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 University of Lethbridge undergraduate leads study published in top-tier journal

University of Lethbridge undergraduate leads study published in top-tier journal

Naveen Day February 3, 2026

A groundbreaking study led by a University of Lethbridge student is advancing vaccine development while highlighting the importance of the purity of what goes into our bodies. BCN’s Naveen Day has more.Read More

 Crown seeking ‘grotesque’ sentence lengths for convoy leaders

Crown seeking ‘grotesque’ sentence lengths for convoy leaders

Naveen Day July 22, 2025

On July 23, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber will learn their fate at a sentencing hearing. Ottawa Crown prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison sentence for Lich and an eight-year sentence for her co-accused  Barber over Read More

 Freedom Convoy frontrunners could be facing severe jail time: Brian Lilley

Freedom Convoy frontrunners could be facing severe jail time: Brian

Jeannette Rocher July 22, 2025

This week begins sentencing hearing for Freedom Convoy frontrunners Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, but is the prosecution politically motivated? Also, Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with premiers from across the country to update Read More

 Guilty Verdict for 3 men in Coutts trial

Guilty Verdict for 3 men in Coutts trial

Jeannette Rocher April 17, 2024

Jurors deliberated for just three hours Tuesday before finding three men guilty for their roles in the 2022 highway blockade at the Coutts border crossing.  The trial for Alex Van Herk, Gerhard Janzen and Marco Van Read More

 Class action lawsuit filed against feds and province

Class action lawsuit filed against feds and province

Hal Roberts March 1, 2024

A class action lawsuit has been launched against both the federal and provincial governments alleging misinformation and negligence about the risks and dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines. The lawsuit has been filed by Rath and Read More

 Class action lawsuit being launched in support of unvaccinated.

Class action lawsuit being launched in support of unvaccinated.

Hal Roberts September 21, 2023

A class action lawsuit on behalf of 700 unvaccinated Canadians is being launched in Federal Court. Alberta lawyer, Leighton Grey, who is spearheading the campaign, says there are three different elements to this important lawsuit. Grey Read More

 National Citizens Inquiry Sheila Annette Lewis

National Citizens Inquiry Sheila Annette Lewis

Micah Quinn May 18, 2023

The National Citizens Inquiry into the way governments handled the COVID-19 pandemic continued in Ottawa. Sheila Annette Lewis recently spoke at the inquiry. She filed a legal challenge against Alberta Health Services, doctors and a Read More

 Pawlowski found guilty on two border blockade charges

Pawlowski found guilty on two border blockade charges

Naveen Day May 3, 2023

A judge has found Calgary street preacher Artur Pawlowski guilty of mischief for his role in protests against COVID-19 mandates near the Coutts border last year. Justice Gordon Krinke also found Pawlowski guilty of breaching Read More

 Lethbridge woman shares story of COVID-19 vaccine injury

Lethbridge woman shares story of COVID-19 vaccine injury

Angela Stewart April 27, 2023

A Lethbridge woman says she is now considered a person with a vaccine injury after receiving the jab back in 2021. She is now sharing her story of some of the impacts the vaccine had on Read More

 Witness testifies at National Citizens Inquiry in Saskatoon

Witness testifies at National Citizens Inquiry in Saskatoon

Angela Stewart April 24, 2023

The National Citizens Inquiry into the pandemic held more meetings in Saskatoon over the weekend. Many came out to take in the testimonies of expert witnesses and others who shared the impact that the pandemic Read More

 National Citizens Inquiry roars into Saskatoon

National Citizens Inquiry roars into Saskatoon

Micah Quinn April 21, 2023

The National Citizens Inquiry into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic continued in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The initiative which is being run by everyday Canadians, examines the impact of the government lockdowns, the virus Read More

 National Citizens Inquiry looks into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the federal government

National Citizens Inquiry looks into the handling of the COVID-19

Micah Quinn April 14, 2023

It was day two of the National Citizens Inquiry into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearings this week are taking place in Winnipeg. Rick Wall, the president of Richland Transport was Read More

 Canadian journalist takes over citizen-led COVID-19 inquiry

Canadian journalist takes over citizen-led COVID-19 inquiry

Angela Stewart January 31, 2023

A journalist who worked on the TV series the Fifth Estate is taking over from Preston Manning for the national citizen-led inquiry into the federal government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trish Wood steps Read More

 Petition for Public Inquiry into Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 Response

Petition for Public Inquiry into Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 Response

Jeannette Rocher November 18, 2022

There have been ample discussions about the Covid pandemic and the actions that were taken by the Canadian and provincial governments. Today we speak with Nadine Wilson, MLA for Saskatchewan Rivers, who has launched a Read More

 Alberta freedom activist released from custody following rally from supporters

Alberta freedom activist released from custody following rally from supporters

Naveen Day August 25, 2022

A short-lived protest outside of the RCMP detachment in Fort MacLeod ended in victory on Thursday evening.  More than 200 protesters gathered to demand the release of freedom activist Alex Van Herk.  He was released shortly Read More

 Group offers self-representation advice to those charged, ticketed due to protesting COVID mandates

Group offers self-representation advice to those charged, ticketed due to

Naveen Day June 13, 2022

A group focused on due process of law is working to educate and empower individuals who have been ticketed or charged due to protesting COVID mandates, to self-represent.  The organization, Stand4Thee says there is Read More

 PCR testing scrapped for vaccinated travellers entering Canada, travel agent says the change relieves stress

PCR testing scrapped for vaccinated travellers entering Canada, travel agent

Angela Stewart April 1, 2022

Starting today, vaccinated travellers won’t need a COVID-19 test to come into the country. An official with AMA Travel says that with it being spring break, a lot of people are away already, and Read More

 ‘Tough times tougher for Canadians’: Canadian Taxpayers Federation on carbon tax hike

‘Tough times tougher for Canadians’: Canadian Taxpayers Federation on carbon

Angela Stewart April 1, 2022

Canadians can expect to fork out more money as the federal carbon tax went into effect today, increasing about 11 cents per litre at the pumps. However, Albertans will feel a little bit of relief as Read More

 Pastor Artur Pawlowski speaks to prison conditions during incarceration

Pastor Artur Pawlowski speaks to prison conditions during incarceration

Angela Stewart March 31, 2022

Calgary Pastor Artur Pawlowski has been released from prison but remains on house arrest following criminal charges stemming from months ago. Angela Stewart caught up with the pastor after days of being incarcerated. Read More

 Carbon Emission Reduction plan released by the feds, author says we can get there by target date

Carbon Emission Reduction plan released by the feds, author says

Angela Stewart March 30, 2022

The federal government hopes to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than half in the next eight years with a target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. BCN’s Angela Stewart hears from an author who Read More

 Annual Coaldale Family Fun Run gets underway next month

Annual Coaldale Family Fun Run gets underway next month

Angela Stewart March 25, 2022

The 11th annual Coaldale Family Fun Run gets underway next month. This year’s event will be held both in person and virtually. An official with the event says two dollars from each entry will Read More

 CP Rail strike could of had major impacts to farmers

CP Rail strike could of had major impacts to farmers

Angela Stewart March 23, 2022

The CP Rail strike that took place earlier this week, although short, could’ve had major impacts affecting many areas including the supply chain. Tory Campbell Reeve for Lethbridge County says with there being so Read More

 Calgary woman says federal travel mandates should be dropped

Calgary woman says federal travel mandates should be dropped

Angela Stewart March 9, 2022

A Calgary woman is speaking out against Ottawa’s travel mandates after her father experienced major car troubles while driving across the country to attend his mother’s funeral. During her father’s 36- hour Read More

 LCI dance students prepare for new show following COVID-19 pandemic

LCI dance students prepare for new show following COVID-19 pandemic

Angela Stewart March 2, 2022

Students at the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Arts Academy of Dance are making a comeback this year with a new show set to be performed next week at the Yates Memorial Theatre. As Angela Stewart explains, Read More

 City eases COVID-19 restrictions for city staff

City eases COVID-19 restrictions for city staff

Angela Stewart March 1, 2022

The city has begun easing some COVID-19 restrictions for city staff. Employees will now no longer be required to show proof of vaccination, face masks will be optional and those who have been working from Read More

 ‘Immunocompromised could be at higher risk of contracting COVID-19:’ Infectious Disease Doctor

‘Immunocompromised could be at higher risk of contracting COVID-19:’ Infectious

Angela Stewart March 1, 2022

Now that many COVID-19 restrictions have been dropped, including face mask-wearing, this could have people worrying about contracting the virus quicker, especially those who are immunocompromised. An Infectious Disease Physician says those who have immune Read More

 Evangeline Lilly asks PM Trudeau to unify Canadians

Evangeline Lilly asks PM Trudeau to unify Canadians

Bridge City News February 18, 2022

Actress Evangeline Lilly calls on PM Trudeau to make unifying Canadians his priority right now. She seems to be asking him to employ the most Canadian of all virtues: diplomacy, negotiation and compromise – virtues that Read More

 Coutts border blockade affects village and country

Coutts border blockade affects village and country

Angela Stewart February 16, 2022

For more than two weeks access to the Coutts border crossing had been blocked as protesters wanted to send a simple message to politicians, drop the COVID-19 mandates. As Angela Stewart explains, the blockade not Read More

 Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre Valentines Day lunch in for residents

Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre Valentines Day lunch in for residents

Angela Stewart February 14, 2022

Around 100 seniors in Lethbridge were able to enjoy a nice lunch at the Nord-Bridge Senior Centre celebrating Valentine’s Day. This is the first time the centre has been able to have guests come and Read More

 Civil Rights Lawyer on GiveSendGo funds for convoy truckers

Civil Rights Lawyer on GiveSendGo funds for convoy truckers

Angela Stewart February 11, 2022

After the Ontario Government filed an injunction to have the $8-million from the Freedom Convoy’s Give Send Go campaign frozen, an Alberta Civil Rights lawyer says he doesn’t believe Canada has jurisdiction over Read More

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