Western Standard - February 24, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Canada face privacy collapse as Fed expand surveillance ｜ 24 Feb 2026


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Two snowmobilers are dead after their snowmobile broke through the ice on Charleotte Lake in BC in what police say was a tragic accident that went undiscovered for days. A new report from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is warning that Canada is facing a privacy collapse as Ottawa moves to dramatically expand its surveillance powers through proposed federal legislation.

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00:00:00.000 from the western standard here's your news update i'm your host leah mushet and here's what you
00:00:12.720 need to know two people are dead after their snowmobiles broke through the ice on charlotte
00:00:19.120 lake in bc in what police say was a tragic accident that went undiscovered for days
00:00:25.040 according to anaheim lake rcmp officers received a report on february 20th that two snowmobilers
00:00:33.360 hadn't been seen since february 17th the ontario court of appeal has dismissed a charter challenge
00:00:41.080 brought by a retired canadian forces veteran named master warren officer jeffrey eveley who was
00:00:48.180 arrested while attempting to stand guard at ottawa's national war memorial during the 2022 freedom
00:00:54.260 convoy protest a new report from the justice center for constitutional freedoms is warning
00:01:01.200 that canada is facing a privacy collapse as ottawa moves to dramatically expand its surveillance
00:01:07.560 powers through proposed federal legislation the report titled privacy collapse canada's expanding
00:01:14.760 surveillance state was authored by former western standard opinion editor nigel hannaford
00:01:21.280 the federal government marked the fourth anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine tuesday
00:01:29.620 with new military assistance and additional sanctions targeting russia's energy sector and shipping
00:01:36.600 network prime minister mark carney announced canada will provide 2 billion in military aid to ukraine
00:01:43.260 over the next year alongside 400 armored vehicles requested by ukrainian authorities
00:01:49.420 and that's it for now join us next time for more western standard news updates
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