Western Standard News Update | Carney to face House hearing over Gordie Howe toll deal | 24 Jul 2026

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a Toronto bar losing its liquor licence after buying stolen booze from a nearby homeless camp, Elon Musk saying secure borders and safe cities are not far-right ideas, and Irish sex offender Kenneth Curtin being arrested again in Vancouver after walking away from his halfway house. Naylor also looks at Liberals rejecting public hearings on Canada Post cuts, a leopard entering an Indian liquor store, the Canadian Labour Congress accusing Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem of breaking anti-scab laws, Ottawa waiving reporting requirements on $12.1 million given to the Kamloops Residential School Tribe, and Mark Carney facing a House of Commons hearing over the Gordie Howe Bridge toll deal.