Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Budget office sees modest boost in housing supply from Build Canada Homes
OTTAWA - Housing Minister Gregor Robertson said the federal government's new housing agency is just getting started after the parliamentary budget office said in a new report Tuesday that Build Canada...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Marwah Rizqy booted from Quebec Liberal caucus amid crisis in party
QUBEC - The leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has booted Marwah Rizqy from caucus, saying she has broken his trust. Pablo Rodriguez issued a statement announcing his decision ahead of a scheduled new...
Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Advocates demand clarity from Carney on status of feminist foreign policy
OTTAWA - Dozens of advocates for women and LGBTQ+ people in Canada and abroad are demanding clarity from the Carney government on its message shift on feminism. In an open letter co-ordinated by Oxfam...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Miller says government needs to start Indigenous consultation on B.C. pipeline
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Marc Miller says his government needs to "sit down and start working now" on consultation with Indigenous communities and stakeholders about a possible new pipeline in B.C. ...
Sarah Ritchie and Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Chiefs vote to reject changes to B.C. coastal oil tanker ban
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast and withdraw an agreement signed last week that cle...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Multi-agency effort led to seizure of large amounts of fentanyl, other drugs: RCMP
OTTAWA - The RCMP said Tuesday it teamed up with other law enforcement agencies to seize 386 kilograms of fentanyl and significant amounts of other illicit drugs over a five-month period. The Mounties...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

NDP leader says Liberals are being 'dishonest' about the future of pharmacare
OTTAWA - The federal government's response to a report it commissioned on national pharmacare was "shockingly dismissive," NDP interim leader Don Davies said this week as he called on the Liberals to ...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

In the news today: Carney to address Assembly of First Nations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa Prime Minister Mark Carney will address hundre...
Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Carney to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will address hundreds of First Nations chiefs gathered in Ottawa today for the December meeting of the Assembly of First Nations. Carney's appearance before the chi...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Franklin the Turtle book publisher condemns 'violent' post by U.S. defense secretary
The publisher of the Franklin series of children's books says an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character as a bazooka-wielding soldier is denigrating and vio...
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025










