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Jason Kenney

SLOBODIAN: Can Jason Kenney lead the fight against Alberta independence — or is it just Kenney’s attempted political comeback?

Linda Slobodian

6 hours ago

5 min read

United Nations Headquarters

STIRLING: Canada voted to put Iran on a UN Human Rights Committee — why?

Michelle Stirling

10 hours ago

5 min read

Yes or no — the question Ontario’s Chief Firearms Officer refuses to answer

BERNARDO: Yes or no — the question Ontario’s Chief Firearms Officer refuses to answer

Western Standard Guest Columnist

13 hours ago

3 min read

Independence voting box

MACLEOD: Why a ‘Yes’ vote for Alberta Independence isn't radical — it's the only fiscally responsible choice left

Western Standard Guest Columnist

15 hours ago

5 min read

Jason Kenney

BRAR: British Columbia is Canada's conservative civil war — and the old guard is losing

Western Standard Guest Columnist

12 Apr 2026

5 min read

City of Calgary working on damaged section of the Bearspaw feeder main in northwest Calgary

WILSON: Why your next mayor should be an engineer

Western Standard Guest Columnist

12 Apr 2026

4 min read

Landback

RAMSAY: The tyranny of indigenous land acknowledgements and other compelled speech

Western Standard Guest Columnist

12 Apr 2026

4 min read

Danielle Smith speaking to reporters on February 20, 2026.

KAPLAN: Danielle Smith wants a referendum on temporary residents without showing Albertans the math

Western Standard Guest Columnist

12 Apr 2026

3 min read

Transportation Safety Board train crash Sept. 2, 2021

MORGAN: Canada's high-speed rail dream is just a Liberal slush fund in disguise

12 Apr 2026

3 min read

Pipeline demonstration

MACLEOD: Ottawa killed billions in Alberta projects — when does the province stop asking permission?

Western Standard Guest Columnist

11 Apr 2026

4 min read

Parliament Hill

AUBUT: ‘Liberal,’ ‘Conservative,’ ‘NDP’ — three labels that no longer mean anything

Western Standard Guest Columnist

11 Apr 2026

7 min read

Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney facing off on either side of an oil pipeline.

PINDER: Mark Carney claims he'll ‘Build Canada’ — but his climate conditions could break Alberta

11 Apr 2026

5 min read

Exterior view of a jail cell door

EYRE: Crime and punishment in Canada — how Gladue is harming women

11 Apr 2026

4 min read

Hatley Castle is the centrepiece of a former military college near Victoria that now operates as Royal Roads University. The property is part of a proposed treaty settlement with the Songhees Nation, now disputed by another group involved in treaty talks.

FLETCHER: BC's indigenous rights crisis — how Premier Eby voted for a law he can now neither fix nor escape

Western Standard Guest Columnist

11 Apr 2026

3 min read

Supreme Court of Canada

GIESBRECHT: Woke judges are forcing women to shower with men and stripping parents of their rights — this is what happens when courts go rogue

Brian Giesbrecht

10 Apr 2026

8 min read

China, United States, and Canadian flags

MACLEOD: While Ottawa plays with China — Alberta depends on America

Western Standard Guest Columnist

10 Apr 2026

5 min read

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