Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

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...
Miriam Lafontaine, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Canada Post, union set to meet again as rotating strike stretches on
OTTAWA - Canada Post is heading back to the bargaining table with the union representing thousands of postal workers still on a national rotating strike. Both the Crown corporation and the Canadian Un...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Halifax youth facing child porn charges related to activity in online extremist group
HALIFAX - Halifax police say a youth is facing several child pornography charges for allegedly being involved in an online extremist group whose members coerce children into harming themselves and eng...
Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Tories call on all parties to back tougher sentences for intimate partner violence
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on other parties Tuesday to support a private member's bill he said would combat intimate partner violence - just as a new report tracks how the pr...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Hurricane Melissa expected to have indirect impact on Eastern Canada later this week
HALIFAX - Hurricane Melissa is forecast to stay far offshore as it accelerates northward later this week, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax says the storm is still expected to play a role i...
Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Woman arrested in death of abandoned newborn had spent morning at homeless shelter
MONTREAL - A woman arrested in the death of a newborn found alone at a Montreal-area bus stop on Monday had spent the early morning hours at a homeless shelter ahead of the discovery. Pierre Rousseau,...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Analyst says Ottawa should pick German sub builder over South Korean rival
OTTAWA - A new report comparing the two contenders for Canada's submarine contract cautions that Hanwha's subs likely would have to be modified to meet Canadian operational requirements. The report la...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Alberta teachers say fight just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill
EDMONTON - The union for Alberta's teachers says the province using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to end their strike is a gross abuse of power -- but says it will follow the law. The Alberta T...
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Blue Jays fans stick it out till early morning hours to see L.A. Dodgers take Game 3
TORONTO - Patience is a virtue but it didn't pay off for the Toronto Blue Jays fans who stuck it out until almost 3 a.m. at Rogers Centre for a watch party that saw more than 27,000 fans pack the stan...
Cassidy McMackon, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025

Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2025












