Western Standard News Update | Kamloops chief says search for the 215 may take decades | 26 Mar 2026

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the latest headlines from across Canada. UFC boss Dana White has offered to cover the medical expenses of a little girl shot during the Tumbler Ridge school massacre, while the chief of Kamloops First Nation says it could take decades to search for 215 allegedly buried children at a former residential school. Naylor also looks at Ottawa’s seizure of control over the Gordie Howe Bridge, Ontario’s new budget amid tariff pressure and Middle East tensions, and Canada reaching the two per cent NATO defence spending target for the first time since 2014.