Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News
Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union, strike suspended
OTTAWA - Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers took their biggest step toward ending a long saga of collective bargaining Friday, agreeing in principle to a set of new ...
Nov 21, 2025
Immigration minister extends pause on new private refugee sponsorships to 2027
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab has extended the pause on new applications through the Private Sponsorship for Refugees Program for another 12 months as the department works to clear its backl...
Nov 21, 2025
Quebec Liberals want media to release names in anonymous text-message exchanges
QUBEC - Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez says his party will send a formal legal notice to the Journal de Montral, after the news outlet published a report alleging some party members were paid t...
Nov 21, 2025
Class-action lawsuit in plant-based milk recall settled at $6.5M
TORONTO - Canadians who bought or drank recalled plant-based milk linked to a listeria outbreak have reached a $6.5-million settlement with Danone Canada, Wal-Mart Canada Corp., and Intact Insurance C...
Nov 21, 2025
Cargo unloaded from sinking barge off B.C. coast as planning starts for move south
BELLA BELLA - The local First Nation in the vicinity of a sinking barge off the central British Columbia coast says some cargo containers have been moved off the damaged vessel. The Heiltsuk First Nat...
Nov 21, 2025
Canadian workers' free speech fears persist two years after Israel-Hamas war began
During the Israel-Hamas war, a Canadian paramedic was fired, a teacher was put on extended leave and a doctor's residency was suspended. All of them said they were penalized for criticizing Israel on ...
Nov 21, 2025
Carney in South Africa as concerns grow over U.S. boycott of G20
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in South Africa for a G20 summit overshadowed by a U.S. boycott - and as critics of Canada's Africa strategy closely watch Carney's first trip to the regio...
Nov 21, 2025
Grizzly attack on B.C. elementary class is latest in series of encounters
A grizzly bear attack on a group of elementary school students in Bella Coola, B.C., on Thursday is the latest in a number of recent encounters with the animals in British Columbia this year. Several ...
Nov 21, 2025
Quebec man accused of killing his kids gets new trial date after third postponement
MONTREAL - A Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has a new trial date, after recently being granted a third postponement. Kamaljit Arora is charge...
Nov 21, 2025
Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada's first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world's poorest countries - a move that has been sharp...
Nov 21, 2025
