The eyes of the world were on Ottawa last year during the Freedom Convoy. Many truckers and other Canadians frustrated with the government mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic descended upon our nation’s capital expressing Read More
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Eva Chipiuk is a lawyer who is representing protesters who participated in the Freedom Convoy last winter in Ottawa. She gave us her thoughts on the recently released Justice Rouleau report which stated that the Read More
You may remember the name Christine Anderson. She is the German politician who spoke out against Justin Trudeau in the European Parliament. Anderson explains why she is not a fan of our prime minister. She Read More
A number of Canadians are still not happy with the Trudeau government’s fall economic statement or mini-budget. You can include the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Political reporter Brian Lilley says the PBO was pretty hard Read More
Political reporter and Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley has been following the public inquiry into the Emergencies Act closely. Lilley says the police in Ottawa should have known that the truckers and protesters were going Read More
Political reporter Brian Lilley says Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, during his recent testimony at the inquiry, is incorrect when he says truckers with the Freedom Convoy were in Ottawa earlier this year protesting provincial mask Read More
Scott Smith is out as Hockey Canada’s president and CEO. In fact, the entire board of directors for Hockey Canada also resigned today. Smith was unable to survive the fallout related to the national Read More
A spokesperson for the Freedom Convoy protest, Benjamin Dichter, said he received an apology from the office of the CEO of Scotiabank Brian Porter. This was in response to freezing his bank account during the Read More
We chatted with John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, about the report from the Ottawa Police which says the would be Ottawa arsonists had no connection to the Freedom Convoy that Read More
David Craig interviews Freedom Convoy organizer Tom Marazzo to get an inside look at the events in Ottawa over the past several weeks.Read More
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
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Coutts border blockade affects village and country
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
The Freedom Convoy continues in our nation’s capital. Thousands of protesters are camping out in Ottawa. They say they will not leave until all COVID-19 mandates are lifted. We now understand that the Ottawa Read More
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Civil Rights Lawyer on GiveSendGo funds for convoy truckers
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
The trucker protest continues along the Coutts border crossing but lanes have reopened and the traffic is moving smoothly. BCN Video Journalist Angela Stewart has the latest.Read More
Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says organizers with the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa have to be realistic with their demands including having Justin Trudeau removed as prime minister. Mr. Lilley outside of an election, it is Read More
RCMP say they will be taking further action to put an end to the protest at the Coutts border. Police say they want to resolve the situation down at the border in a safe and Read More
Tensions continue to rise between Russia and Ukraine as the threat of an invasion seems imminent. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says thousands of Russian troops continue to line up along the Russian/Ukrainian Read More
The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge County have seen an increasing number of blockages and slow-moving vehicles in our region. More people seem to be showing their support for the truckers involved in the Freedom Read More
A number of truckers here in Alberta who are also fighting the provincial and federal mandates have the Coutts border crossing blocked. No way in or out. BCN’s Angela Stewart was there and has Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says when it comes to discussing the blocked border crossing at Coutts it appears as though Premier Kenney may be delivering a mixed message. Read More
A Medicine Hat barber is giving the gift of fresh buzz cuts to the truckers in Ottawa. Calvin Isaac Maltin, Owner of Isaac Barbershop, will be heading to our nation’s capital where he plans Read More
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NDP calls on UCP to file injunction to end Coutts
The Alberta NDP is calling on the UCP government to apply for an immediate injunction to put an end to the trucker blockade at the Coutts border crossing. BCN’s Angela Stewart heard from a Read More
The Mayor of Coutts, Jim Willetts says he wants to see the protest in his area come to a peaceful conclusion. Willett says he knows of a number of residents in the village who are Read More
Manitoba trucker, Elmer Penner, who is taking part in the Freedom Convoy 2022 which is heading to Ottawa says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to resign. Penner also says the federal government needs to scrap the Read More
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Lethbridge MP supports Freedom Convoy
Lethbridge Conservative MP Rachael Thomas joined us on Bridge City News recently. We asked MP Thomas why she and so many other Conservative MPs are supporting truckers with the Freedom Convoy. Read More
The Freedom Convoy which recently passed through Alberta and Saskatchewan has now made its way to Manitoba. Organizers are hoping to have around 50 thousand truckers join in by the time the group reaches Ottawa this Read More
Will any of the federal party leaders meet with the truckers with the Freedom Convoy once they arrive in Ottawa? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apparently already said no. I asked political reporter, Brian Lilley, Read More
The Freedom Convoy featuring truckers tired of COVID-19 mandates are taking their message to Ottawa. The group rolled into Medicine Hat/Redcliff on Monday afternoon saying they have received a lot of support along the Read More
