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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/lytle-the-net-zero-illusion-canadas-self-destructive-climate-policy/77691</loc>
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<image:caption>Net Zero Illusion</image:caption>
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<news:title>LYTLE: The net zero illusion — Canada's self-destructive climate policy</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Alberta, Pipeline, Net Zero, Opinion, Opinion Column, net zero by 2050</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/quesnel-the-anti-american-trap-is-ruining-canada/77693</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-07/dfvibbkf/IMAGE-canada-us-editorial.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mark Carney vs Donald Trump</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-12T12:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>QUESNEL: The anti-American trap is ruining Canada</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Donald Trump, Mark Carney, Opinion, Opinion Column, Trade War, Mark Carney elbows up, anti-American</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/industry-advisor-says-ai-data-centre-developers-must-earn-albertans-trust-before-announcing-projects/77607</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/u6wch4e9/brett-wightman.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Brett Wightman at the Calgary Petroleum Club on October 5, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-04-13/243ckt0k/data.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Rendering of a proposed AI data centre in Olds, Alberta.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-12T12:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Industry advisor says AI data centre developers must earn Albertans’ trust before announcing projects</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Energy, Business, Energy, Nate Glubish, Natural Gas, Artificial Intelligence, Alberta Utilities Commission, AI data centres, Synapse Data Center, alberta AI data centres, brett wightman, Perigee North, Gas Processing Association of Canada, CSV Midstream Solutions, Bill Whitelaw</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/rubenstein-the-kamloops-burial-deception-time-to-exhume-the-truth/77699</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-08/3i9njpx3/IMAGE-kamloops-editorial-v2.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Kamloops Indian Band Chief Rosanne Casimir</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Kamloops Press Release</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-12T11:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RUBENSTEIN: The Kamloops burial deception — time to exhume the truth</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Indigenous, Opinion, Hoax, Kamloops Residential School, Opinion Column, Kamloops Indian Band, 215 unmarked graves, grave hoax</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/ranked-canadas-minimum-wage-by-province-from-highest-to-lowest/77683</loc>
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<image:caption>Canada map, money</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T19:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RANKED: Canada's minimum wage by province, from highest to lowest</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage Increase, #cdnpoli, minimum wage increase Canada, ranked minimum wage per province</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/in-depth-what-is-killing-marinelands-belugas/77355</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-02/5qz9pxtf/Stormy-Beluga-Aquarium-Sanctuary.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Dark beluga pool</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T18:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>IN DEPTH: What is killing Marineland’s belugas? </news:title>
<news:keywords>Canadian, News, Features, Marineland, Necropsy, Shedd Aquarium, Beluga whales, Marineland beluga relocation, Peekachu the beluga, Rain the beluga, Jelly Bean the beluga, Oceanografic, Osiris the beluga, Gastrointestinal disease</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/usa-news/top-ten-creepiest-mugshots-from-the-us/77596</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/ou61sj5e/Gritty-True-Crime-Mugshot-Collage-1.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Creepiest mugshots from the US</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/0s3nugml/hardistermugshots16x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Matthew Medlin</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/sjlj739b/mugshot1016x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Solomon Galligan</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/1y0lzl5k/mugshot0716x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Alyssa Zebrasky</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/d5krbmg8/mugshot1116x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Morgan Joyce Varn</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/zcg9kcvi/mugshot0616x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Richard Ramirez</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/e3za7e3z/mugshot0416x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Aileen Wuornos</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Carlos Rodriguez</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/c5qd1s2n/mugshot0116x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Robert Hardister</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Charles Manson</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/urzkq1do/mugshot0816x9.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mark Stephen Asea</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T18:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>TOP TEN: Creepiest mugshots from the US</news:title>
<news:keywords>USA News, News, Features, stalking, Online stalking, Top ten, Mugshots, Creepy mugshots, Soloman Galligan, Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker, Aileen Wuornos, Charles Manson, St. Lucie County Jail, The Marshall Project</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/canadians-are-tipping-less-and-service-staff-have-noticed/77675</loc>
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<image:caption>Attitudes of Canadians towards tipping are souring as the service industry reports across the board decline in tipping</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T17:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Canadians are tipping less, and service staff have noticed </news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Tipping, Service Industries, Hospitality Industry, fast-food restaurants, Tipping Culture, State of Tipping in Canada Report, Canadian Tipping Culture</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/federal-court-rejects-liberal-appointees-conflict-of-interest-challenge/77663</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-07-10/2bpkxnox/judge-holding-gavel-in-courtroom.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Gavel</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T16:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Federal court rejects Liberal appointee’s conflict of interest challenge</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Atlantic, Cdnpoli, Konrad Von Finckenstein, Mario Dion, nspoli, Justice David Stratas, Lloyd Hogan, Veterans Review and Appeal Board</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/macleod-a-new-independence-party-or-a-fight-inside-the-ucp/77715</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-08/nbo625za/IMAGE-alberta-editorial.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>New Party or UCP</image:caption>
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<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T15:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>MACLEOD: A new independence party — or a fight inside the UCP</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Independence, Alberta Ucp, Opinion, Independence Party, Western, Opinion Column</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/deep-dive-a-riding-by-riding-analysis-the-island-spine/77568</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-04/58y6pi6c/1000017849.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Island spine. Left to right: Stephanie Higginson, NDP, Ladysmith-Oceanside; Debra Toporowski, NDP, Cowichan Valley; Dana Lajeunesse, NDP, Juan de Fuca-Malahat; Ravi Parmar, NDP, Langford-Highlands; George Anderson, NDP, Nanaimo-Lantzville. The Malahat and the Strait of Juan de Fuca behind them. Western Standard photo illustration.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Juan de Fuca-Malahat under the 2023 redistribution. The riding runs the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Sooke and East Sooke west on Hwy. 14 through Jordan River to Port Renfrew, with Juan de Fuca Provincial Park and the edge of Pacific Rim National Park inside the lines. Sooke Lake sits inland. Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill come in on the north end, taken from Cowichan Valley. Langford-Highlands is the neighbour on the east. Cowichan Valley is north. Mid Island-Pacific Rim is to the northwest. Washington is across the strait. Sheet scale 1:370,000. Inset A covers the north end at Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Cowichan Valley under the 2023 redistribution. Cowichan Lake, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay and Caycuse sit on the west. Duncan, North Cowichan, Chemainus, Crofton and Maple Bay sit on the east, with the Cowichan River between them. Thetis Island and Penelakut Island are inside the lines. Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill sit on the Juan de Fuca-Malahat sheet, south of this line. That riding is the southern neighbour. Ladysmith-Oceanside is north. Mid Island-Pacific Rim is west. Salt Spring Island, in Saanich North and the Islands, is across the water. Sheet scale 1:305,000. Inset A covers Cowichan Bay, Cherry Point and Koksilah.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/ftt4lmto/Langford-Highlands-map.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Langford-Highlands under the 2023 redistribution. The riding takes the Langford grid, Happy Valley, Luxton and Braemar Heights, and the rural Highlands north of them. Goldstream Provincial Park, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, Mount Work and Thetis Lake sit inside the lines. Finlayson Arm and the Saanich Inlet are the northwest wall. Hwy. 1, Millstream Rd. and Veterans Memorial Pkwy. cross the district. Juan de Fuca-Malahat is the neighbour on the west and the south, including Metchosin. Esquimalt-Colwood is to the east. Saanich South is to the northeast. Sheet scale 1:77,000.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ladysmith-Oceanside under the 2023 redistribution. The riding runs from Qualicum Beach, Parksville and Nanoose Bay south through Cassidy to Ladysmith and Saltair, and takes Lasqueti Island in the Strait of Georgia. Coombs, Errington and the Englishman River sit inland. Hwy. 19 is the spine. Nanaimo-Lantzville is the neighbour on the east. Nanaimo-Gabriola Island meets it at Cedar and Yellow Point. Cowichan Valley is south. Mid Island-Pacific Rim is west. Sheet scale 1:410,000. Inset A covers the Lantzville edge. Inset B covers Ladysmith, Cassidy and Yellow Point.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/rzsc92e9/Nanaimo-Lantzville-map.png</image:loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-05/6l2nr3as/Nanaimo-Gabriola-Island-map.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Nanaimo-Gabriola Island under the 2023 redistribution. The riding takes south Nanaimo, Chase River, South Wellington, Cedar and Cinnabar Valley, and the islands to the east: Gabriola, Mudge and De Courcy. Valdes Island sits outside the line. The Nanaimo River crosses the south. Nanaimo-Lantzville is the neighbour on the north, through Departure Bay and Northfield. Ladysmith-Oceanside is west and south. Cowichan Valley is across the water to the southeast. Sheet scale 1:130,000. Inset A covers the Northfield edge. Inset B covers Yellow Point and Cedar. A third box shows the offshore extents.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T15:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>DEEP DIVE: A riding-by-riding analysis — the Island spine</news:title>
<news:keywords>BC, News, Bcpoli, Ravi Parmar, Cowichan Valley, juan de fuca-malahat, BC Election 2026, Langford-Highlands, Ladysmith-Oceanside, Nanaimo-Gabriola Island, Nanaimo-Lantzville, Stephanie Higginson, Debra Toporowski, Dana Lajeunesse, George Anderson</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/pringle-the-high-cost-of-climate-alarmism-co2-is-not-the-enemy/77700</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-08/ncg7flzn/IMAGE-climate-carbon-capture-editorial.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Carbon Capture</image:caption>
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<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T14:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>PRINGLE: The high cost of climate alarmism — CO2 is not the enemy</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Danielle Smith, Pipeline, Carbon Capture, Mark Carney, Co2 Emissions, Co2, Opinion, Opinion Column, Climate alarmism</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/calgary-zoo-warns-visitors-about-fraudulent-ticket-websites/77627</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-10-09/sd3bb7a3/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-9.26.15-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Calgary zoo turns invasive shrubs into giraffe snacks with NCC</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T14:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Calgary Zoo warns visitors about fraudulent ticket websites</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Calgary, Yyc, Abpoli, Yyccc, Calgary Zoo</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/wagner-pierre-trudeau-broke-our-british-roots-a-bc-premier-tried-to-stop-him/77531</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-02/kkvolbky/IMAGE-bennett-trudeau-constitutional-roots.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>W.A.C. Bennett and Pierre Trudeau</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T13:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WAGNER: Pierre Trudeau broke our British roots — A BC premier tried to stop him</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Pierre Trudeau, Bc Premier, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Opinion, Opinion Column</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/most-mind-boggling-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2026/77517</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-07/pvri9ppy/f3a3248f-9237-4392-baac-49cc2a787a2d.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Brain, space, black hole</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-01/duy1b8sh/image-14.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Main divisions of the brain</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-06/5rldtwal/image-14.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Black hole and a launching jet</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-07/o0y0e7ug/14fb1c91-cae4-47c9-872b-415417353861-1.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Health Brain vs Alzheimer's Brain w/amyloid plaques</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-07/d1d7j136/image-14.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Cortex of the brain</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T13:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Most mind-boggling scientific breakthroughs of 2026</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, International, Features, Science, scientific breakthroughs, Most mind-boggling scientific breakthroughs of 2026, scientific discoveries, science 2026, humans two brains, Stanford Medicine, non opioid, alzheimer's disease, black holes</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/mason-emotion-nostalgia-and-faux-patriotism-shouldnt-decide-your-vote-on-question-10/77689</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-07/hhxniwyp/IMAGE-alberta-referendum-v3.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Alberta Referendum</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T12:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>MASON: Emotion, nostalgia, and faux patriotism shouldn't decide your vote on Question 10</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Opinion, Western, Western Independence, Opinion Column, October 19 Referendum, Question 10, Easterner</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/edmonton/edmonton-housing-market-sees-slow-september/77574</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-04-22/9owv2tl7/edmonton-city-hall-67b8ce8fd949f.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Edmonton City Hall</image:caption>
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<news:publication>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T12:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Edmonton housing market sees slow September</news:title>
<news:keywords>Edmonton, News, Yeg, Yegcc, Realtors Association Of Edmonton, Edmonton housing market, Edmonton home prices, Darlene Reid, Edmonto home sales</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/morgan-the-unlikely-alliance-quebec-can-be-albertas-greatest-ally/77676</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-08/k9fkz1pd/IMAGE-quebec-flag-illustration.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Quebec Flag</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-11T11:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>MORGAN: The unlikely alliance — Quebec can be Alberta's greatest ally</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Alberta, Quebec, Independence, Opinion, Laurentian Elite, Western, Alliance, Opinion Column</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/smith-gets-a-fail-on-bubble-zone-laws-from-prolife-alberta/77754</loc>
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<image:caption>Danielle Smith, report card</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Smith report card</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T20:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Smith gets a 'fail' on bubble zone laws from Prolife Alberta</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Alberta, Abpoli, Danielle Smith, Prolife Alberta, #abpoli, prolife alberta smith report card</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/caf-faces-human-rights-hearing-over-denial-of-marriage-counselling-to-sexual-minority-officer/77714</loc>
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<image:caption>Corrin Haag</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T19:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>CAF faces human rights hearing over denial of marriage counselling to sexual minority officer</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Canadian Armed Forces, Department Of National Defence, Canadian Human Rights Act, Corrin Haag</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/federal-ev-rebates-paid-millions-to-six-figure-earners-who-planned-to-buy-electric-anyway/77586</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-06-23/tcxacddu/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(3).png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Electric vehicle</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T18:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Federal EV rebates paid millions to six-figure earners who planned to buy electric anyway</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Department Of Transport, Ctf, Electric Vehicles, Aaron Wudrick</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/watch/watch-can-alberta-unite-to-fix-canada/77778</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-10/9fogywcy/CMS-Template-2026-10-09T223322.581.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Can the West unite?</image:caption>
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<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T17:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WATCH: Can Alberta unite to fix Canada?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Watch, Opinion, Podcast, Nation of People Podcast</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/nearly-two-thirds-of-canadians-want-limits-on-data-centre-development/77672</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-09-28/m4xxp4kb/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-28-2026-at-113807-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>An AI-generated image of an AI data centre facility located outside of Calgary.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T17:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Nearly two-thirds of Canadians want limits on data centre development</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Angus Reid, data centres</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/suzuki-says-smith-has-carney-by-the-ass-over-pacific-link-pipeline/77780</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-03-20/0ev79r6s/suzuki.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>David Suzuki</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-01/d04pku3k/Screenshot-2026-10-01-at-9.08.40-AM.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith on October 1, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T16:38:40.867Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Suzuki says Smith has Carney ‘by the ass’ over Pacific Link pipeline</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Canadian, Abpoli, Cdnpoli, Danielle Smith, David Suzuki, Abpol, David Suzuki Foundation, Mark Carney, Cdnpol, Oil Pipeline, Oil Pipeline Project, Major Projects Office, Pacific Link pipeline, Pacific Link, kelsey jacko, cold lake first nations</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/coast-guard-eyes-drones-as-24b-budget-counts-toward-nato-defence-spending/77661</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-29/t2adek8z/1024px-CanadaSearchandRescue.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>A Canadian Armed Forces CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and Coast Guard vessel during a search and rescue operation in British Columbia waters. File photo illustrating the type of assets used in the Strait of Georgia charter boat incident near Sea Island.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T16:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Coast Guard eyes drones as $2.4B budget counts toward NATO defence spending</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Canadian Coast Guard, NATO defence spending targets, Robert Bragdon, Marc Mes, Robert Wight</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/forseth-the-true-cost-of-ebys-deficits/77704</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-08/8c162r5q/IMAGE-eby-deficits-editorial.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Eby's Deficits</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Growing BC Debt</image:caption>
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<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T15:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>FORSETH: The true cost of Eby’s deficits</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Bc, Debt, David Eby, Deficits, Opinion, Opinion Column, debt interest payments, BC Election 2026</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/declassified-records-show-chrétien-cabinet-blamed-deinstitutionalization-for-homelessness/77585</loc>
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<image:caption>Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien (source: CBC)</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T15:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Declassified records show Chrétien cabinet blamed deinstitutionalization for homelessness</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Homelessness, Jean Chretien, Department of Housing, jane stewart</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/letters-what-price-canada-canada-an-obituary/77733</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-09-15/8hjdyjna/IMAGE-Canada-Flag-Digital.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Canadian Flag</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T14:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>LETTERS: What price Canada? Canada, an obituary</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Letters to the Editor, Canada, Maid, Freedom, Opinion, Letters, Letters To The Editor, Obituary, Death of Canada</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/deep-dive-a-riding-by-riding-analysis-the-abbotsford-arc/77567</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-04/n1aa7qib/Abbotsford-area-cluster.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Abbotsford-area cluster. Left to right: Bruce Banman, Conservative, Abbotsford South; Pam Alexis, NDP, Abbotsford-Mission; Korky Neufeld, Conservative, Abbotsford West; Á’a:líya Warbus, Conservative, Chilliwack-Cultus Lake; Harman Bhangu, Conservative, Langley-Abbotsford. Mount Baker and the Fraser Valley behind them. Western Standard photo illustration.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Abbotsford-Mission under the 2023 redistribution. The Fraser splits the riding. Mission, West Heights and Hatzic sit on the north bank, with Hatzic Lake at the northeast corner. South of the river the district takes the Sumas Mountain bench, Clayburn and a southern finger toward Marshall Rd. Abbotsford West is the neighbour on the Matsqui side. Abbotsford South sits below. Chilliwack North is to the east. Sheet scale 1:70,000.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Abbotsford South Abbotsford South under the 2023 redistribution. The riding hugs the Canada-US line from Huntingdon and the Sumas crossing east toward the Vedder Canal, and takes the city grid north of that line, including South Fraser Way. Abbotsford-Mission is the neighbour over Sumas Mountain. Abbotsford West is to the west. Langley-Abbotsford meets it on the southwest. Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and Chilliwack North are to the east. Sheet scale 1:115,000. Inset A covers the urban core.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Abbotsford West under the 2023 redistribution. The Fraser is the northern wall. Matsqui, Mount Lehman, Bradner and Gifford sit inside the lines, with Mt. Lehman Rd. and Bradner Rd. as the spine and Highway 1 along the south. Abbotsford-Mission is across the river and on the east. Abbotsford South is the neighbour below Clearbrook. Langley-Abbotsford takes the ground west of Bradner Rd. Sheet scale 1:72,000. Inset A covers the southern urban edge.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-04/y7rlxmnt/Langley-Abbotsford-map.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Langley-Abbotsford under the 2023 redistribution. The riding runs from the Abbotsford farmland west of Bradner Rd. through Aldergrove and Murrayville to the Langley grid, with 0 Ave. on the Canada-US line and Highway 13 as the Aldergrove port of entry. Fraser Highway crosses it. Abbotsford West and Abbotsford South are the eastern neighbours. Langley-Willowbrook and Langley-Walnut Grove are to the west. Sheet scale 1:110,000.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-10-04/oudjmn7c/Chilliwack-Cultus-Lake-Map.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Chilliwack-Cultus Lake under the 2023 redistribution. The riding sits south of Highway 1, from Yarrow and Vedder Crossing through Promontory to Cultus Lake and the Canada-US line. Cultus Lake Provincial Park is inside the lines. The Vedder River and Vedder Canal mark the west. Abbotsford South is the western neighbour. Chilliwack North is north of Highway 1. Fraser-Nicola is to the east. Sheet scale 1:275,000. Inset A covers the Vedder urban grid.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-10T14:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>DEEP DIVE: A riding-by-riding analysis — the Abbotsford arc</news:title>
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