In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that Canada will create a $25-billion sovereign wealth fund to pay for so-called major projects. He also looks at the Egg Farmers of Canada calling supply management a national security issue, Shell’s $22-billion purchase of Calgary-based ARC Resources, Conservative demands for answers over the $300-million PrescribeIT boondoggle, and King Charles’ planned U.S. visit as a White House correspondence dinner suspect heads to court.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers two former federal officials tied to the ArriveCAN scandal losing their legal challenge over an internal investigation into the program, which ballooned from an expected $6 million to $59 million. He also looks at Canada Post’s plan to eliminate 30,000 jobs after losing $1.6 billion last year, the Privy Council Office spending $6 million on consultants despite having more than 300 staff, B.C.’s $370,000 in executive vehicle leases, and reports that Ottawa is considering a new pipeline route from Alberta through southern British Columbia to the Port of Vancouver.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor breaks down a new report warning that more than two million foreigners will be living temporarily in Canada this year. He also covers Alberta’s possible shift on daylight saving time, Dana White stepping in to help the young girl wounded in the Tumbler Ridge shooting get treatment in the United States, and fresh polling shows more party supporters want Pierre Poilievre replaced.

Dave Naylor breaks down the latest headlines in this Western Standard News Update, from Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government buying a $29 million private jet, to Canada Post ending door-to-door delivery for 136,000 households. He also covers the Liberals taking dairy supply management off the table in U.S. trade talks, a media union pushing for online censorship of criticism against journalists, and a look at identical twin hockey prospects from the Okanagan who could both go in the first round of the NHL Draft.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the latest headlines from across Canada. Naylor looks at the Liberal government spending $1.2 million on a project giving cameras to gay homeless veterans for an art exhibit. He also covers the backlash and sales surge surrounding actress Sydney Sweeney’s latest American Eagle campaign, a massive recall of 7-Eleven sandwiches across Alberta and British Columbia, Alberta’s new law tightening vaping rules, the UCP throwing out an electoral boundaries report and ordering a new one, and U.S. President Donald Trump approving permits for a Calgary-based Enbridge pipeline between Canada and the United States.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the latest headlines from across Canada. Naylor looks at infighting in the BC Conservative leadership race, which one report says looked like an all-out WWE brawl. He also covers backlash after the deputy minister of defence allegedly helped a relative land an $80,000-a-year government job they were not qualified for, a massive recall of 7-Eleven sandwiches across Alberta and British Columbia, Alberta’s new law tightening vaping rules, and growing questions about what could happen inside British Columbia’s NDP if Premier David Eby steps down.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the latest headlines from across Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will remove the federal gas tax next week as fuel prices climb amid the Iran war, a move expected to save consumers 10 cents a litre. Naylor also looks at a deputy minister facing backlash for an ethics breach tied to helping a relative land an $80,000-a-year government job, an RCMP warning in Lloydminster after five overdoses linked to tainted drugs, Alberta’s new law tightening vaping rules, and growing questions around what could happen to British Columbia’s NDP if Premier David Eby steps down.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the CRA spending $202,000 on a poll confirming Canadians do not like filing taxes. He also looks at Donald Trump taking aim at Pope Leo, the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation calling for MP recall legislation after Pierre Poilievre backed the idea, and Deputy Defence Minister Christiane Fox refusing to resign after an ethics violation tied to a government hiring scandal.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the CRA spending $202,000 on a poll confirming Canadians do not like filing taxes. He also looks at Donald Trump taking aim at Pope Leo, the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation calling for MP recall legislation after Pierre Poilievre backed the idea, and Deputy Defence Minister Christiane Fox refusing to resign after an ethics violation tied to a government hiring scandal.

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the CRA spending $202,000 on a poll confirming Canadians do not like filing taxes. He also looks at Donald Trump taking aim at Pope Leo, the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation calling for MP recall legislation after Pierre Poilievre backed the idea, and Deputy Defence Minister Christiane Fox refusing to resign after an ethics violation tied to a government hiring scandal.