Western Standard - Western Standard News Update ｜ Declassified records show Canada most pandemic-ready ｜ 13 Aug 2026

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Transcript

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00:00:00 From the Western Standard here's your news update. I'm your host, Western Standard Chief

00:00:10 Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know. There's big news for country music fans,

00:00:17 as country star Luke Combs has announced an Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium show for next May.

00:00:22 The Mayor of Merritt is calling on Ottawa to intervene in reoccurring ER closures in British Columbia

00:00:31 Declapsified cabinet records show Canada was called the world's best prepared for any kind of pandemic

00:00:39 Heritage Minister Mark Miller flew to the UK to and sought briefings on the Labour government's

00:00:46 social cohesion plan. Canada's $90 billion high-speed rail project faces Parks Canada

00:00:55 concerns over the fact that it could affect the Rideau Canal. The Canadian gambler had his luck

00:01:03 run out. The federal judges upheld the seizure of $32,000 he said he made in Las Vegas winnings

00:01:10 at the Canadian border. Summerland re-entry is likely days to weeks away

00:01:16 as a local landfill fire water system

00:01:19 and infrastructure hurdles remain. ACERT has cleared an RCMP officer after a man

00:01:25 died

00:01:26 following a taser incident at the River Cree Resort.

00:01:29 And ACERT has also cleared RCMP officers

00:01:33 in an Urbanskin Cree Nation shooting.

00:01:35 And that's it for now.

00:01:39 Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates.

00:01:43 You can follow us on Spotify, YouTube Music, and Apple Podcasts.

00:01:48 And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news.

00:01:53 Have a great day.

00:01:54 you've heard the headlines you've watched the narrative shift and you can feel it when the

00:02:09 truth is being rewritten in real time but not here we don't make the powerful comfortable

00:02:16 we make them answer no scripts no gatekeepers no permission needed if you're done with polished

00:02:23 spin and state-approved storylines. Stand with the voice of Western Canada.

00:02:29 Join us today. Go to westernstandard.news.

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