Western Standard - December 03, 2025


Western Standard News Update ｜ 3 Dec 2025

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Chrystia Freeland YouTube Music Danielle Smith Dave Naylor
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

122.05

Word count

262

Sentence count

17


Summary

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A 17-year-old Calgary High School student has been arrested for creating AI child porn images of his classmates. A Brooks RCMP officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with assault and choking in an off-duty incident. A recall petition for Premier Daniel Smith has been declared successful and the Premier will face a possible recall vote. A Calgary-de-Banf hydrogen rail line has been proposed to the Canada Major Projects Office on Wednesday. Canada Border Services Agency says 726 foreign criminals are on the loose in the country. That s among the 33,000 immigrants that they have lost track of. The Governor-General is offering tax credits to corporations to help them build a skating pavilion on Rideau Park lawns in Ottawa. The Department of Finance has admitted that a cost-benefit analysis before imposing a luxury tax on boats and cars was not completed. And the JCCF has launched a Canada-wide campaign urging all provinces to adopt what Alberta did recently and bring in legislation that restores professional regulators to their proper role of overseeing competence, not free speech.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.320 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:13.980 A 17-year-old Calgary High School student has been arrested by alert for creating AI child porn images of his classmates.
00:00:23.940 A Brooks RCMP officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with assault and assault by choking in an off-duty incident.
00:00:35.940 A recall petition for Premier Daniel Smith's writing has been declared successful, and the Premier will face a possible recall vote.
00:00:45.820 A Calgary-de-Banf hydrogen rail line has been proposed to the Canada Major Projects Office on Wednesday.
00:00:55.100 Canada Border Services Agency says 726 foreign criminals are on the loose in the country.
00:01:03.220 That's among the 33,000 immigrants that they have lost track of.
00:01:07.640 The Governor-General is offering tax credits to corporations to help them build a skating pavilion on Rideau Park lawns in Ottawa.
00:01:18.680 The Department of Finance has admitted that a cost-benefit analysis before imposing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's luxury tax on boats and cars was not completed.
00:01:30.420 It's a tax the Liberals intend to repeal.
00:01:33.140 And the JCCF has launched a Canada-wide campaign urging all provinces to adopt what Alberta did recently and bring in legislation that restores professional regulators to their proper role of overseeing competence, not free speech, by their members.
00:01:52.240 And that's it for now.
00:01:54.140 Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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00:02:03.480 And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news.
00:02:07.460 Have a great day.