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Smith calls on data centre proponents to work with her government to avoid issues and public backlash
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (546+ words) Western Standard...
Liberal government funds directory of ‘trustworthy’ Canadian news outlets
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (652+ words) westernstandard.news...
Poilievre heads to New York to promote Canada as Trump escalates tariffs
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (340+ words) TORONTO — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre left for New York Wednesday night to make the case for Canada as President Donald Trump answered Ottawa’s new counter-tariffs with fresh bans and 50% duties. A senior Conservative source told CTV News the trip carries…...
WATCH: Is Poilievre pushing Alberta conservatives too far?
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (100+ words) Western Standard WATCH: Is Poilievre pushing Alberta conservatives too far? Derek Fildebrandt, Cory Morgan, Nigel Hannaford and Dave Naylor discuss Pierre Poilievre’s push against Alberta independence, the Oct. 19 referendum and the risk of alienating Western conservatives. They also examine Mark…...
Edmonton police charge three in $336,000 drone drug trafficking plot targeting prison
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (365+ words) Western Standard Edmonton police have charged three people in an alleged scheme to use drones to smuggle more than $330,000 worth of methamphetamine and cannabis into the Edmonton Institution.The Edmonton Police Service said the investigation began in May 2025 after Correctional…...
Indigenous-led Alberta partnership launches $4.6 million oil sands water treatment project
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (548+ words) Western Standard...
Peel high-crime weekend leads to attempted-murder charge and a wanted carjacking suspect
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (244+ words) Western Standard TORONTO â Peel Regional Police charged a Mississauga woman with attempted murder after a Sunday stabbing outside a shelter, and are still hunting a man accused of stabbing a driver and another trying to take several vehicles the…...
Justice Centre challenges indigenous bylaws over warrantless searches and five-year banishments
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (539+ words) Western Standard...
Durham police deem Oshawa funeral home fire suspicious after total loss
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (172+ words) Western Standard TORONTO â Durham Regional Police say a fire that gutted a downtown Oshawa funeral home before dawn Monday is suspicious, after firefighters declared the building a total loss.Oshawa Fire Services was called just before 4 a.m after…...
IHIT identifies 85-year-old Burnaby man killed by stray bullet, urges youths to come forward
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (331+ words) Western Standard An 85-year-old Burnaby man was killed inside his own home after being struck by a stray bullet from a shooting about a block away, according to homicide investigators.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) identified the victim Tuesday…...