Western Standard - January 07, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ 07 Jan 2026

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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

122.58

Word count

253

Sentence count

22


Summary

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American Special Forces seize two oil tankers linked to Venezuela, a home in Toronto is targeted for the second time in 14 months, and an independent report into the catastrophic failure of a Calgary water main will be released Wednesday morning and presented to council later in the day.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.120 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:13.880 There was drama on the high seas Wednesday morning as American Special Forces seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela.
00:00:22.240 First, they captured a Russian-flagged vessel that was trying to escape from Venezuela between Iceland and Britain.
00:00:30.580 Then they seized a tanker in the Caribbean.
00:00:34.200 The organizer of a recall petition against UCP Calgary MLA Dimitri Nikolaitis is admitting the effort is likely to fail.
00:00:43.500 The petition has garnered 6,000 signatures so far, with another 10,000 needed in the next two weeks.
00:00:50.060 A home in Richmond Hill, Ontario, was targeted in a drive-by shooting for the second time in 14 months.
00:00:59.020 And an independent report into the catastrophic failure of a Calgary water main will be released Wednesday morning and presented to Council later in the day.
00:01:09.700 And that's it for now.
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