Western Standard - April 17, 2026


Paul’s Pizza faces cancel culture over viral post


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2 minutes

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Word count

341

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20

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On this week's episode, the boys discuss the latest in the saga of Paul's Pizza and the people who have been trying to get him shut down for years. Also, the latest on the "Murdered, Murdered, Indigenous, LBTGQ, LMNOP+.

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00:00:00.000 We've got the latest on Paul's Pizza.
00:00:02.940 If you're not a regular reader,
00:00:05.360 the owner of Paul's Pizza put a fairly,
00:00:09.440 not very nice tweet out about the acronym,
00:00:12.580 Missing, Murdered, Indigenous, LBTGQ, LMNOP+.
00:00:17.360 Yeah, don't forget the ampersand.
00:00:18.520 And the ampersand, saying that he was gonna put a special
00:00:22.880 on anybody who identified as these crazy acronyms.
00:00:27.880 and it was pointed out that there first starts with missing and murdered indigenous women
00:00:33.080 to which he replied well i guess they're not getting the special then so it you know it blew
00:00:38.600 up in his face and the council crowd came out in mass they put fake uh reviews on on the site they
00:00:47.960 put fake stories about cockroaches in his kitchen they contacted his family one guy sent him pictures
00:00:55.320 of his his nephew and nieces because they doxed him uh they contacted charities that he gives to
00:01:02.360 i mean they put on the full court pressure so i kind of feel sorry for him well he kind of knows
00:01:07.800 what he steps into because it's not the first time and they've been trying for years to shut
00:01:12.120 him down i don't think they will this time i mean it's at this point where the hard left of verdry
00:01:16.760 and other areas there's a few branches of this restaurant already weren't going and uh now you're
00:01:22.280 You're just bringing more attention to a place, which I'll say it.
00:01:25.560 They got good pizza there.
00:01:26.640 Yeah.
00:01:26.920 It really is good food.
00:01:27.960 I mean, if it was crappy food, I wouldn't say anything.
00:01:29.540 I got one down near my place in South Calgary.
00:01:31.780 So I think I'm going to go on Saturday and show my support.
00:01:34.680 Yeah.
00:01:34.840 If you like like all meat pizzas where they just pack it thick with meat and then really brown that cheese on it.
00:01:39.620 That's what they do with theirs. 0.98
00:01:40.600 Like it's not healthy, but damn it's good. 0.98
00:01:43.180 I'm a ham and pineapple guy. 0.98
00:01:44.560 Ah, well, that's a separate discussion altogether.
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