Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News
In the news today: Stronach trial, Ottawa's alcohol tax, Canada's opponent in FIFA
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Lawyers to begin final submissions in Frank Stronach sex assault trial Lawyers are set to begin their final s...
Mar 31, 2026
Ottawa extending 2% alcohol tax hike cap for another 2 years
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs for Canada's brewers, wineries and distilleries. Changes to l...
Mar 31, 2026
Lawyers to begin final submissions in Frank Stronach sex assault trial
TORONTO - Lawyers are set to begin their final submissions today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. The defence's last witnesses - two Peel Region police officer...
Mar 31, 2026
Summer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo study
A new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change. The study, whi...
Mar 31, 2026
B.C.-based pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, listed as terrorist entity, is dissolved
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024, has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation,...
Mar 30, 2026
Vancouver-based pro-Palestinian group listed as terrorist entity dissolved in Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024 has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation, Science an...
Mar 30, 2026
Accused B.C. cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B....
Mar 30, 2026
Independent MLA won't resign while facing charges labelled intimate partner violence
VICTORIA - Independent British Columbia legislator Hon Chan says he is not resigning after his assault charges came to light and he was kicked out of the Conservative caucus. Chan says on Monday while...
Mar 30, 2026
B.C. youth charged over alleged school shooting threats in chats with U.S. teen
SOOKE - Police on Vancouver Island say a youth who lives in Sooke, B.C., has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States...
Mar 30, 2026
Pro-Palestinian group listed as terrorist entity dissolved in Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024 has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation, Science an...
Mar 30, 2026
