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Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith

Smith, Poilievre push Carney to scrap oil tanker ban

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

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MORGAN: The BC election is a warning for Albertans

Cory Morgan

Cory Morgan

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WATCH: The crash outs after Conservatives take BC

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

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Competition Bureau ends private complaints over greenwashing claims amid Carney government ad controversy

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Premier Danielle Smith speaking to reporters about Alberta's plans for the 2026-27 RSV and influenza season.

Smith facing criticism over expanded COVID-19 vaccine accessibility program

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

8 minutes ago

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ConocoPhillips is set to eliminate an undisclosed number of Canadian employee and contractor positions Tuesday, following previous workforce reductions that were carried out in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: ConocoPhillips confirms new Canadian layoffs, won’t disclose job-cut numbers

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

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News

ConocoPhillips is set to eliminate an undisclosed number of Canadian employee and contractor positions Tuesday, following previous workforce reductions that were carried out in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: ConocoPhillips confirms new Canadian layoffs, won’t disclose job-cut numbers

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

15 minutes ago

2 min read

Smith, Poilievre push Carney to scrap oil tanker ban

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

36 minutes ago

3 min read

WATCH: The crash outs after Conservatives take BC

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

2 hours ago

3 min read

Competition Bureau ends private complaints over greenwashing claims amid Carney government ad controversy

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

3 min read

Calgary Police Service

Calgary man charged with weapons and drug offences just 48 hours after release

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Western Standard News Services

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Premier Danielle Smith speaking to reporters about Alberta's plans for the 2026-27 RSV and influenza season.

Smith facing criticism over expanded COVID-19 vaccine accessibility program

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

8 minutes ago

2 min read

Toronto voters decide tight mayoral race between Chow and Bradford Monday

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

2 hours ago

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Polls close at 8 p.m. as race sits in statistical dead heat.

Ovintiv to buy Logan Energy in $890 million deal to expand Montney production

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Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

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Mississauga voters choose between Parrish, Crombie and Tedjo Monday

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

2 hours ago

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New major literary prize for novels written with AI

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

21 hours ago

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House of Commons unanimously passes Ukrainian Heritage Month legislation

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Western Standard News Services

22 hours ago

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Opinion

From left to right: BC Green Party leader Emily Lowan, former BC NDP leader David Eby, Conservative Party of BC leader Lorne Doerkson, CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko, and OneBC leader Dallas Brodie.

MORGAN: The BC election is a warning for Albertans

1 hour ago

3 min read

Canada’s MAID program raises troubling questions about care, compassion, and the value of life.

HEINRICHS: MAID is a slow-burning fuse

Western Standard Guest Columnist

5 hours ago

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Alberta Money Heading to Ottawa

PINDER: Alberta's independence fight is just beginning

6 hours ago

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BC Election

FORSETH: The BC Conservatives’ resurgence that saved British Columbia

Western Standard Guest Columnist

25 Oct 2026

4 min read

Toronto Mayoral Election

CRESCIA: Toronto cannot survive another term of Olivia Chow

Western Standard Guest Columnist

25 Oct 2026

4 min read

Alberta Oil Fields and Mountains

RUBENSTEIN: Time for Alberta to reconsider its independence obsession

Western Standard Guest Columnist

25 Oct 2026

6 min read

DRIPA House of Cards

GIESBRECHT: The DRIPA gamble — BC chiefs handed Conservatives the election

Brian Giesbrecht

25 Oct 2026

3 min read

BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson campaigns in Richmond, on his way to a majority government win on Saturday.

FLETCHER: David Eby threw away his BC NDP government

Western Standard Guest Columnist

25 Oct 2026

3 min read

Watch

WATCH: BC teen caught driving 175 km/h by RCMP helicopter has father's Cadillac impounded for second time

WATCH: BC teen caught driving 175 km/h by RCMP helicopter has father's Cadillac impounded for second time

Western Standard News Services

25 Oct 2026

2 min read

"BC is definitely blue!"

WATCH: Lorne Doerkson delivers victory speech as BC Conservatives projected to win majority

Western Standard News Services

25 Oct 2026

1 min read

British Columbia election night live results coverage

WATCH LIVE: BC election 2026 coverage

Western Standard News Services

24 Oct 2026

1 min read

Premier Danielle Smith with Postmedia's Rick Bell on October 16, 2026.

EXCLUSIVE: 'IT WOULD HAVE FAILED': Smith on why Alberta Pension Plan wasn't on referendum ballot

23 Oct 2026

2 min read

Business

ConocoPhillips is set to eliminate an undisclosed number of Canadian employee and contractor positions Tuesday, following previous workforce reductions that were carried out in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: ConocoPhillips confirms new Canadian layoffs, won’t disclose job-cut numbers

15 minutes ago

2 min read

Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith

Smith, Poilievre push Carney to scrap oil tanker ban

36 minutes ago

3 min read

Oil pump jacks

Ovintiv to buy Logan Energy in $890 million deal to expand Montney production

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

1 min read

Global oil prices have dropped back to levels seen before the start of the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but Canadians won’t be seeing gasoline prices fall significantly at the pumps anytime soon.

WTI crude tops $102 as Middle East conflict drives oil prices higher

23 Oct 2026

2 min read

Business leaders such as Adam Legge, president of the Business Council of Alberta (centre), and Deborah Yedlin, president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce (right) have stated they were relieved that Albertans voted to stay in Canada in the October 19 province-wide referendum.

‘HUGE RELIEF': Business leaders celebrate Alberta independence defeat

20 Oct 2026

2 min read

Features

Unsolved cases and mysteries from Canada.

LOST AND UNEXPLAINED: Unsolved cases from each Canadian province and territory

25 Oct 2026

15 min read

FROM BEARS TO BUGS: Most dangerous animal from every Canadian province and territory

FROM BEARS TO BUGS: Most dangerous animal from every Canadian province and territory

25 Oct 2026

14 min read

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