Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is providing $3 million in humanitarian assistance to support thousands of people affected by Sunday's deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. A news release issued b...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is set to release this afternoon its revised school library book ban. The new version would come three days after the government directed school boards to pause their...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government is launching a new $370 million production incentive to help Canada's canola producers. The government says its new biofuel production incentive is meant...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will waive its electric vehicle sales target for 2026 models. The EV sales mandate introduced by the Liberals under former prime ministe...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it has recovered nearly $200 million on its loan to the North American branch of battery maker Northvolt. The money comes from bank accounts belonging to Northvol...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ho...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's August employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.5 per cent (60.7) Participation rat...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period, Statistics Canada reported o...

Police in Portugal say two Canadians are among the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed Wednesday. The dead also included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, on...