Western Standard - August 11, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Smith： Ottawa more Alberta-friendly without Trudeau,NDP ｜ 11 Aug 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

106.59

Word count

219

Sentence count

20


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.
00:00:14.660 There's no return home yet for thousands of evacuees,
00:00:18.580 as the Bald Range fire near Summerland remains active and unsafe.
00:00:22.540 Telefilm Canada is budgeting $1.5 million to build a pavilion for the Cannes Film Festival, despite Prime Minister Mark Carney's spending pledge.
00:00:35.560 Opposition MPs are seeking a lobbying probe into Prime Minister Mark Carney's $1.45 billion Vancouver condo bailout.
00:00:44.480 A former CMHC boss linked to a home equity tax study
00:00:50.380 has been named chairman of Build Canada Homes
00:00:53.360 Premier Daniel Smith claims Ottawa is more Alberta-friendly these days
00:00:59.300 because the NDP and Ottawa are gone
00:01:02.120 And the BC NDP is warning land transfers could total up to 24 million acres in the province
00:01:09.860 And that's it for now
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