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'MAKE IT STOP': Class action against feds offering MAiD to veterans grows to 20 vets

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

2 hours ago

4 min read

UCP government unveils flat royalties framework for new oil sands projects

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

2 hours ago

3 min read

Ford visits Honda plant after Ontario pledges $156M for hybrid retooling

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

2 hours ago

2 min read

Minnesota yarn shop apologizes for selling Harry Potter kits, pulls all products

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

3 hours ago

2 min read

Premier Danielle Smith and UCP President Rob Smith on stage at the 2025 UCP AGM

Smith says UCP representatives need to accept the referendum and get on board with winning the 2027 election

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

22 seconds ago

2 min read

FAA statement

UPDATED: FAA orders nationwide ground stop as equipment outage disrupts US air travel

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

56 minutes ago

2 min read

Guilbeault says Trump administration outperforming Carney on climate

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

3 hours ago

2 min read

Three dead, including two children, after SUV collides with semi near Kitscoty, Alberta

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

4 hours ago

1 min read

Stelco will recall all 175 laid-off Hamilton workers on Dec. 1

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

4 hours ago

2 min read

UPDATED: EXCLUSIVE: UCP government planning legislation as Alberta natural gas demand outpaces infrastructure

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

4 hours ago

4 min read

WATCH: Joly highlights Honda funding while pressing Stellantis on Brampton

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

4 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

An editorial illustration juxtaposes Canada’s immigration policy with anti-austerity protests in France.

WHISSELL: Mass immigration is dehumanizing and insufficient to address Canada’s economic woes

Mavros Whissell

4 hours ago

5 min read

Mark Carney playing hockey

VASSEUR: Canada blocks Russian players from World Juniors as Putin decries 'double standards'

7 hours ago

4 min read

As Germany’s wind turbines stand still, a resident reads the power bill by lamplight.

STIRLING: Europe’s disastrous Dunkleflaute proves wind and solar can’t keep the lights on

Michelle Stirling

9 hours ago

5 min read

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary-Lougheed UCP riding president Darrell Komick in a photo collage about the party’s disputed loyalty pledge.

MACLEOD: The UCP's loyalty pledge muzzles the members it needs most

11 hours ago

3 min read

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HANNAFORD: A gambler's budget

Nigel Hannaford

21 hours ago

6 min read

Canada’s firearms ban faces a Supreme Court challenge as gun owners grapple with shifting rules and uncertain compensation.

EYRE: ‘Public safety debacle’ — firearms case hits the Supreme Court

12 Nov 2026

3 min read

Who killed Ontario auto?

WATCH LIVE: Stellantis exposes Canada’s investment problem

Western Standard News Services

12 Nov 2026

1 min read

Calgary’s Grey Cup festivities go ahead under water restrictions. Former mayors Naheed Nenshi and Jyoti Gondek are pictured.

THOMAS: Calgary's Grey Cup Festival is being watered down this year

12 Nov 2026

2 min read

Watch

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly and Ontario Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli

WATCH: Joly highlights Honda funding while pressing Stellantis on Brampton

Federal and Ontario ministers announce $313 million for Alliston plant and reaffirm clawback threat on idled Brampton facility.

4 hours ago

2 min read

Melanie Joly

WATCH: Joly declares Stellantis in default over Brampton plant sale

21 hours ago

2 min read

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HANNAFORD: A gambler's budget

Nigel Hannaford

21 hours ago

6 min read

Who killed Ontario auto?

WATCH LIVE: Stellantis exposes Canada’s investment problem

Western Standard News Services

12 Nov 2026

1 min read

Features

TOP TEN: Most bizarre and horrifying theme park deaths

TOP TEN: Most bizarre and horrifying theme park deaths

01 Nov 2026

13 min read

Maggie Pollock's witch trail

WITCH OF THE GREAT WHITE NORTH: Maggie Pollock and Canada’s 1919 witch trial

31 Oct 2026

5 min read