Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Parti Québécois takes riding of Chicoutimi, continuing byelection win streak
SAGUENAY - The Parti Qubcois has won a byelection in the riding of Chicoutimi, less than eight months before Quebec's next general election. Preliminary results showed PQ candidate Marie-Karlynn Lafla...
Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Air Canada joins WestJet, Air Transat in resuming Mexico flights
OTTAWA - Air Canada is resuming flights to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Tuesday after cancelling service because of widespread violence, following similar announcements by WestJet and Air Transat. In a...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

CP NewsAlert: WestJet, Air Transat resuming Mexico flights after eruption of violence
Two Canadian airlines are resuming service on Tuesday to parts of Mexico after cancelling flights over widespread violence. WestJet says it will resume scheduled operations to and from Puerto Vallarta...
Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Immigration measures stay in border bill with no amendment
OTTAWA - Senators on the national security committee have approved the immigration measures outlined in the government's border bill, C-12, with no amendment, despite the Senate social affairs committ...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Ex-B.C. school trustee to fight $750,000 penalty for 'insidious' anti-SOGI campaign
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia school trustee will be going to court to challenge a $750,000 penalty imposed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ruled that he poisoned the workplaces of LG...
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Eby says it looks like OpenAI could have prevented 'horrific' Tumbler Ridge killings
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said it "looks like" OpenAI had the opportunity to prevent the recent mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in which nine people died, as pressure piled ...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Immigration Department helping Canadian military recruit foreign military members
HALIFAX - The head of Canadian Armed Forces says a policy aimed at attracting highly skilled foreign military members is getting a boost from the federal Immigration Department as the military scrambl...
Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Canadian Union of Postal Workers set to vote on tentative deals in spring
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says its members will hold a ratification vote on tentative agreements with Canada Post between April 20 and May 30. The deals with two bargaining units w...
Canadian Press staff, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Quebec government sued after it cancelled Christian event over anti-abortion concerns
QUBEC - A Quebec government cabinet minister has taken the stand in a civil case over her decision to cancel an event in 2023 because she thought it would promote anti-abortion views. British Columbia...
Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026

Former B.C. school trustee to challenge $750,000 penalty for anti-SOGI campaign
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for former Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Barry Neufeld says he will be filing a court challenge against a ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal that he poisoned the workpl...
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026










