Will the Keystone XL pipeline be revived with Trump heading back to the White House in January? Sun political columnist shares his thoughts with BCN’s Jeannette Rocher.Read More
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A lot of people on social media have been naming names of the so–called traitors or those who were involved with foreign interference which impacted our country. Sun political columnist Brian Lilley gives us Read More
The Alberta Medical Association has kicked off a large advertising campaign in order to grab the attention of the provincial government in order to maintain and attract health care workers in the province.Read More
The province is looking at tweaking the Alberta Bill of Rights. According to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, it will include strengthening firearm and property rights. He says this will offer the government a playbook Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced that 8.6 billion dollars will be going towards building more schools and creating around 200-thousand new spaces for students over the next seven years. According to our legislative reporter, and the Read More
Folks with the Alberta Association of Childcare Entrepreneurs are feeling frustrated. Workers say the working relationship with the federal government may be a little strained when it comes to the 10 dollar a day daycare. Krystal Read More
As you have heard on Bridge City News, the UCP now has three nominees vying to become the sole candidate for the Lethbridge West riding. The three are city councilor John Middleton Hope, realtor Shauna Read More
Many of us would like to know that no one needs shelter, but the reality is these emergency centers are a support for many of our most vulnerable. As BCN’s Heidi Echavarria reports, it Read More
Many would argue that our economy has been struggling to gain ground. According to Stephen Johnston, the director of Omnigence Asset Management, Canada’s economic troubles began long before the pandemic and will take some Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, talks about the potential new rail line between Calgary and Edmonton. How the province is backing down on Bill 20 which would give the UCP the power to fire mayors and Read More
It appears as though the Alberta government is backing down on its controversial Bill 20. That is the bill which would see the provincial cabinet have the power to fire municipal councillors and mayors. It would Read More
Jury selection has begun for three men charged in connection with the Coutts border blockade. Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk and Gerhard Janzen are each charged with mischief over 5-thousand dollars. Dozens of supporters Read More
Lethbridge will be receiving new permanent supportive housing units thanks to an investment by the Alberta government. Officials say the 10.2 million dollar investment will help to build new housing in our city to ensure those Read More
It appears as though a new hostage deal along with a ceasefire has been agreed upon by Israel but according to our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, the terrorist group, Hamas now needs to come Read More
Premier Danielle Smith recently returned from a visit to Ottawa, Toronto and Washington. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson says Smith was out touring and promoting investment in our province. He shares the details with BCN’Read More
A class action lawsuit is being launched against the Alberta government on behalf of business owners in the province. Those who faced operational restrictions or were forced to close their doors due to public health Read More
Daycares across Alberta temporarily shut down today to protest the financial strain they have been under due to 10 dollar a day daycare. As BCN’s, Alex MacLeod reports, for some the dollars don’t make Read More
Is an Alberta Pension Plan the best way to go for our province? Former Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes gave us his thoughts in this exclusive interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
The results from the recent Alberta election will be made official on Thursday. The UCP won a slim majority winning 49 seats to the NDP’s 38. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says the relationship between Premier Read More
Boys & Girls Club Lethbridge has signed a new 10-year agreement to provide the Town of Coaldale with childcare services. That will include after-school programming and summer youth camps at the town’s new multi-use Read More
As part of the Budget 2023, funding has been set aside for four school projects in Lethbridge including a local gymnasium upgrade. Wednesday’s funding announcement comes as the Alberta government is investing millions into different Read More
A recent poll has the UCP and NDP in a virtual tie in our province. There is also a large percentage of Albertans (22 per cent) who are undecided. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, talk a Read More
Bill C-11 is going through the Senate right now and by next week, senators will have the opportunity to put forward some amendments with the hope some changes will be made to the bill. Lethbridge Read More
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
The Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano, says the announcement from Ottawa about new financial help shows that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not serious about making life more affordable. Terrazzano says Read More
BCN’s Hal Roberts chatted with UCP leadership hopeful and Fort McMurray/Lac La Biche MLA, Brian Jean, about what he would bring to the table as Alberta Premier. They discussed crime, opioid crisis, agriculture, Read More
The newly renovated Lethbridge Airport is now fully operational and today the city had a grand opening ceremony for the facility. As BCN’s Angela Stewart explains, the ceremony included some special guests who say, Read More
Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas is speaking out following the federal government’s new Carbon Emission Reduction Plan that was released earlier this week. Thomas says the Trudeau Liberal government has missed every target they have Read More
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
