after three separate illegal border crossing attempts were made into Canada via the United States.Read More
Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says that Mark Carney must clarify what his Carbon pricing plan would mean for Canadians, highlighting that it could be just another carbon tax renamed as an incentive.Read More
Some weeks have passed since Donald Trump proposed to annex Canada as the 51st state of the United States. What at first sounded like a bad joke has gained strength. Our BCN’ s Heidi Echavarria 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
An Alberta judge is appealing to the provincial government for safer donation bins for clothing across the province after working on cases of deaths of people climbing into bins for shelter.Read More
Canada Post says they are back at full service delivering domestic mail and parcels following the month long workers strike which froze all mail deliveries sent across Canada.Read More
The GST break was no holiday for many Canadians, particularly small business owners and employees. The exemption which only applies to certain items created hassle and confusion for underprepared stores and customers. Second hand stores Read More
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