Western Standard - February 06, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Ivermectin Back in the Spotlight as Nenshi Admits Use ｜ 6 Feb 2026

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YouTube Music Janice Irwin Nahid Nenshi Dave Naylor Mark Carney
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

122.19

Word count

268

Sentence count

33


Summary

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A small Saskatchewan church has won a court case where they were being taxed for holding bake sales. Alberta NDP MLA Janice Irwin is likely regretting a 2021 tweet where she pleaded with Albertans not to use the horse dewormer Ivermectin. Her party leader, Nahid Nenshi, revealed this week he is now taking the medication to help with a facial disease. And the Winter Olympics are underway in Italy.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.140 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.180 The Parliamentary Budget Office is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise
00:00:18.640 to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP will add $124 billion a year to the budget.
00:00:26.380 A small Saskatchewan church has won a court case where they were being taxed for holding bake sales.
00:00:34.580 Alberta NDP MLA Janice Irwin is likely regretting a 2021 tweet where she pleaded with Albertans
00:00:42.220 not to use the horse dewormer Ivermectin.
00:00:45.660 Her party leader Nahid Nenshi revealed this week he is now taking Ivermectin to help with a facial disease.
00:00:53.420 And the Winter Olympics are underway in Italy.
00:00:56.380 Follow along with our live blog of the opening ceremonies.
00:01:00.760 And that's it for now.
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