Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Carney meets with Coastal First Nations to talk about major projects, oceans
PRINCE RUPERT - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday his meeting with Coastal First Nations in Prince Rupert, B.C. is about "dialogue" and exploring how First Nations can partner with the federal g...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Proposed surety testifies 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

Trial begins in 2021 drive-by shooting that killed Montreal teen Meriem Boundaoui
MONTREAL - An argument over parking spots between family owned businesses is at the heart of a fatal 2021 shooting that cost 15-year-old Meriem Boundaoui her life, the Crown told the start of a murder...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Feds to contribute money to the fight against extortion in southern Ontario
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will give Peel Regional Police up to $1 million to support the force's efforts to fight extortion, provide services to victims and build on the work of a task f...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Iran's embassy in Ottawa, closed since 2012, defaced by anti-regime protesters
OTTAWA - Iran's embassy in Ottawa has been defaced, and a video posted to social media shows a protester behind a security fence removing Iran's national emblem from the building and prodding around a...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Carney meets with Coastal First Nations to about major projects, oceans
PRINCE RUPERT - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his meeting Tuesday with Coastal First Nations in Prince Rupert, B.C. is about "dialogue" and exploring how First Nations can partner with the federal g...
Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Federal bill criminalizing sexual deepfakes wouldn’t cover X images: expert
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's legislation to criminalize sexual deepfakes would not cover most of the images that have proliferated on X in recent weeks, a law professor said. Suzie Dunn, an assis...
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin to retire May 30
OTTAWA - Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30. Martin says in a statement today she is deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served Canad...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs, 12 per cent of executive team
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says it will be cutting around 850 of its staff along with 12 per cent of its executive team. Carter Mann, spokesperson for the national statistical agency, said Statistics ...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026

Sydney, N.S., selected as the preferred maintenance port for new Arctic icebreakers
SYDNEY - Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the maintenance hub for the Canadian Coast Guard's upcoming polar icebreakers. The federal government announced today that the Cape Breton port ...
Canadian Press Jan 13, 2026










