Western Standard - March 26, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Kamloops chief says search for the 215 may take decades ｜ 26 Mar 2026


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1 minute

Words per minute

100.26738

Word count

200

Sentence count

17

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Summary

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Latest episode of Western Standard News Update | Western Standard | Bringing you the latest news updates from across Canada. UFC boss Dana White has offered to pay the medical expenses of a little girl shot in the head during the Tumbleridge school massacre, the Chief of the Kamloops First Nation says it will take decades to search for 215 allegedly dead children she says are buried at a local former residential school, the federal government has seized control of the newly built Gordy Howe bridge between windsor and Detroit amid threats from Donald Trump, the government of Ontario will be bringing in a new budget in the face of tariffs and war in the Middle East, and Canada has reached the 2% NATO defence spending target for the first time since 2014.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard here's your news update. I'm your host Western
00:00:09.600 Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor and here's what you need to know. UFC boss
00:00:15.480 Dana White has offered to pay the medical expenses of a little girl shot 0.56
00:00:19.440 in the head during the Tumbler Ridge school massacre. The chief of the Kamloops
00:00:25.640 first nation says it will take decades to search for 215 allegedly dead children she says are
00:00:32.280 buried at a local former residential school the federal government has seized control of the
00:00:38.840 newly built gordy howe bridge between windsor and detroit amid threats from u.s president donald trump
00:00:47.640 this afternoon the government of ontario will be bringing in a new budget
00:00:51.720 in the face of tariffs and war in the Middle East.
00:00:55.740 And Canada has reached the 2% NATO defense spending target
00:01:00.560 for the first time since 2014.
00:01:05.160 And that's it for now.
00:01:07.120 Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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00:01:16.420 And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news.
00:01:20.640 Have a great day.
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