Western Standard News Update ｜ 25 Nov 2025
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Summary
Prime Minister Mark Carney is booked in for a luncheon speech Thursday at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, as it appears he will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Alberta on a bitumen pipeline to northwest British Columbia. Pokemon fever has hit Ottawa, and the National Research Council is under fire after it paid $61,000 for a rooftop patio when the boss decided that she didn t want to have picnic tables.
Transcript
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From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
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I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is booked in for a luncheon speech Thursday at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce,
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as it appears he will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Alberta on a bitumen pipeline to northwest British Columbia.
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Check out our website for a video of a fight that happened in front of a local Ottawa store
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as crowds lined up to get the hottest new Pokemon card.
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Industry Minister Melanie Jolie is rumored to be off to Paris to become Canada's ambassador to France,
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as Trudeau-era cabinet ministers are starting to be cleared out.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's ties to Brookfield is under fire again,
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as it's received the financial giant owns 2,000 different companies.
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And the National Research Council is under fire after it paid $61,000 for a new rooftop patio
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when the boss decided that she didn't want to have picnic tables.
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