Western Standard News Update | Study shows parents skipping COVID shots for children | 7 Aug 2026

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a new Public Health Agency study showing most Canadian parents are skipping COVID shots for children, the Trans Mountain expansion driving record oil tanker traffic to Burrard Inlet, and a Canadian veteran facing a $24,000 repayment bill after years of federal overpayments. Naylor also looks at BC adding Bhangra to credit-earning cultural dances, Larry Brock announcing his resignation, the Supreme Court hearing a challenge to Alberta’s lawyer oath to the King, a second SickKids staffer charged in a child sexual abuse material probe, calls for the U.S. to offer refugee status to Jewish Canadians, restored refugee health benefits, and a major Calgary-Cochrane drug bust.