Opinion

Opinion

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

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

Mavros Whissell
5 min read
Mark Carney playing hockey
Alberta

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

Will Vasseur
4 min read
As Germany’s wind turbines stand still, a resident reads the power bill by lamplight.
Opinion

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

Michelle Stirling
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.
Opinion

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

Colin MacLeod
3 min read
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Hannaford

HANNAFORD: A gambler's budget

Nigel Hannaford
6 min read
Canada’s firearms ban faces a Supreme Court challenge as gun owners grapple with shifting rules and uncertain compensation.
Opinion

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

Bronwyn Eyre
3 min read
Who killed Ontario auto?
Watch

WATCH LIVE: Stellantis exposes Canada’s investment problem

Western Standard News Services
1 min read
Calgary’s Grey Cup festivities go ahead under water restrictions. Former mayors Naheed Nenshi and Jyoti Gondek are pictured.
Opinion

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

Myke Thomas
2 min read
Albertans weren’t ready to leave Canada, but they certainly appear willing to take back some semblance of control over their immigration policies.
Opinion

MORGAN: Smith must act on mass immigration

Cory Morgan
4 min read
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas is pictured in a collage about the city’s proposed 15% increase in property tax revenue from existing properties.
Opinion

MACLEOD: Calgary's 15% tax hike is a bill for wants, not just pipes

Colin MacLeod
4 min read
Alberta voted to stay in Canada, giving up what Bruce Pardy calls its strongest bargaining chip with Ottawa.
Opinion

PARDY: Alberta holds a referendum and shoots itself in the foot

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
Carney's big immigration
The Pipeline

WATCH: Carney smashes Trudeau's immigration numbers

Derek Fildebrandt
1 min read
Use the mandate on immigration
Triggered

WATCH: Premier Smith must get rolling with her immigration mandate

Western Standard News Services
1 min read
An illustration of Ottawa’s immigration “side door” opening onto an Alberta neighbourhood.
Opinion

WENZEL: Ottawa's ‘one-time’ immigration side door puts 200,000 people ahead of Alberta's say

Shane Wenzel
3 min read
BC NDP caucus chair Niki Sharma (centre), flanked by interim NDP leader Jennifer Whiteside and Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson.
Opinion

VIGIER: The NDP's anti-racism standard starts with its own caucus chair

Western Standard Guest Columnist
2 min read
A Remembrance Day poppy alongside a Jewish-owned shop damaged during Kristallnacht in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1938.
Opinion

CARPAY: Remembrance Day falls not long after Kristallnacht anniversary

John Carpay
5 min read
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