Western Standard - January 08, 2026


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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

105.63

Word count

267

Sentence count

32

People

Also mentioned:
Justin Trudeau Jeremy Farkas YouTube Music Donald Trump Dave Naylor Katy Perry

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the final results of a Cape Breton gun grab pilot program shows the entire thing should be scrapped. The Liberals have announced a $200 million program that sees the money given to Black-led organizations. And like a bad taste in your mouth that won t go away, there's a new set of photos of former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau canoodling on a yacht with his new flame, Katy Perry.

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.
00:00:13.860 Donald Trump's Energy Secretary says the U.S. will be selling Venezuela oil, quote,
00:00:19.400 indefinitely. Calgary Mayor Jeremy Farkas has tweeted the city could soon be out of water
00:00:26.140 after a catastrophic failure of a feeder line.
00:00:30.280 The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the final results of a Cape Breton gun-grab pilot program
00:00:36.520 shows the entire thing should be scrapped.
00:00:39.720 The Liberals had hoped to collect 200 firearms in the program, but they ended up with only 25.
00:00:47.500 The Liberals have announced a $200 million program that sees the money given to black-led organizations.
00:00:55.600 And like a bad taste in your mouth that won't go away,
00:00:58.620 there's a new set of photos of former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
00:01:03.080 canoodling on a yacht with his new flame, Katy Perry.
00:01:09.840 And that's it for now.
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