Western Standard - January 23, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Trump revokes Board of Peace invitation to Canada ｜ 23 Jan 2026

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YouTube Music Ryan Wedding Donald Trump Dave Naylor Mark Carney Kash Patel
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

111.96

Word count

230

Sentence count

27


Summary

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A former Canadian Olympian has been arrested in Mexico, Ottawa is quietly making plans to eliminate 40,000 civil service jobs, and U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked Prime Minister Mark Carney s invitation to sit on his so-called Board of Peace.

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.
00:00:13.820 Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympian who has been accused of running a multi-billion dollar cocaine empire, has been arrested in Mexico.
00:00:22.600 FBI head Cash Patel said the agency's hostage rescue team led up the arrest.
00:00:27.400 Ottawa is quietly making plans to eliminate 40,000 civil service jobs.
00:00:34.980 The civil service has ballooned from $257,000 to $367,000 between 2015 and 2024.
00:00:46.240 Federal executives received bonuses averaging $18,000 in 2024.
00:00:51.960 Ninety-seven percent of executives qualified for the bonus for achieving work goals.
00:00:58.100 And U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked Prime Minister Mark Carney's invitation to sit on his so-called Board of Peace.
00:01:08.800 And that's it for now. Join us the next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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