Western Standard - February 05, 2026


Western Standard News Update | Toronto police officers face corruption charges | 5 Feb 2026


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

127.16609

Word Count

159

Sentence Count

13


Summary

9 Toronto police officers have been arrested and charged in a corruption investigation linked to the Ontario tow truck war, the Health Department has admitted its safe drug supply program has brought chaos to Canadian neighborhoods, nearly 1,900 businesses have been dropped from the federal government s Indigenous supplier list over concerns of fraud, Alberta Premier Daniel Smith says her government is looking at five possible routes for a new bitumen pipeline to Tidewater, and a new report shows the Calgary Stampede injected a total of 721 million dollars into the Calgary and area economies.


Transcript

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.
00:00:14.600 Nine Toronto police officers have been arrested and charged in a corruption investigation
00:00:19.640 linked to the Ontario tow truck war. The Health Department has admitted its safe
00:00:25.500 drug supply program has brought chaos to Canadian neighborhoods. Nearly 1,900 businesses have been
00:00:32.800 dropped from the federal government's indigenous supplier list over concerns of fraud.
00:00:39.300 Alberta Premier Daniel Smith says her government is looking at five possible routes for a new
00:00:44.000 bitumen pipeline to Tidewater. And a new report shows the Calgary Stampede injected a total of
00:00:51.500 721 million dollars into the Calgary and area economies.
00:00:58.480 And that's it for now. Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates.
00:01:04.300 You can follow us on Spotify, YouTube Music, and Apple Podcasts. And don't forget to visit
00:01:10.680 our website at westernstandard.news. Have a great day.