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Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don't have criminal records
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, offic...
Aug 21, 2025
In the news today: Anand and Rubio meeting in D.C., Air Canada close to full return
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Anand set to meet with Rubio in Washington Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first offic...
Aug 21, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Moe, federal minister to meet on China canola tariff
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola se...
Aug 21, 2025
Anand set to have meeting with Rubio in Washington amid bilateral tensions
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relation...
Aug 21, 2025
B.C. recreational anglers get rare chance for sockeye, amid bumper salmon run
British Columbia fishing guide Dean Werk says he was getting calls last week from keen anglers wondering if this would be their year. "Do you think there's going to be a salmon opening, Dean?" Now the...
Aug 21, 2025
Ukraine expects clarity soon on security guarantees from US and other allies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks this year at Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday. The attack mostly targeted wester...
Aug 21, 2025
Severe thunderstorms tracking east through central Sask
Several tornado alerts were being issued Wednesday night as severe thunderstorms track their way eastward through the province.Environment Canada warned the storms are capable of producing a tornado. ...
Aug 20, 2025
Tornado warning issued for R.M. of Battle River and R.M. of North Battleford
Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for areas northwest of the Battlefords early Wednesday evening. At 5:43 p.m., meteorologists were tracking a severe thunderstorm near Hamlin, moving east at...
Aug 20, 2025
B.C. court gives parliament 10-month deadline to make Indian Act comply with Charter
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has given the Canadian government until April 2026 to change the Indian Act to bring it into compliance with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms after a successful le...
Aug 20, 2025
B.C. MLA launches private prosecution against Charlotte Kates of Samidoun
VANCOUVER - A member of the British Columbia legislature says she is pursuing a private prosecution against a Vancouver woman who praised Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel as "heroic." Dallas Brodie, le...
Aug 20, 2025