As the weather warms up more and more Albertans are thinking about heading out and camping. You may have to bring a few extra dollars with you if you are heading out to the backcountry. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson says the province is bringing in a new fee for those who enjoy backcountry camping. Read More
Political reporter Brian Lilley tells BCN’s Hal Roberts that the Trudeau Liberals agree with Erin O’Toole and the federal Conservatives about how a federal inquiry into Ottawa’s handling of the pandemic is warranted. It’s just a matter of when.Read More
The federal Liberals will be tabling their first budget in over two years on April 19th. One of our regular contributors, political reporter Brian Lilley, says what is good about this budget is that we will finally be able to see exactly where our tax dollars have been going when it comes to pandemic spending. Read More
Our foreign affairs correspondent, Lisa Daftari chats with BCN’s Jeannette Rocher about NY’s Governor refusing to resign despite sexual assault allegations…the significance of the Pope’s visit to Iraq…and President Biden extending the U.S’s state of emergency against Iran by another year.Read More
Albertans want a fair deal from Ottawa and the rest of the nation, as the province continues to pour huge dollar amounts into equalization payments. There is a separatist movement brewing here as a result. Our guest is very outspoken on this issue as well as the move to end Covid lockdown measures. Drew Barnes is the MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat in South East Alberta, he joins BCN's Jeannette Rocher.Read More
One of our political reporters says a number of provinces are taking issue with the feds proposed new gun ban legislation. Brian Lilley says police in Ontario are concerned that this still does not address the illegal guns making their way into our country.Read More
More and more Canadians who do not come back to Canada with the proper COVID-19 test are being taken away to isolation centres. Political reporter Brian Lilley says these are not exactly resorts.Read More
A new bill being proposed by the UCP, Bill 47, is receiving some backlash from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. The union says the bill, which is aimed at improving worker safety, will end up taking away rights from those workers.Read More
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