Western Standard - Western Standard News Update ｜ Auditors breached CBSA and accessed passport data ｜ 17 Sep 2026

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00:00:08.140 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.

00:00:14.200 Secret 1992 Cabinet records reveal the government of Brian Mulrooney was very concerned over rising Canadian immigration levels.

00:00:22.640 Pierre Polyev says Conservatives have found $150 billion in federal budget savings

00:00:30.400 Auditors were able to breach Canadian Border Services agencies' secure facilities, access passport data and confidential files

00:00:41.620 A snap election in British Columbia seems imminent after B.C. Premier David Eby named his campaign manager

00:00:48.580 B.C. Conservative leader Finley has refused to quit nine days before the by-election

00:00:55.740 Prime Minister Mark Carney has pitched freer movement and integrated markets under a new Canada-EU alliance

00:01:03.660 The U.S. Weather Service has started swapping Lake Ontario for Lake America

00:01:12.120 Manitoba has decided to adopt permanent daylight savings time

00:01:16.800 9-1-1 failed across Ontario overnight

00:01:21.520 as Bell probes the NextGen network fault

00:01:25.520 and an Alberta man has been charged

00:01:29.840 in a 2020 Burnaby Hospital arson

00:01:33.060 after a six-year RCMP investigation

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Western Standard - September 17, 2026