Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Proposed sureties testify at bail hearing for man accused in Ryan Wedding case
TORONTO - A woman offering to help supervise an Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions in drug money if he is released on bail testified Tuesday that he didn't tell her details about h...
Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Sydney, N.S., selected as the preferred base for new Arctic icebreakers
SYDNEY - Federal officials say Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the base for the Canadian Coast Guard's upcoming polar icebreakers as the country continues the push to assert its soverei...
Devin Stevens, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Watchdog rebukes Quebec auto insurance board after $500M online platform scandal
QUBEC - Quebec's scandal-plagued auto insurance board has been hit with another blow, this time from an independent government agency that oversees the province's public procurement markets. The Autor...
Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Construction on Toronto-Quebec City 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 that leg of the line is expected to begin by 2032. Following a speech in Montreal on Tuesda...
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Fact File: Canadian store's security photo manipulated to show mountain lion break-in
Social media posts this month claimed a mountain lion played with toys and got high on catnip after breaking into a Colorado pet store. In fact, the shop pictured in the post appears to be an Edmonton...
Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Iran's embassy in Ottawa, closed since 2012, defaced by anti-regime protest
OTTAWA - Iran's embassy in Ottawa has been defaced, and the national emblem removed from it's entrance in what appears to be an act of protest against the Iranian regime. A video posted to social medi...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Trump says Americans 'don't need' Canadian products, calls CUSMA 'irrelevant'
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade is "irrelevant" to him and Americans don't need Canadian products. "It expires very shortly and...
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Justice Sheilah Martin to retire from Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30
OTTAWA - Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30, one day shy of her 70th birthday. Martin said in a media statement Tuesday she was deeply gratef...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Carney off to China, Qatar and Davos to court investment, mend fences with Beijing
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney left Tuesday for a nine-day trip that will see him circle the globe to drum up investment and trade in three places that have attracted the scrutiny of voters. His ...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

B.C. RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah fired with immediate effect over 'vulgar' group chats
A police conduct adjudicator fired a B.C. RCMP officer with immediate effect on Tuesday, finding he "put aside" the oath he took when he joined the federal police force by making vulgar, sexualized an...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026










