Western Standard News Update | PBO says cost to host World Cup will top $1B | 20 May 2026

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers Winnipeg police announcing the city’s largest-ever drug bust, with $37 million worth of cocaine, fentanyl and meth seized and 33 people arrested. He also looks at the Parliamentary Budget Office saying Canada’s cost to host the 2026 World Cup will top $1 billion, a Calgary councillor proposing low-income transit passes be limited to Canadian citizens, and a U.S. energy executive telling a Calgary conference that Canadian crude remains critical to America.