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'No hope left': Afghans in Canada who lived under Taliban say regime can't be trusted
MONTREAL - Quebecer Fakhria Rezaie was seven years old when her family fled Afghanistan and says her memories from life under the Taliban are horrific. Rezaie, 29, says the Taliban's takeover of Mazar...
Aug 18, 2021
Women's world hockey championship revived in Calgary after pandemic hiatus
CALGARY - The puck drops Friday on a women's world hockey championship 859 days after the last one. Who's counting? American forward Kendall Coyne Schofield is, for one. "The pinnacle of women's hocke...
Aug 18, 2021
Quebec police officer shot during traffic stop in Beauce region, suspect at large
MONTREAL - A Quebec provincial police officer was shot during a traffic stop south of Quebec City this morning and the suspect remains at large. Provincial police spokeswoman Hlne Nepton says the fema...
Aug 18, 2021
AHS files labour practice complaint against nurses union
Alberta Health Services has filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the Alberta Labour Relations Board, saying the nurses union is bargaining in bad faith.The government agency alleges the Unit...
Aug 18, 2021
Some evacuation orders downgraded as cooler weather brings wildfire reprieve to B.C.
Several days of showers and cooler weather have dramatically cut the wildfire danger in British Columbia, especially in the hard-hit southern Interior, but drought conditions are expected to return wh...
Aug 18, 2021
Red Deer woman missing since July could be in Lethbridge
Red Deer RCMP are once again asking for the public's assistance to locate a missing woman, and they have new information about her possible whereabouts..Jennifer Omeasoo, 39, was last seen around July...
Aug 18, 2021
COVID-19 cases more than double in the Northwest Territories in one day
YELLOWKNIFE - Cases of COVID-19 have more than doubled in the Northwest Territories, rising to 74 cases Tuesday night from 34 a day earlier. There were 57 cases in the territory's Sahtu region - inclu...
Aug 18, 2021
Reilly takes the reins as Lions face Elks in B.C. Place return
VANCOUVER - For the first time in 656 days, the B.C. Lions will play football in front of their fans when they host the Edmonton Elks on Thursday. Up to 12,500 spectators will be permitted into the lo...
Aug 18, 2021
Military officer who led vaccine campaign faces sexual assault charge
OTTAWA - The military officer who led Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign has been charged with one count of sexual assault. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin presented himself to police in Gatineau, ...
Aug 18, 2021
July inflation rate, Tories win in NS : In The News for Aug. 18, 2021
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 18, 2021... What we are watching in Canad...
Aug 18, 2021