Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Minister says Indigenous advisory council just the start of major project talks
OTTAWA - The newly appointed Indigenous advisory council marks the start - not the end - of talks with community leaders on how to move the government's major projects agenda forward, Indigenous Servi...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Judge upholds publication ban on B.C. festival attack mental fitness evidence
VANCOUVER - A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people...
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL
NEW YORK - The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end "no sooner" than Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday. The players, who a...
Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

High-speed rail construction could begin in four years, LeBlanc says
MONTREAL - The federal government wants construction on a planned high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City to begin within four years. On Thursday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBla...
Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Both Conservatives and Liberals intend to introduce bail reform legislation this fall
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will have the chance this fall to debate two different pieces of legislation intended to make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail. Conservative Le...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Montreal Transit Corp. warns users ahead of second strike coming in 10 days
MONTREAL - The head of Montreal's public transit authority says she needs to find ways to deliver services at a lower cost, 10 days out from a second strike by maintenance workers that will drasticall...
Lia Lévesque, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Fact File: Video of supposed attack on Edmonton Uber driver actually filmed in Texas
A video shared on social media claims to show an Edmonton Uber driver held at gunpoint by two passengers who violently try to remove the driver from the car. While a caption on the video says "Drivers...
Colleen Hale-Hodgson, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Liberal MPs reluctant to lower 2030 and 2035 climate targets
EDMONTON - Some Liberal MPs are reluctant to see their government lower its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, as Prime Minister Mark Carney stays quiet on whether Canada is ...
Émilie Bergeron, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Teck merger a 'vote of confidence,' says Eby, pitching B.C. as Canada's 'engine'
The proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to create a $70-billion mining giant based in B.C. is a "vote of confidence" showing the province is a global hub for mining, Pre...
Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Driver charged in daycare crash that killed toddler, two kids still in critical condition
A 70-year-old man is facing dangerous driving charges after an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto on Wednesday, killing a toddler and injuring six other children. Vinay Kumar Gupta, who was a...
Maan Alhmidi and Vanessa Tiberio, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025












