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

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. There's big news for country music fans,

00:00:17.040 as country star Luke Combs has announced an Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium show for next May.

00:00:22.680 The Mayor of Merritt is calling on Ottawa to intervene in reoccurring ER closures in British Columbia

00:00:31.140 Declapsified cabinet records show Canada was called the world's best prepared for any kind of pandemic

00:00:39.100 Heritage Minister Mark Miller flew to the UK to and sought briefings on the Labour government's

00:00:46.780 social cohesion plan. Canada's $90 billion high-speed rail project faces Parks Canada

00:00:55.160 concerns over the fact that it could affect the Rideau Canal. The Canadian gambler had his luck

00:01:03.220 run out. The federal judges upheld the seizure of $32,000 he said he made in Las Vegas winnings

00:01:10.500 at the Canadian border. Summerland re-entry is likely days to weeks away

00:01:16.780 as a local landfill fire water system

00:01:19.580 and infrastructure hurdles remain. ACERT has cleared an RCMP officer after a man

00:01:25.580 died

00:01:26.180 following a taser incident at the River Cree Resort.

00:01:29.380 And ACERT has also cleared RCMP officers

00:01:33.260 in an Urbanskin Cree Nation shooting.

00:01:35.620 And that's it for now.

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Western Standard - August 13, 2026