Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took part in the sole by-election debate Tuesday night for the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot – this is the riding where more than 200 candidates are running – thanks for the longest ballot committee…Read More
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Poilievre says he’s pro Canada and disagrees with Alberta separation. Tyler Dawson of the National Post shares his thoughts on this and more, including the over 1,300 reported cases of measles reported in Alberta – surpassing Read More
More than enough signatures have been acquired to hold a referendum for Alberta to separate; also 90% of Alberta’s provincial workers have voted to strike; Carney picks an Edmonton riding MP as part of his Read More
As you have heard on Bridge City News the Trudeau government wants to put an emissions cap on our oil and gas sector which would be 35 per cent less than 2019 levels. Premier Danielle Smith has Read More
The UCP held a leadership review at their AGM in Red Deer over the weekend and passed 35 resolutions. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson shares the details with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
The United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting is coming up this Friday and Saturday in Red Deer. Organizers say it may be one of the largest ever attended with over 5-thousand members attending. Our Read More
The UCP will be holding its convention Nov 1 and 2 in Red Deer. Just over 54-hundred members are registered to attend. They will be debating 35 party resolutions including banning transgender people from women’s washrooms and 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
The Alberta NDP have opened nominations to replace Shannon Phillips for the Lethbridge West riding. A by-election must be held by January the first. According to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, this seat is a Read More
A recent poll says not much has changed when it comes to support for the Alberta NDP now that Naheed Nenshi has taken over from Rachel Notley. According to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, the Read More
Some political experts feel that former Calgary Mayor, Naheed Nenshi, who is the new leader of the Alberta NDP is more of a centrist and that may cause some infighting within the party with those Read More
The wife of former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has died. Colleen Klein was 83 years old. Lisa Pinder wrote on social media that her mother had a brief period of failing health. She says her mom Read More
Some sobering stats in our province which show that more than 18-hundred Albertans died from a drug overdose last year. But according to our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, there is some good news on the Read More
The field to replace Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley just got a little smaller. Union boss Gil McGowan is bowing out. He said the final instalment of the 60-thousand-dollar entrance fee is too high. That 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
The federal government will be launching the national Pharmacare program. It will include contraceptives and certain diabetes drugs including insullin being covered. According to our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson Alberta is opting out and going 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
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says there is some good news on the horizon when it comes to our healthcare system. That includes Shoppers Drug Mart investing 77 million dollars to create pharmacy clinics and the Read More
Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says it appears as though the province and the City of Edmonton are butting heads over the encampment issue. He explains in this interview. Mr. Dawson also chats with BCN’Read More
There is a new report which says Alberta’s economy is expected to slow down to 1.2 per cent growth this year. That is lower that the 2.6 per cent growth we saw in 2023. Our legislative reporter Read More
Our legislative reporter and the Alberta correspondent for the National Post Tyler Dawson has details of how the Alberta government is changing the role of AHS. Dawson says talk of the proposed changes actually came Read More
It appears as though Tory leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can agree on one thing. That is that neither would like to see Alberta go its own way and pull out of Read More
A new poll suggests that Albertans want to keep the RCMP and not move forward with a provincial police force which the province had been pushing. Our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson says the idea was Read More
According to recent polls a large percentage of Albertans do not want to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan in favour of an Alberta plan. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says the province will Read More
Albertans may yet see the Sovereignty Act invoked this fall. That is according to our legislative reporter Tyler Dawson. He says it stems over fears of Ottawa implementing an emissions cap which would then lead Read More
A recent court ruling here in Alberta has undone a number of high profile COVID era prosecutions. As of last week there were only around 14 left and that number may in fact be lower this Read More
It appears as though Alberta may no longer pursuing a plan to dump the RCMP in favour of a provincial police force. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says Justice Minister Mickey Amery received his mandate Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dished out a variety of mandate letters to her ministers. One that was given to Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is calling for her to address EMS response times and getting more Read More
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith recently met with federal ministers including Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson discussing our province’s natural resource sector. Our legislative reporter, Tyler Dawson, says with all things considered it went reasonably Read More
