Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Gilbert Rozon, Just for Laughs founder, ordered to pay eight of nine accusers $880K
MONTREAL - A group of women who accused one of Quebec's most powerful media moguls of sexual assault scored a legal victory on Tuesday, as they were awarded nearly $900,000 in what one of their lawyer...
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

Carney rolls out new $3.8 billion nature strategy, new conservation areas
LA PCHE - The Liberal government has unveiled a $3.8 billion strategy to protect nature through measures like creating new national parks and marine conservation areas. Prime Minister Mark Carney is m...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

Astronaut says Canadians can be proud of NASA's Artemis II moon mission
CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA's countdown clock is ticking down as astronauts - including Canadian Jeremy Hansen - make their final preparations for the Artemis II mission, which is set to send humans back to...
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

In the news today: Stronach trial, Ottawa's alcohol tax, Canada's opponent in FIFA
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Lawyers to begin final submissions in Frank Stronach sex assault trial Lawyers are set to begin their final s...
Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

Ottawa extending 2% alcohol tax hike cap for another 2 years
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs for Canada's brewers, wineries and distilleries. Changes to l...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

Lawyers to begin final submissions in Frank Stronach sex assault trial
TORONTO - Lawyers are set to begin their final submissions today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. The defence's last witnesses - two Peel Region police officer...
Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

Summer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo study
A new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change. The study, whi...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

B.C.-based pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, listed as terrorist entity, is dissolved
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024, has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation,...
Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026

Vancouver-based pro-Palestinian group listed as terrorist entity dissolved in Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024 has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation, Science an...
Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026

Accused B.C. cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B....
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026












