Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in mother's death after new trial ordered
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham, Ont., woman in...
Sonja Puzic, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Canada's population has dropped for the first time since Confederation: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada's latest estimates suggest Canada's population declined last year for the first time since Confederation, due primarily to a drop in the number of non-permanent immigrants. ...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Quebec projects $8.6B deficit in budget that focuses on funding core services
QUBEC - Quebec's new budget has few flashy, big-ticket items for voters ahead of the fall election, reflecting a sober reality of sluggish GDP growth and persistent economic uncertainty, primarily fro...
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Alberta government moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government took steps Wednesday to drastically restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying. Smith's United Conservative Party government introdu...
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Charges stayed against 'Queen of Canada' cult leader Romana Didulo in Saskatchewan
SWIFT CURRENT - The leader of a cult that bedevilled residents of a Saskatchewan village for two years is no longer facing charges, disappointing and angering the mayor. Romana Didulo, head of the so-...
Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Alberta moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is taking steps to sharply restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying. Smith's United Conservative Party government has introduced a...
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Saskatchewan introduces budget with spending hikes but also $819-million deficit
REGINA - Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit. Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled the 2026-27 budget on Wednesday. It proje...
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Jury finds Quebec man charged with killing his children guilty on all charges
LAVAL - A jury has found a man who drowned his two children in their Laval, Que., family home in October 2022 guilty on all charges. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the ...
Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

CBSA opens 372 immigration investigations to 'disrupt extortion networks' in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada Border Services Agency says it has opened 372 immigration investigations in an effort to "disrupt extortion networks" across the country. It says the CBSA began formally monitoring imm...
Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Quebec budget projects $8.6B deficit, focuses on core services
QUBEC - Quebec's new budget focuses on maintaining core services like health and education, with no flashy big-ticket spending ahead of a fall general election. Gone are the recent years of tax cuts a...
Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026










