Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News
Canada calls Israel's Gaza surge 'horrific,' suggests it violates international law
OTTAWA - Ottawa is calling Israel's ground offensive in Gaza City "horrific" and suggests it violates international law. Israel escalated its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying it is tar...
Sep 17, 2025
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 2.5% as U.S. tariff risks shift
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday as the central bank worries less about inflation risks and more about a slowing economy. The central bank's ...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal union expands campaign denouncing cuts at Canada Revenue Agency
OTTAWA - The federal union representing workers at the Canada Revenue Agency has started the second phase of its online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. The "Canada on Hold" campaign was launched la...
Sep 17, 2025
In the news today: Interest rate update, Alberta Next tour, and arts prizes awarded
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... BoC expected to cut key lending rate today The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision to...
Sep 17, 2025
Canada blocked visa applications without explanation for Gazans fleeing war: lawyer
MONTREAL - When immigration lawyer Hana Marku opened her email weeks ago to a photo of an emaciated infant in the Gaza Strip, she said she felt helpless. The child is among about 50 Palestinians the T...
Sep 17, 2025
Bank of Canada widely expected to lower key lending rate today
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision today, where it's widely expected to lower its key lending rate. A quarter-point cut would bring the central bank's benchmark ...
Sep 17, 2025
Ione Christensen, famed for Yukon politics, century-old sourdough starter, dies at 91
A powerhouse politician who broke glass ceilings in Canada, Ione Christensen is being remember both for the trails she blazed and the international acclaim she earned for the century-old sourdough sta...
Sep 16, 2025
Man facing extradition after migrant family froze to death at Canada-U.S. border
Another man has been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that saw a migrant family freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man. Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on ...
Sep 16, 2025
LeBlanc, MacKinnon take over for Freeland as she leaves Carney's cabinet
OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland abruptly left Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet on Tuesday to take on a new role as Canada's special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland's decision to step ...
Sep 16, 2025
Mountie says he crossed the line into vulgarity, went much too far on group chats
A British Columbia RCMP officer says his use of inappropriate and discriminatory language in group chats and on police data terminals wasn't meant to be malicious, and had "no connection" to the way h...
Sep 16, 2025
