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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Major League Baseball]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Premier Danielle Smith (left) and Dr. Marit Brommer, CEO of the International Geothermal Association at the World Geothermal Congress in Calgary on June 8, 2026. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Premier Danielle Smith at the World Geothermal Congress in Calgary on June 8, 2026. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ social media platforms ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Treaty 8 First Nations leaders: Grand Chief Trevor MercredI (Centre)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Elections Alberta]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/fidel-castros-daughter-gives-half-answer-when-asked-if-trudeau-is-her-half-brother/74054</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Fidel castro holds Justin Trudeau on a trip to Cuba]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Castro's daughter gives "half-answer" when asked if Trudeau is her half brother]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/poilievre-to-pitch-stronger-alberta-within-united-canada-in-calgary-monday-afternoon/74058</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pierre Poilievre speaking]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-08T15:43:19.230Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/cybersecurity-bill-becomes-law-after-privacy-concerns-force-major-changes/74056</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sen. Denise Batters]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/exclusive-federal-indigenous-department-admits-it-has-no-record-of-contact-with-bcs-first-nations/74050</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Screenshot of the Access to Information request submitted by the Western Standard and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s (CIRNAC) response stating that it has no records responsive to the request for points of contact with British Columbia’s approximately 200 First Nations.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Haida Nation President Jason Alsop speaks at Premier David Eby's event in support of B.C.’s North Coast oil tanker ban in Vancouver Nov. 5, 2025. ]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/competition-bureau-seeks-sobeys-lease-records-in-grocery-market-anti-trust-probe/74055</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sobeys]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/alto-spent-16-million-advertising-rail-project-that-doesnt-exist/74053</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alto]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Steven Mackinnon speaking in Parliament Hill on 
Monday]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/top-ten-liberal-party-donors-now-serving-on-albertas-highest-courts/73939</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Justice Johanna C. Price. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Justice Johnna C. Kubik. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of Appeal  Justice Kevin Feth. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench James T. Neilson. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Kent J. Teskey.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Justice Robert A. Armstrong. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Justice Grant S. Dunlop. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Justice Michel H. Bourque. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Kent H. Davidson. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Kevin P. Feehan. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Western Standard has conducted a review of Elections Canada’s Federal Electoral Contributions Database to determine which current judges from Alberta's top courts have contributed the most donations to the Liberal Party of Canada.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-08T14:44:48.095Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/jay-hill-status-quo-federalism-or-independence/74051</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Jay Hill ]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-08T12:50:11.198Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/whissell-doug-fords-political-capital-is-running-out-and-his-mistakes-are-catching-up-with-him/74048</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Doug Ford ]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-08T11:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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