Western Standard News Update Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Feds will remove its gas tax next week as prices continue to soar because of the Iran war. The Deputy Minister of Defence is refusing to apologise for breaking ethics violations to get a relative an $80,000-a-year government job they weren't qualified for. The RCMP is warning about a batch of tainted drugs after five separate overdoses on Monday. Alberta has introduced a new law to tighten rules on vaping in the province, and our British Columbia editor Alex Zoltan takes a look at what could happen within the NDP if Premier David Eby decides to step down.
00:00:00.000From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.120I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.600Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Feds will remove its gas tax next week
00:00:19.340as prices continue to soar because of the Iran war.
00:00:23.080The move should save consumers 10 cents a liter.
00:00:25.600The Deputy Minister of Defence is refusing to apologise for breaking ethics violations to get a relative, an $80,000-a-year government job they weren't qualified for.
00:00:39.920Lloyd Minster RCMP is warning about a batch of tainted drugs after five separate overdoses on Monday.
00:00:48.160Alberta has introduced a new law to tighten rules on vaping in the province.
00:00:52.900And our British Columbia editor, Alex Zoltan
00:00:57.380takes a look at what could happen within the NDP
00:01:00.180if Premier David Eby decides to step down