10 episodes

Join Shane and Patrick as they remove bias and sensationalism from the latest news from Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, and beyond. Delivered weekly with the context and information needed to put you on the right side of the news.

Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada Western Context

    • News

Join Shane and Patrick as they remove bias and sensationalism from the latest news from Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, and beyond. Delivered weekly with the context and information needed to put you on the right side of the news.

    The Monstrously Powerful

    The Monstrously Powerful

    Parks 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: 50:26
    For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

    • 50 min
    Contract Controversy

    Contract Controversy

    ArriveCan 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 detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

    • 50 min
    Staying Afloat

    Staying Afloat

    Calgary 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 detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Campus Chaos

    Campus Chaos

    Another 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 visit westerncontext.ca.

    • 54 min
    Third Time’s the Charm

    Third Time’s the Charm

    Canada’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 notes visit westerncontext.ca.

    • 50 min
    The Last Resort

    The Last Resort

    Trudeau’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 detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

    • 52 min

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