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Independence Week
The Pipeline

WATCH: Independence Week

Derek Fildebrandt
1 min read
Former premiers Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley speaking to reporters about Alberta's upcoming independence referendum question.
Opinion

ANDRUS: ‘Kenney should be the one ejected’ — readers blast former premier over independence ejection comments

Josh Andrus
4 min read
Vote option 2 on question 10
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WATCH LIVE: Choose Option 2 on Question 10

Western Standard News Services
1 min read
Alberta Referendum Voting Station
Opinion

LYTLE: The inefficiency of Elections Alberta’s referendum voting process

Murray Lytle
4 min read
David Eby and other leaders speaking at a press conference in Tumbler Ridge.
Opinion

ZOLTAN: Transgender pronouns outweigh the facts

Alex Zoltan
3 min read
BC Premier David Eby arrives for a speech at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver, Sept. 18, 2026. Mayors and councillors pleaded with him not to call a provincial election as their four-year terms come to an end, and days later he did.
Opinion

FLETCHER: David Eby’s $10-a-day daycare subsidy trips him up before debate

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
Jason Kenney Splitting the Right
Opinion

MACLEOD: Kenney united the Right — now he wants to decide who belongs

Colin MacLeod
4 min read
Can Alberta lead?
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WATCH: Can Alberta lead a new vision for Canada?

Western Standard News Services
1 min read
Mark Carney
Opinion

HANNAFORD: Carney’s 'choose prosperity’ Thanksgiving illusion — we have tried, sir, we have tried

Nigel Hannaford
2 min read
A masked individual pours water on the head of Dr. Tom Flanagan at a residential school campus discussion.
Opinion

FLANAGAN: When universities surrender to ‘Loudmouth’ and ‘Waterboy’

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
Orphan Wells
Opinion

WS: Alberta’s orphan well crisis has a regulator problem

Western Standard Guest Columnist
6 min read
October 19 Referendum
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NEWELL: October 19 is creeping closer — get ready

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Chief Maureen Brown shoots the flaming arrow as part of the opening ceremonies at the community's annual Opaskwayak Indigenous Days celebration, the first woman to do so. Cory Morgan makes the case that Western independence would work well for Indigenous people
Opinion

MORGAN: Carney must tell indigenous chiefs where to go

Cory Morgan
3 min read
West Coast Pipeline and Carbon Capture
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GREEN: West Coast pipeline gets green light with potential ‘carbon capture’ risks

Western Standard Guest Columnist
2 min read
Net Zero Illusion
Opinion

LYTLE: The net zero illusion — Canada's self-destructive climate policy

Murray Lytle
3 min read
Mark Carney vs Donald Trump
Opinion

QUESNEL: The anti-American trap is ruining Canada

Joseph Quesnel
3 min read
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