Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

2025 was the third warmest year on record. What does that mean in Canada?
This past year was the third warmest on record and stood on the cusp of surpassing a major climate threshold globally, according to new data from the European climate agency. The Copernicus data indic...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

TSB says seaplane had faulty repair job months before 2025 crash in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board says there was a faulty repair job on the flight controls of a small seaplane a few months before it crashed into the Richelieu River last year. On May 2, a ...
Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Manitoba Premier Kinew asks Ontario counterpart Ford to rethink Crown Royal boycott
GIMLI - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tuesday to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky, and wrote Ford's name on a barrel outside the plant north of Winnipeg ...
Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Some Canadians manage to contact family in Iran for first time in days amid protests
Before the latest anti-government protests in Iran began, Shadi Dashmiz was in contact with her father every day, exchanging calls, texts and pictures. But she suddenly lost touch with the 70-year-old...
Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Coastal First Nations call on Carney to defend the B.C. tanker ban in pipeline talks
PRINCE RUPERT - Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett said she called on Prime Minister Mark Carney in a meeting Tuesday to maintain and protect the oil tanker moratorium in his government's p...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Ex-journalists lament closure of Ming Pao, Canada's last Chinese-language daily paper
VANCOUVER - British Columbia legislator Teresa Wat says she cried upon hearing of the impending closure of Ming Pao Daily News, the only Chinese-language daily newspaper in Canada. Wat, who worked as ...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Police say person arrested following anti-regime protest at Iran's empty embassy
OTTAWA - One person was arrested on trespassing-related charges after Iran's shuttered embassy was defaced during an anti-regime protest Monday that saw the country's national emblem torn from the ent...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Why an Ontario couple is leading a court battle to change MAID in B.C.
OTTAWA - Gaye and Jim O'Neill have spent countless hours thinking about their daughter's final hours in April 2023. It's a memory they say they'd wish on no one - and it's the reason why they joined a...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Construction on second leg of high-speed rail line slated for 2032: CEO
MONTREAL - The CEO of a planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City says construction on the eastern and western parts of the line is expected to begin by 2032. Following a speech ...
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Kinew asks Ford to reconsider Crown Royal boycott in Ontario
GIMLI - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky. Kinew made the remark while standing outside the plant at Gimli, Man., whe...
Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026










