It turns out the GST tax holiday is becoming a real pain for a number of small businesses across Canada. The federal government is pausing the levy on a number of items including prepared foods Read More
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Statistics Canada released their third-quarter report on population estimates across the country. Alberta saw the biggest increase out of any province, but only by 0.9%.Read More
Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation in Cabinet, raising questions is Justin Trudeau would step down following the release of the fall economic statement. Sun Political Columnist Brian Lilley shares his thoughts.Read More
Environment and Climate Change Canada is requiring the trucking industry to cut down on its sales of heavy-duty trucks with a manual transmission down to 10% in order to cut emissions.Read More
It turns out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s four–day trip to Europe in June cost taxpayers close to a million dollars. Trudeau and his entourage travelled to Italy and Switzerland June 13-16 to attend Read More
A sign installed at Kelowna’s downtown nativity scene that expressed the words “Keep Christ in Christmas” was removed after complaints from a local humanist group.Read More
The not-for-profit STARS Air Ambulance is calling for donations to be sent online, in-person or over the phone due to the postal workers strike preventing mail donations.Read More
As you have heard on BCN, the Trudeau government will be implementing a GST break for two months beginning on December 14th. Ottawa says prepared foods, snacks, children’s clothing and footwear will be exempt. Read More
A report by Canada’s Auditor General says the Trudeau government gave out billions of dollars in loans to ineligible businesses during the pandemic. The Canada Emergency Business Account offered emergency loans of 40 to 60 thousand Read More
The Canadian Armed Forces are sending more troops to Latvia to continue their NATO mission Operation Reassurance. Around 200 troops from Edmonton are making the trip to bring the total number of troops in Latvia to 2,000.Read More
A prominent figure of the 2022 Freedom Convoy in Ottawa has been found guilty on five counts. A judge says Pat King is guilty of mischief, counselling others to commit mischief, counselling others to obstruct police Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has reacted to the Trudeau government’s announcement of a GST cut to save taxpayers money. Federal officials say the cut will save taxpayers around 1.6 billion dollars over the next couple Read More
Political reporter and Sun political columnist, Brian Lilley, offers his thoughts on Liberal Minister Randy Boissonnault stepping down from the Trudeau cabinet. He says he was somewhat surprised.Read More
A new report says administering the carbon tax will cost Canadian taxpayers around 800 million dollars by the year 2030. That is according to government records dug up by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Franco Terrazzano, federal director Read More
This is national collection week for the Operation Christmas Child’s shoebox campaign. Thousands of boxes are being collected and sent to children in need around the world including in Ukraine, Central America, Africa and Read More
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers continue to strike into the new week as a new deal between Canada Post and its workers remain up for discussion; seemingly without federal intervention for now.Read More
Just a couple of years after the Trudeau government used 9 million dollars to help build the world’s largest edible cricket factory in London Ontario comes word that two thirds of its workforce will be Read More
Contract negotiations continue between Canada Post and its union. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says its national executive board has yet to decide if job action will take place. They say it all hinges Read More
Remembrance Day is coming up on Monday. A time to remember the many men and women in uniform who sacrificed so much to allow us to enjoy the freedoms we have today. Herbert Johnson is Read More
Maureen Anderson, a New Brunswick native, spoke with BCN about being inducted as this year’s National Silver Cross Mother. The tradition honours mothers who lost children in service for their country.Read More
There is a unique museum in the town of Nanton, Alberta which honours our Canadian Air Force and features some incredible aircraft. It is called the Bomber Command Museum of Canada. In part two of Read More
The federal government unveiled draft regulations on Monday that will impose a greenhouse gas cap on the oil and gas sector that limits emissions to 35 per cent below 2019 levels. Canada’s oil and gas Read More
Streets Alive Mission has been nominated for the 2024 Community Votes Lethbridge awards. The Christian organization’s Chief Operations Officer, Cameron Kissick, says they were nominated in two categories which were Community Groups and Second-Hand Clothing. Read More
The director of the University of Calgary’s Rothney Astrophysical Observatory discusses the Orionid meteor Shower that is expected to attract astronomers and viewers of the night sky everywhere.Read More
A Lethbridge family witnessed first-hand how caring a community can be. The Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada helped bring hope and joy when it was needed the most. BCN’s Heidi Echavarria has the details Read More
The Parliamentary Budget Officer says his updated report on the federal carbon tax is consistent with his earlier findings. Yves Giroux says once broader economic effects are factored in, the gains from the rebate cheques Read More
A new poll says most Canadians oppose the federal government’s plan of banning new gas and diesel vehicles by the year 2035. The survey done by Leger says almost 60 per cent of Canadians do not Read More
New research says a number of young nurses are leaving the healthcare profession in Canada. The report from the Montreal Economic Institute says around 40 per cent of nurses under the age of 35 are bailing on Read More
It is official. The national debt has now doubled under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation it took around 24 prime ministers 150 years to rack up a 616–billion–dollar Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is raising the alarm over 2.7 million dollars that was spent by the federal government on high profile international film and music festivals. Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the CTF, joined us Read More
