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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/podcast-host-and-former-federal-liberal-policy-advisor-claims-an-independent-alberta-is-impossible/74040</loc>
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<image:caption>David Herle interviewing Steven Guilbeault on The Herle Burly podcast.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T19:58:34.636Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Podcast host and former federal Liberal policy advisor claims an independent Alberta is impossible</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/international/chinese-celebrity-border-collie-chutou-stolen-and-eaten-for-27/74033</loc>
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<image:caption>Border Collie social media star 'Chutou' stolen and eaten for $27</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T19:34:09.041Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Chinese celebrity Border Collie 'Chutou' stolen and eaten for $27</news:title>
<news:keywords>International, News, China, Social Media, Animal Abuse, border collie, Stolen dog</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/fear-over-facts-coal-association-fires-back-at-corb-lunds-anti-coal-campaign/74039</loc>
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<image:caption>The Coal Association of Canada says Albertans have been presented with a one-sided picture of the coal industry as the signing period for country singer Corb Lund’s citizen-led anti-coal petition comes into its final stretch.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Country singer Corb Lund at an event for his anti-coal campaign at The Confluence in Calgary on May 17, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Rina Blacklaws, vice-president of industry development for the Coal Association of Canada.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Grassy Mountain location</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T18:50:05.467Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>‘FEAR OVER FACTS’: Coal Association fires back at Corb Lund’s anti-coal campaign</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Energy, Business, Alberta, Janet Brown, Alberta Energy Regulator, Coal Mining, Coal Development, Crowsnest Pass, Grassy Mountain Mine, Rina Blacklaws, Northback Holdings, metallurgical coal, Elk Valley, Coal mining eastern slopes, Alberta coal mining, valory resources, Blackstone, Coal Association of Canada, corb lund, water not coal</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/ucp-and-alberta-independence-support-tumbles-in-first-polls-following-smiths-referendum-announcement/74031</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-05-04/hljlu58a/IMG1091.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Alberta independence supporters gathered to watch Mitch Sylvestre submit the Stay Free Alberta petition.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T18:36:00.662Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>UCP and Alberta independence support tumbles in first polls following Smith's referendum announcement</news:title>
<news:keywords>Alberta independence, Alberta seperation, Alberta seperatism, Alberta independence referendum, Alberta seperation referendum, Stay Free Alberta, Forever Canadian, Danielle Smith, Leger, Ipsos</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/durham-police-announce-46-arrests-1400-charges-of-criminal-tourists/74037</loc>
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<image:caption>Project jetsetter</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/4zra3elb/project-jetsetter-wanted-2.webp</image:loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/fiz7czl0/project-jetsetter-wanted-1.webp</image:loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T17:40:05.720Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Durham police announce 46 arrests, 1,400 charges of 'criminal tourists'</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Ontario, Durham, Durham Regional Police Service, criminal tourism</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/carney-defends-gun-grab-program-on-national-day-against-gun-violence/74035</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-09-03/l7pjo19y/gun-table-Winnipeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Guns</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T17:22:21.415Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Carney defends gun grab program on National Day Against Gun Violence</news:title>
<news:keywords>guns, buy-back, RCMP, CBSA, Mark Carney, CTF</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/alberta-spends-15-million-to-advance-calgary-edmonton-passenger-rail-plans/74036</loc>
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<image:caption>Danielle Smith is a well known fan of rail.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Premier Danielle Smith at Friday's press conference</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T17:19:16.116Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Alberta spends $15 million to advance Calgary-Edmonton passenger rail plans

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<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Calgary, Edmonton, Yyc, Abpoli, Ableg, Yeg, Yegcc, Yyccc, Devin Dreeshen, Chris Dinsdale, Myron Keehn</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/watch-edmonton-girl-dancers-blow-away-judges-on-agt/74032</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/lr7g3gdi/Screenshot-2026-06-05-at-10.47.49-AM.png</image:loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T16:52:53.176Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WATCH: Edmonton girl dancers blow away judges on AGT</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Edmonton, Watch, Abpoli, Danielle Smith, Ableg, AGT, America's Got Talent</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/indian-idol-immersions-could-harm-canadian-ecosystems/74011</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/rsh31s4s/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-5-2026-095238-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Dead fish in murky lake</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T16:27:35.794Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Indian 'idol immersions' could harm Canadian ecosystems </news:title>
<news:keywords>Canadian, News, Canadian Lakes, Canadian ecosystems, Aquatic pollution, Idol immersions</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/guilbeault-rarely-used-an-ev-that-officials-reluctantly-provided-to-him-while-in-cabinet/74022</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-06-11/mfz211vx/Steven-Guilbeault-COP28-1200x810-Dec-13-2023.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is concerned that Canada's Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault wishes to create more national parks, to block pipelines</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T16:19:35.606Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Guilbeault rarely used an EV that officials reluctantly provided to him while in cabinet  </news:title>
<news:keywords>Steven Guilbeault, Canadian liberals , Liberal Party of Canada, Justin Trudeau, Canada oil and gas, Alberta oil and gas, Alberta oil, Canada climate change</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/edmonton-man-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-minor-already-released-as-police-seek-more-victims/74029</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/0l4ttrbq/Screenshot-2026-06-05-at-9.56.12-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Brian Brook Kaskamin</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T16:00:44.972Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Edmonton man charged with sexual assault of minor; already released as police seek more victims</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Edmonton, Abpoli, Yeg, Eps, Yegcc, Brian Brook Kaskamin</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/anthropic-co-founder-warns-society-needs-ai-guardrails-before-its-too-late/74024</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/s0ch22rv/8e4d1e75-311e-481c-a46d-d97ada325c08.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Jack Clark; Anthropic</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T15:45:40.314Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Anthropic co-founder warns society needs AI guardrails before it's too late</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, International, Ai, Trump Administration, uspoli, LLMs, claude, anthropic mythos, anthropic, ai development, ai warning, jack clark, ai coding for itself, anthropic co-founder ai warning</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/nasa-orders-astronauts-to-prepare-for-possible-evacuation-from-international-space-station/74028</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/0akwxv08/Screenshot-2026-06-05-at-9.36.37-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>International Space Station</image:caption>
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<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T15:39:25.156Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NASA orders astronauts to prepare for possible evacuation from International Space Station

</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, International, Nasa, International Space Station</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/campbell-the-real-threat-isnt-residential-school-denialism-its-censorship/74018</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-03/q7zv1otn/6411e69d90579_image.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Students at Blue Quills Residential School, on the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve. </image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T15:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>CAMPBELL: The real threat isn't residential school ‘denialism' — it's censorship</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Indigenous, Denialism, Indian Residential School, Senate, Opinion, Opinion Column, residential school denialism</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/ottawa-lobbying-violations-hidden-from-public-as-trust-in-institutions-declines/74021</loc>
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<image:caption>Federal Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Bélanger</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T14:17:01.848Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Ottawa lobbying violations hidden from public as trust in institutions declines

</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Lobbyists, Michael Barrett, Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, Brian Gear</news:keywords>
</news:news>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/onebc-say-city-of-kamloops-is-extorting-them-for-additional-security-costs/74019</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/v7iomv0c/Pentict.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/0ermoj92/Screenshot20260605-061617Outlook.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>An email from the City of Kamloops Acting Chief Administrative Officer to OneBC organizer Guneet, cancelling the party’s Facility Use Permit for its June 7, 2026 town hall at the Sandman Centre’s Kia Lounge over unpaid Estimated Security and Safety Costs of $7,729.42. The city cited sections 2.3 and 3.4 of the signed permit and warned against holding an unsanctioned event under City of Kamloops Parks and Public Lands Bylaw No. 35-66.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-05/7v8q997z/Screenshot20260605-062059X.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>June 3, 2026 City of Kamloops news release regarding the OneBC event with MLA Dallas Brodie. The city affirms it does not condone residential school denialism or hate speech but acknowledges it must allow the booking under the legal framework governing public facilities.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T14:05:31.419Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>OneBC say City of Kamloops is ‘extorting’ them for additional security costs</news:title>
<news:keywords>BC, News, Kamloops, Cancel Culture, Dallas Brodie, OneBC</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/watch/watch-brantford-councilor-calls-land-acknowledgements-virtue-signaling/74016</loc>
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<image:caption>Brantford council</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T14:03:00.734Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WATCH: Brantford councillor calls land acknowledgements 'virtue signalling'</news:title>
<news:keywords>Watch, News, Ontario, City Council, Brantford, anti-woke, land acknowledgment, land acknowledgements</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/macleod-why-alberta-should-choose-independence-prosperity-on-our-own-terms/74020</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-07-07/q44jvlzk/Republic%20of%20Alberta%20flagv.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Republic of Alberta flag</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T13:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>MACLEOD: Why Alberta should choose independence — prosperity on our own terms</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Ottawa, Alberta, Equalization, Federal Government, Opinion, Western, Western Independence, Transfer Payments, Opinion Column</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/russ-do-eby-and-the-ndp-want-dripa-to-wreck-bc/74014</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-04-23/zn404uj0/42124554web111779739web1180510-HSL-MMIWGFollow10.jpg.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>BC NDP MLA Joan Phillip stands with her husband, Stewart, the Grand Chief of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The Syilx Okanagan Chiefs Executive Council said they stand with MLA Phillip against the provincial government suspending or amending DRIPA.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T11:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RUSS: Do Eby and the NDP want DRIPA to wreck BC?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, David Eby, British Columbia, Investment, Bc Ndp, Opinion, Private Property, Opinion Column, DRIPA</news:keywords>
</news:news>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/watch/hannaford/hannaford-scripturally-bound-to-gather-but-not-to-take-up-arms/73982</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/owyxcbx1/CMS-Template-2026-06-04T144836.782.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Christians can resist government — but not through violence</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-05T00:59:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>HANNAFORD: Scripturally bound to gather – but not to take up arms</news:title>
<news:keywords>Hannaford, Watch, Opinion, Fairview Baptist Church, Alberta Independence, Pastor Tim Stephens, COVID 2021</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/ottawa-police-arrest-11-in-undercover-sting-targeting-child-sexual-exploitation-does-not-release-names/74017</loc>
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<image:caption>Ottawa police</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T23:00:39.593Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Ottawa police arrest 11 in undercover sting targeting child sexual exploitation, does not release names</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Ontario, Ottawa, Crime, Online Child Exploitation, Child Exploitation, Ottawa crime</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/show-your-cards-alberta-ndp-challenge-ucp-caucus-members-to-proclaim-their-stance-ahead-of-albertas-referendum/74013</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-05-24/05r7u1th/IMG1323.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Rakhi Pancholi speaking at the Forever Canadian event with Janis Irwin and Brooks Arcand-Paul by her side.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T21:34:41.372Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>SHOW YOUR CARDS: Alberta NDP challenge UCP caucus members to proclaim their stance ahead of Alberta's referendum</news:title>
<news:keywords>Alberta independence, Alberta seperatism, Alberta seperation, Alberta seperatists, Alberta UCP, Alberta independence referendum, Alberta seperatist referendum , Stay Free Alberta, Forever Canadian, Rakhi Pancholi, For Alberta For Canada, Scott Cyr, Jason Stephan , Alberta politics, Alberta government</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/okotoks-rcmp-warns-against-vigilante-action-after-accused-child-porn-offender-released/74015</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/52dy657y/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-3.21.04-PM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Corey Airhart</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T21:24:46.788Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Okotoks RCMP warns against vigilante action after accused child porn offender released</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Rcmp, Yyc, Abpoli, Yyccc, Okotoks, Child Porn, Corey Airhart</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/wiechnik-henry-nowak-the-wests-breaking-point/74009</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/xnljqyh0/Screenshot-2026-06-02-at-12.44.24-PM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Henry Nowak</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-02/aifc5oav/Screenshot-2026-06-02-at-12.44.03-PM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Vickrum Digwa</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-08-26/89gi8axz/Nigel_Farage_(33022088491).jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform Party</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-01-09/b56tn9qh/Keir%20Starmer.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Keir Starmer</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T20:44:38.402Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WIECHNIK: Henry Nowak — the West's breaking point?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, United Kingdom, Diversity, Far Right, Nigel Farage, Opinion, Britain, Opinion Column, Tommy Robinson, Reform UK, Keir Starmer, Chris Brown, Britain unrest, Henry Nowak, Vickrum Digwa, Aaron Winter, british politics</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/top-ten-canadas-most-embarrassing-pride-month-moments/73963</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-05-25/za5vj9yw/chjow-caribana-e1722882230966.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow at Caribana</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T20:14:50.498Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>TOP TEN: Canada's most embarrassing 'pride month' moments</news:title>
<news:keywords>BC, Canadian, News, Justin Trudeau, Vandalism, Israel, Pride Flag, Olivia Chow, Pride Crosswalk, Pride Month, Mark Carney, Heather Mcpherson, Dave Rubin, Pride Flags, MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+, Top ten</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/goodlife-fitness-pleads-members-to-stop-using-saunas-as-washrooms/74001</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/po81nmhy/Untitled-design-9.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Goodlife Fitness pleads members to not use their saunas as a washroom</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T18:46:53.432Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>GoodLife Fitness pleads members to stop using saunas as washrooms</news:title>
<news:keywords>Canadian, News, GoodLife Fitness, Canadian Public Gym, Personal hygiene, Public behaviour, Fitness clubs</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/conservatives-ndp-criticize-carneys-ai-strategy/74010</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/yb5xn01y/Melissa-Lantsman-2026-06-04.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Melissa Lantsman speaking at presser on AI strategy and economy</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T18:30:24.993Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Conservatives, NDP criticize Carney's AI strategy</news:title>
<news:keywords>NDP, Conservative, AI strategy, AI, AI jobs, Melissa Lantsman, Avi Lewis</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/watch/watch-live-alberta-independence-does-400-billion-in-startup-cost-pass-the-smell-test/74006</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/acoldl5x/CMS-Template-2026-06-04T113724.529.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Alberta independence: Does $400 billion in startup cost pass the smell test?</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T18:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WATCH LIVE: Alberta independence: Does $400 billion in startup cost pass the smell test?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Watch, Marty Up North, Opinion, Recession, Quebec, Canada Post, Premier Danielle Smith, Independence, Western, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Bill C-9</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/marriott-the-great-alberta-referendum-campaign-the-missing-middle/74008</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-05-22/pgsud0cp/IMG9414.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Danielle Smith speaking to reporters after announcing her referendum question regarding Alberta independence the day prior.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T18:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>MARRIOTT: The Great Alberta Referendum campaign – the missing middle</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Alberta, Opinion, Western, Western Independence, Opinion Column, Alberta referendum</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/federal-government-launches-national-ai-strategy-with-plans-for-supercomputer-and-job-creation/74005</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/dx2j0aej/Mark-Carney-announcing-the-new-AI-strategy</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mark Carney announcing the new AI strategy</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T18:23:12.981Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Federal government launches national AI strategy with plans for supercomputer and job creation</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Ai, Mark Carney, Evan Solomon, Canadian AI, AI strategy</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/alberta-opens-canadas-first-commercial-carbon-storage-hub-near-edmonton/74007</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/xq5n754g/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-12.08.58-PM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Meadowbrook Carbon Storage Hub</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T18:13:16.087Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Alberta opens Canada’s first commercial carbon storage hub near Edmonton

</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Business, Energy, Abpoli, Ableg, Brian Jean, Joseph Schow, Invest Alberta Corporation, Meadowbrook Carbon Storage Hub, Matthew Brister, Marubeni, Mizuho</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/findlay-vows-to-keep-trade-ties-with-an-independent-alberta/74002</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/hmk5jdsk/HJp0SshaQAAgXQf.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Conservative Party of BC Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay addresses supporters during the party's 2026 leadership convention.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T17:34:24.944Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Findlay vows to keep trade ties with an independent Alberta</news:title>
<news:keywords>BC, Alberta, News, Bc, Bcpoli, David Eby, Maga, Warren Kinsella, Gary Mason, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, 2026 Alberta independence, BC Conservative leadership race, MAGA regional manager</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/treaty-8-first-nations-chiefs-shred-smith-over-albertas-referendum-to-hold-an-independence-referendum/74004</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/qrpey93z/IMG1373.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Chief Trevor Mercredi joined by other Treaty 8 First Nations chiefs speaking to reporters.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T17:30:10.759Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Treaty 8 First Nations chiefs shred Smith over Alberta's referendum to hold an independence referendum</news:title>
<news:keywords>Danielle Smith, Alberta independence, Alberta seperation, Alberta seperatism</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/rcmp-seize-nearly-500000-in-fentanyl-cocaine-and-illegal-firearms-in-bow-valley-drug-bust/74003</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/wnp2cwg1/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-11.00.13-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mackenzie Harbar, 30, and Katie Ervin, 31</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/ezuxdb1m/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-11.04.45-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>RCMP seize nearly $500,000 in fentanyl, cocaine and illegal firearms in Bow Valley drug bust</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T17:09:27.306Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RCMP seize nearly $500,000 in fentanyl, cocaine and illegal firearms in Bow Valley drug bust</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Rcmp, Abpoli, Canmore, Katie Ervin, Aaron Cahoon, Jordan Nyiro</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/guilbeault-claims-he-is-albertas-perfect-scapegoat/73987</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2024-09-10/dot9so1x/uilbeault.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Steven Guilbeault</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:51:03.486Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Guilbeault claims he is Alberta's 'perfect scapegoat'</news:title>
<news:keywords>Alberta politics, Steven Guilbeault, Danielle Smith, Liberal, Canada Liberal, Alberta oil and gas, Alberta MOU, Canada MOU, Steven Guilbeault resignation</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/update-bc-prosecution-service-confirms-sexual-assault-charge-against-independent-mla-jordan-kealy/73997</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-08-07/ya4m35vz/Kealy.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Jordan Kealy</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:46:57.933Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>UPDATE: BC Prosecution Service confirms sexual assault charge against Independent MLA Jordan Kealy</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, BC, Sexual Assault, Assault, Breaking, Bc Conservative Party, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Jordan Kealy, Hon Chan</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/tiktok-bans-whitelivesmatter-claims-it-violates-community-guidelines/73988</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/5e03qa0x/Untitled-design-7.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>TikTok Removes #WhitelivesMatter</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-01-17/l7u1ozoi/chineseappti.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>TikTok App Logo</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:46:28.599Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>TikTok bans #WhiteLivesMatter, claiming it 'violates community guidelines' </news:title>
<news:keywords>Canadian, News, Tiktok, Anti-Defamation League, Banned hashtags, Canadian social media</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/ws-views-deport-foreign-invaders-now/73980</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-04-24/p35xredi/Screenshot%202024-05-09%20080736.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Illegal immigrants</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:38:50.079Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WS VIEWS: Deport foreign invaders now</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Canada, Usa, Europe, Uk, Mass Immigration, Illegal Immigration, Opinion, Sikh, Opinion Column, Henry Nowak</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/conservative-mp-launches-project-for-canadians-reporting-vaccine-injuries/73995</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/aolsic8f/MP-Dean-Allison-2026-06-04.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>MP Dean Allison speaking (center)</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:18:57.580Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Conservative MP launches project for Canadians reporting vaccine injuries</news:title>
<news:keywords>Dean Allison, Vaccine injuries, covid-19, covid vaccine</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/pbo-says-carney-government-borrowing-already-billions-over-budget/73996</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-01-26/zctxg91r/Carney-Grocery-Store</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mark Carney speaking at a grocery store in Ottawa</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:15:44.597Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>PBO says Carney government borrowing already billions over budget

</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Parliamentary Budget Office, Cdnpoli, Franco Terrazzano, Ctf, Pbo, Mark Carney</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/fishy-tale-police-officer-arrested-after-pulling-gun-on-colleague-over-microwaved-fish/73989</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/lebzv9zh/Heading.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Michael Debiase, fish in microwave</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T16:08:33.427Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>FISHY TALE: Police officer arrested after pulling gun on colleague over microwaved fish</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, USA News, International, South Carolina, Officer arrested after pulling gun on colleague over microwaved fish, officer arrested, US officer arrested, south carolina officer, Myrtle Beach Police Department, fish in microwave, Michael Debiase, officer arrested over fish in microwave, Myrtle beach police officer</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/bc-review-board-grants-conditional-discharge-to-triple-child-killer-allan-schoenborn/73990</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/szneff8q/WEBSCHOEN.jpg.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>llan Schoenborn, seen in a courtroom sketch from a previous British Columbia Review Board hearing. The child killer was granted a conditional discharge on Thursday.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T15:26:57.646Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>B.C. Review Board grants conditional discharge to triple child killer Allan Schoenborn</news:title>
<news:keywords>BC, News, Brad West, Greyhound bus, allan schoenborn, BC Review Board, Vincent Li, NCR, Blair Evan Donnelly</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/carney-dodges-recession-questions-as-conservatives-highlight-unemployed-canadians/73992</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-03/jt6mff0g/Carney-scrum-pre-caucus-2026-06-03.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mark Carney speaking to reporters</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T15:21:51.696Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Carney dodges recession questions as Conservatives highlight unemployed Canadians

</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Pierre Poilievre, Recession, Mark Carney</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/giesbrecht-would-the-senate-have-incarcerated-the-prime-ministers-father-as-a-residential-school-denialist/73986</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/vk9cxun9/Screenshot-2025-04-04-at-9.11.48-AM.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Robert Carney</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T15:20:15.882Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>GIESBRECHT: Would the Senate have incarcerated the Prime Minister’s father as a ‘residential school denialist’?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Residential Schools, Denialism, Senate, Opinion, Opinion Column, robert carney</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/red-deer-rcmp-recover-stolen-vehicles-firearms-in-major-multi-jurisdiction-crime-crackdown/73991</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/ka3nnwa0/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-9.05.58-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Brittany Mayhew</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-04/0v9jcsgq/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-9.05.34-AM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Matthew Verhoek</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T15:12:08.892Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Red Deer RCMP recover stolen vehicles, firearms in major multi-jurisdiction crime crackdown

</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Alberta, Rcmp, Abpoli, Red Deer, Brittany Mayhew, Matthew Verhoek, Ryan Schweitzer, Tristin Missler, Braden Roberts</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/senate-rejects-residential-school-denialism-law-after-government-opposition/73984</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-05-22/7uwr5fyv/Screenshot-2025-07-04-at-1.58.58-PM.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Kamloops Residential School</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T14:19:11.798Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Senate rejects residential school 'denialism' law after government opposition</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, residential school denialism, Bill C-9, Sen. Hassan Yussuff, Sen. Pierre Moreau, Sen. Nancy Karetak-Lindell</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/pinder-the-dilemma-facing-premier-danielle-smith/73981</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-11-19/2wu3sy0v/SmithandCarneyPipeline.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney facing off on either side of an oil pipeline.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>westernstandard</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T11:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>PINDER: The dilemma facing Premier Danielle Smith</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Alberta, Pipeline, Western Alienation, Opinion, Western, Western Independence, Opinion Column</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/thepipeline/watch-smiths-leadership-gets-wobbly/73979</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2026-06-03/mxkujfi4/CMS-Template-2026-06-03T152651.663.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Smith’s leadership gets wobbly</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-04T00:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>WATCH: Smith’s leadership gets wobbly</news:title>
<news:keywords>The Pipeline, Watch, Opinion, Independence, Western, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Henry Nowak</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/smith-wants-albertas-relationship-with-ottawa-to-be-akin-to-quebecs/73973</loc>
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<image:caption>Danielle Smith</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T21:19:35.358Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Smith wants Alberta's relationship with Ottawa to be akin to Quebec's </news:title>
<news:keywords>Alberta independence, Danielle Smith, Stay Free Alberta, Alberta seperatism, Alberta sovereignty, Alberta seperation, Forever Canadian, Alberta speration referendum, Alberta independence referendum, Alberta referendum</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/rubenstein-the-mainstream-medias-efforts-to-tell-the-truth-about-canadas-indian-residential-schools-deserve-a-failing-grade/73976</loc>
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<image:caption>Items left at a Kamloops Residential School Memorial in Vancouver, May 30, 2021.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Location of Death</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T20:52:58.126Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RUBENSTEIN: The mainstream media’s efforts to tell the truth about Canada’s Indian Residential Schools deserve a failing grade</news:title>
<news:keywords>Opinion, Indigenous, Mainstream Media, Residential Schools, Opinion, Hoax, Opinion Column, 215 unmarked graves</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/flag-flap-tories-table-made-in-canada-flag-act-to-require-origin-labels-on-canadian-standard/73975</loc>
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<image:caption>Canadian flag at a Free Iran protest in Vancouver</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T20:43:10.546Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>FLAG FLAP: Tories table Made in Canada Flag Act to require origin labels on Canadian standard

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<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Cdnpoli, Doug Shipley, Canadian Flags, Made in Canada Flag Act</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/analysis-ford-government-closes-spring-session-after-legislative-wins-and-political-setbacks/73974</loc>
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<image:caption>The Sir John A. Macdonald Statue at Queen’s Park, Toronto</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T20:31:38.154Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>ANALYSIS: Ford government closes spring session after legislative wins and political setbacks</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Ontario, Doug Ford, Legislature, Marit Stiles, John Fraser, Spring Session, Queens park</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/university-of-alberta-offers-taxpayer-funded-phd-in-trans-ai-policy-futures/73949</loc>
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<image:caption>University of Alberta, Trans AI policy futures</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T20:28:06.261Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>University of Alberta offers taxpayer-funded PhD in 'trans AI policy futures'</news:title>
<news:keywords>News, Canadian, Alberta, University Of Alberta, Alberta Education, Federal Funding, #abpoli, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, feds spending, PhD in 'trans AI policy futures', PhD in trans AI policy futures, PhD in 'trans AI policy futures' at university of alberta, trans AI studies university of Alberta, ab government spending</news:keywords>
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