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TAM: Ottawa's proposed vape flavour ban ignores science and punishes 2 million adult Canadians

Western Standard Guest Columnist

5 hours ago

3 min read

Youth vaping has dropped by nearly 60% since 2019 — banning flavoured vapes now will only drive former smokers back to cigarettes.

News

IN-DEPTH: Former Alberta official says a total coal ban was never part of Lougheed's 1976 policy

David Wiechnik

6 hours ago

6 min read

News

Calgary emergency agency welcomes first facility dog to support disaster victims and first responders

Western Standard News Services

26 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Canada Post union blasts Ottawa for skipping public hearings on postal service cuts

Western Standard News Services

1 hour ago

2 min read

BC Premier David Eby announces a ban on selected US alcohol products in private and government retail stores, March 2025.

Opinion

FLETCHER: Provincial booze barons stir up a Trump trade hangover

Western Standard Guest Columnist

8 hours ago

3 min read

Provinces cling to prohibition-era regulations to keep collecting huge middleman markups.

Opinion

BRULOTTE: China is preparing for a different kind of war — is Canada ready?

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

5 min read

Modern conflict isn't won with tanks—it's won in factories, AI labs, and supply chains.

News

Ottawa fights $5 billion Parliament Hill land claim while affirming indigenous title rights

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

2 min read

Canadian

Claims that sunscreen causes cancer are spreading, here's what Health Canada actually says

Alyson Fraser

3 hours ago

2 min read

News

RCMP expands Ontario foreign interference unit amid ongoing concerns over Chinese agents

Western Standard News Services

4 hours ago

2 min read

Canadian

Ottawa embraces Ismaili Council’s community housing model for 1,250 rentals

Walid Tamtam

5 hours ago

2 min read

News

Calgary emergency agency welcomes first facility dog to support disaster victims and first responders

Western Standard News Services

26 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Canada Post union blasts Ottawa for skipping public hearings on postal service cuts

Western Standard News Services

1 hour ago

2 min read

News

IN-DEPTH: Former Alberta official says a total coal ban was never part of Lougheed's 1976 policy

David Wiechnik

6 hours ago

6 min read

News

DND poll finds more Canadians see Trump as top security threat than China or Russia

Western Standard News Services

7 hours ago

2 min read

News

UPDATED: Luke LeBrun says Press Progress exit was voluntary, not tied to Caylan Ford lawsuit

David Wiechnik

20 hours ago

2 min read

Canadian

Canadian economy posts better-than-expected numbers in Q2, boosted by oil and gas industry

Jackson Loy

22 hours ago

2 min read

News

'I HAVE A DREAM': Mississauga mayoral candidate recreates MLK speech to pitch citywide driveway clearing

Leah Mushet

22 hours ago

1 min read

Opinion

TAM: Ottawa's proposed vape flavour ban ignores science and punishes 2 million adult Canadians

Western Standard Guest Columnist

5 hours ago

3 min read

Opinion

BRULOTTE: China is preparing for a different kind of war — is Canada ready?

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

5 min read

Opinion

FLETCHER: Provincial booze barons stir up a Trump trade hangover

Western Standard Guest Columnist

8 hours ago

3 min read

Karl Marx, 1818 to 1883. The founder of Communism. As a consequence of his doctrine’s implementation across all contexts, it was imposed in, Marx became responsible for the deaths of over 100 million people the world over.

Opinion

PRINGLE: The arrogance of human utopias — rejecting Biblical wisdom built a century of slaughter

Brandon Pringle - Guest Columnist

31 Jul 2026

3 min read

Adam van Koeverden attends an event at McMaster University ahead of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Opinion

HANNAFORD: Sports Minister van Koeverden knows better — but can’t protect women’s sport

Nigel Hannaford

31 Jul 2026

4 min read

Opinion

WHISSELL: Carney’s ‘get out of jail free’ card

Mavros Whissell

31 Jul 2026

4 min read

Opinion

WAGNER: Canada was known for freedom — until the Liberals wrecked it

Michael Wagner

31 Jul 2026

4 min read

Hannaford

HANNAFORD: Worse off now, than under Trudeau?

Nigel Hannaford

31 Jul 2026

3 min read

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International

WATCH: Grey reef shark attacks New Zealand diver while spearfishing in Fiji

Alyson Fraser

22 hours ago

2 min read

TTC officers struggled with a dangerous man

News

WATCH: Video of TTC special constables struggling with man on escalator reignites debate over equipment

Geoff Knight

31 Jul 2026

2 min read

Hannaford

HANNAFORD: Worse off now, than under Trudeau?

Nigel Hannaford

31 Jul 2026

3 min read

Watch

WATCH LIVE: Inside Elections Alberta’s petition count

Western Standard News Services

30 Jul 2026

1 min read

Enbridge has said it is postponing the 250,000-barrel-per-day second phase of its Mainline crude pipeline network in part due to Canadian oil producers not committing to significant output increases.

News

Enbridge delays Mainline expansion, citing uncertainty over Canadian oil production

David Wiechnik

22 hours ago

2 min read

Canada Nickel Co.’s Crawford nickel mine

News

Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine near Timmins

Geoff Knight

30 Jul 2026

2 min read

Michael Lewis, CEO of Uniper (left) and Davis Thames, President, Founder and CEO of Western LNG.

News

BC's Ksi Lisims LNG signs landmark 20-year export deal with Germany

David Wiechnik

29 Jul 2026

2 min read

Canadian

Alberta senator blasts Tim Hortons’ Harry Potter collab, pitches Pride Timbit instead

Walid Tamtam

29 Jul 2026

2 min read

Canada’s first LNG export facility, the Shell-led LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia.

News

PetroChina considers selling stake in LNG Canada to help fund expansion

David Wiechnik

29 Jul 2026

2 min read

David Luff, a former Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy who joined the Alberta government in 1975 and helped develop both the 1976 policy and the 1977 Eastern Slopes Policy, said the coal policy was never intended to prohibit coal development but instead was created to match then-Premier Peter Lougheed’s vision of prioritizing Alberta’s headwaters while allowing mining to proceed in appropriate areas under strict environmental conditions.

News

IN-DEPTH: Former Alberta official says a total coal ban was never part of Lougheed's 1976 policy

David Wiechnik

6 hours ago

6 min read

With the clock continuing to tick towards the inevitable October referendum on Alberta independence, a historical anecdote keeps resurfacing from the federalist camp as a cautionary tale — one that’s more nuanced than some let on.

News

IN-DEPTH: Did Quebec sovereignty drive BMO and businesses from Montreal? History gives a complicated answer

David Wiechnik

25 Jul 2026

7 min read

Top Stories

TAM: Ottawa's proposed vape flavour ban ignores science and punishes 2 million adult Canadians

IN-DEPTH: Former Alberta official says a total coal ban was never part of Lougheed's 1976 policy

Calgary emergency agency welcomes first facility dog to support disaster victims and first responders

Canada Post union blasts Ottawa for skipping public hearings on postal service cuts

FLETCHER: Provincial booze barons stir up a Trump trade hangover

BRULOTTE: China is preparing for a different kind of war — is Canada ready?

News

Ottawa fights $5 billion Parliament Hill land claim while affirming indigenous title rights

Claims that sunscreen causes cancer are spreading, here's what Health Canada actually says

RCMP expands Ontario foreign interference unit amid ongoing concerns over Chinese agents

Ottawa embraces Ismaili Council’s community housing model for 1,250 rentals

Calgary emergency agency welcomes first facility dog to support disaster victims and first responders

Canada Post union blasts Ottawa for skipping public hearings on postal service cuts

IN-DEPTH: Former Alberta official says a total coal ban was never part of Lougheed's 1976 policy

DND poll finds more Canadians see Trump as top security threat than China or Russia

UPDATED: Luke LeBrun says Press Progress exit was voluntary, not tied to Caylan Ford lawsuit

Canadian economy posts better-than-expected numbers in Q2, boosted by oil and gas industry

'I HAVE A DREAM': Mississauga mayoral candidate recreates MLK speech to pitch citywide driveway clearing

Opinion

TAM: Ottawa's proposed vape flavour ban ignores science and punishes 2 million adult Canadians

BRULOTTE: China is preparing for a different kind of war — is Canada ready?

FLETCHER: Provincial booze barons stir up a Trump trade hangover

PRINGLE: The arrogance of human utopias — rejecting Biblical wisdom built a century of slaughter

HANNAFORD: Sports Minister van Koeverden knows better — but can’t protect women’s sport

WHISSELL: Carney’s ‘get out of jail free’ card

WAGNER: Canada was known for freedom — until the Liberals wrecked it

HANNAFORD: Worse off now, than under Trudeau?

Watch

WATCH: Grey reef shark attacks New Zealand diver while spearfishing in Fiji

WATCH: Video of TTC special constables struggling with man on escalator reignites debate over equipment

HANNAFORD: Worse off now, than under Trudeau?

WATCH LIVE: Inside Elections Alberta’s petition count

Business

Enbridge delays Mainline expansion, citing uncertainty over Canadian oil production

Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine near Timmins

BC's Ksi Lisims LNG signs landmark 20-year export deal with Germany

Alberta senator blasts Tim Hortons’ Harry Potter collab, pitches Pride Timbit instead

PetroChina considers selling stake in LNG Canada to help fund expansion

Features

IN-DEPTH: Former Alberta official says a total coal ban was never part of Lougheed's 1976 policy

IN-DEPTH: Did Quebec sovereignty drive BMO and businesses from Montreal? History gives a complicated answer