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WATCH: Alberta independence gets messy
Western Standard News Services
3 hours ago
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Opinion
HILL: Alberta independence referendum — why a vote for Option 2 is a vote against Ottawa’s status quo
Western Standard Guest Columnist
10 hours ago
4 min read
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WATCH LIVE: Fighting the creation of data centres is cutting off our noses to despite our faces
Western Standard News Services
10 hours ago
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Opinion
OLDCORN: Ottawa’s Health Transfer threat could push Alberta toward independence
Christopher Oldcorn
11 hours ago
3 min read
Opinion
TOKEN LEFTY: Alberta doesn't need independence — it needs a national identity
Bridget Brown
16 hours ago
5 min read
Opinion
BURTON: Why Democratic Socialism is rising — and capitalists should blame themselves
Western Standard Guest Columnist
14 Jul 2026
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Opinion
MACLEOD: Elections Alberta's neutrality problem could overshadow independence referendum
Colin MacLeod
14 Jul 2026
4 min read
Opinion
CARPAY: Policing ‘Islamophobia’ is a threat to free speech
John Carpay
14 Jul 2026
3 min read
Opinion
ZOLTAN: Omar Abdul Singateh tortured a man — Canada's ‘catch-and-release’ justice system let him go on a crime spree
Alex Zoltan
13 Jul 2026
3 min read
Opinion
MORGAN: Independence bash at Ranchman's truly kicks off the referendum campaign
Cory Morgan
13 Jul 2026
3 min read
Opinion
MACLEOD: The chilling effect — why Albertans are afraid to speak freely in Canada
Colin MacLeod
13 Jul 2026
4 min read
Opinion
STIRLING: The ‘settled science’ on climate and renewables has fallen apart — carbon markets must collapse with it
Michelle Stirling
13 Jul 2026
4 min read
Opinion
KOCH / MASON: A unilateral declaration of independence and the 51st State? Ottawa’s Clarity Act could push Alberta there
Western Standard Guest Columnist
12 Jul 2026
5 min read
Opinion
DUR: The abortion pill supply chain next door
Western Standard Guest Columnist
12 Jul 2026
3 min read
Opinion
VARDHAN: Merit is losing to DEI in Canada's universities
Western Standard Guest Columnist
12 Jul 2026
4 min read
Opinion
MORGAN: If Canada must nationalize pipelines to build them — the country is broken
Cory Morgan
12 Jul 2026
4 min read
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