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Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi speaking to reporters about the upcoming Alberta referendum and the recent Pacific Link pipeline announcement.

Nenshi says federal NDP leader Lewis can 'say what he likes' about Pacific Link pipeline

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

2 hours ago

4 min read

McDONALD'S AI PRICING IN CANADA: Same Meal, Different Price

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

3 hours ago

2 min read

Carney’s 'Buy Canadian' pledge faces scrutiny over LNG Canada’s Chinese steel plans

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

3 hours ago

4 min read

Carney names former adviser, Liberal strategist to AI council

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

3 hours ago

3 min read

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Stephen Harper criticizes Alberta independence movement, questions its leadership

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

1 hour ago

3 min read

RCMP

Five foreign nationals charged in BC extortion, shooting and arson investigation

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

1 hour ago

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Kamloops mother and 11-year-old son killed in Hwy. 1 crash near Chase

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

3 hours ago

1 min read

Grizzly bear charges elk hunters in Northern Alberta

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

3 hours ago

1 min read

WATCH: Thailand flood disaster spreads as dam fills, airport and factories hit

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

4 hours ago

3 min read

Elections Alberta directs Forever Canadian to report expenses dating back to August

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

4 hours ago

2 min read

Day 11 of the 2026 BC provincial election: Out of the frying pan and into the fire

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

6 hours ago

7 min read

Opinion

Canada's Economic Web

GWYN MORGAN: Canada’s economic web of woe

Western Standard Guest Columnist

25 minutes ago

4 min read

Danielle Smith and Net-Zero

KAPLAN: Alberta's $400 billion net-zero suicide pact

Western Standard Guest Columnist

2 hours ago

4 min read

Lindsay Clancy and Scales of Justice

AUBUT: The empathy trap — when modern feminism overplays its hand

4 hours ago

3 min read

Ottawa pulling the strings

HANNAFORD: Blame Ottawa do-gooders, not TD Bank

Nigel Hannaford

9 hours ago

4 min read

AI: threat or tool?

HANNAFORD: It's a little early to damn AI

Nigel Hannaford

20 hours ago

3 min read

David Eby

FORSETH: David Eby's narcissistic gamble backfires in BC

Western Standard Guest Columnist

01 Oct 2026

3 min read

Danielle Smith, Mark Carney, and the Pacific Link pipeline

MACLEOD: Pipeline groundhog day — what TMX tells us about the new Pacific Link pipeline

01 Oct 2026

3 min read

In Carney we trust?

WATCH LIVE: Danielle Smith bets Alberta’s future on Carney’s promises

Western Standard News Services

01 Oct 2026

1 min read

Watch

Thailand’s flood crisis is continuing to wreak havoc across the country.

WATCH: Thailand flood disaster spreads as dam fills, airport and factories hit

4 hours ago

3 min read

AI: threat or tool?

HANNAFORD: It's a little early to damn AI

Nigel Hannaford

20 hours ago

3 min read

In Carney we trust?

WATCH LIVE: Danielle Smith bets Alberta’s future on Carney’s promises

Western Standard News Services

01 Oct 2026

1 min read

Alberta-born astronaut Joshua Kutryk has officially left Earth, blasting off Thursday morning on his first mission to space.

WATCH: Alberta astronaut begins journey to space aboard SpaceX

01 Oct 2026

2 min read

Features

Super AI robot.

AI SAVING HUMANITY? Six ways AI is helping the world right now

30 Sep 2026

5 min read

Bizarre foods major brands actually sold

TOP TEN: Wacky food that major brands actually sold

25 Sep 2026

6 min read

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