Western Standard News Update | Conservative conference opens with a land acknowledgment | 8 May 2026

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers the latest headlines from across Canada, including controversy after Canada’s Strong and Free Network opened its Ottawa conference with a land acknowledgment, the latest developments in the BC Conservative leadership race, and an exclusive on former BC Conservative MLA Amelia Boultbee being stripped of her party membership. Naylor also looks at an RCMP bust of an illegal gambling ring in the Lower Mainland and an investigation in Chilliwack after an Indigenous mural was vandalized on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day.