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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/coast-guard-eyes-drones-as-24b-budget-counts-toward-nato-defence-spending/77661</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Canadian Armed Forces CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and Coast Guard vessel during a search and rescue operation in British Columbia waters. File photo illustrating the type of assets used in the Strait of Georgia charter boat incident near Sea Island.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/forseth-the-true-cost-of-ebys-deficits/77704</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Growing BC Debt]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Eby's Deficits]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/declassified-records-show-chrétien-cabinet-blamed-deinstitutionalization-for-homelessness/77585</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien (source: CBC)]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/letters-what-price-canada-canada-an-obituary/77733</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Canadian Flag]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-10T14:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/deep-dive-a-riding-by-riding-analysis-the-abbotsford-arc/77567</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Abbotsford-Mission under the 2023 redistribution. The Fraser splits the riding. Mission, West Heights and Hatzic sit on the north bank, with Hatzic Lake at the northeast corner. South of the river the district takes the Sumas Mountain bench, Clayburn and a southern finger toward Marshall Rd. Abbotsford West is the neighbour on the Matsqui side. Abbotsford South sits below. Chilliwack North is to the east. Sheet scale 1:70,000.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Abbotsford South
Abbotsford South under the 2023 redistribution. The riding hugs the Canada-US line from Huntingdon and the Sumas crossing east toward the Vedder Canal, and takes the city grid north of that line, including South Fraser Way. Abbotsford-Mission is the neighbour over Sumas Mountain. Abbotsford West is to the west. Langley-Abbotsford meets it on the southwest. Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and Chilliwack North are to the east. Sheet scale 1:115,000. Inset A covers the urban core.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Abbotsford West under the 2023 redistribution. The Fraser is the northern wall. Matsqui, Mount Lehman, Bradner and Gifford sit inside the lines, with Mt. Lehman Rd. and Bradner Rd. as the spine and Highway 1 along the south. Abbotsford-Mission is across the river and on the east. Abbotsford South is the neighbour below Clearbrook. Langley-Abbotsford takes the ground west of Bradner Rd. Sheet scale 1:72,000. Inset A covers the southern urban edge.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Langley-Abbotsford under the 2023 redistribution. The riding runs from the Abbotsford farmland west of Bradner Rd. through Aldergrove and Murrayville to the Langley grid, with 0 Ave. on the Canada-US line and Highway 13 as the Aldergrove port of entry. Fraser Highway crosses it. Abbotsford West and Abbotsford South are the eastern neighbours. Langley-Willowbrook and Langley-Walnut Grove are to the west. Sheet scale 1:110,000.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Chilliwack-Cultus Lake under the 2023 redistribution. The riding sits south of Highway 1, from Yarrow and Vedder Crossing through Promontory to Cultus Lake and the Canada-US line. Cultus Lake Provincial Park is inside the lines. The Vedder River and Vedder Canal mark the west. Abbotsford South is the western neighbour. Chilliwack North is north of Highway 1. Fraser-Nicola is to the east. Sheet scale 1:275,000. Inset A covers the Vedder urban grid.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Abbotsford-area cluster. Left to right: Bruce Banman, Conservative, Abbotsford South; Pam Alexis, NDP, Abbotsford-Mission; Korky Neufeld, Conservative, Abbotsford West; Á’a:líya Warbus, Conservative, Chilliwack-Cultus Lake; Harman Bhangu, Conservative, Langley-Abbotsford. Mount Baker and the Fraser Valley behind them. Western Standard photo illustration.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/brulotte-americas-quiet-40-trillion-debt-reset/77665</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ American Debt]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-10T13:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/could-canada-finally-get-a-navy-to-be-proud-of-a-look-at-the-potential-future-fleet-of-the-rcn/77600</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ AI-generated image by TKMS showing the Type 212CD submarine in the water ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rendering of what the Continental Defence Corvette could look like, the RCN is looking to obtain up to 20 of these ships to replace the Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A look at what the potential fleet of The Royal Canadian Navy could look like by the 2050s]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A rendering of the future River-class destroyer, the Royal Canadian Navy is expected to receive 15 of these warships]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/lucyshyn-calgarys-infrastructure-crisis-calls-for-a-new-approach/77690</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Calgary Infrastructure]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-10T12:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/alberta-referendum-scrutineers-limited-to-political-parties-as-third-party-advertisers-barred/77779</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ An Elections Alberta voting location sign at a mock demonstration of a referendum polling station. ]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-10T12:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/federal-passport-audit-redacts-findings-after-millions-spent-on-service-problems/77582</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Canadian Passport]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/macleod-ordinary-albertans-versus-the-political-machine-the-travesty-of-albertas-referendum/77692</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Referendum]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-10T11:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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