Western Standard - December 12, 2025


Western Standard News Update ｜ 12 Dec 2025

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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

99.05

Word count

251

Sentence count

25

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Also mentioned:
Michael McCoy YouTube Music Dave Naylor Mark Carney Whoo

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Misogyny

1

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The shockwaves are still reverberating around Ottawa after the defection of Toronto-area Conservative MP Michael Maugh to the Liberals. Canada Post has confirmed they have already spent the $1B bailout money received from Ottawa recently, and now they need more cash to keep operating. And in the Lower mainland, all eyes are on the skies as another atmospheric river is set to hit the area on Sunday and Monday.

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.140 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:15.080 The shockwaves are still reverberating around Ottawa after the defection of Toronto-area
00:00:20.800 Conservative MP Michael Maugh to the Liberals.
00:00:24.060 The move leaves Prime Minister Mark Carney only one seat short of the majority.
00:00:28.320 Canada Post has confirmed they have already spent the $1 billion bailout money received
00:00:34.760 from Ottawa recently, and now they're going to need more cash to keep operating.
00:00:41.560 Ottawa has admitted it has paid out $6.6 million mistakenly under its new national dental plan.
00:00:51.360 And in the lower mainland, all eyes are on the skies as another atmospheric river is set
00:00:57.620 to hit the area on Sunday and Monday.
00:01:00.780 The area is already dealing with flooding and road blockages from rain earlier this week.
00:01:08.120 And that's it for now.
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