Fakiha Baig

Fakiha Baig is a journalist with the Canadian Press.

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Athletes' spouses growing in popularity, in part to social media, researchers say

During the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes' spouses saw their social media popularity rise. Netflix has also created shows following their lives in recent years, although the trend dates back to the 2000s.

Canadian campers are going 'elbows up' and staying north of the border amid U.S. trade war

Some outdoorsy Canadians are planning to build their tents with elbows up this summer because of the U.S. trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump's calls to make Canada a 51st state.

'We're Canadians': Some Albertans divided about separation in cross-province checkup

After speaking to a number of residents across Alberta — from High River in the south to Edmonton in the north — opinions on separatism are just as diverse as the province itself.

Vietnamese community in Alberta marks 50 years since fall of Saigon

Seventy-year-old Tan Hoang vowed he would never return to Vietnam after fleeing the country with his family on a makeshift wooden boat.

'I told him farewell. We talked about hockey': Wilton Littlechild's friendship with the Pope

Wilton Littlechild, a residential school survivor and former commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, says Francis was a friend and ally to Indigenous peoples.

Want to adopt a porta-potty? Edmonton Fringe festival campaign flush with donors

One of North America's largest Fringe festivals says a new fundraising campaign that lets donors "adopt" and then name a portable toilet has helped prevent the event from getting dumped.

A test of might: Competitors to battle it out for the title of Alberta's strongest man

Twelve large men will spend Saturday in Red Deer, Alta., lifting and tossing circus dumbbells, beer kegs, boulders and a steel block full of weights — all as part of Alberta's inaugural Strongest Man competition.

'There's no Canadian dream': Meet some who want Canada to become the 51st U.S. state

An Angus Reid Institute poll suggests one in 10 Canadians would vote to join the U.S., if there were a referendum in this country to become the 51st state.

Man convicted of killing Indigenous woman in northern Alberta gets prison release

Grant Sneesby, 74, was granted statutory release from prison earlier this month. He was convicted for the death of Gloria Gladue, a 44-year-old woman whose remains were found in rural Manitoba in 2018 — almost three years after she was last seen in northern Alberta.

Paneer after sunset: Halal restaurants in Canada extend late-night hours for Ramadan

As Ramadan begins Friday, food blogger Imran Kayesh is excited that more restaurants across Canada are set to stay open longer or open earlier each day throughout the next month.