Western Standard - June 08, 2026


Western Standard News Update | Bill C-8 becomes law after Senate privacy changes | 8 Jun 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

94.95

Word count

195

Sentence count

15


Summary

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Western Standard has done a deep dive into the Alberta Highest Court, the Court of King s Bench. We look at the top 10 Liberal Party donors who are now sitting on it. In a Western Standard exclusive, the federal Indigenous Department admits that it has no contact with any of BC s First Nations. The Competition Bureau is seeking Sobe lease records in a grocery store market antitrust probe. Alta spent $1.6 million advertising a rail project that doesn t exist. Bill 8 the cyber security bill has become law. After getting through the Senate, the senate had privacy concerns and did some major changes to the bill.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.120 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.580 The Western Standard has done a deep dive into the Alberta Highest Court, the Court of King's
00:00:21.280 Bench. We look at the top 10 Liberal Party donors who are now sitting on it.
00:00:26.360 In a Western Standard exclusive, Federal Indigenous Department admits that it has no contact with any of BC's First Nations.
00:00:37.620 The Competition Bureau is seeking a Sobe lease records in a grocery store market antitrust probe.
00:00:46.860 Alto spent $1.6 million advertising a rail project that doesn't exist.
00:00:52.180 and bill 8 the cyber security bill has become law after getting through the senate
00:01:00.000 the senate had privacy concerns and did some major changes to the bill
00:01:04.660 and that's it for now join us the next time for more western standard news updates
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