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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as p...
Feb 21, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion....
Feb 21, 2025

Centre to End Trafficking in Persons opens in Calgary
The new Alberta Centre to End Trafficking in Persons (the Alberta Centre) opened in Calgary on Friday.The centre is the cornerstone recommendation of 'The Reading Stone,' a report released by the Albe...
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

Alberta shares anti-racism efforts outlined in second annual report
Alberta Immigration and Multiculturalism has released its second annual report, which highlights government actions taken over the past year to combat racism, celebrate diversity and advance the imple...
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