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DJ Kelly

WATCH: Calgary councillor to gang bangers: 'Get the f--- out of our city'

Dave Naylor

Dave Naylor

13 hours ago

2 min read

Alberta First Nation launches lawsuit against Alberta and Canada governments, claiming harms caused by industrial projects

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

12 hours ago

2 min read

Networks linked to China fuel debate over B.C. shipyard plan

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12 hours ago

2 min read

RCMP seize $40,000 in Alberta-wide fraud and money laundering scheme

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

13 hours ago

2 min read

Red Deer victim

WATCH: Red Deer girl swarmed and severely beaten as onlookers watched

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Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

11 hours ago

1 min read

Former Mount Royal University professor Frances Widdowson was recently the target of an elaborate hoax interview orchestrated by left-wing activists after being flown from Calgary to Vancouver under the guise that she would be participating in a legitimate documentary project.

'WAKE UP CANADA': Frances Widdowson says fake interview operation linked to taxpayer-funded production, possible CBC ties

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

11 hours ago

6 min read

WATCH: EPS seek suspects after brazen jewellery store robbery at mall

Dave Naylor

Dave Naylor

13 hours ago

1 min read

Centurion Project leader not commenting on reports he's being uncooperative with Elections Alberta's investigation

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

14 hours ago

3 min read

Man killed in bear attack in northeastern Saskatchewan

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Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

14 hours ago

1 min read

Kenney & Liberal MP team up against Alberta independence

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

14 hours ago

3 min read

Ontario Liberal leader defends nomination process amid Erskine-Smith challenge

Jeremy Borg

Jeremy Borg

14 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

President of Finland Alexander Stubb

WHISSELL: Everybody wants to rule the world — especially global elites like Alexander Stubb and Mark Carney

Mavros Whissell

12 hours ago

5 min read

A vandalized statue of Sir John A. Macdonald

FILDEBRANDT: Only in Alberta would those who hate Canada drape themselves in the Canadian flag

Derek Fildebrandt

14 hours ago

4 min read

Oil rig

KAPLAN: Pathways CCS is stalled because Big Oil doesn’t believe in Carney and Smith’s net zero fantasy

Western Standard Guest Columnist

18 hours ago

2 min read

A firefighter on the scene after a firebomb was thrown at Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Montreal, Dec. 18, 2024.

BEN-AMI: Not all Canadian Jews support Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act

Western Standard Guest Columnist

21 hours ago

3 min read

Danielle Smith at Sikh Ceremony

OLDCORN: Conservative politicians should stop playing ‘dress-up’ with cultural and religious attire

Christopher Oldcorn

11 May 2026

6 min read

A Canadian flag

BURTON: Canada at a constitutional crossroads — Alberta independence, indigenous rights, and the growing crisis of national unity

Western Standard Guest Columnist

11 May 2026

5 min read

Parliament Hill

BREGUET: Electoral reform is how voters take power back from party elites

Western Standard Guest Columnist

11 May 2026

4 min read

Oil wells and pump jacks

WS: Controversy around Alberta Energy Regulator — security deposits, asset retirement obligations, and regulatory practice

Western Standard Guest Columnist

10 May 2026

2 min read

Watch

Red Deer victim

WATCH: Red Deer girl swarmed and severely beaten as onlookers watched

Western Standard News Services

11 hours ago

1 min read

DJ Kelly

WATCH: Calgary councillor to gang bangers: 'Get the f--- out of our city'

13 hours ago

2 min read

Police in Edmonton are asking for the public’s help identifying four masked suspects accused of carrying out a smash-and-grab jewellery store robbery inside a southeast shopping mall last month.

WATCH: EPS seek suspects after brazen jewellery store robbery at mall

13 hours ago

1 min read

Play in Globe Theatre, Little Red Warrior and his Lawyer

WATCH: Saskatchewan students attend drag show because school claimed it 'aligned with the curriculum'

08 May 2026

2 min read

Features

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

BC Conservative Interim Leader Trevor Halford

Do U.S. tribes present a 'sovereignty threat' to British Columbia under DRIPA?

05 May 2026

5 min read

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