Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Poilievre appearing on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast Thursday
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sat down for an interview with "The Joe Rogan Experience" for a podcast episode set to be released Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for Poilievre said h...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

B.C. temperature records fall as heavy rain from atmospheric river lingers
VANCOUVER - An ongoing atmospheric river soaking British Columbia's coastal regions is also bringing unseasonable warmth, breaking century-old daily temperature records in several Interior communities...
Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Canada Revenue Agency shuttering drop box filing system after tax season closes
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says it will get rid of dozens of drop boxes used for tax filing and payments across the country after this tax season. The agency says there are 45 of these boxes s...
Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Canada spending $307M to buy new modular army rifles from Colt
OTTAWA - The federal government is buying 30,000 new modular assault rifles for the Canadian Army from Colt Canada in a $307 million procurement deal. That sum covers just the first three years of the...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Canada drops down to 25th place in world happiness rankings: report
TORONTO - Canada's happiness ranking slipped again last year, continuing a decade-long trend that's seen the country plummet from the 5th happiest in the world in 2014 to 25th in 2026. The annual Worl...
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

In the news: Ottawa urged to help Inuit, Ontario funding cuts, B.C. long-term care
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Critics urge Ottawa to help Inuit resist Chinese surveillance, economic dependence The Carney government is l...
Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

B.C. faces long-term care shortage, and decision to delay facilities is drawing fire
VICTORIA - James Wolfe, who lives in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, spent the last year and a half looking for a long-term care bed for his 68-year-old brother Brian, who has Down syndrome and non-verbal demen...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Vancouver closing out first no-snow winter in 43 years. There may be more on the way
VANCOUVER - Vancouver is poised to close out its first official snow-free winter in 43 years, in what environmental researchers say may become a new norm for southwestern British Columbia rather than ...
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Critics urge Ottawa to help Inuit resist Chinese surveillance, economic dependence
OTTAWA - The Carney government is leaving Inuit communities at risk of Chinese surveillance and economic dependence and isn't facing up to the threat China poses to the North, critics say. "Inuit comm...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend's home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province's central coast. The community is a...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026










