Western Standard - Western Standard News Update ｜ Voters outside Alberta and Sask. lean further left ｜ 2 Jul 2026

00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.

00:00:07.880 I'm your host, Western Standard reporter, Alison Fraser, and here's what you need to know.

00:00:14.600 Outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada votes further left than California.

00:00:20.400 In an analysis done by Adam DeGrasse, host of the Army of Great Men podcast,

00:00:25.020 at an Albertans Day rally on Wednesday, where approximately 62.5 of voters outside of Alberta

00:00:32.180 and Saskatchewan supported parties generally considered left of center. In the 2025 federal

00:00:39.000 election, Alberta remains the country's most conservative province, with the Conservative

00:00:44.460 Party receiving approximately 63.5 of the popular votes. Saskatchewan followed closely at roughly

00:00:52.540 64.6%. Alberta opens applications for $1 million cancer research grants. Alberta researchers,

00:01:02.200 health organizations, and community groups can now apply up to $1 million in provincial funding

00:01:08.460 aimed at improving cancer prevention, screening, and early detection across the province.

00:01:15.820 A dramatic explosion inside an apartment complex electrical room in Tacoma, Washington,

00:01:21.660 send debris flying and foresee evacuation of multiple buildings Sunday evening.

00:01:27.720 According to the department, crews were dispatched at approximately 5.37 p.m. to an apartment complex

00:01:35.460 located at 6400 South and 12th Street after reports of smoke and an explosion

00:01:42.820 originating from an electrical conduit. A B.C. Supreme Court judge has convicted an

00:01:49.000 Abbotsford man of second-degree murder after rejecting his claim that he fatally stabbed his

00:01:54.680 wife during a sudden, emotionally charged confrontation only days after arriving in

00:02:00.520 Canada from India. Jagpreet Singh was found guilty in the March 15, 2024 killing of his wife.

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Western Standard - July 02, 2026