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Publication Date: August 17, 2026 - 14:37
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5 years after Taliban seized control, Afghan refugee reflects on new life in Saskatoon
August 17, 2026
Farkhunda Hashimy moved to Saskatoon with her family in 2023, escaping the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Decrees by the regime have restricted the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, and stopped them from pursuing high education and careers.
Supporters of a WNBA player caught at the centre of a debate about transgender athletes in women’s sports led a rally outside her team’s game in Toronto on Tuesday. Ahead of the hometown Tempo’s game against the Indiana Fever, a group gathered on the sidewalk outside Scotiabank Arena bearing signs in support of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, whose July comment to ESPN about wanting to protect women’s sports has resulted in demonstrations in cities where the team has played road games. “I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” she...
August 19, 2026 - 14:53 | Mason Kossak | National Post
A pilot who has been missing since Friday has been found dead after searchers discovered his small aircraft underwater in the Kawartha Lakes region this week, Ontario Provincial Police say.
August 19, 2026 - 14:42 | | CBC News - Canada
The Cape Breton fiddler who claimed the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary has ended a civil lawsuit.
August 19, 2026 - 14:27 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada




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