A Peterborough aviation company says it warned the Ontario government in 2009 about unfair bidding practices at the now embattled Ornge air ambulance service after it was shut out of a multimillion-dollar tender for the current fleet of Ornge helicopters.[...]

The $16 million so-called "Crystal Palace" in the Airport Corporate Centre that serves as headquarters of the ORNGE air ambulance service was built, in part, to lure in well-heeled foreign executives.

After months of reports about high salaries and financial questions at Ontario’s air ambulance system, the Liberal government has cleaned house at the provincial agency.