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Premier Danielle Smith

EXCLUSIVE: Smith says making every province self-sufficient requires a plan

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

5 minutes ago

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Ottawa moves to designate Smith’s West Coast pipeline a national interest project

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

2 hours ago

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WATCH: Indian High Commissioner backs more Alberta pipelines

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

2 hours ago

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WestJet flights resume after strike, passengers face travel disruption

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

1 hour ago

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Stockwell Day speaks at the Reclaiming Canada Conference Sept. 20, 2025 at BMO Centre in Calgary

'ALL CULTURES ARE NOT EQUAL': Stockwell Day warns Canada risks ‘catastrophe’ over illegal immigration

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

45 seconds ago

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Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis

Alberta's public safety minister says law enforcement should not police 'hurt feelings'

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

2 minutes ago

2 min read

News

Premier Danielle Smith

EXCLUSIVE: Smith says making every province self-sufficient requires a plan

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

5 minutes ago

2 min read

WestJet flights resume after strike, passengers face travel disruption

Alyson Fraser

Alyson Fraser

1 hour ago

4 min read

Eighteen-year-old dead after Midland shooting

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

1 hour ago

1 min read

Ontario backs $132 million Tempel Canada plant in Burlington

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

2 hours ago

1 min read

Stockwell Day speaks at the Reclaiming Canada Conference Sept. 20, 2025 at BMO Centre in Calgary

'ALL CULTURES ARE NOT EQUAL': Stockwell Day warns Canada risks ‘catastrophe’ over illegal immigration

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

45 seconds ago

3 min read

Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis

Alberta's public safety minister says law enforcement should not police 'hurt feelings'

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

2 minutes ago

2 min read

WATCH: Indian High Commissioner backs more Alberta pipelines

Walid Tamtam

Walid Tamtam

2 hours ago

2 min read

Alberta RCMP charge school supervisor after student hit with belt at Mennonite school

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

2 hours ago

1 min read

Ottawa moves to designate Smith’s West Coast pipeline a national interest project

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

2 hours ago

1 min read

City warns of fake Toronto Island ferry ticket websites

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

2 hours ago

2 min read

Shambhala festival crackdown in BC sees 78 drug-impaired driving investigations and 57 vehicles towed

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

3 hours ago

2 min read

Opinion

President Donald Trump

STIRLING: The Angus Reid Trump tariff poll misses the real threat to Canada

Michelle Stirling

2 hours ago

4 min read

A major fire has decimated a 92-year-old church in Saint-Romain, Quebec.

CLIFTON: Canada has a double standard on hate

Western Standard Guest Columnist

8 hours ago

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Elon Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX’s stock began trading Friday morning on the Nasdaq at $150 per share.

LISIKH: Beyond the blue — how SpaceX and reusable rockets are fuelling a new space economy

Western Standard Guest Columnist

03 Aug 2026

5 min read

Alberta

LUCYSHYN: Kill the capital gains tax to save the Alberta Advantage

Western Standard Guest Columnist

03 Aug 2026

3 min read

Pregnant women

DUR: The dark side of surrogacy — what happens when a child isn’t ‘built to order?’

Western Standard Guest Columnist

03 Aug 2026

3 min read

Bible

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

Brandon Pringle - Guest Columnist

02 Aug 2026

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

02 Aug 2026

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

02 Aug 2026

3 min read

Watch

Indian high commissioner on oil

WATCH: Indian High Commissioner backs more Alberta pipelines

2 hours ago

2 min read

Officers dance to the comedy sketch song as their city contends with crime and drug abuse

WATCH: Sudbury police ‘tight pants’ video goes viral amid high local crime and drug concerns

4 hours ago

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A drag performer in heavy makeup and a sequined bodysuit performs during the Davie Village Pride Festival on Davie Street in Vancouver on August 2, 2026.

WATCH: 'Demon' performs sexualized dance routine near children at Vancouver’s all-ages Pride festival

4 hours ago

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Backyards and businesses have been flooded

WATCH: Niagara region battered by back-to-back storms as flooding forces emergency declaration

4 hours ago

2 min read

Features

Calgary Chamber of Commerce President Deborah Yedlin

IN DEPTH: The Calgary Chamber under Deborah Yedlin — who does it really represent

03 Aug 2026

6 min read

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?

02 Aug 2026

6 min read

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