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PRINGLE: Wicked madness — the dangerous consequences of twisting the Bible for political control

Brandon Pringle - Guest Columnist

5 hours ago

3 min read

God delegates authority for good, not evil, and blindly submitting to corrupt government mandates is a betrayal of biblical principles.

IN DEPTH: What are AI data centres — and how many are being built in Canada, the US, and China?

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

6 hours ago

6 min read

SIBLEY: Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' exposes the crisis of fatherlessness in modern culture

Western Standard Guest Columnist

Western Standard Guest Columnist

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

5 min read

Civil liberties group urges Ottawa to stop tent city evictions on Charter grounds

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WestJet

WestJet flight attendants begin strike after negotiations fail to reach deal

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

2 hours ago

4 min read

Thomas Lukaszuk speaking to federalist supporters.

MORGAN: Inept or biased? Elections Alberta’s refusal to regulate Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian campaign must end

Cory Morgan

Cory Morgan

8 hours ago

3 min read

Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘campaign that isn't a campaign’ proves our electoral rules are broken. Equal enforcement is needed now, or the results mean nothing.

News

WestJet

WestJet flight attendants begin strike after negotiations fail to reach deal

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

2 hours ago

4 min read

Canadian data breach costs hit record average of $7.11 million as cyberattacks target critical industries

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2 hours ago

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Declassified records show cabinet warned about terrorist financing through Canadian charities before 9/11

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3 hours ago

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Alberta, Ottawa spend $52 million to modernize Calgary Olympic Oval

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4 hours ago

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A homeless encampment

Civil liberties group urges Ottawa to stop tent city evictions on Charter grounds

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Vancouver driver clocked at 172 km/h during test drive has car impounded near Merritt

Vancouver driver clocked at 172 km/h during test drive has car impounded near Merritt

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1 hour ago

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Liberal-backed petition seeks federal funding to preserve Canada's historic places database

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5 hours ago

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IN DEPTH: What are AI data centres — and how many are being built in Canada, the US, and China?

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

6 hours ago

6 min read

Federal judge orders human rights commission to revisit marijuana mortgage discrimination case

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Western Standard News Services

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7 hours ago

2 min read

Ontario spends $500,000 in National Bank Open tennis tournament

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

23 hours ago

2 min read

Declassified records show Chrétien warned cabinet against recruiting opposition MPs

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Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

23 hours ago

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Opinion

Bible

PRINGLE: Wicked madness — the dangerous consequences of twisting the Bible for political control

Brandon Pringle - Guest Columnist

5 hours ago

3 min read

The Trojan Horse in Homer's Odyssey

SIBLEY: Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' exposes the crisis of fatherlessness in modern culture

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

5 min read

Thomas Lukaszuk speaking to federalist supporters.

MORGAN: Inept or biased? Elections Alberta’s refusal to regulate Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian campaign must end

8 hours ago

3 min read

Vaping

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

Western Standard Guest Columnist

01 Aug 2026

3 min read

China Flag

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

Western Standard Guest Columnist

01 Aug 2026

5 min read

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

FLETCHER: Provincial booze barons stir up a Trump trade hangover

Western Standard Guest Columnist

01 Aug 2026

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.

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.

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

Nigel Hannaford

31 Jul 2026

4 min read

Watch

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

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

31 Jul 2026

2 min read

TTC officers struggled with a dangerous man

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

31 Jul 2026

2 min read

Worse off now, than under Trudeau?

HANNAFORD: Worse off now, than under Trudeau?

Nigel Hannaford

31 Jul 2026

3 min read

Inside Elections Alberta’s petition count

WATCH LIVE: Inside Elections Alberta’s petition count

Western Standard News Services

30 Jul 2026

1 min read

Business

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.

Enbridge delays Mainline expansion, citing uncertainty over Canadian oil production

31 Jul 2026

2 min read

Canada Nickel Co.’s Crawford nickel mine

Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine near Timmins

30 Jul 2026

2 min read

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

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

29 Jul 2026

2 min read

Rainbow timbits

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

29 Jul 2026

2 min read

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

PetroChina considers selling stake in LNG Canada to help fund expansion

29 Jul 2026

2 min read

Features

China, US, Canada; AI Data Centre

IN DEPTH: What are AI data centres — and how many are being built in Canada, the US, and China?

6 hours ago

6 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.

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

01 Aug 2026

6 min read

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