Besides fuel prices, another headache for Canadian truckers is crossing the border into the US. Industry partners in commerce, manufacturing and logistics gathered in Lethbridge on Thursday to discuss ways to make the crossing at Read More
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The trial involving a couple of leaders with the Freedom Convoy has officially come to an end. The legal proceedings have wrapped up more than a year after they first began. Tamara Lich and Chris Read More
The Crown played an 11-minute video of scenes from the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa on Monday morning as one of the organizers, Pat King’s trial, go underway. King has pleaded not guilty to Read More
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Trudeau government to rescind its grocery tax threat. Ottawa is demanding major Canadian grocers come up with a plan to stablize prices which is also receiving pushback Read More
The three men who are facing charges of mischief for their alleged involvement in the Coutts blockade earlier this year were back in Lethbridge court Friday. Dozens of protesters were also outside the courthouse showing 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
The high prices of gas are not only burning a hole in our pockets but it’s also having a negative impact on the trucking industry. Al Nelson of CJD trucking says over 30 per cent Read More
Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says many Canadians feel that the Trudeau Liberals implementing the Emergencies Act is an incredible government overreach. Lilley says it sets a dangerous precedent when the Act can allow people’s 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
It appears as though most of those who were protesting government mandates have left the Coutts Border crossing. It was a place that was previously blocked by protesters supporting the Freedom Convoy and those who Read More
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
One business owner in the town of Milk River says the trucker protest near the Coutts border hasn’t had a negative impact on their businesses. The owner of DC Metal Craft and the Gift 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
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
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
It is not just in Ottawa where people are protesting. Truckers headed to the Coutts border crossing here in Alberta with a slow roll and a powerful message for our politicians. BCN’s Angela Stewart 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
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
There are a number of Canadians who strongly believe in Ivermectin to treat those with COVID-19. Political reporter Brian Lilley says a number of studies have been done on the drug by the federal government Read More
The federal government’s vaccine mandate requiring all truck drivers who enter Canada to show proof of full vaccination has some truckers already parking their rigs. It’s believed about 90 per cent of truck drivers Read More
