Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

'Desperately missed' victims honoured as B.C. marks 10 years of toxic drug emergency
VICTORIA - Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid. He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after attending her memorial service in August, Sheldon a...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

B.C. tables treaty legislation after 30-year negotiation with Kāomoks First Nation
A First Nation in British Columbia is one step closer to a fully ratified treaty after the province tabled implementation legislation on Tuesday, about 30 years after negotiations began. The treaty wo...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Carney promises collaboration, substantive debate in majority Parliament
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians can expect Parliament to be more substantive and less performative now that the Liberals have a majority government. "There's a difference between re...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

CBSA launches probe into possible dumping of Chinese plywood
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency has launched a probe to determine if plywood is being subsidized or sold at unfair prices in Canada. A news release from the agency says the investigation be...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Finnish president talks diplomacy in visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA - Finnish President Alexander Stubb made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink during an official visit to Ottawa on Tuesday. Stubb met with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon before joining Prime Minister ...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Liberals to table spring economic statement on April 28
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will table their spring economic update on April 28 to give Canadians a look at how new shocks like the Iran war have affected the government's fiscal position. Finance M...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Vancouver mayor Sim moves to launch bid for Major League Baseball expansion team
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's mayor is putting his city's name in the running for an expansion Major League Baseball franchise, but commentators say it will still be a long shot for a team to land in Britis...
Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Police say 10 'unruly' passengers arrested on Vancouver flight departing for Mexico
RICHMOND - Ten people on a flight from Vancouver to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, were arrested over the weekend after police say their unruly behaviour created "safety concerns." RCMP say in a news release...
Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Pro-Palestinian protesters in court after arrest for Montreal Scotiabank sit-in
MONTREAL - Hearings for a Charter challenge led by pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested at a sit-in downtown Montreal began this week in what a lawyer says will be a pivotal case for freedom t...
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Man wanted in B.C. drug-ring case arrested in Germany, returned to Canada
SURREY - A man has been arrested and extradited back to Canada from Germany after a four-year police investigation uncovered an alleged dark-web trafficking ring that distributed counterfeit pills con...
Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026










