Western Standard - June 03, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ RCMP warn public after child sex offender released ｜ 3 Jun 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

123.93

Word count

280

Sentence count

19


Summary

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An Okotoks man has been charged after police found more than 500,000 child porn images on his computers. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will retain its KUSMA protections under a proposed new U.S. tariff regime targeting countries Washington believes are not doing enough to prevent goods made from forced labour. The Kearney government is moving to reverse a recent CRTC decision requiring major streaming services and Canadian broadcasters to contribute more money towards Canadian content, and two paddleboarders have been found dead after slipping off their equipment into Browning Lake near Squanish.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.140 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.800 Alberta RCMP are warning Red Deer County residents about the release of a convicted child sex
00:00:20.480 offender they believe poses a risk of committing another sex offense against a child. Police say
00:00:26.780 Kyle Soloway was released May 19 after serving a jail sentence for sexual interference.
00:00:34.060 An Okotoks man has been charged after police found more than 500,000 child porn images
00:00:40.700 on several of his computers.
00:00:44.300 Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will retain its KUSMA protections under a proposed
00:00:49.660 new U.S. tariff regime targeting countries Washington believes are not doing enough
00:00:54.700 to prevent goods made from forced labor. The Kearney government is moving to reverse a recent
00:01:01.260 CRTC decision requiring major streaming services and Canadian broadcasters to contribute more
00:01:07.740 money towards Canadian content, admitting that the policy could increase costs for consumers.
00:01:15.580 And two paddleboarders have been found dead after slipping off their equipment
00:01:19.580 into Browning Lake near Squanish.
00:01:23.920 And that's it for now.
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