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Thomas Lukaszuk speaking with Laura Babcock on The OShow

Lukaszuk claims there are three types of Alberta nationalists

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

35 minutes ago

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Parti Québécois leader defends Alberta independence referendum, criticizes Carney's comments

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

1 hour ago

2 min read

Kamloops skeptics to rally at BC legislature on fifth anniversary of ‘unmarked graves’ announcement

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

2 hours ago

2 min read

Records show Carney spent more than Trudeau on luxury in-flight meals

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

3 hours ago

2 min read

Legacy media quietly backpedaling on ‘unmarked graves’ claim as zero evidence found to-date

GIESBRECHT: Five years after the ‘unmarked graves’ claim, Canada still has no bodies — but plenty of demands for silence

Brian Giesbrecht

3 hours ago

7 min read

As activists demand ‘denialism’ laws, former residential school students with positive experiences risk being written out of history.

Mark Carney (Left) Steven Guilbeault (Right)

GOOD RIDDANCE: Guilbeault resigns, announces decision to leave politics

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

51 minutes ago

1 min read

News

Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon (left) in Calgary on Sept 11, 2025.

Parti Québécois leader defends Alberta independence referendum, criticizes Carney's comments

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

1 hour ago

2 min read

Kamloops skeptics to rally at BC legislature on fifth anniversary of ‘unmarked graves’ announcement

Alex Zoltan

Alex Zoltan

2 hours ago

2 min read

Bank of Canada links immigration surge to rising youth unemployment crisis

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

2 min read

RCMP dismantle fentanyl and MDMA superlabs in Abbotsford and Chilliwack

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

2 min read

Thomas Lukaszuk speaking with Laura Babcock on The OShow

Lukaszuk claims there are three types of Alberta nationalists

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

35 minutes ago

3 min read

Mark Carney (Left) Steven Guilbeault (Right)

GOOD RIDDANCE: Guilbeault resigns, announces decision to leave politics

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

51 minutes ago

1 min read

'WE CANNOT STAY IN OUR ECHO CHAMBERS': Alberta independence figures push new campaign approach

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

2 hours ago

3 min read

Records show Carney spent more than Trudeau on luxury in-flight meals

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

3 hours ago

2 min read

Carney chooses Swedish surveillance aircraft over US rivals

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

3 hours ago

2 min read

Eby, Smith look for common ground amid referendum, energy disputes

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

19 hours ago

2 min read

'NOT CORRECT': Kinew challenges Smith over duty to consult in Alberta independence petition debate

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

20 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

Legacy media quietly backpedaling on ‘unmarked graves’ claim as zero evidence found to-date

GIESBRECHT: Five years after the ‘unmarked graves’ claim, Canada still has no bodies — but plenty of demands for silence

Brian Giesbrecht

3 hours ago

7 min read

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a cemetery near a residential school holding a teddy bear

SIBLEY: Moral panic and ‘unmarked graves’ at indigenous residential schools

Western Standard Guest Columnist

6 hours ago

5 min read

Esther ripped poster

BORG: It takes a special kind of monster to tear down posters of a missing 14-year-old girl

20 hours ago

3 min read

Danielle Smith

KAPLAN: Smith’s government must prepare and release a full cost-benefit analysis of Alberta's independence

Western Standard Guest Columnist

23 hours ago

2 min read

Premier Danielle Smith

PINDER: Open letter to Danielle Smith

26 May 2026

3 min read

Danielle Smith

ANDRUS: Danielle Smith found the right formula and risks undoing it

26 May 2026

4 min read

Nathaniel Erskine Smith

BORG: Ontario Liberals can’t brush off Erskine-Smith election controversy

25 May 2026

2 min read

Premier David Eby meets with members of the Haida Nation for a ceremony at the BC legislature to mark the province’s unprecedented decision to unilaterally grant aboriginal title to the entire Haida Gwaii island group, April 23, 2024

GIESBRECHT: BC is creating a new apartheid through Aboriginal title and modern treaties

Brian Giesbrecht

25 May 2026

5 min read

Watch

PM Mark Carney speaking in the HoC

WATCH: Carney says ‘50% plus one’ not enough for independence referendum

21 hours ago

2 min read

Western Premiers’ Conference

WATCH LIVE: Western premiers hold press conference

Western Standard News Services

21 hours ago

1 min read

Dr. Michael Antle, clock, Alberta Flag

WATCH: Psychologist says Alberta should stay on MST instead of DST

26 May 2026

1 min read

Premier Danielle Smith addressing Albertans and introducing a referendum question on Alberta remaining in Canada.

WATCH LIVE: Premier Danielle Smith to answer questions following televised address

Western Standard News Services

22 May 2026

1 min read

Features

Anthropic, Mythos

IN DEPTH: AI hacking tool not open to the public

23 May 2026

3 min read

Minister Tanya Fir in front of a backdrop picture of a music record.

A track forward for Alberta's music industry

10 May 2026

2 min read

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