While addressing the media after winning a second term as Mayor of Lethbridge, Blaine Hyggen showed some emotion when thanking all candidates who ran during these elections. He later went on to respond to what Read More
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As Polls close in Alberta’s municipal elections, BCN’s Landon Hickok provides exclusive election day coverage into the City of Lethbridge and it’s municipal race. Results are expected to reveal in the coming Read More
Tuesday’s mayoral forum also shed light on a brewing controversy surrounding the naming of what is now the VisitLethbridge.com arena. A member of the audience raised the issue of an alleged conflict of Read More
Mayoral candidates faced some tough questions from the public in a forum held by the Lethbridge Public Library on Tuesday night. As BCN’s Landon Hickok tells us, it was a high-spirited event provided with Read More
The mayor of the village of Stirling has announced that he has stepped down after selling his house before local elections take place this fall. Trevor Lewington, who is also the current CEO of Economic Read More
Banning cameras at all intersections as well as on provincial roads and connecting roads has been one of the proposed changes to LPS and the City of Lethbridge. Lethbridge Police Chief, Shahin Mehdizadeh, says another Read More
Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen responded to the announcement of NDP MLA Shannon Phillips stepping down from her position. He commented on the political stress that may have played a part in her decision, as well Read More
Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen responded to a new bill being introduced by the province which would give the Alberta government the power to fire municipal councilors and postpone elections. Mayor Hyggen says he and council Read More
Hundreds of community members made their way to the Coast Hotel in Lethbridge on Thursday morning to hear the mayor’s State of the City address. Mayor Blaine Hyggen touched on many topics including the Read More
The Town of Claresholm is looking for a new mayor. UCP MLA for Livingstone-Macleod, Chelsae Petrovic, left the role after winning a landslide victory of almost 10,000 votes over the NDP’s Kevin Van Tighem in Read More
Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen expressed his frustration regarding the Alberta Budget. Hyggen says overall, he is disappointed with a lot of what came out of the budget. He says he doesn’t understand why our Read More
The Mayor’s Hockey Challenge took place over this weekend at the ATB Centre. All the money raised from the event goes towards supporting local food banks in the city. Danielle McIntyre with the Interfaith Read More
The Town of Vegreville Alberta has a large contingent of Ukrainian people. The mayor of the town says the war in Ukraine is really affecting many in his community. Tim MacPhee says many of their Read More
Elected officials and some officers of the Lethbridge Police Service took part in the polar plunge for the Special Olympics. After two years of the plunge being held virtually, organizers say they were happy to Read More
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 City of Lethbridge is following in the footsteps of the province and removing the Restrictions Exemptions Program. That means you will not need to show proof that you are vaccinated to enter or to 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
The government of Alberta says it is working with the city of Lethbridge to address the drug crisis in our city. Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen says the city will be receiving more intox and detox Read More
Newly elected Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen says when he was out door knocking during the last municipal election the biggest concern he heard from residents in Lethbridge was safety. He explains in more detail during Read More
Another female candidate was elected mayor in Alberta and this time in the Town of Coalhurst. Lyndsay Montina won the mayoral seat on Monday night. She beat out former city councillor Ron Lagemaat in a Read More
Monday, millions of Albertans will go to the polls to vote for their next municipal governments. There will also be a couple of referendum questions on the ballot including if we should keep Daylight Savings Read More
Ted Clugston is hoping to be re-elected as mayor of Medicine Hat. Clugston says his city has seen a number of challenges this past year due to COVID-19 and the energy sector struggling. He also Read More
Kolton Menzak is an Mixed Martial Arts fighter. He is also someone who wants to become the next mayor of Lethbridge. We recently chatted with Mr. Menzak about his platform and why he is fighting Read More
The Alberta Municipal Election is coming up October 18th. Current Lethbridge City Councillor Blaine Hyggen is gunning for the mayor’s chair. Hyggen says he has a plan to help address the doctor shortage in Read More
The Town of Coalhurst may see some major changes following this October’s municipal election. Ron Lagemaat has been a councillor for the town for over 10 years, and now he has decided to make the Read More
Another name has been dropped in the hat to run for Mayor of the City of Lethbridge. Gary Klassen is a long-time realtor who has a desire to help the windy city. Gary Klassen has Read More
