The Alberta government announced today that for the first time in their 67-year history Lethbridge College will transition and become Lethbridge Polytechnic this fall. Dr. Brad Donaldson, president and CEO of Lethbridge College joined BCN’Read More
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Some sobering stats in our province which show that more than 18-hundred Albertans died from a drug overdose last year. But according to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, there is some good news on the Read More
Over the last couple of years, women’s shelters in Alberta received over 59-thousand calls for help due to domestic violence. That is an increase of 12.5 per cent compared to previous years. Jill Young, CEO Read More
On June 22nd, party members with the Alberta NDP will be choosing their new leader. One of the five candidates vying to replace Rachel Notley is Calgary MLA Kathleen Ganley. Some of the hot button Read More
Former Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes let us know what he thought of the Alberta Budget. He says it really fell short of what Albertans really needed. Read More
The Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was a little disappointed in the recently tabled Alberta budget. As Kris Sims explains it could have offered so much more for Albertans.Read More
Lethbridge West NDP MLA Shannon Phillips along with NDP Critic for Advanced Education David Eggen shared their thoughts on how the Alberta government can better support young people who choose to study and work in Read More
Former Alberta Children’s Services Minister Rebecca Schulz is running to become the new leader of the UCP. She says she has what it takes to unite the Conservatives and become our new premier. Schulz Read More
A new Alberta group is hoping to advocate for the best possible education for K-12 students. That is according to Jeff Park, the Executive Director of the Alberta Parents’ Union. He says parents were not Read More
Following the release of the new draft curriculum for students in Kindergarten to Grade 6, the education critic for Alberta’s official opposition says the draft is sorely lacking. Sarah Hoffman says the curriculum will not Read More
The Alberta government announced that its vaccine passport system will remain in effect until sometime in 2022. This comes as Alberta launched its QR code reader for vaccine passports. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says even Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says NDP leader Rachel Notley has some concerns about Premier Kenney’s Open For Summer rollout plans. As of Friday, places of worship can re-open to 15 per cent capacity. Hair Read More
Students learning from home and at school are set to receive some much needed equipment. The Evangelical Free Church of Lethbridge has donated 40 chromebooks to the Lethbridge School Division. As Micah Quinn explains, six schools Read More
