Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

China, Russia spying on governments, businesses in Canada's Arctic: CSIS director
OTTAWA - Spies from China and Russia have a significant interest in Canada's Arctic and those developing its potential, Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Dan Rogers warns. In a speech Th...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

RCMP in British Columbia help dismantle global cybercrime network
SURREY - Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a local operation involved in global cybercrime activity that used malicious software. Mounties say Canadian police along with internationa...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025
BR-Influencers-Politics
OTTAWA - Influencers have more reach on five major social media platforms than either news media or politicians, a new report says. The report was released today by the McGill University and Universit...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Influencers have more reach on 5 major platforms than news media, politicians: report
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers - and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media o...
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

In the news today: Major projects list updated, budget infrastructure plan supported
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to announce next major projects referrals Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to a...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Carney to announce latest batch of Major Project Office referrals today
OTTAWA - A nickel mine in northern Ontario, a hydroelectric project in Iqaluit and a transmission line on the northern coast of British Columbia are among the new list of major projects Prime Minister...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Health Canada won't explain $20M in pharmaceuticals lost from national stockpile
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20 million worth of pharmaceutical products from the national stockpile this year because of what it calls a "temperature deviation." The fi...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Riders' original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
One of Don Hewitt's core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters - P.U. "They'd wash the suit once at...
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Quebec daycare crash: Final arguments begin in challenge of high-risk offender status
MONTREAL - Final arguments are set to begin today in a hearing involving a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023. Lawy...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Carney's 1st budget wins support for infrastructure, immigration plans: poll
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney secured broad support from across party lines and provincial borders for some major items in his first federal budget, new polling suggests. But one pollster warns ...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025












