Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER - Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health. She said workers were finding about ...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Carney, premiers say they're 'united' ahead of upcoming CUSMA review
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers said Thursday they're maintaining a united front under the long shadow of the upcoming negotiations for the review of North America's key free trad...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Experts say treason definition depends if you're holding Criminal Code or dictionary
CALGARY - B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason - but experts say the word means different things i...
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

10 'taken' from B.C. firm's Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians
VANCOUVER - Global Affairs Canada says it is monitoring a security incident at a Vancouver-based mining firm's project in Concordia, Mexico, where 10 people have been abducted, but it's not aware of a...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

NDP confirms five contestants for leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA - Five candidates have met the final requirements in the NDP's leadership election and will have their names on the ballot when party members choose a new leader for the beleaguered party. Rob ...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver Corp. reports 10 people 'taken' from Mexican mine site
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 people have been "taken" from a mine site in Mexico. Vizsla Silver Corp. says the "security incident" happened at its Panuco project site, a gold a...
Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Smith, Carney say Trump team must respect Canadian sovereignty
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith both said Thursday the United States needs to respect Canadian sovereignty following reports that leaders of the Alberta separati...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Missing baby believed dead after mother's remains found in Alberta apartment: RCMP
ST. ALBERT - A man has been charged with murder after the remains of his common-law partner were found in an Edmonton-area apartment, and RCMP say their baby is also believed to be dead. Mounties say ...
Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Montreal vigil marks Quebec City mosque attack anniversary as Islamophobia persists
MONTREAL - Organizers of a vigil in Montreal to mark the ninth anniversary of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque that left six people dead and 19 wounded say they are speaking out about racism at...
Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Eby says extortion wave is 'terror attack in slow motion'
OTTAWA - B.C. Premier David Eby said a wave of extortion crime in the province is a "terror attack in slow motion." Eby, who was speaking in Ottawa after a premiers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Ca...
Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026










