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

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.

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Western Standard - May 15, 2026