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Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet, one of Canada's strong supporters of high dairy prices.

Opinion

HANNAFORD: The Conservatives need to start acting like conservatives

Nigel Hannaford

10 hours ago

3 min read

'How is voting for more expensive butter a conservative value?'

International

LIVE BLOG ON ISRAEL/IRAN DAY 11: Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Christopher Oldcorn

18 hours ago

6 min read

Kitimat-based LNG Canada produces first liquefied gas for export

David Wiechnik

12 hours ago

1 min read

News

Eby says he's open to a new pipeline — just doesn't want to pay for it

Jarryd Jäger

13 hours ago

2 min read

Naheed Nenshi (NDP),
Cameron Davies (Republican Party of Alberta),Tara Sawyer (United Conservative Party), Premier Danielle Smith

News

UCP fends off independence party, Nenshi lands seat

Jen Hodgson

3 hours ago

2 min read

News

Frail-sounding Don Cherry bids farewell in final podcast episode

Jarryd Jäger

12 hours ago

1 min read

"Toodle-oo!" he said.

News

UPDATED: Daycare worker charged with assaulting five children in Sherwood Park

Western Standard News Services

12 hours ago

1 min read

News

Frail-sounding Don Cherry bids farewell in final podcast episode

Jarryd Jäger

12 hours ago

1 min read

Kitimat-based LNG Canada produces first liquefied gas for export

David Wiechnik

12 hours ago

1 min read

News

Edmonton food company fined $330,000 after worker dies in smokehouse

Western Standard News Services

12 hours ago

1 min read

News

UCP fends off independence party, Nenshi lands seat

Jen Hodgson

3 hours ago

2 min read

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Headquarters destroyed

International

LIVE BLOG ON ISRAEL/IRAN DAY 11: Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Christopher Oldcorn

18 hours ago

6 min read

News

Missing Cold Lake child found dead

Dave Naylor

12 hours ago

1 min read

News

Eby says he's open to a new pipeline — just doesn't want to pay for it

Jarryd Jäger

13 hours ago

2 min read

News

Killer in minimum security escapes from Quebec jail

Western Standard News Services

13 hours ago

1 min read

News

Bernier wins leadership vote, retains control of People’s Party

Western Standard News Services

14 hours ago

1 min read

International

Trump calls for low oil prices after US attacks on Iran

David Wiechnik

14 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

HANNAFORD: So ends the 12-Day War

Nigel Hannaford

8 hours ago

3 min read

Prime Minister Mark Carney rammed through Bill C-5 in a week

Opinion

COLEMAN: Beware the potential for abuse embedded in Bill C-5

Western Standard Guest Columnist

9 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

HANNAFORD: The Conservatives need to start acting like conservatives

Nigel Hannaford

10 hours ago

3 min read

Calgary

THOMAS: Three mayoral candidates in Calgary election would repeal blanket upzoning

Myke Thomas

17 hours ago

3 min read

Opinion

BINDA: Eby’s CleanB.C. plan will hurt us more than Trump’s tariffs

Western Standard Guest Columnist

19 hours ago

3 min read

Opinion

COOPER: Operation Midnight Hammer was Trump’s ‘Art of War’

Barry Cooper

22 Jun 2025

4 min read

Leigh du Preez (left,) founder of a family relief project to serve destitute whites in South Africa

Opinion

STEINKE: One woman’s mission to bring hope to South Africa’s forgotten whites

Western Standard Guest Columnist

22 Jun 2025

5 min read

Opinion

MORGAN: Vaccine mandates contributed to the measles outbreak

Cory Morgan

22 Jun 2025

3 min read

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News

BBC presenter goes viral for correcting 'pregnant people' to 'women' live on air

Footage of Martine Croxall amending the teleprompter script in real time has racked up millions of views on social media.

Jarryd Jäger

14 hours ago

1 min read

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney

News

WATCH: Smith calls for Alberta firearms licence exclusive of federal government

Jen Hodgson

15 hours ago

1 min read

International

UPDATED: Trump takes out Iran’s nuclear facilities, Fordow destroyed

Christopher Oldcorn

22 Jun 2025

2 min read

Re-naming ceremony for šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm St. in Vancouver

News

WATCH: Vancouver's Trutch St. officially becomes šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm

Jarryd Jäger

20 Jun 2025

2 min read

International

Trump calls for low oil prices after US attacks on Iran

David Wiechnik

14 hours ago

2 min read

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan to keep coal plants running past 2030

Christopher Oldcorn

19 Jun 2025

1 min read

News

Alberta to spend $50 million on new tech to clean up oil sands tailings ponds

Western Standard News Services

17 Jun 2025

2 min read

Canadian

Protests mount over Cabinet powers in Liberal’s Bill C-5

Christopher Oldcorn

16 Jun 2025

2 min read

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan lifts US countermeasures, reopens US procurement

Christopher Oldcorn

12 Jun 2025

1 min read

News

Canadian wild archeological runes found

Leah Mushet

21 Jun 2025

2 min read

Victims of the Nova Music festival pictured in tribute at the site

News

SPECIAL REPORT: Nova Music Festival massacre — the day the music died

Dave Naylor

09 Jun 2025

4 min read

Western Standard

Top Stories

HANNAFORD: The Conservatives need to start acting like conservatives

LIVE BLOG ON ISRAEL/IRAN DAY 11: Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Kitimat-based LNG Canada produces first liquefied gas for export

Eby says he's open to a new pipeline — just doesn't want to pay for it

UCP fends off independence party, Nenshi lands seat

Frail-sounding Don Cherry bids farewell in final podcast episode

News

UPDATED: Daycare worker charged with assaulting five children in Sherwood Park

Frail-sounding Don Cherry bids farewell in final podcast episode

Kitimat-based LNG Canada produces first liquefied gas for export

Edmonton food company fined $330,000 after worker dies in smokehouse

UCP fends off independence party, Nenshi lands seat

LIVE BLOG ON ISRAEL/IRAN DAY 11: Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Missing Cold Lake child found dead

Eby says he's open to a new pipeline — just doesn't want to pay for it

Killer in minimum security escapes from Quebec jail

Bernier wins leadership vote, retains control of People’s Party

Trump calls for low oil prices after US attacks on Iran

Opinion

HANNAFORD: So ends the 12-Day War

COLEMAN: Beware the potential for abuse embedded in Bill C-5

HANNAFORD: The Conservatives need to start acting like conservatives

THOMAS: Three mayoral candidates in Calgary election would repeal blanket upzoning

BINDA: Eby’s CleanB.C. plan will hurt us more than Trump’s tariffs

COOPER: Operation Midnight Hammer was Trump’s ‘Art of War’

STEINKE: One woman’s mission to bring hope to South Africa’s forgotten whites

MORGAN: Vaccine mandates contributed to the measles outbreak

Watch

BBC presenter goes viral for correcting 'pregnant people' to 'women' live on air

WATCH: Smith calls for Alberta firearms licence exclusive of federal government

UPDATED: Trump takes out Iran’s nuclear facilities, Fordow destroyed

WATCH: Vancouver's Trutch St. officially becomes šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm

Business

Trump calls for low oil prices after US attacks on Iran

Saskatchewan to keep coal plants running past 2030

Alberta to spend $50 million on new tech to clean up oil sands tailings ponds

Protests mount over Cabinet powers in Liberal’s Bill C-5

Saskatchewan lifts US countermeasures, reopens US procurement

Features

Canadian wild archeological runes found

SPECIAL REPORT: Nova Music Festival massacre — the day the music died