Canada

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...

Sheldon Spackman 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

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

5.1 earthquake shakes Vancouver, Victoria and other southwest B.C. cities

VANCOUVER - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has shaken Vancouver, Victoria and other cites on B.C.'s southwest coast. Natural Resources Canada says the quake was centred 24 kilometre...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 21, 2025

After three years of full-scale war, Ukrainians call on Canada to help them carry on

OTTAWA - As Ukraine marks three years since Russia's full-scale invasion on Monday, people on the ground are calling on Canadians not to give up on their fight for freedom. Here are three perspectives...

Feb 21, 2025

Advocates urge Canada to suspend refugee pact with U.S. over fears of persecution

OTTAWA - Several civil society groups are calling on Ottawa to suspend a refugee pact with the United States over concerns for the safety of transgender and gender-diverse people. The Canadian Civil L...

Feb 21, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Crown says accused in Quebec daycare deaths not criminally responsible

LAVAL, Que. - The Quebec Crown says its expert has concluded that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a daycare should be found not criminally...

Feb 21, 2025

Indigenous kids in care more likely to experience poor health later in life: report

OTTAWA - Indigenous people who were in government care as children experience poorer health and socioeconomic outcomes later in life than those who were never in care, a new Statistics Canada report s...

Feb 21, 2025

Heiltsuk Nation written constitution passes with 67 per cent of votes

VANCOUVER - The Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on...

Feb 21, 2025