Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Supreme Court of Canada orders trial on drug charges to proceed despite delay
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a case against two people for alleged drug offences will go to trial in Ontario after it was derailed due to a delay. Robert Vrbanic and Sarah Josipovic were ...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Judge to rule in January if man accused in triple murder was criminally responsible
MONTREAL - A man who stabbed his parents and grandmother to death inside their Montreal home in March 2023 should be found not criminally responsible for the crimes, the prosecution and defence told a...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Quebec government to table bill banning vote-buying in leadership races
QUBEC - The Quebec government will table a bill on Friday to ban vote-buying in political party leadership races, following allegations involving the provincial Liberal party. Jean-Franois Roberge, th...
Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Children's hospitals seeing more flu cases as earlier season takes a toll
TORONTO - Hospitals are seeing more children sick with flu after the virus began circulating earlier than usual this year. The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario said it saw eight times more kids ...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

John Rustad quits as B.C. Conservative leader to avoid 'civil war'
VICTORIA - After a messy and confusing endgame, John Rustad's leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. is finally over - but the battle over the ideological direction of the party that he took to ...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Water-contaminated fuel led to 2023 plane crash near Bella Bella, B.C.: TSB
RICHMOND - Federal investigators say the use of fuel contaminated with water caused the failure of both engines in a plane that crashed on British Columbia's central coast. The Transportation Safety B...
Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada to review inmates' challenge of jail lockdowns
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the cases of two inmates who challenged the use of rotating lockdowns at a Nova Scotia jail. The two inmates at the Central Nova Scotia Correcti...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Net-zero advisory body co-chair resigns, says process felt 'neglected, performative'
OTTAWA - The co-chair of the federal government's net-zero advisory body has resigned, saying its work had begun to feel "neglected or performative." In a post on his LinkedIn account, Simon Donner sa...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

Montreal-area measles case is first reported in Quebec since April
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting a new case of measles in the Montreal area, the first in the province since April. The case involves a person who visited a pediatric clinic in St-Eustache, Que., an off...
Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025

In the news: Food prices rise, First Nations to meet Feds, B.C. Conservative chaos
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Food prices to rise 4-6% next year: report Expect food to take up a bigger share of household budgets next ye...
Canadian Press Dec 04, 2025










