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

Cory Morgan

1 hour ago

4 min read

When police start investigating internet speech for hurt feelings, Canada is taking a dangerous page out of the authoritarian playbook.

International

Nationalist party leaders from Scotland, Ireland, Wales sign MOU regarding independence

Jackson Loy

2 minutes ago

2 min read

Canadian

CRA fast-tracks tax rulings for billion-dollar investments

Walid Tamtam

36 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Alberta, Ottawa spend $24.8 million to expand rural high-speed internet

Western Standard News Services

6 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Albertans paying more for groceries than almost anyone else in Canada

Leah Mushet

34 seconds ago

2 min read

Boundary-Similkameen MLA Donegal Wilson.

Donegal Wilson joins Milobar’s still-unnamed party as its seventh MLA

Alex Zoltan

42 minutes ago

2 min read

The Boundary-Similkameen Independent signed a Keremeos release Monday. Only two of the nine Findlay-era walkouts remain Independent.

Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish.

News

Alberta, Ottawa spend $24.8 million to expand rural high-speed internet

Western Standard News Services

6 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Ontario Catholic teachers set November strike vote as talks stay stalled

Geoff Knight

25 minutes ago

2 min read

Canadian

CRA fast-tracks tax rulings for billion-dollar investments

Walid Tamtam

36 minutes ago

2 min read

Donegal Wilson joins Milobar’s still-unnamed party as its seventh MLA

Alex Zoltan

42 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Albertans paying more for groceries than almost anyone else in Canada

Leah Mushet

34 seconds ago

2 min read

Headline of the joint statement from the three leaders of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

International

Nationalist party leaders from Scotland, Ireland, Wales sign MOU regarding independence

Jackson Loy

2 minutes ago

2 min read

Three leaders state their respective countries' future 'belongs in the European Union'

News

Canada’s inflation holds at 3% as gasoline and travel costs rise

Western Standard News Services

55 minutes ago

3 min read

News

Former CTV journalist accuses Canadian media of pushing government COVID propaganda

Western Standard News Services

1 hour ago

2 min read

News

Alberta joins Saskatchewan and NWT in nuclear power pact

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

2 min read

News

Edmonton police shoot armed suspect dead after woman and infant shot in home

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

1 min read

WATCH: BCTF teachers dance under a ‘Progress Pride’ flag as students fall further behind

Alex Zoltan

2 hours ago

4 min read

Opinion

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

Cory Morgan

1 hour ago

4 min read

Opinion

DROVER / HAUBRICH: Resource development is good for taxpayers

Western Standard Guest Columnist

3 hours ago

3 min read

Opinion

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

Dr. A.W. Barber

6 hours ago

7 min read

Opinion

RUBENSTEIN: Elevating ‘Indigenous Science’ subverts real science

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Sep 2026

6 min read

Opinion

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

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Sep 2026

6 min read

Opinion

AUBUT: The cooked goose — federal policy is driving Canada’s looming economic collapse

Alan Aubut

13 Sep 2026

3 min read

Opinion

ALEXANDER: Four million against the people

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Sep 2026

3 min read

Opinion

MACLEOD: Trading the US for Europe — Carney’s transatlantic fantasy will cost Alberta dearly

Colin MacLeod

12 Sep 2026

6 min read

Watch

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

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

AOC and Mamdani pictured laughing at 9/11 memorial, sparking online backlash and scorn from Republicans

Jackson Loy

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

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

Geoff Knight

11 Sep 2026

2 min read

Hannaford

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

Nigel Hannaford

10 Sep 2026

4 min read

Watch

WATCH LIVE: 25 years after 9/11, Canada is a very different country

Western Standard News Services

10 Sep 2026

1 min read

News

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

Leah Mushet

11 Sep 2026

6 min read

News

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

Leah Mushet

05 Sep 2026

4 min read

Top Stories

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

Nationalist party leaders from Scotland, Ireland, Wales sign MOU regarding independence

CRA fast-tracks tax rulings for billion-dollar investments

Alberta, Ottawa spend $24.8 million to expand rural high-speed internet

Albertans paying more for groceries than almost anyone else in Canada

Donegal Wilson joins Milobar’s still-unnamed party as its seventh MLA

News

Alberta, Ottawa spend $24.8 million to expand rural high-speed internet

Ontario Catholic teachers set November strike vote as talks stay stalled

CRA fast-tracks tax rulings for billion-dollar investments

Donegal Wilson joins Milobar’s still-unnamed party as its seventh MLA

Albertans paying more for groceries than almost anyone else in Canada

Nationalist party leaders from Scotland, Ireland, Wales sign MOU regarding independence

Canada’s inflation holds at 3% as gasoline and travel costs rise

Former CTV journalist accuses Canadian media of pushing government COVID propaganda

Alberta joins Saskatchewan and NWT in nuclear power pact

Edmonton police shoot armed suspect dead after woman and infant shot in home

WATCH: BCTF teachers dance under a ‘Progress Pride’ flag as students fall further behind

Opinion

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

DROVER / HAUBRICH: Resource development is good for taxpayers

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

RUBENSTEIN: Elevating ‘Indigenous Science’ subverts real science

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

AUBUT: The cooked goose — federal policy is driving Canada’s looming economic collapse

ALEXANDER: Four million against the people

MACLEOD: Trading the US for Europe — Carney’s transatlantic fantasy will cost Alberta dearly

Watch

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

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

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

WATCH LIVE: 25 years after 9/11, Canada is a very different country

Business

Federal survey finds just 13% of high school students plan careers in skilled trades

Frontier Centre conference to push northern infrastructure as Canadian nation-building project

Enbridge buys $2.55 billion stake in U.S. Rockies pipeline network

Carney exempts new interprovincial pipelines from Impact Assessment Act reviews

Indigenous-led Alberta partnership launches $4.6 million oil sands water treatment project

Features

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

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