Western Standard - February 27, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Alberta Treaty Chiefs pass ＂non-confidence＂ against UCP ｜ 27 Feb 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

121.116615

Word count

269

Sentence count

27


Summary

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Bill Clinton is in the hot seat Friday as he testifies at congressional hearings into Jeffrey Epstein. Ontario MP Scott Reid has slammed a 90 billion dollar fast train proposal as insane. A Calgary man is in custody. Alberta treaty chiefs have passed a non-confidence motion against the UCP government over their handling of the independence issue in the province. And the RCMP and Lloydminster have put a dent in the illegal tobacco trade.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update. I'm your host, Western Standard Chief
00:00:10.240 Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know. Ontario MP Scott Reid has slammed a 90
00:00:17.520 billion dollar fast train proposal as insane. He said the Central Canada project would put
00:00:23.320 every family of four across Canada $9,000 in debt. RCMP and Lloyd Minster have put a dent
00:00:32.320 in the illegal tobacco trade after seizing a semi with 48,000 cartons of illegal smokes.
00:00:39.140 It has an estimated street value of $6 million. A Calgary man is in custody.
00:00:46.960 Alberta treaty chiefs have passed a non-confidence motion against the UCP and Premier Daniel Smith
00:00:52.820 over their handling of the independence issue in the province.
00:00:58.180 And former US President Bill Clinton is in the hot seat Friday as he testifies at congressional
00:01:03.520 hearings into Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files and
00:01:09.340 has flown in the disgraced financier's private jet dozens of times.
00:01:16.520 And that's it for now. Join us next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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