In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers the federal Liberals launching a $100-million steel shipping rebate, Natural Resources employees remaining unclear on Indigenous reconciliation despite years of training, and a Privy Council poll showing Vancouver voters are wary of an Alberta pipeline. Naylor also looks at an Okanagan information officer earning praise for calm wildfire updates, British Royal Navy drone boats reportedly sending military data to China, and a new poll showing Mark Carney with a wide trust lead over Pierre Poilievre.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a new Public Health Agency study showing most Canadian parents are skipping COVID shots for children, the Trans Mountain expansion driving record oil tanker traffic to Burrard Inlet, and a Canadian veteran facing a $24,000 repayment bill after years of federal overpayments. Naylor also looks at BC adding Bhangra to credit-earning cultural dances, Larry Brock announcing his resignation, the Supreme Court hearing a challenge to Alberta’s lawyer oath to the King, a second SickKids staffer charged in a child sexual abuse material probe, calls for the U.S. to offer refugee status to Jewish Canadians, restored refugee health benefits, and a major Calgary-Cochrane drug bust.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers an Alberta RCMP officer shooting a man after an armed domestic dispute in Fox Creek, seven beluga whales leaving Marineland for a new home in the United States, and a Newfoundland judge calling a four-year sentence too lenient in a drunk driving death case. Naylor also looks at a Liberal donor judge extending an appeal for a refugee facing deportation over drug trafficking and sexual assault charges, the BC Conservative political operations director stepping down, and a Canadian woman being ordered deported from the U.S. after slapping a teen over Trump-themed clothing.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a viral video of Ontario police traffic officers dancing in tight pants amid local crime concerns, Donald Trump targeting ExxonMobil and Chevron over profits during the Iran war, and a sexualized drag performance near children at Vancouver’s All Ages Pride Festival. Naylor also looks at severe flooding in Niagara, Environment Canada cutting government credit card limits amid fraud concerns, the end of the WestJet strike, and a deadly wrong-way crash on Calgary’s Stoney Trail that killed four people, including a child.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers WestJet issuing a lockout notice to flight attendants after a 72-hour strike notice, an RCMP drone and jet boat rescue near Chilliwack, and a deadly Stoney Creek shooting. Naylor also looks at a migrant surge into a Spanish enclave in Africa, Liberals blocking a Commons probe into the Gordie Howe Bridge toll deal, a major Abbotsford super lab bust involving guns and fentanyl, Interfor moving its headquarters from Burnaby to the U.S., and David Eby admitting he helped draft a statement opposing the Tilbury LNG expansion.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers an Alberta senator criticizing Tim Hortons’ Harry Potter merchandise plan and calling for Pride Timbits instead, Ontario accusing Ottawa of caving to a “fringe group” over Billy Bishop Airport, and the search for a missing 81-year-old BC hiker in Waterton Lakes National Park. Naylor also looks at Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment 111 times, FIFA World Cup security costs hitting $231 million, PetroChina considering selling its LNG Canada stake, a fatal Edmonton shooting, and federal executives receiving more than $201 million in bonuses despite missed performance targets.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers an incredible survival story after a hiker impaled himself with a trekking pole on Montana’s highest peak and still hiked 10 miles to safety. Naylor also looks at Ontario completing its Etobicoke transmission line under budget and on time, a Queen’s Park report on Doug Ford’s premiership, Ottawa’s $15-million monument to sexual minorities launching in August, and Saskatchewan spending nearly $300,000 on three large fake plastic rocks.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers wildfires raging across southern Europe, Alberta Health Services shutting down National on 17th in Calgary over a cockroach infestation, and gunfire hitting two Jewish-owned bakeries in Toronto. Naylor also looks at a deadly Seattle festival shooting, Ottawa still refusing to reveal the cost of the Gordie Howe Bridge toll deal as Trump demands more revenue, and police investigating a shooting outside the U.S. consulate in Toronto.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a Toronto bar losing its liquor licence after buying stolen booze from a nearby homeless camp, Elon Musk saying secure borders and safe cities are not far-right ideas, and Irish sex offender Kenneth Curtin being arrested again in Vancouver after walking away from his halfway house. Naylor also looks at Liberals rejecting public hearings on Canada Post cuts, a leopard entering an Indian liquor store, the Canadian Labour Congress accusing Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem of breaking anti-scab laws, Ottawa waiving reporting requirements on $12.1 million given to the Kamloops Residential School Tribe, and Mark Carney facing a House of Commons hearing over the Gordie Howe Bridge toll deal.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a $139-million Ontario drug bust tied to a South Asian cross-border trucking network, Quebec Premier François Legault saying supply management is “not negotiable” amid U.S. tariff threats, and a black bear stranded on a utility pole in New Mexico. Naylor also looks at Danielle Smith’s approval rebounding as David Eby’s drops following the Alberta-BC pipeline proposal, a Sikh man’s livestream comparing the kirpan to Americans’ right to bear arms, new cigarette warning graphics, and a major Ontario online child exploitation investigation with dozens arrested and 213 charges laid.