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Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain Corp., who guided the oil pipeline twinning project through to completion, is now chief executive of Canada’s Major Projects Office.

FLETCHER: Got a big project? You need a life coach for that

Western Standard Guest Columnist

Western Standard Guest Columnist

Western Standard Guest Columnist

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Federal and provincial governments build bureaucracies to navigate bureaucracy.

THOMAS: Liberal lie factory — housing minister just turned the housing crisis into a war story

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

22 hours ago

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Critics slam foreign worker expansion after Canada loses almost 84,000 jobs

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

22 hours ago

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WATCH: Liberal MP blames terrible unemployment stat on Iran war despite report being taken before war began

Jackson Loy

Jackson Loy

22 hours ago

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Premier Doug Ford

BORG: Ontario’s plan to shield the premier’s office from FOI scrutiny moves the province in the wrong direction

Jeremy Borg

Jeremy Borg

5 hours ago

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Premier Danielle Smith at a press conference in Calgary on February 17, 2026.

New poll shows Smith's immigration questions have support from majority of Albertans

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

20 hours ago

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News

Premier Doug Ford

CTF urges Ford government to cut debt and lower taxes in upcoming Ontario budget

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Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

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Federal survey finds confusion over reconciliation goals inside Fisheries Department

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

3 hours ago

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Privy Council memo says Order of canada recipients too old, male, and English-speaking

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

4 hours ago

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BORG: Ontario’s plan to shield the premier’s office from FOI scrutiny moves the province in the wrong direction

Jeremy Borg

Jeremy Borg

5 hours ago

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Rail lines

Federal court orders release of locomotive recorder data after fatal B.C. derailment

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Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

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sold sign

Tax delinquent properties in Calgary coming up for auction

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

1 hour ago

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IN-DEPTH: Is Canada still waging a silent war on truck drivers? A veteran driver’s new book makes the case

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

5 hours ago

3 min read

A new book revives the debate: is Canada still waging a silent war on its truck drivers? And, if so, what does that mean for the rest of us?

IN-DEPTH: Alberta government looking to score huge revenue through iGaming sports gambling

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

5 hours ago

4 min read

Parks Canada proposes deer cull at historic Irish famine site Grosse Ile

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

6 hours ago

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New poll shows Smith's immigration questions have support from majority of Albertans

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

20 hours ago

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New water pipe break in SW Calgary not related to Bearspaw South Feeder Main work

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

21 hours ago

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Opinion

Residential School

PINDER: Canada's victimhood industrial complex is destroying the people it claims to help

31 minutes ago

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Canada in the 1950s

TYRIE: What is a Canadian?

Western Standard Guest Columnist

3 hours ago

4 min read

Premier Doug Ford

BORG: Ontario’s plan to shield the premier’s office from FOI scrutiny moves the province in the wrong direction

5 hours ago

3 min read

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain Corp., who guided the oil pipeline twinning project through to completion, is now chief executive of Canada’s Major Projects Office.

FLETCHER: Got a big project? You need a life coach for that

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

3 min read

Is Canada's housing crisis over

THOMAS: Liberal lie factory — housing minister just turned the housing crisis into a war story

22 hours ago

2 min read

Tundra Swan

HALL: Why Alberta should embrace the tundra swan hunting opportunity

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Mar 2026

3 min read

UK £5 banknote featuring Sir Winston Churchill

LOY: The slow death of British culture has a new face and it's ‘nature’ on a £5 note — not Winston Churchill

13 Mar 2026

3 min read

Saskatchewan Legislature

HAUBRICH: Governments need to cut Saskatchewan’s massive bureaucracy

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 Mar 2026

3 min read

Watch

Liberal MP Evan Solomon during Question Period on March 13th 2026

WATCH: Liberal MP blames terrible unemployment stat on Iran war despite report being taken before war began

Liberal MP Evan Solomon blames war in the Middle East for poor February unemployment rate despite the war not starting until the final day of February

22 hours ago

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David Eby and Gavin Dew

WATCH: Eby scolds Conservative MLA Dew for 'sexism' and ‘gym attire’ in unusual point of order

13 Mar 2026

3 min read

Liberal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson

WATCH: Housing minister blames Middle East war for Canada’s housing crisis

Western Standard News Services

13 Mar 2026

2 min read

Beyond the bombs... why airstrikes may not topple Iranian junta

HANNAFORD: Beyond the bombs... why airstrikes may not topple Iranian junta

Nigel Hannaford

13 Mar 2026

2 min read

Features

JACKPOT

IN-DEPTH: Alberta government looking to score huge revenue through iGaming sports gambling

5 hours ago

4 min read

MAiD

IN-DEPTH: MAiD deaths predicted to surge to 100,000 by spring 2026 — How did we get here?

08 Mar 2026

5 min read

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