Here s your Western Standard News Update. Statistics show more than 16,000 Canadians died in 2024 for medically assisted suicide, the Governor General s office sought corporate cash to outfinance a multi-million dollar hockey rink in Ottawa, the RNCRP are being blasted for buying 973 Chinese-made drones which are now listed as high security risks and not for use in sensitive operations, the cost to replace them could hit 34 million dollars, U.S. President Donald Trump is giving an address from the Oval Office, observers expect he will be giving an update on pending military operations against Venezuela and Prime Minister Mark Carden is today addressing the Assembly of First Nations Annual Meeting in Ottawa.