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Western Context 377 – Still Nothing Going On
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - July 07, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating3 years later Lytton still hasn't been rebuilt, the UK Labour election win shows lessons for Canada, and Poilievre promises to repeal the online harms bill. Also, Historica Canada deletes the John A MacDonald Heritage Minute. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 58:08 For detailed show notes vi...
Western Context 376 – Nowhere is Safe
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - June 30, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Conservatives win a by-election in Toronto, Naheed Nenshi is crowned Alberta NDP leader, and William Shatner swears a lot in an attack ad on fish farms. Also, Harjit Sajjan played politics with the Afghanistan evacuation. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:25 For detailed show notes vi...
Western Context 375 – Catering in the Air
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - June 23, 2024 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDoug Ford calls for tariffs on Chinese EVs, an unknown group funds BC attack ads, and Bill C-59 reduces advertising transparency from companies. Also, Trudeau racks up a $223k catering bill on the Indo-Pacific trip. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 59:24 For detailed show notes visit wester...
Western Context 374 – Equal and Fair
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - June 16, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBC Premier David Eby is frustrated about immigration, a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister resigns, and Eby may join Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier against equalization. Also, Russian, US and Canadian warships all take a trip to Cuba. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 55:08 For detaile...
Western Context 373 – Compromised Canada
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - June 09, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe CRTC taxes 5% of streaming giants’ revenues, the UCP asks the public for input on auto insurance, and speed limit reductions in BC show the need for careful city planning. Also, Canadian parliamentarians could be compromised by foreign powers. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 52:51 For ...
Western Context 372 – Postal Problems
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - June 02, 2024 12:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Tk'emlups First Nation changes wording from mass graves to anomalies, conscription is proposed to fix Canada’s lack of patriotism, and Canada Post is losing around $1B annually. Also, Trudeau’s immigration policy is changing the future of Canada. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 57:14 F...
Western Context 371 – The Monstrously Powerful
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - May 26, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingParks Canada is spending $12M to eradicate deer on a BC island, the Trudeau Liberals want to relax citizenship guidelines, and the BC United and BC Conservatives won’t be making a deal. Also, the CPP has wasted billions of dollars through poor investing. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:2...
Western Context 370 – Contract Controversy
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - May 19, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingArriveCan contractors receive over $1B in federal contracts, Alberta will decentralize AHS at the end of the year, and cyberattacks threaten the BC government’s storage of information. Also, illegal border crossers can be given up to $224 per day. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:25 For ...
Western Context 369 – Staying Afloat
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - May 12, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCalgary repeals the single-use plastic ban, the Woodfibre LNG ‘floatel’ is rejected by Squamish council, and immigration is not filling the industries it needs to. Also, the CBC talks about polyamory while Canada’s fertility rate plummets. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:02:02 For detail...
Western Context 368 – Campus Chaos
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - May 05, 2024 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAnother Trudeau cabinet minister has a conflict of interest, the BC NDP wants to recriminalize drugs in public spaces, and the UCP looks to expand train service. Also, anti-Israel encampments spring up at Canadian universities. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 54:43 For detailed show notes ...
Western Context 367 – Third Time’s the Charm
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - April 28, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada’s new disability benefit gets massively underfunded, Alberta will be getting municipal political parties, and a carjacker in Victoria gets caught and released several times. Also, Poilievre visits an anti-carbon tax protest. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:06 For detailed show no...
Western Context 366 – The Last Resort
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - April 21, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTrudeau’s 2024 budget features billions in new spending, Champagne tries to lure foreign grocers to Canada, and Alberta keeps its default electricity rate. Also, the federal government halts the deportation of a law-breaking climate activist. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 52:31 For detai...
Western Context 365 – Downgrade Diplomacy
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - April 14, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBC gets another credit downgrade, Alberta battles the federal government over municipal control, and Trudeau’s South-East Asia trip cost $2M. Also, the CSIS director testifies that the Trudeau government did know about foreign interference. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 51:55 For detaile...
Western Context 364 – Intelligence Blackouts
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - April 07, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA majority of Canada’s premiers align against Trudeau’s carbon tax, BC sees open drug use in hospitals, and Edmonton’s rolling blackouts show Alberta’s energy vulnerabilities. Also, MP Han Dong’s testimony shows the extent of Chinese foreign interference. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 55:...
Western Context 363 – Buyback Boondoggle
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - March 31, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada refuses to sell LNG to another NATO ally, BC’s Haida Nation will have title over all of Haida Gwaii, and a third of gig workers would consider tax fraud. Also, $42m has been spent on Trudeau’s nonexistent gun buyback. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 58:17 For detailed show notes vis...
Western Context 362 – Antagonizing Antics
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - March 24, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Conservative non confidence motion against Trudeau fails, the Liberals want to move the election date, and the Alberta NDP does not legally exist. Also, the RCMP warns that Canadians may revolt against the government. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 49:33 For detailed show notes visit ...
Weestern Context 361 – Double Dipping
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - March 17, 2024 12:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlberta moves to allow municipal political parties, the auditor general fires government employees getting money on the side, and Canada pauses non-lethal exports to Israel. Also, Toronto Police give bad advice to deter car thieves. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 56:22 For detailed show n...
Western Context 360 – Safety First
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - March 10, 2024 12:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBC safe supply drugs are found in the hands of organized crime, we finally put the 2017 UCP leadership allegations to rest, and BC affordable housing is not going to intended buyers. Also, Canada restores its funding to UNRWA. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 56:59 For detailed show notes v...
Western Context 359 – Phony Pharmacare
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - March 03, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Liberals’ new online harms act includes heavy punishments, Alberta’s 2024 budget contains surprises, and the new pharmacare plan covers very little medications. Also, new documents reveal more on the Winnipeg lab scientist firings. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:03:32 For detailed s...
Western Context 358 – Guiding Our Future
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - February 25, 2024 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTrudeau and Singh reach a deal on pharmacare, BC’s budget introduces a flipping tax and lots of spending, and Danielle Smith wants to build up the Heritage fund. Also, the BC NDP wants us to stop using the term British Columbians. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 57:52 For detailed show not...
Western Context 357 – Roads and Radicals
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - February 18, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSteven Guilbeault says the feds will stop investing in roads, the Alberta government improves the childcare system, and BC suspends the license of a company that drives into highway overpasses. Also, ArriveCan costs even more money than we thought before. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 52:...
Western Context 356 – The Robinson Removal
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - February 11, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBell lays off more workers and asks for more money, a recall petition starts for Calgary’s mayor Jyoti Gondek, and Selina Robinson is removed from the BC NDP’s cabinet. Also, suspicious HSBC mortgages are fuelling the real estate crisis. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 56:32 For detailed s...
Western Context 355 – Equal But Separate
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - February 04, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDanielle Smith debuts Alberta’s parental rights policy, the BC NDP quietly makes changes to the Lands Act, and the Trudeau Liberals give $48M to UNRWA. Also, segregation is on the rise in Canadian universities. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:03:07 For detailed show notes visit westernco...
Western Context 354 – Pulp Manifesto
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - January 28, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA terrorist shoots up Edmonton City Hall, car thefts spike in Canada, and a federal court judge finds the use of the Emergencies Act unjustified. Also, a paper mill closing on Vancouver Island leads to investigation into a Chinese funded forestry giant. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:07:...
Western Context 353 – In The Cold
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - January 21, 2024 13:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada’s cold snap raises questions of BC Hydro’s future, Rachel Notley is stepping down as Alberta’s NDP leader, and even Liberal ministers agree that immigration is out of control. Also, an opinion piece questions Poilievre’s commitment to queer issues. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:1...
Western Context 352 – Plays and Parks
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - January 14, 2024 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTrudeau’s Jamaica vacation causes a conflict of interest, Canada’s immigration isn’t helping the job market, and Banff’s pedestrian zone gets nixed by the National Park. Also, a Victoria theatre cancels a play set in Israel after being vandalized. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 58:11 For ...
Western Context 351 – 2023 In Context
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - December 31, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe look at 2023’s news stories, including an Alberta election, changing BC political landscapes, and multiple crises like healthcare, housing and affordability getting worse. We also go over our favourite pictures, quotes, words and episodes of the year. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:14...
Western Context 350 – Immigrants and Intervenors
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - December 24, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada’s population increases like never before, the CBC writes fake news about Deena Hinshaw, and the Trudeau Liberals phase out gas car sales by 2035. Also, an investigation into Yuen Pau Woo reveals our cabinet may be compromised. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 54:51 For detailed show ...
Western Context 349 – Spring Smiles
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - December 17, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingUVIC’s equity hiring policy raises ire on social media, Alberta’s low income tax cut is nowhere to be seen, and the Liberals roll out the federal dental program. Also, Champagne looks at grocery competition to lower prices. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 52:10 For detailed show notes visi...
Western Context 348 – Hampered and Divided
Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada - December 10, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSpeaker Greg Fergus’ impartiality is put to question, COP28 highlights the opposition to Canada’s new emissions cap, and the BC NDP finish 2023 with a divided opposition. Also, the mainstream media completely ignores the foreign interference inquiry. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 59:35 F...
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