Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News
Alberta teachers won't engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead t...
Oct 28, 2025
Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
MONTREAL - Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies announced Tuesday during a Ca...
Oct 28, 2025
B.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government hasn't yet filed its grounds for appealing against the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title case. But that hasn't stopped the government from trying to ...
Oct 28, 2025
Canada Post union asks Ottawa to butt out as talks set to resume
OTTAWA - The union representing thousands of Canada Post workers on rotating strike wants the federal government to butt out of bargaining as negotiators prepare to head back to the table with the emp...
Oct 28, 2025
What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith said it was needed because of the size of the ...
Oct 28, 2025
A timeline of boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in B.C. waters
There's been a surge in boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in British Columbia waters, two of them thought to have been fatal to the whales. Here are some recent incidents. Oct. 23: A ...
Oct 28, 2025
Marine scientist says whale strikes 'almost inevitable,' urges boaters to slow down
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia marine mammal research scientist says recent boat strikes that have injured and killed humpback whales seem "almost inevitable" as their numbers increase in waters frequ...
Oct 28, 2025
Industrial carbon price a focus Carney's climate strategy consultations: sources
OTTAWA - Environment advocates say the federal government's consultations ahead of the release of its climate competitiveness strategy next week have focused in part on making industrial carbon pricin...
Oct 28, 2025
Trump's tariffs to face legal test before U.S. Supreme Court next week
WASHINGTON - Victor Owen Schwartz started a business importing wine and spirits to the United States with his mother nearly 40 years ago. His company VOS Selections, which he runs with his daughter, s...
Oct 28, 2025
Montreal man ordered to pay $1M for falsely claiming his ex-friend had Nazi gold
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court has ordered a Montreal millionaire to pay his former business partner nearly $1 million for falsely accusing him and his wife of profiting off gold stolen by Nazis f...
Oct 28, 2025
