Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News
'Uncle Osama': Iran-born B.C. RCMP officer not offended by terrorist jokes
A British Columbia RCMP officer who was born in Iran says he wasn't offended when fellow officers made jokes about terrorism and referred to him as "Uncle Osama." Coquitlam RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah h...
Sep 18, 2025
Eby says outcry over BC Ferries loan 'bizarre,' citing unfairness in federal funding
Concerns over a federal loan being used to buy ferries for British Columbia from a Chinese company are "bizarre" given the amount of money Ottawa has spent on ferries in Eastern Canada, including from...
Sep 18, 2025
B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on 'God's will' isn't responsible, lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says his client had no motivation other than a direction from God to stab three people and he should be found ...
Sep 18, 2025
Quebec follows Alberta's move to stop offering COVID vaccine for free to most people
Quebec is now the second province after Alberta to announce it will no longer offer free doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to its entire population, starting this fall. The decision matches a similar poli...
Sep 18, 2025
No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.8-magnitude quake off Russia
VANCOUVER - Authorities have announced there was no tsunami risk to British Columbia's coast after a brief scare triggered by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, in the same ...
Sep 18, 2025
Champagne defends budget investments as he sets out to deepen European ties
OTTAWA - The financial returns from Ottawa's capital spending plans in the upcoming fall budget will help Canada pay down the deficit in later years, Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said o...
Sep 18, 2025
Accused in B.C. triple stabbing should be found not responsible, lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says evidence presented at his B.C. Supreme Court trial shows his client should be found not crimi...
Sep 18, 2025
CAQ member booted from cabinet quits party, says she has lost faith in leader Legault
QUBEC - A member of the Coalition Avenir Qubec recently booted from cabinet has resigned from the party and says she no longer has faith in Premier Franois Legault. Mat Blanchette Vzina says she will ...
Sep 18, 2025
B.C. RCMP officer's lawyer objects to questions about who he 'really' is
A lawyer for a British Columbia RCMP officer who faces possible dismissal for inappropriate comments made in a private group chat and over police computer terminals says his character is not an issue ...
Sep 18, 2025
CP NewsAlert: B.C. coast on tsunami watch after 7.8 quake off Russia
VANCOUVER - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken the Pacific Basin near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. The National Tsunami Warning Center has advised that the level of tsunami danger is being evaluat...
Sep 18, 2025
