Western Standard - December 10, 2025


Western Standard News Update ｜ 10 Dec 2025


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

136.85771

Word Count

277

Sentence Count

22

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

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Bill 9 has passed through the Alberta legislature, banning trans people from competing in girls' sports, pronoun changes for school kids without parental consent, and gender-changing surgery for children. A teacher at Edmonton's Hilwe Hamdon School is facing child exploitation charges after carrying on a sexually explicit online chat with a student for at least two years. A new poll by Angus Reid shows a large number of families are struggling this Christmas, and a Department of Industry deputy head has admitted lying to MPs over the $15 billion deal with Stellans.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.820 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:15.080 Bill 9 has passed through the Alberta legislature.
00:00:18.480 It will ban trans people from competing in girls' sports,
00:00:22.060 pronoun changes for school kids without parental consent,
00:00:25.640 and gender-changing surgery for children.
00:00:30.000 A teacher at Edmonton's Hilwe Hamdon School is facing child exploitation charges
00:00:36.240 after carrying on a sexually explicit online chat with a student for at least two years.
00:00:42.840 Hamdon is a kindergarten to grade 9 school.
00:00:47.200 BC Conservative MLA Carrie Lynn Finley is the first to announce her candidacy
00:00:52.180 to replace ousted party leader John Rustad.
00:00:57.640 Bah, humbug.
00:01:00.000 A new poll by Angus Reid shows a large number of families are struggling this Christmas.
00:01:06.380 And a Department of Industry deputy head has admitted lying to MPs over the $15 billion deal with Stellantis.
00:01:14.780 And that's it for now.
00:01:18.600 Join us next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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00:01:54.100 And then in…
00:01:56.360 tiger,
00:01:57.120 and I am waiting for more information,
00:01:58.280 let me say nothing here…
00:01:58.740 And well,
00:01:59.940 let me see specific questions,