Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Good Samaritan law provided immunity to man arrested at overdose scene: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the acquittal of a man who was arrested at the scene of a drug overdose, saying he had immunity under a law intended to reduce the number of substance...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Man who stabbed 3 at Vancouver Chinatown festival found not criminally responsible
VANCOUVER - A man accused of aggravated assault for stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival, in an attack that prompted debate over the handling of some psychiatric patients, has been ...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Ottawa to review possible miscarriage of justice in 1994 murder conviction in Quebec
MONTREAL - The federal government says there are reasonable grounds to believe a miscarriage of justice occurred in the case of a Quebec man who was convicted of four murders in 1994. On Thursday, the...
Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator's son
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of a Canadian senator's son whose body was found on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, four days after he went m...
Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Humpback whale Astroboy is untangled from 140 metres of rope off Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Fisheries Department officers training for marine mammal rescues in the waters off Nanaimo, B.C., found themselves doing the real thing earlier this week. The department says in a statement ...
Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Business sector not sounding alarm after Trump ends trade talks over ad campaign
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's sudden termination of trade talks with Canada over an Ontario government ad campaign is not cause for alarm, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce CEO said Friday. Ca...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Solomon considering age restrictions for chatbots in privacy bill
MONTREAL - Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says his upcoming privacy bill could include age restrictions for chatbots to protect children. He says he is also considering including in the...
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Carney: 'We stand ready' for Trump to resume trade talks
OTTAWA - Canadian negotiators "stand ready" for the Americans to resume trade negotiations, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly ended those talks late Thu...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

What did Reagan actually say about tariffs? Read the transcript of his 1987 address
The latest storm in Canada's tense trade negotiations with the United States erupted over an Ontario government advertising campaign that pushes back on tariffs by using snippets of former U.S. presid...
Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Statistics Canada to delay publishing trade data amid U.S. government shutdown
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says it will delay publishing international trade data because of the government shutdown in the United States. The agency says it relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau...
Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025












