Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Carmakers facing billions in credit purchases under EV mandate if sales don't improve
OTTAWA - Canadian automakers are warning they could be on the hook for billions of dollars in credit purchases if Canada's electric vehicle mandate is enforced as written, and sales don't ramp up. Aut...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Avi Lewis launches NDP leadership bid as Heather McPherson prepares campaign
OTTAWA - Filmmaker and journalist Avi Lewis officially announced his candidacy for the federal NDP leadership on Friday, while two other candidates registered to run for the leadership with Elections ...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Anand to address UN General Assembly as Carney talks aid, foreign policy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be giving a major speech on foreign policy to the United Nations General Assembly when he visits New York next week. Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Anit...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Quebec daycare bus crash: Final arguments on high-risk offender status for driver
LAVAL - A Superior Court judge is hearing final arguments today on whether a man who drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Pierre Ny St-Amand was found...
Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Canada launching consultations in advance of CUSMA trade pact review, LeBlanc says
MEXICO CITY - The federal government says it is launching public consultations on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, or CUSMA, ahead of next year's planned review of the North American trade p...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Canada launching CUSMA review consultation, LeBlanc says
MEXICO CITY - Dominic LeBlanc says consultations start today on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement ahead of a planned review of the North American trade pact next year. The Canada-U.S. trade mi...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Canada bans Irish rap group Kneecap from entry, says it endorsed political violence
OTTAWA - The Carney government is barring the Irish rap group Kneecap from entering Canada, saying the group has endorsed political violence and terrorism. Jewish groups sked Ottawa in June to ban the...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Automakers could be on the hook for billions under EV mandate if sales don't ramp up
OTTAWA - Automakers are warning they could be on the hook for billions of dollars in credit purchases if Canada's electric vehicle mandate is enforced as written, and sales don't ramp up. Speaking to ...
Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson prepare NDP leadership runs
OTTAWA - Filmmaker and journalist Avi Lewis officially announced he is running for NDP leader in a video shared on social media Friday morning. Alberta NDP MP Heather McPherson is now listed as a regi...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025

Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions
TORONTO - Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital's partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. University Health Network announced earlier th...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2025












