Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

CRA says it has more work to do as call centre improvement plan hits 50-day mark
OTTAWA - Two senior officials working at the Canada Revenue Agency say the agency surpassed its target for answering more calls from Canadians ahead of schedule. On Sept. 2, Finance Minister Franois-P...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Oct 17, 2025

Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...
Lisa Johnson and Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Poilievre says RCMP covered up Trudeau-era scandals
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the RCMP covered up for former prime minister Justin Trudeau in cases that would otherwise have led to criminal charges. In a recent interview with a...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Ottawa hasn't approached Alberta, Sask., about pharmacare since election: ministers
CALGARY - Alberta and Saskatchewan's health ministers say they haven't been approached by Ottawa about signing onto the federal pharmacare program since the spring election. Saskatchewan Health Minist...
Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Jays jerseys abound as baseball fans help Seattle amid tourism slide
SEATTLE - Pike Place Market artist and vendor Daniel Fleming says Toronto Blue Jays fans typically show up in Seattle in droves for games against the Mariners, and the ongoing American League Champion...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO - A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Rel...
Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Police cite extortion in third shooting at Indian star Kapil Sharma's B.C. café
SURREY - Mike Grieve says he walks past Kap's Cafe in Surrey, B.C., every day and he's sad to see the restaurant owned by Indian entertainer Kapil Sharma has been shot up for the third time. Yellow po...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Alberta's Smith wants education commission after teachers strike settled
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to form a commission on education after the provincewide teachers strike is over. Smith says she wants to see a negotiated settlement with the ...
Lisa Johnson and Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen fields kids' queries, 100 days from Artemis 2 launch opening
LONGUEUIL - Jeremy Hansen is on the cusp of embarking on a historic deep space mission to the moon, admitting to some inquisitive students Thursday that while the unknowns present a scary prospect, so...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025

Carney says Stellantis offered reassurances on Brampton, Ont., plant
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney said the global head of Stellantis told him the automaker is looking at finding a new model to fill the idled Brampton, Ont., plant, but that a decision would requ...
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025












