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ICYMI: March 3-9

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Mar 10, 2025
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How the UCP covered up police violence against the U of C Palestine encampment
Tl;dr According to handwritten notes obtained by The Orchard, during and after Calgary police violently dispersed a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Calgary on May 9, Chief Mark Neufeld s…
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For the Progress Report, I reported that one of the directors of two companies at the centre of allegations that the government pressured Alberta Health Services (AHS) to accept exorbitant contracts to operate chartered surgical facilities was AHS’s executive director of strategic contracting when he signed a contract for Shoppers Drug Mart to provide COVID tests for $42 a test.

At Alberta Native News, I wrote about Fort McKay Métis Nation’s surprise decision to leave the Alberta Métis Federation, which it helped found as an alternative to the Métis Nation of Alberta in 2020.


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