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A jury has reached a decision in the closely watched trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy, who was accused of killing her three young children in their Duxbury home in January 2023.

MISTRIAL: Lindsay Clancy jury fails to reach verdict

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

16 hours ago

2 min read

Vancouver police charge 26-year officer in $3-million fraud case

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

13 hours ago

4 min read

Fired Findlay staffer alleges racism after a leak captured him slamming ‘white people’

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

14 hours ago

5 min read

'STANK B*TCH': Wab Kinew’s explicit rap video resurfaces amid political double-standard debate

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

14 hours ago

3 min read

A recent Globe and Mail column has become the latest flashpoint in the raging debate over immigration in Canada, as columnist Doug Saunders’ call to “rev up” the country’s immigration system draws harsh criticism from Conservative politicians and other commentators who say Canada is still reeling from the previous population surge.

Conservatives, critics slam Globe and Mail column’s call for reopening the immigration gates

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

11 hours ago

4 min read

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas

Calgary Mayor Farkas calls meeting to discuss ramifications of documents leak

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

12 hours ago

1 min read

News

Mitch Sylvestre and other Stay Free Alberta leaders speaking to Alberta independence supporters.

Referendum TPA donation roundup: Stay Free Alberta TPA reports $39k in donations

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

11 hours ago

2 min read

Enes Kanter Freedom sues Chicago Sky over ejection and indefinite ban

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

11 hours ago

3 min read

Conservatives, critics slam Globe and Mail column’s call for reopening the immigration gates

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

11 hours ago

4 min read

Lethbridge man charged with sex assault, interference involving two young girls

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

12 hours ago

1 min read

Olivia Chow has raised property taxes over 18% in one term

Chow promises inflation-level property taxes after hiking them more than 18%

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

10 hours ago

1 min read

Election-year pledge is not a cap; rivals say this year’s 2.2% was bought with reserves

United States Department of Justice Headquarters on Aug. 12, 2006

U.S. Justice Department freezes antitrust cooperation with Canada: report

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

10 hours ago

2 min read

Calgary Mayor Farkas calls meeting to discuss ramifications of documents leak

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

12 hours ago

1 min read

ASIRT investigates fatal Edmonton police shooting after man advances with scissors

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

12 hours ago

2 min read

Alberta Chief Justice dies after battling cancer

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

13 hours ago

2 min read

Vancouver police charge 26-year officer in $3-million fraud case

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

13 hours ago

4 min read

Proposal to improve pedestrian safety coming to Calgary committee next week

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

13 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

UCP MLA Jason Stephan

JASON STEPHAN: Team Canada is not Team Alberta

Western Standard Guest Columnist

11 hours ago

3 min read

Alberta independence

MORGAN: The Canada West Foundation report fails to disprove Alberta independence

15 hours ago

4 min read

The mystery of the 400 billion transition costs estimate for Alberta independence deepens

KAPLAN: The mystery of the $400 billion transition costs estimate for Alberta independence deepens

Western Standard Guest Columnist

16 hours ago

2 min read

Calgary City Hall

THOMAS: A 20.2% tax increase was never on the books — Calgary City Hall needs more transparency

20 hours ago

3 min read

Really, they'll say anything

HANNAFORD: Really, they'll say anything

Nigel Hannaford

04 Sep 2026

3 min read

Alberta Certified

DZIADYK: ‘Buy local’ needs a definition — and proof

Sponsored Content

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Geography trumps geopolitics — Canada cannot play Beijing off Washington

VU DUC: Geography trumps geopolitics — Canada cannot play Beijing off Washington

Western Standard Guest Columnist

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Stop the memes

WATCH LIVE: Carney to Trump administration: ‘Stop doing memes’ and get serious

Western Standard News Services

03 Sep 2026

1 min read

Watch

Why we came to fight

WATCH: Inside Ukraine’s war: foreign fighters tell their stories

Derek Fildebrandt

9 hours ago

1 min read

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom

Enes Kanter Freedom sues Chicago Sky over ejection and indefinite ban

11 hours ago

3 min read

A music video featuring Manitoba NDP Premier Wab Kinew performing a song filled with sexually explicit lyrics has resurfaced online, just days after similar material prompted Nova Scotia’s energy minister to resign his post.

'STANK B*TCH': Wab Kinew’s explicit rap video resurfaces amid political double-standard debate

14 hours ago

3 min read

Two hydropower workers have been pulled alive from a debris-filled tunnel in Nepal

WATCH: Two pulled alive from Nepal tunnel nine days after devastating floods

15 hours ago

2 min read

Features

From left: Peter Milobar, Rosalyn Bird, Brennan Day, Teresa Wat, Á’a:líya Warbus and Bruce Banman, six of the seven Conservative MLAs who have left Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s caucus since August 14.

IN DEPTH: Hansard does not back claim that Findlay's defectors are ‘secret Liberals’

01 Sep 2026

6 min read

BC Premier David Eby, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in a Western Standard photo illustration, with a British Columbia mill yard behind them as the latest Canada-U.S. tariff round hits forestry and household prices.

IN DEPTH: What the tariff war will actually cost British Columbians

27 Aug 2026

6 min read

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