Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News
Ruling in 2026 on high-risk offender status for man in fatal Quebec daycare crash
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says he will rule in 2026 on whether to assign high-risk offender status to a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into ...
Nov 13, 2025
B.C. Attorney General 'deeply disturbed' by social media giant's intimate image case
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Attorney General says she's "deeply disturbed" that the social media company X has filed a legal challenge against an order to remove a non-consensual intimate image fro...
Nov 13, 2025
Government spends $19 billion on external services, despite vow to trim spending
OTTAWA - Government records show the federal government spent more than $19 billion on external professional and special services in 2024-25 - an increase of almost $2 billion since last year and of a...
Nov 13, 2025
Conservatives demand probe into Ottawa's loss of $20M in pharmaceutical products
OTTAWA - Conservative health critic Dan Mazier said Thursday he intends to ask for a committee investigation to find out how the Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20-million worth of phar...
Nov 13, 2025
B.C. judge says self-defence can include expelling someone who has outstayed welcome
DUNCAN - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says self-defence rules that allow people to arm themselves against an intruder can also include situations where someone refuses to leave after initially being wel...
Nov 13, 2025
BCGEU members vote 89 per cent in favour of deal to officially end strike
BURNABY - The British Columbia General Employees' Union has voted to ratify an agreement with the provincial government, marking the "official end" to a public sector strike that lasted eight weeks. T...
Nov 13, 2025
What is Ksi Lisims LNG, B.C. project being fast tracked by Feds?
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Ksi Lisims LNG facility in northern British Columbia and the North Coast Transmission Line that is planned to power it are among major projects that Prime Minis...
Nov 13, 2025
LNG project, mines, hydro dam and power lines among latest major project referrals
TERRACE, B.C. - The federal government on Thursday announced the latest batch of major building projects to be considered for fast-tracking under legislation passed in June. They include a nickel mine...
Nov 13, 2025
Health Canada won't explain loss of $20M in pharmaceuticals from national stockpile
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada said a "temperature deviation" caused the loss of more than $20-million worth of pharmaceutical products from the national emergency stockpile, but it will ...
Nov 13, 2025
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says stigmatizing drug use is a violation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's rights watchdog has criticized the province for stigmatizing people who use drugs, calling it a violation of their human rights to treat their health issues as "moral fa...
Nov 13, 2025
