Western Standard - March 06, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Ottawa faces questions on censoring Kamloops files ｜ 06 Mar 2026

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Dave Naylor
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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

95.03

Word count

223

Sentence count

12


Summary

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Ottawa has censored files on what happened to $12 million given to a Kamloops First Nation to investigate the alleged grave sites of 215 children at a residential school. Federal carbon taxes have forced Canadian Natural to put a hold on a proposed oil sands project in Alberta, the canadian Human Rights Tribunal has awarded an Alberta trucker $30,000 for harassment he suffered in the workplace after breaking his hand, the Canadian Union of Public Employees has told a senate hearing that artificial intelligence has already led to layoffs in Canada, and oil is now trading above $90 a barrel as a result of the Middle East war, which has caused an immediate increase in the price of gas at the pumps.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 from the Western Standard here's your news update I'm your host Western
00:00:09.620 Standard chief editor Dave Naylor and here's what you need to know Ottawa has
00:00:14.280 censored files on what happened to 12 million dollars given to a Kamloops
00:00:18.720 First Nation to investigate the alleged grave sites of 215 children at a
00:00:24.000 residential school so far no bodies have been found regulatory uncertainty and federal carbon
00:00:30.960 taxes has forced canadian natural to put a hold on a proposed oil sands project in alberta
00:00:38.000 the canadian human rights tribunal has awarded an alberta trucker thirty thousand dollars
00:00:43.360 for harassment he suffered in the workplace after breaking his hand
00:00:47.840 the canadian union of public employees has told a senate hearing that artificial intelligence has
00:00:52.880 already led to layoffs in Canada. And oil is now trading above $90 a barrel as a result of the
00:00:59.840 Middle East war. It has caused an immediate increase of the price of gas at the pumps.
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