Western Standard - January 09, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ 09 Jan 2026

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Donald Trump Dave Naylor Mark Carney
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

123.2

Word count

237

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Summary

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A report out Friday shows Alberta insurance companies lost $1.2 billion last year, as payouts came in 18% over premiums in the last federal election campaign. Calgary homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a woman in her 80s in the Canyon Meadows community, and President Donald Trump says he could bomb mainland Mexico to try and take out the cartels flooding the US with drugs.

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00:00:00.000 from the Western Standard here's your news update I'm your host Western
00:00:09.600 Standard chief editor Dave Naylor and here's what you need to know a report
00:00:15.040 out Friday shows Alberta insurance companies lost 1.2 billion dollars last
00:00:20.040 year as payouts came in 18% over premiums in the last federal election
00:00:27.360 campaign liberal leader Mark Carney vowed to cut the civil service by ten
00:00:31.680 percent but new figures from the parliamentary budget office shows cuts
00:00:36.420 are coming nowhere near the ten percent level Calgary police homicide detectives
00:00:42.960 are investigating the suspicious death of a woman in her 80s in the Canyon Meadows
00:00:47.700 community and President Donald Trump says he could bomb mainland Mexico to try and
00:00:54.960 take out the cartels flooding the US with drugs and that's it for now join us
00:01:01.200 the next time for more Western Standard news updates you can follow us on
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00:01:12.060 Western Standard dark news have a great day you've heard the headlines you've
00:01:24.420 watched the narrative shift and you can feel it when the truth is being rewritten
00:01:29.160 in real time but not here we don't make the powerful comfortable we make them
00:01:35.100 answer no scripts no gatekeepers no permission needed if you're done with
00:01:40.860 polished spin and state-approved storylines stand with the voice of
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