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Alberta surgical company's fees double public costs, according to AHS documents
EDMONTON - A private surgical company at the heart of allegations the Alberta government interfered to secure overpriced medical contracts was billing taxpayers more than twice as much per procedure t...
Feb 21, 2025

RCMP conduct board rejects claim that calling officers 'three amigos' showed bias
A police conduct board has decided not to recuse itself from a hearing for three British Columbia RCMP officers who are facing possible dismissal over alleged racist group chats. Wes Dutcher-Walls, a ...
Feb 21, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Liberal party kicks Ruby Dhalla out of leadership race
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada has kicked Ruby Dhalla out of the leadership race just days before debates in Montreal. The party's national director Azam Ishmael says the decision was unanimous ...
Feb 21, 2025

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over Presid...
Feb 21, 2025

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that ...
Feb 21, 2025

Canadian speedskater Dubreuil wins 40th World Cup medal with 500-metre silver
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI - Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil earned his 40th career individual distance World Cup medal with a silver medal in a men's 500-metre race Friday. Dubreuil finished with a tim...
Feb 21, 2025

Arrest warrant issued for junior soccer coach believed to have defrauded team
EDMONTON - An Alberta junior soccer coach believed to have vanished with thousands of dollars raised by his team's young players has a warrant out for his arrest. Edmonton police spokeswoman Carolin M...
Feb 21, 2025

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a "sinister" romance scheme, F...
Feb 21, 2025

Canada scores early and often in 22-0 drubbing of Dominica in CONCACAF U-20 qualifier
PORT OF SPAIN - Kaylee Hunter scored five goals and Natelle El Mokbel added four as Canada hammered Dominica 22-0 in CONCACAF U-20 women's qualifying play Friday. Lea Larouche and Kierra Blundell each...
Feb 21, 2025

Randy Boissonnault's former company ineligible for government contracts for 5 years
OTTAWA - The company that was co-founded by former federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault is now barred from doing business with the federal government until 2030. Global Health Imports was suspe...
Feb 21, 2025