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EU President Ursula von der Leyen, with Prime MInister Mark Carney

Tories warn Carney against importing EU ‘migrant crisis’

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

7 hours ago

2 min read

EXCLUSIVE: Who is behind the Findlay Files?

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

11 hours ago

6 min read

Carney welcomes Trump trade comments, says Canada ready to talk

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

6 hours ago

3 min read

PINDER: Tiered citizenship and empty milk cartons — the high cost of the Laurentian Elite

Herb Pinder

Herb Pinder

9 hours ago

4 min read

Calgary-Shaw MLA Kyle Campbell and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi celebrating Campbell's victory in the riding's byelection.

UPDATED: Alberta NDP swipe razor-thin Calgary-Shaw byelection

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

1 hour ago

3 min read

Barrhead Alberta is banning Pride flags and crosswalks

Alberta human rights hearing begins over anti-Pride crosswalk flyer

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

7 hours ago

3 min read

News

EU President Ursula von der Leyen, with Prime MInister Mark Carney

Tories warn Carney against importing EU ‘migrant crisis’

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

7 hours ago

2 min read

Alberta human rights hearing begins over anti-Pride crosswalk flyer

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

7 hours ago

3 min read

BC books a $13.8-billion deficit after gas-royalty correction lands

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

8 hours ago

3 min read

Two men dead in separate Banff National Park hiking accidents

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

8 hours ago

2 min read

Calgary-Shaw MLA Kyle Campbell and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi celebrating Campbell's victory in the riding's byelection.

UPDATED: Alberta NDP swipe razor-thin Calgary-Shaw byelection

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

1 hour ago

3 min read

Trump and Carney pose for photo in the White House

Carney welcomes Trump trade comments, says Canada ready to talk

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

6 hours ago

3 min read

EU Parliament to open office in Ottawa

Jackson Loy

Jackson Loy

9 hours ago

2 min read

President of the EU Parliament calls the opening a 'new chapter for the EU-Canada partnership'

TC Energy prepared to spend more as Alberta natural gas demand surges

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

9 hours ago

2 min read

Moe, Bell Canada announce $52 billion AI expansion in Saskatchewan

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

9 hours ago

3 min read

Sydney Sweeney sports ad sparks outrage from female athletes over ‘hyper-sexualized’ campaign

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

10 hours ago

2 min read

LITMUS TEST: Can the UCP maintain their stronghold in Calgary-Shaw?

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

10 hours ago

3 min read

Opinion

Calgary-Shaw MLA Kyle Campbell and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi celebrating Campbell's victory in the riding's byelection.

HANNAFORD: The UCP didn’t lose Shaw to the left, it lost it to itself

Nigel Hannaford

5 seconds ago

4 min read

Diary Quotas

PINDER: Tiered citizenship and empty milk cartons — the high cost of the Laurentian Elite

9 hours ago

4 min read

A Brighter Tomorrow?

STIRLING: Make Ottawa the net-zero guinea pig for the ‘Elbows Up’ climate mayors

Michelle Stirling

11 hours ago

4 min read

Still from circulating video posted by Tanya Gaw

MORGAN: The knock on the door — is Canada becoming the UK?

14 hours ago

4 min read

Alberta vs New Brunswick Economies

DROVER / HAUBRICH: Resource development is good for taxpayers

Western Standard Guest Columnist

16 hours ago

3 min read

Alberta Independence

BARBER: Provocative thoughts on Constitutions — Alberta must escape urban tyranny

Dr. A.W. Barber

19 hours ago

7 min read

Indigenous Science

RUBENSTEIN: Elevating ‘Indigenous Science’ subverts real science

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Sep 2026

6 min read

Canada vs Alberta boxing match

MARRIOTT: Alberta’s independence referendum isn't fringe anymore — and the media knows it

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Sep 2026

6 min read

Watch

St. Albert fire

WATCH: Woman uses sprinkler to fight flames at St. Albert apartment complex

11 hours ago

1 min read

Mayor of New York Zorhan Mamdani and US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pictured laughing at 9/11 memorial service in New York

WATCH: New York Mayor Mamdani, AOC seen laughing at 9/11 memorial service

11 Sep 2026

1 min read

Public reaction online appeared to be largely negative, amid concerns that such displays would become more common in the city.

WATCH: Drone ad for PC Health lights Toronto harbour after 11 p.m.

11 Sep 2026

2 min read

How much freedom changed

HANNAFORD: 9/11, the day 'everything changed'

Nigel Hannaford

10 Sep 2026

4 min read

Features

9/11

THE DAY THE SKY FELL: Remembering 9/11, 25 years later

11 Sep 2026

6 min read

students on their laptops

Are laptops making law students dumber? U of T and others think so

05 Sep 2026

4 min read

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