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[published_date] The smile was wiped from Jordyn Huitema's face as quick as the forward's stride on a soccer pitch. She was discussing her and the Canadian national women's team's long-standing rivalry with the United States when a Toronto reporter asked Huitema about being victim to a home invasion last month. With a night off on…

[published_date] Adeb Arianson fled his home in Kabul just days before the capital of Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021, as Western nations were evacuating their citizens and panic seized the city.  He crossed the border to Tajikistan, where he had to spend a few weeks in a hospital recovering from physical and mental…

[published_date] Mahdi Nasiri let the world know he was on his way to Canada in April. The former high-profile Iranian official posted a series of farewell photos — including a goodbye hug — on Instagram for his more than 250,000 followers and anyone else to see. He has been in Canada ever since.  But now, according…

[published_date] It's the latest beverage du jour — and for people needing their morning pick-me-up, matcha tea increasingly beats espresso as their caffeine fix of choice. "I worked on the bar a few weeks ago and I think past a certain point, you don't just skim milk, you don't pull shots. Everything you do is matcha," said Nadiia Semenichenko,…

[published_date] International students facing possible visa restrictions amid U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on Harvard University may have a back-up plan for returning to school in the fall — studying in Canada.  The University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy says it will offer options for international graduate students planning to…

[published_date] A pair of suspended Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) regional directors are not backing down from their fight with the organization. On Tuesday, Sherry McLennan and Wendy Gervais were barred from the room at the Dakota Dunes conference centre south of Saskatoon where newly elected members of the MN-S government were being sworn in. They arrived to find the agenda…

[published_date] A couple who own a hotel in the rural municipality of Portage la Prairie have been charged with human trafficking following a months-long police investigation, where four employees from India reported being underpaid, forced to work 15-hour days and threatened with deportation. Jai Inder Sandhu, 62, and Satbir Sandhu, 48, were charged with trafficking…

[published_date] 1 hour ago News Duration 2:43 With Alberta soon to end free COVID-19 vaccines for most residents, there’s growing concern about cost, coverage and access — especially for vulnerable seniors. When provincial funding ends, most Albertans will have to pay an estimated $110 per dose. Source link

[published_date] A group of parents and teachers gathered in the rain outside the Ontario legislature on Thursday to protest a bill that could bring police officers back to public schools. Bill 33, Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025, would require school boards to implement School Resource Officer programs (SRO) where offered by local police services,…

[published_date] Residents of the Northern Village of Denare Beach, Sask., and Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP say the provincial government failed the village as a wildfire approached nearly a month ago. Denare Beach is located close to the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border and has approximately 700 year-round residents. More than 200 homes were destroyed by the Wolf fire. People from the village say it…

[published_date] The last time Allen Kudlak saw his father Jacob was in August 1965. The pair hugged each other goodbye, then Allen boarded a float plane that brought him to residential school.  After 60 years, he's finally had the chance to reunite with his father, who's buried near the Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton.  Kudlak is part of…

[published_date] The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is demanding answers after the sudden removal of Rhonda Blackmore as commanding officer of Saskatchewan's RCMP F Division. Blackmore, a 30-year RCMP veteran who took the assistant commissioner job in April 2021, was relieved of her duties on June 3. In an emailed statement that day, Blackmore…