Western Standard - April 01, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Israel accuses Canada of foreign interference ｜ 1 Apr 2026

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Pierre Poilievre Jeremy Hansen YouTube Music Dave Naylor Maya Gabela
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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

128.49

Word count

264

Sentence count

18


Summary

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The little girl who suffered horrific injuries in the Tumbleridge school shooting has been moved into a recovery unit, Canada's prime minister has vowed to cancel a proposed $90 billion high-speed rail project in central Canada, and for the first time in half a century, man will head for the moon.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.160 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.200 Israel was accusing Canada of foreign interference after it slammed a decision to bring in the death penalty for Palestinians who murder Israelis.
00:00:22.840 Calgary's property taxes have been set at an 8.1% increase.
00:00:29.320 This comes after a whopping increase from the province in the educational part of the property tax.
00:00:36.080 Maya Gabela, the little girl who suffered horrific injuries in the Tumbler Ridge school massacre,
00:00:41.360 has been moved out of intensive care and into a recovery unit.
00:00:44.720 Conservative leader Pierre Polyev has vowed to cancel a proposed $90 billion high-speed rail project in central Canada
00:00:53.800 And for the first time in half a century, man will head for the moon later Wednesday
00:01:00.060 Artemis II, carrying Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, has set the blast off from Cape Canaveral at 4.24 Mountain Standard Time this afternoon
00:01:09.320 And that's it for now. Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates.
00:01:16.760 You can follow us on Spotify, YouTube Music, and Apple Podcasts.
00:01:21.960 And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news. Have a great day.
00:01:33.780 You've heard the headlines. You've watched the narrative shift.
00:01:37.320 and you can feel it when the truth is being rewritten in real time but not here we don't
00:01:43.960 make the powerful comfortable we make them answer no scripts no gatekeepers no permission needed
00:01:50.980 if you're done with polished spin and state-approved storylines stand with the voice
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