https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/morgan-albertas-campus-neutrality-legislation-requires-stronger-enforcement-mechanisms/78474 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/nfeg4p7y/IMAGE-campus-free-expression-illustration.webp Frances Widdowson westernstandard en 2026-11-09T12:30:00.000Z MORGAN: Alberta’s campus neutrality legislation requires stronger enforcement mechanisms Opinion, Alberta, University Of Lethbridge, Universities, Frances Widdowson, Opinion, Opinion Column, Neutrality, Bill 38 https://www.westernstandard.news/calgary/increasingly-taxing-times-ahead-for-calgarians/78583 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-08-24/htpt7obr/adobestock-233157369-e1563829079395-1-67c5edc335c86.webp Tax rates set to rise in Calgary westernstandard en 2026-11-08T20:17:24.006Z Increasingly taxing times ahead for Calgarians Calgary, News, Calgary City Council, Calgary property taxes, Calgary property tax increases https://www.westernstandard.news/news/mps-demand-housing-targets-after-liberals-abandon-promise-of-500000-new-homes-annually/78508 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-10-14/pjb5tf28/Screenshot-2025-10-14-at-9.53.05-AM.png Home under construction westernstandard en 2026-11-08T19:00:00.000Z MPs demand housing targets after Liberals abandon promise of 500,000 new homes annually News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Housing, Cmhc, Build Canada Homes, Jasraj Hallan, Department of Housing https://www.westernstandard.news/news/declassified-rcmp-files-reveal-secret-spying-on-canadian-union-members-during-cold-war/78420 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-16/qwj7p38l/ecmp.avif RCMP westernstandard en 2026-11-08T18:00:00.000Z Declassified RCMP files reveal secret spying on Canadian union members during Cold War News, Canadian, Rcmp, Cdnpoli, Canadian Union Of Public Employees, Communists, Canadian Union Of Postal Workers, Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Labour Progressive Party https://www.westernstandard.news/news/mark-carney-video-to-be-shown-at-canadian-citizenship-ceremonies-despite-nonpartisan-rules/78505 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-21/whsh4uqe/Mark-Carney-pre-caucus-scrum-immigration-2026-10-21.jpeg Mark Carney westernstandard en 2026-11-08T17:00:00.000Z Mark Carney video to be shown at Canadian citizenship ceremonies despite nonpartisan rules News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Canadian Citizenship, Mark Carney, Justice Simon Noël https://www.westernstandard.news/news/air-canada-backs-sweeping-federal-powers-to-block-strikes-under-bill-c-39/78464 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2024-01/d6f8ec3a-4f23-4005-bfaf-4dc58e9215a1/air_canada_plane.avif An Air Canada plane is seen during a flight in Montreal in June 2021. westernstandard en 2026-11-08T16:00:00.000Z Air Canada backs sweeping federal powers to block strikes under Bill C-39 News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Air Canada, Canadian Labour Congress, Steven Mackinnon, Bill C-39, Gabriel Ste-Marie, Michael Abbott, Goldblatt Partners LLP https://www.westernstandard.news/news/shhhh-its-a-secret-federal-secrecy-complaints-hit-record-pace-as-information-commissioner-warns-ottawa-over-transparency/78417 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-01/5t2wroz3/Screenshot%202024-05-17%20at%208.56.20 AM.png Caroline Maynard westernstandard en 2026-11-08T15:00:00.000Z SHHHH! IT'S A SECRET: Federal secrecy complaints hit record pace as Information Commissioner warns Ottawa over transparency News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Mark Carney, Caroline Maynard, Leslie Church https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/carr-remembering-tracy-latimer-every-life-has-equal-worth/78551 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/u1c9d9xx/IMAGE-remembering-tracy-latimer.webp Remembering Tracy Latimer: a life of dignity, belonging, and equal worth. westernstandard en 2026-11-08T14:30:00.000Z CARR: Remembering Tracy Latimer — every life has equal worth Opinion, Disabilities, Opinion, Opinion Column, murdered, Tracy Latimer https://www.westernstandard.news/news/cra-chasing-52-billion-in-covid-benefit-overpayments-from-432000-canadians/78422 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-03/00wm79es/622a24ad02bde_image.jpg CERB cheque westernstandard en 2026-11-08T14:00:00.000Z CRA chasing $5.2 billion in COVID benefit overpayments from 432,000 Canadians News, Canadian, Canada Revenue Agency, Cdnpoli, Cerb, Karen Hogan https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/keeney-christianitys-unacknowledged-inheritance-the-moral-foundations-of-liberal-democracy/78575 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/49xydpiw/IMAGE-christianity-democracy-editorial.webp Liberal democracy’s roots run deeper than its secular institutions suggest. westernstandard en 2026-11-08T13:30:00.000Z KEENEY: Christianity’s unacknowledged inheritance — the moral foundations of liberal democracy Opinion, Christianity, Trinity Western University, Opinion, Opinion Column, Book Review, liberal democracy, Regent College https://www.westernstandard.news/news/cash-out-feds-move-to-ban-cash-payments-of-10000-or-more/78529 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/kj08vz9m/35c7f359-02a8-4984-b874-e1380d4ebed6.png cash out westernstandard en 2026-11-08T13:00:00.000Z CASH OUT: Feds move to ban cash payments of $10,000 or more News, Canadian, Finance Minister, françois-philippe champagne, #cdnpoli, proposed bill, Bill S-8, cash payment restrictions, Senator Pierre Moreau https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/macleod-the-unwarranted-backlash-against-elon-musk/78578 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-01-09/9uc2of0q/Heading.jpg Elon Musk westernstandard en 2026-11-08T12:30:00.000Z MACLEOD: The unwarranted backlash against Elon Musk Opinion, Elon Musk, Opinion, Opinion Column, Witch Hunt, us midterms https://www.westernstandard.news/news/three-years-in-most-quebec-vapers-still-use-banned-flavours-as-ottawa-stalls/78480 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-04/af1m7kdg/IMAGE-quebec-vape-flavour-ban.webp Flavoured vapes remain popular in Quebec despite a provincial ban, while Ottawa’s proposed restrictions are still pending. westernstandard en 2026-11-08T12:15:00.000Z Three years in, most Quebec vapers still use banned flavours as Ottawa stalls News, Nicotine, Vaping, banning flavoured vaping, e-cigarettes, illegal market https://www.westernstandard.news/news/justice-centre-warns-bill-c-22-threatens-canadians-online-privacy-and-could-force-internet-backdoors/78395 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-02/mj7niqqb/Screenshot-2026-11-02-at-11.44.45-AM.png Parliament Hill westernstandard en 2026-11-08T12:00:00.000Z Justice Centre warns Bill C-22 threatens Canadians’ online privacy and could force internet backdoors News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Jccf, Canadian Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Bill C-22, Daniel Santoro https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/morgan-smiths-suggestion-to-cut-tax-funding-for-advocacy-groups-is-a-positive-step/78375 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2024-01/74bf2982-9688-49e2-9c00-b92f43140300/IMG_2451.jpeg Saskatoon safe consumption site westernstandard en 2026-11-08T11:30:00.000Z MORGAN: Smith’s suggestion to cut tax funding for advocacy groups is a positive step Opinion, Danielle Smith, Defund, Opinion, Opinion Column, Activist Groups, Advocacy Groups https://www.westernstandard.news/news/federal-patent-office-upgrade-runs-114-over-budget-as-applicants-still-face-lengthy-delays/78509 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/import/westernstandard.news/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/b9/5b99eb08-f4bb-11ec-8283-c3cfb83f5589/62b75f3d68182.image.png Arnold Viersen westernstandard en 2026-11-07T20:00:00.000Z Federal patent office upgrade runs 114% over budget as applicants still face lengthy delays News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Arnold Viersen, Department of Industry,, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Information Technology Association of Canada https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/smith-skeptical-of-updated-federal-immigration-plan/78582 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-05-15/8x5jbrc7/Screenshot-2026-05-15-at-11.34.43-AM.webp Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney in Calgary on May 15, 2026. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T19:39:39.093Z Smith skeptical of updated federal immigration plan Alberta politics, Alberta government, Canada immigration, Alberta immigration, Canada immigration plan, Danielle Smith, Your Province Your Premier https://www.westernstandard.news/news/four-canadian-religious-organizations-fined-117500-for-temporary-foreign-worker-violations/78507 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-05/y19uodqt/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-9.19.31-AM.png Sikh World Organization Canada westernstandard en 2026-11-07T19:00:00.000Z Four Canadian religious organizations fined $117,500 for temporary foreign worker violations News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Sikh World Organization Canada, International United Bethel Assembly of Ontario, Old Catholic International Missionary Society of St. Christopher, Holy Light Assembly Ministries https://www.westernstandard.news/saskatchewan/jj-hunter-talks-faith-hockey-music-to-sask-mlas/78581 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-07/7rwgbfex/JJ-Hunter.jpg JJ Hunter of the Hunter Brothers https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-07/huw7jovl/JJ-Hunter-at-MLA-banquet.jpg JJ Hunter speaking at the Sask legislature cafeteria, his father Lorne on right side in photo westernstandard en 2026-11-07T18:57:23.011Z J.J. Hunter talks faith, hockey, music to Sask MLAs Saskatchewan, Regina, News, MLA banquet, Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship, J.J. Hunter, Hunter Brothers, Canadian Country Music Awards https://www.westernstandard.news/news/alberta-wildfire-season-ends-with-785-fires-and-dramatically-fewer-hectares-burned/78394 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-12-02/s8agyfy2/Forest-fire Alberta wildfire activity winds down after 2025 season with new response strategies westernstandard en 2026-11-07T18:00:00.000Z Alberta wildfire season ends with 785 fires and dramatically fewer hectares burned News, Alberta, Abpoli, Wildfires, Ableg, Todd Loewen, Fire and Flood Emergency Services https://www.westernstandard.news/news/mps-push-crackdown-on-sports-betting-ads-as-gambling-takes-over-canadian-broadcasts/78500 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2024-01/55779019-d8ff-4fc9-ba1a-9cd7af7a257d/online_sports_betting_ads.jpg Sports betting ads appear everywhere, including on this billboard at BMO Field in Toronto. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T17:00:00.000Z MPs push crackdown on sports betting ads as gambling takes over Canadian broadcasts News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Crtc, Health Canada, Sports Betting, Marjorie Michel, Bill S-211, Ned Kuruc, Fares Al Soud, John Clare https://www.westernstandard.news/news/watch-gunman-kills-five-wounds-about-a-dozen-in-krakow-poland-shooting/78580 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-07/ya8gcw9h/Screenshot-2026-11-07-at-10.34.40-AM.webp A gunman wearing military gear killed five people and injured about a dozen others in Krakow’s historic Old Town before being wounded in a shootout with police Saturday, authorities said. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T16:45:37.496Z UPDATED: WATCH: Gunman kills six, wounds at least 15 in Krakow, Poland shooting News, International, Shooting, Poland, Mass Shooting, Karol Nawrocki, Donald Tusk, krakow, mass shooting in poland https://www.westernstandard.news/news/senate-unanimously-passes-bill-to-award-national-medals-to-living-organ-donors/78463 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-07-24/9facxd3z/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-1.00.22-PM.png Organ donation, Canada westernstandard en 2026-11-07T16:00:00.000Z Senate unanimously passes bill to award national medals to living organ donors News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Ziad Aboultaif, Organ Donation, Sen. David Wells, Shelley Hunt, Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association https://www.westernstandard.news/news/foreign-owned-companies-qualify-under-ottawas-buy-canadian-policy-as-contractors-file-complaints/78382 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-02/rj8zpbl1/Standing-Committee-on-Government-Operations-and-Estimates.webp Alexander Jeglic in the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates meeting on October 21, 2025. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T15:00:00.000Z Foreign-owned companies qualify under Ottawa's Buy Canadian policy as contractors file complaints News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Alexander Jeglic, Department Of Public Works, Mark Carney, Buy Canadian, Richard Bragdon https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/mauser-a-good-guy-with-a-gun/78514 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-05/mgfho6ou/IMAGE-good-guy-with-a-gun-regulations.webp Armed self-defence and government regulation collide in Canada’s gun debate. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T14:30:00.000Z MAUSER: A good guy with a gun Opinion, Guns, Toronto, Oregon, School Shooting, Home Invasion, Opinion, Opinion Column, good guy with a gun, carry permit https://www.westernstandard.news/news/illegal-vapes-keep-turning-up-in-ottawa-as-federal-enforcement-resources-stand-still/78545 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/ekoujn72/IMAGE-ottawa-vape-enforcement-atlantic-small.webp Ottawa’s illicit vape market tests federal enforcement capacity. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T14:15:00.000Z Illegal vapes keep turning up in Ottawa as federal enforcement resources stand still News, Tobacco, Nicotine, Contraband, Vaping, e-cigarettes, contraband tobacco, illegal vapes, illegal e-cigarettes https://www.westernstandard.news/news/liberal-appointed-senator-calls-for-ban-on-port-and-rail-strikes-to-protect-canadian-economy/78421 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2024-08-23/xjo9pgzo/Teamsters%20on%20strike%20in%20Calgary.png François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada, and Sean O’Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) on the picket line Friday morning at CPKC headquarters in Calgary westernstandard en 2026-11-07T14:00:00.000Z Liberal-appointed senator calls for ban on port and rail strikes to protect Canadian economy News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Bill C-39, Sen. Jim Quinn, Douglas Wolfe https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/wiechnik-the-immigration-gamble-canadians-will-face-for-generations/78577 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/k4k8qijz/Torn-Maple-Leaf-Amid-Stormy-Flag-Ribbons.webp Budget 2026 has unveiled the Liberal government’s new immigration numbers, and at some point, we’re going to have to stop pretending this is just business as usual. https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/trfrw9fx/Screenshot-2026-11-06-at-2.41.59-PM.webp Statistics Canada projects the visible minorities share to be 38% to 43% by 2041. https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/i3ekfwad/Screenshot-2026-11-06-at-2.43.29-PM1.webp Renaud Camus. https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/rnr0ul16/Lee_Kuan_Yew_Cohen.webp Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore (centre). westernstandard en 2026-11-07T13:30:00.000Z WIECHNIK: The immigration gamble Canadians will face for generations Opinion, Immigration, Statistics Canada, Liberal Government, National Post, Michelle Rempel Garner, Mass Immigration, Mark Carney, Tristin Hopper, Opinion, Opinion Column, mass immigration and globalism, Mass immigration crushing Canada, Renaud Camus, Nate Erskine-Smith, Budget 2026, robert putnam, Colin MacLeod, hans-hermann hoppe, Lee Kuan Yew, Fyodor Dostoevsky https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/former-ucp-mla-praises-smiths-leadership-says-caucus-is-united/78571 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-11-06/qunnfx5c/IMG2516.jpeg Premier Danielle Smith and former MLA Shane Getson serving pancakes at a KDays breakfast in 2025. westernstandard en 2026-11-07T13:15:00.000Z Former UCP MLA praises Smith's leadership, says caucus is united Alberta politics , alberta government, Shane Getson, Danielle Smith, UCP , UCP caucus, UCP party https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/forgotten-canada-the-ghost-towns-and-lost-communities-of-canada/78282 https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/a5sau1dk/Golden-Hour-Road-Trip-Map-to-Bankhead.png Road trip map highlighting Bankhead, Alberta https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/2v584s9e/Abandoned-Alpine-Ruins-at-Golden-Hour.png Bankhead, Alberta https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/l65txs68/Abandoned-Sandon-Ghost-Town-in-Autumn-Mountains.png Sandon, BC https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/s4at06ut/Abandoned-Boreal-Town-at-Sunset.png Sundance, Manitoba https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/jnvn7bpp/Abandoned-Church-by-the-Golden-Estuary-1.png New Ireland, NB https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/0o81bdwn/Abandoned-Hebron-Mission-Under-Arctic-Skies.png Hebron, NL https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/zvpd49nd/Abandoned-Arctic-Village-at-Sunset.png Port Radium, NWT https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/c50ufhfx/Weathered-Harbor-Village-Under-Gray-Skies.png Broughton, NS https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/sgsl0q7t/Abandoned-Arctic-Village-at-Sunset-1.png Craig Harbour, NT https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/rl9ozyyd/Abandoned-Riverside-Mill-in-Winter.png Balaclava, Ontario https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/jyi82lfs/Quiet-Winter-Farmstead-Landscape.png Margate, PEI https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/8mjcr9yl/Val-Jalbert-Mill-and-Waterfall-Vista.png Val-Jalbert, Quebec https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/bhf8smzx/Abandoned-Beaver-Lumber-Streetscape.png Robsart, SK https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-29/hzya41gc/Rustic-Ghost-Town-Bridge-in-Autumn.png Forty Mile, Yukon westernstandard en 2026-11-07T13:00:00.000Z FORGOTTEN CANADA: The ghost towns and lost communities of Canada Canadian, News, Provinces And Territories Of Canada, Provinces Of Canada, Rowley, Ghost Towns, Canada's ghost towns, Bankhead, Sandon, New Ireland, Forty Mile, Abandoned towns