Western Standard - April 17, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Ford government buys $29 million private jet ｜ 17 Apr 2026


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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

122.82697

Word count

252

Sentence count

23

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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Western Standard News Update Premier Doug Ford will be travelling in style after his government bought a $29 million private jet for his use. Canada Post has released a list of 136,000 households across the country that will lose door-to-door delivery and be changed to community mailboxes. The Liberals say dairy supply management is not up for negotiations and trade talks with the U.S. Canada s top media union is asking for the Liberal government to censor online criticism of journalists and it could be the second coming of the Sedine twins. We take a look at the identical twin boys from the Okanagan who are both expected to go in the first round of the NHL Draft.

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.
00:00:14.580 Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be travelling in style after his government bought a $29 million private jet for his use.
00:00:23.120 The Canadian Taxpayers Federation isn't happy with him.
00:00:26.060 Canada Post has released a list of 136,000 households across the country
00:00:32.700 that will lose door-to-door delivery and be changed to community mailboxes.
00:00:39.040 The Liberals say dairy supply management is not up for negotiations and trade talks with the U.S.
00:00:46.740 Canada's top media union is asking for the Liberal government to censor online criticism of journalists.
00:00:52.680 And it could be the second coming of the Sedine Twins 0.94
00:00:57.480 We take a look at the identical twin boys from the Okanagan
00:01:01.500 Who are both expected to go in the first round of the NHL Draft
00:01:05.420 And that's it for now
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