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Gurpartap Singh Khalsa accused a GoodLife Fitness employee of racism when asked to leave for carrying a kirpan

WATCH: Windsor GoodLife Fitness apologizes after Sikh man accuses employee of racism over fear of a kirpan

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

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‘THEY SEND US MESSAGES’: Manitoba chief rejects calls to exhume residential school burial sites because the dead speak

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

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Red Deer resident calls alert for missing 11-year-old Calgary boy Parker 'useless'

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

1 hour ago

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Ontario invests $2.6 million in aerospace consortium amid tariff uncertainty

1 hour ago

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Doug Ford providing fire updates

WATCH: Ford provides updates on expanding wildfires as evacuations continue across northern Ontario

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Premier details fire growth, resource deployment and coordination while pushing back against U.S. criticism over smoke.

Saskatchewan Roughriders Captain Jayden Dalke silver SUV

RCMP allege Roughriders captain drove wrong way before fatal Hwy. 11 crash

Christopher Oldcorn

Christopher Oldcorn

Christopher Oldcorn

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BC Conservative video documents NDP's pattern of racism accusations against British Columbians

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

2 hours ago

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Federal and provincial NDP members mock Smith with 'fascist pancakes' jokes

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

2 hours ago

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Calgary international students protest after IRCC rejects post-graduation work permits

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

3 hours ago

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WHERE IS PARKER? CPS continues search for missing 11-year-old boy

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

3 hours ago

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Ontario expands free provincial park access for veterans and active forces members

3 hours ago

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Opinion

Office workers

CARR / LAI: While employers search for talent, Canada overlooks half a million workers

Western Standard Guest Columnist

2 hours ago

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Danielle Smith speaking to reporters after announcing her referendum question regarding Alberta independence the day prior.

MACLEOD: No more hiding — every MLA must take a public stand on Alberta independence

5 hours ago

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Highway 2 in Manitoba

DONOVAN: The urbanization of small-town Canada — rural Canada should reject Ottawa’s radical demographic makeover

Riley Donovan - Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

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Immigrants to Canada from both Great Britain and France brought with them their Christian traditions, which made the supremacy of God an unspoken assumption in Canadian government.

WAGNER: Should Christians be political? The case against staying silent

19 Jul 2026

4 min read

Saskatchewan Legislature

MUNRO: The great Saskatchewan exodus — why Canadians keep leaving for other provinces

Western Standard Guest Columnist

19 Jul 2026

2 min read

President Trump alleges Chinese election interference.

HANNAFORD: Time for Canadian Trump critics to face the China election interference facts

Nigel Hannaford

19 Jul 2026

3 min read

Stay in Canada politicians

LYTLE: Every argument against Alberta independence has an answer

19 Jul 2026

6 min read

Data

MORGAN: Alberta must embrace AI data centres or be left behind

19 Jul 2026

3 min read

Watch

Gurpartap Singh Khalsa accused a GoodLife Fitness employee of racism when asked to leave for carrying a kirpan

WATCH: Windsor GoodLife Fitness apologizes after Sikh man accuses employee of racism over fear of a kirpan

24 minutes ago

2 min read

Canadians must keep the right to use cash

WATCH: Canadians must keep the right to use cash

17 Jul 2026

1 min read

M. Anisur Rahaman

WATCH: Regina city councillors, Muslim community split over mosque call to prayer permit

Christopher Oldcorn

17 Jul 2026

3 min read

Felony suspect dives into Pacific Ocean to escape LAPD

WATCH: Felony suspect dives into Pacific Ocean to escape LAPD

17 Jul 2026

1 min read

Business

ATCO’s Yellowhead Pipeline project has received final approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), paving the way for immediate construction on the $2.9 billion natural gas transmission line.

ATCO's Yellowhead pipeline given final approval by Alberta Utilities Commission

4 hours ago

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Air Canada, WestJet

Ottawa hires consultants to review potential Canada-U.S. airline joint venture

Western Standard News Services

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Oil producers are breathing new life into a long-dormant shale gas play in Alberta, southwest of Edmonton.

Alberta producers target overlooked shale gas play for oil growth

17 Jul 2026

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A new AI data centre and power project is being proposed for west-central Alberta despite the developer having yet to secure a tech company to operate the facility.

Alberta AI boom continues as Tourmaline proposes massive data centre near Edson

16 Jul 2026

3 min read

Tiff Macklem

Oil and gas investment lifts economy as Bank of Canada holds rate at 2.25%

15 Jul 2026

2 min read

Features

Sports betting ads appear everywhere, including on this billboard at BMO Field in Toronto.

IN-DEPTH: Alberta's pathway to third-party iGaming

11 Jul 2026

4 min read

Country Thunder Alberta cancelled, organizers blame it on city-created safety and operational barriers

IN-DEPTH: Could Calgary have avoided the Stampede noise dispute?

26 Jun 2026

6 min read

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