Western Standard - May 15, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Ottawa's full approval of West Coast pipeline by 2027 ｜ 15 May 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

98.92

Word count

201

Sentence count

19


Summary

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Ottawa has reportedly agreed to full approval of Alberta s West Coast Pipeline by September 2027, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with Premier Daniel Smith on Friday at the MacDougall Centre in Calgary to update a pipeline agreement, police have charged five people in Calgary for a violent Southeast Asian extortion-linked kidnapping, an attempted kidnapping of a little girl by a man in a bunny mask in Chilliwack was foiled when a parent intervened, and an out-of-control wildfire has forced the evacuation of a large area of Crown land near Sundry, just in time for the long weekend.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.120 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:15.000 Ottawa has reportedly agreed to full approval of Alberta's West Coast Pipeline by September
00:00:20.700 2027. Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with Premier Daniel Smith on Friday
00:00:26.360 at the MacDougall Centre in Calgary to update a pipeline MOU.
00:00:32.720 Police have charged five people in Calgary
00:00:35.160 for a violent Southeast Asian extortion-linked kidnapping.
00:00:40.780 An attempted kidnapping of a little girl
00:00:43.540 by a man in a bunny mask in Chilliwack
00:00:46.320 was foiled when a parent intervened.
00:00:50.880 Four people have been taken to hospital Friday morning
00:00:53.880 after a vehicle accident led to shots being fired in Airdrie.
00:01:00.060 And an out-of-control wildfire has forced the evacuation
00:01:03.460 of a large area of Crown Land near Sundry,
00:01:06.880 just in time for the long weekend.
00:01:11.260 And that's it for now.
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