Western Standard - Western Standard News Update ｜ Ontario child sex assault suspect hunted ｜ 20 Aug 2026

00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.

00:00:08.220 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.

00:00:14.680 A Manitoba man is facing gun charges after he opened fire on fuel thieves on his property.

00:00:22.400 Publisher Derek Fildebrandt writes that the Federalists are cheating in Alberta's referendum for all the world to see.

00:00:30.000 A third woman in two weeks has been accused of lighting forest fires in British Columbia,

00:00:35.180 and you've got to see her picture to believe it.

00:00:39.160 Summerland residents have returned to a largely intact town after the Bald Range fire.

00:00:46.480 B.C. conservatives have replaced their party president in the latest shake-up.

00:00:52.580 We have an analysis on what to expect from the upcoming Quebec provincial election.

00:00:57.780 Police are hunting a suspect in a child sexual assault case

00:01:03.260 near Roundhouse Park in Ontario

00:01:05.440 And we have an exclusive on a prominent re-migration activist

00:01:11.640 who says Canadian officials may deny him entry

00:01:15.060 ahead of a nationalist conference

00:01:16.920 And that's it for now

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Western Standard - August 20, 2026