Western Standard - June 23, 2026


Western Standard News Update | Edmonton school janitor charged in child exploitation | 23 Jun 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

106.27

Word count

230

Sentence count

10


Summary

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A school janitor has been charged in a child sex investigation, Regina police say Islamic call-to-prayer loudspeakers meet all city noise bylaw requirements, the president of the Edmonton Elks says the team s rebrand from the Eskimos was "disastrous," the federal government has renamed the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program after an internal review, and watch as a Canadian census worker rages at a resident for not completing the questionnaire. And we'll be following the story on the Alberta suspect who drove to Montreal and opened fire on Monday.

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.
00:00:14.520 We have breaking news this morning, hearing that a Edmonton school janitor
00:00:18.920 has been charged in a child sex exploitation investigation.
00:00:23.000 Regina police say Islamic call-to-prayer loudspeakers
00:00:28.680 meet all city noise bylaw requirements
00:00:31.600 The president of the Edmonton Elks says the team's rebrand from the Eskimos was
00:00:39.060 quote, disastrous
00:00:40.400 The federal government has renamed the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
00:00:46.080 after an internal review
00:00:48.060 and watch as a Canadian census worker
00:00:52.480 rages at a resident for not completing the questionnaire
00:00:55.280 and we'll be following the story on the Alberta suspect
00:00:59.400 who drove to Montreal and opened fire on Monday
00:01:03.580 the gunman killed a Montreal police officer
00:01:06.880 and it appears a Montreal police woman
00:01:10.200 shot a civilian during the chaos
00:01:12.780 and that's it for now
00:01:16.020 Join us next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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00:01:25.880 And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news.
00:01:30.180 Have a great day.
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