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Ex-provincial prosecutor rips former colleagues’ handling of his own extortion case
Former provincial Crown prosecutor Tim O’Brien says he was kept in the dark and treated with a lack of respect by his former colleagues in a case where he was the victim of extortion.
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Canada’s gas giant trims spending, citing ‘unusually volatile times’
Canada’s largest natural gas producer, Tourmaline Oil Corp. , cut its spending plans for the year, citing “unusually volatile times,” and said it could cut more if gas prices remain weak. The company trimmed $400 million from its 2026 capital budget — which now sits at $2.55 billion — after an unseasonably warm winter and…
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15,000 Canadians visited Vegas in a month after ‘at par’ dollar exchange promo: ‘Missing our Canadian friends’
A dollar-for-dollar Canada-U.S. exchange rate offer introduced by three off-strip Las Vegas casinos earlier this year resulted in more than 15,000 Canadian visitors in the first month of the promotion. The surge of Canucks escaping winter doldrums resulted in more than 2,700 bookings at Circa Resort & Casino, the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate…
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Federal research body in talks with University of Alberta to ensure EDI requirement compliance
Federal government lawyers have contacted the University of Alberta to make sure it’s meeting equity requirements for the country’s most prestigious professorships. It comes after the university proposed to remove equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy.
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Alberta road construction company charged with safety breaches after worker crushed
An Alberta road construction company is facing workplace safety charges nearly two years after one of their workers sustained life-altering crush injuries on the job.
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Trump’s new trade policy agenda has a clear message: expect more tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Expect more tariffs. That’s the rub from the 2026 U.S. Trade Policy Agenda, which U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer delivered to Congress this week. It lays out plans for U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade dealings this year, signalling that the Supreme Court ruling against his International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs…
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Poilievre to pitch natural gas development plan to Germany’s foreign minister
BERLIN — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will make his pitch for more Canadian natural gas exports to Germany to the country’s foreign minister while in Berlin on Thursday. In his first and only full day in Berlin, Poilievre is expected to attend a session of the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, and meet with various MPs…
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Canadian tourist in the U.S. accused of kidnapping and torturing a flamingo at a hotel
A Canadian tourist in Las Vegas is facing four counts of felony animal abuse after police say he stole a flamingo from a hotel and casino where he was staying, took the bird back to his room and injured it. Numerous local reports say the man, a 33-year-old from Ontario, was a guest at the…
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Posthaste: Canada loses to the U.S. again, but this time it’s not in the hockey rink
It looks like the United States will edge out Canada again, but this time it’s in an economic faceoff rather than on the hockey rink. Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 came in at 1.7 per cent compared with 2.2 per cent in the U.S., the third straight year that the U.S. has outperformed…
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Families of three former Liberal MPs linked to N.S. wind farm getting $231M from Ottawa
The company selling electricity from a Queens County wind farm that’s getting $231 million in federal funding is primarily owned by family members of former Liberal MPs. Roswall Development Inc., which owns the company that will be selling electricity from Mersey River Wind directly to consumers (Renewall Energy), is owned by the brothers of two…