Western Standard - March 09, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Oil prices surged to $119 as Iran conflict continues ｜ 09 Mar 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

100.11565

Word count

202

Sentence count

13


Summary

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As the Gulf War goes on unabated, oil prices Monday morning spiked at $119 a barrel. MPs are demanding documents on a $231 million wind farm in Nova Scotia that's linked to Liberal insiders. Prime Minister Mark Carney has called three by-elections for April 13th. If the Liberals sweep all three, they will have a majority government. And Canada is set to cross a grim milestone: 100,000 dead through medically assisted dying.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update. I'm your host, Western Standard Chief
00:00:10.240 Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know. As the Gulf War goes on unabated,
00:00:17.160 oil prices Monday morning spiked at $119 a barrel. If it stays above $90 a barrel for 20 trading days,
00:00:26.040 the province of Alberta will drop its fuel tax of 13 cents a litre.
00:00:32.200 MPs are demanding documents on a $231 million wind farm in Nova Scotia
00:00:38.240 that's linked to Liberal insiders.
00:00:41.600 Prime Minister Mark Carney has called three by-elections for April 13th.
00:00:46.320 Two of the ridings are in Toronto and the third is in Quebec.
00:00:50.120 If the Liberals sweep all three, they will have a majority government.
00:00:53.580 And Canada is set to cross a grim milestone
00:00:57.640 100,000 dead through medically assisted dying
00:01:01.480 We take an in-depth look on exactly how we got here
00:01:05.220 And that's it for now
00:01:07.940 Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates
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00:01:21.760 Have a great day
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