Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

OpenAI contacted RCMP about Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT account after attack
RCMP has confirmed artificial intelligence company OpenAI contacted its investigators after last week's mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as a report says employees considered alerting authoritie...
Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Trump keeps carveout under CUSMA in new 10 per cent global tariff
WASHINGTON - The majority of Canadian exports will remain exempted from Donald Trump's new 10 per cent global levy, as the U.S. president pivots after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to his plans to re...
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Transport Canada certifies Gulfstream G500 and G600 jets
OTTAWA - Transport Canada has certified General Dynamics' Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets, following threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. A spokesperson for the office of the transport min...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Alberta Premier Smith can't quantify savings from referendum proposals on immigration
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government isn't sure how much it might save if referendum questions proposing restrictions to social services for some newcomers are approved in the fall. Smit...
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Eby says B.C. could fight lumber tariffs in U.S. courts
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said a ruling by the United States Supreme Court that strikes down far-reaching global tariffs opens the door to challenge other tariffs that currently hu...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

B.C. property firms say $91M tax bill will jeopardize construction
VANCOUVER - British Columbia property companies controlled by prominent developer Terry Hui say a tax bill of more than $91 million will jeopardize construction projects if they're made to pay up afte...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Montreal promises new approach to homeless with encampment 'tolerance zones'
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is changing its approach to unhoused people, promising to tolerate some homeless encampments instead of dismantling them. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada unveiled the cit...
Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

'We encouraged one another': Fathers of two Tumbler Ridge victims meet
The father of a 12-year-old boy killed in the Tumbler Ridge mass shootings says he met with the father of another victim who is fighting for her life in hospital, offering encouragement in her battle....
Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Dr. Joss Reimer says misinformation a key target as she becomes Canada's top doctor
OTTAWA - Tackling health misinformation and rebuilding public trust are top priorities for Canada's incoming chief public health officer Dr. Joss Reimer. In an interview Friday, the day her three-year...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026

Montreal creates tolerance zones, won't dismantle homeless encampments
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is changing the way it deals with homeless encampments by moving away from dismantling operations condemned by advocates. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says dismantling...
Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2026










