Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Alberta rewriting order banning school library books to protect classics: Smith
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is rewriting an order directing school divisions to ban books with sexually explicit content to ensure classic books stay on library shelv...
Jack Farrell and Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Ottawa vows to help Afghans hit by deadly earthquake as groups call out aid rest
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it's ready to help Afghans in the wake of Sunday's deadly earthquake - even as one organization warns that the federal Liberals have made it harder to reach those living under Tal...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Canada to host U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other officials from G7 and Ukraine
OTTAWA - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will be in the Ottawa region this week for a gathering of his peers from most G7 countries and Ukraine. Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia wi...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Auto board scandal: Legault says more accountability needed, casts blame elsewhere
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault testified on Tuesday that he was kept in the dark about hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns at the auto insurance board, laying most of the blame...
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Anand says she has confidence in ICC judge but doesn't mention U.S. sanctions
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand spoke Tuesday with the Canadian judge facing American sanctions over her work at an international tribunal - but did not publicly condemn Washington's dec...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Trump says he's looking for swift Supreme Court ruling on most tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that he'll appeal to the United States Supreme Court as early as Wednesday in an effort to overturn a ruling that found many of his tariffs i...
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Carney appoints interim parliamentary budget officer as Giroux's term ends
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jason Jacques to a six-month term as the interim parliamentary budget officer. Jacques is already the office's director general of economic and fiscal...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Quebec ends funding for Northvolt battery factory
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is pulling the plug on a $7-billion electric-vehicle battery project near Montreal and trying to recoup some of its investment. Economy Minister Christine Frchette ann...
Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Federal NDP launches leadership race
OTTAWA - The federal NDP officially launched the race to find its next leader on Tuesday, leaving seven months for interested candidates to mount a campaign. The next NDP leader will be elected at a n...
Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025

Federal government begins to transfer Coast Guard to National Defence
OTTAWA - A months-long process to transition the Canadian Coast Guard into the Department of National Defence has kicked off officially with a cabinet order. The Liberals promised in the spring electi...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Sep 02, 2025












