Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Inmate killed at the Donnacona Institution following an attack
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say an inmate at Donnacona Institution has died following an attack at the federal prison near Quebec City. Police say two inmates in their 20s were attacked by fel...
Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

Air Canada crash probe being done in 'full co-operation' with U.S.: Carney
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working in "full co-operation" with officials in the United States to probe the crash of an Air Canada jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport that kille...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

Carney says Air Canada CEO's English-only condolences lacked compassion
OTTAWA - Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau was slammed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec's government on Wednesday for delivering an English-only message of condolence after Sunday's deadly plane...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

In the news: Remembering Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash, air traffic hires dwindle
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Tributes for Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perishe...
Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

Hometown mourns Quebec pilot Antoine Forest, who died in LaGuardia crash
COTEAU-DU-LAC - The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perished when his plane collided with an emergency vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, has sparked an outpouring o...
Stéphane Blais, The Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

Canada is losing more air traffic controllers than it's hiring: aviation expert
OTTAWA - An aviation expert says Canada is losing more air traffic controllers to retirement than it is hiring, despite efforts to ramp up recruitment. John Gradek, a faculty lecturer with McGill Univ...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

Global Affairs laying off highest-skilled diplomats, union says, as GAC sets targets
OTTAWA - The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its highest-skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wai...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026

B.C. mulls plan to weaken DRIPA, in secret document shared with First Nations leaders
OTTAWA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is considering amendments that would weaken the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, after two recent court decisions siding with...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Mar 24, 2026

Family of Chinese hiker who died in B.C. mountain fall faces 'enormous' medical bills
VANCOUVER - An outdoor adventure group says a member who died after trying to rescue a companion on one of Metro Vancouver's tallest mountains was a visitor from China, whose family now faces "enormou...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Mar 24, 2026

B.C. heli-ski company suspends service after avalanche that killed three
A heli-ski company in northwestern British Columbia says one of its guides is undergoing surgery in Vancouver after surviving an avalanche on Sunday that killed three skiers, and the company has halte...
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press Mar 24, 2026












