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RJ Sigurdson and Danielle Smith at a Highwood UCP Constituency Association event.

EXCLUSIVE: Highwood MLA pledges support for Smith after local constituency association calls for leadership review

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

8 hours ago

2 min read

Trump bans CNN, MSNBC, Politico from the White House

Jackson Loy

Jackson Loy

9 hours ago

2 min read

WATCH: Ottawa mayoral candidate charged over alleged threats to Ford, Sutcliffe

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

9 hours ago

2 min read

WATCH: Carney adds $7.5 billion onto tariff aid after halting U.S. trade talks

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

10 hours ago

2 min read

Alberta independence debate

Referendum TPA donation roundup: Federalist group contributions double pro-independence advertisers

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

8 hours ago

2 min read

MRU, meditation room

EXCLUSIVE: MRU prof says school's neutrality 'creeping' away as meditation space becomes Muslim prayer room

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

8 hours ago

1 min read

Missing Alberta boys found safe in B.C., mother and partner arrested

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

10 hours ago

2 min read

UCP Highwood board passes vote calling for Smith leadership review

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

11 hours ago

3 min read

German Chancellor under fire for free speech comments as approval rating hits record low

Jackson Loy

Jackson Loy

11 hours ago

2 min read

Stellantis pushes Brampton sale as Unifor contract runs out Sunday

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

11 hours ago

2 min read

Third Marineland beluga dies at Spain aquarium

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

11 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

Too much, too fast?

WATCH: Has Canada lost control of immigration?

Western Standard News Services

6 hours ago

1 min read

Canadian Healthcare Supermarket

BURTON: Canada’s healthcare grocery store is open — but too many Canadians can’t get through the door

Western Standard Guest Columnist

9 hours ago

4 min read

The Left and the Laurentian elite fear Alberta independence

MACLEOD: The Left and the Laurentian elite fear Alberta independence

11 hours ago

5 min read

High-Speed Train Iceberg

JARVIS: Carney government hiding the true cost of high-speed rail from taxpayers

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 hours ago

3 min read

Golden Alberta

HILL: Alberta independence could cost $170 billion — and the rest of Canada has even more to lose

Western Standard Guest Columnist

15 hours ago

2 min read

Dystopian Maple Leaf

NEWELL: The death of Canadian democracy — apathetic citizens are ignoring the march toward a police state

Western Standard Guest Columnist

18 hours ago

3 min read

Who checks the judges?

HANNAFORD: Reining in radical judges

Nigel Hannaford

18 Sep 2026

3 min read

The dangerous surrender of Canadian sovereignty for EU ‘associate member’ status

AUBUT: The dangerous surrender of Canadian sovereignty for EU ‘associate member’ status

17 Sep 2026

3 min read

Watch

Too much, too fast?

WATCH: Has Canada lost control of immigration?

Western Standard News Services

6 hours ago

1 min read

Who checks the judges?

HANNAFORD: Reining in radical judges

Nigel Hannaford

18 Sep 2026

3 min read

Patrick Clancy is set to speak publicly for the first time since his former wife’s murder trial ended without a verdict

WATCH: Patrick Clancy set to speak on ‘60 Minutes’ following Lindsay Clancy trial

17 Sep 2026

3 min read

Stronger together?

WATCH LIVE: Is Carney flirting with the EU a good idea?

Western Standard News Services

17 Sep 2026

1 min read

Business

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has suggested that one or possibly two large-scale nuclear reactors, each capable of producing roughly 1,000 megawatts of power, could eventually be built in the northwestern part of the province.

Moe says Saskatchewan could build two 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors

13 hours ago

2 min read

Canada’s first LNG export facility, the Shell-led LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia.

LNG Canada partners near decision on major Phase 2 expansion

13 hours ago

2 min read

Alberta royalty changes and federal tax relief are forthcoming as federal and provincial governments, along with industry, attempt to unlock billions of dollars in new oil-sands investment.

Alberta royalty changes, federal tax relief aim to unlock billions in oil sands investment

17 Sep 2026

3 min read

Alberta researchers are testing a new carbon capture system in Calgary that they say could slash costs by as much as 70% by reducing the amount of energy required to capture industrial emissions.

Alberta carbon capture pilot aims to cut costs by 70%

Western Standard News Services

16 Sep 2026

2 min read

The Cariboo Gold Project.

BC's Cariboo Gold Project approved for full construction with first gold targeted for 2029

15 Sep 2026

2 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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