Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Montreal's Trudeau airport braces for more traffic chaos ahead of spring break
MONTREAL - The vehicle traffic around Montral Trudeau International Airport has been a source of frustration in recent years, prompting passengers at times to haul their suitcases on foot along the ro...
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Feb 27, 2026

Statistics Canada set to report GDP data for the final quarter of 2025
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to report this morning on how the economy closed out 2025. A Reuters poll of economists expects real gross domestic product was flat on an annualized basis in the fou...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Feb 27, 2026

Screen all kids between 2 and 10 for high cholesterol, pediatric society recommends
TORONTO - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending cholesterol screening for all kids between two and 10 years old. The position statement released Friday says atherosclerosis - or plaque build...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

Canadian father enduring cold, poor food and water in Texas ICE detention centre
A Canadian arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas has been stuck in a detention facility since November, enduring cold and crowded conditions, poor food and water, and long de...
Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit and no balance on the horizon
EDMONTON - Alberta's new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weathe...
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

Coalition says Vancouver's World Cup rights plan won't tackle 'FIFA-related harms'
VANCOUVER - Months before the international spotlight lands on Vancouver as one of the host cities for the soccer World Cup, Jason Grund says he is already hearing concerns from people living in the D...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

OpenAI says Tumbler Ridge shooter evaded ban with second ChatGPT account
SAN FRANCISCO - Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI says the shooter involved in mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., got around a ban on her problematic use of ChatGPT by having a second account. Th...
Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit
EDMONTON - Alberta's new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weathe...
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

'More afraid': Girl set on fire at Saskatoon school tells court how life has changed
SASKATOON - A teen who was set on fire by another student at a Saskatoon high school says she's recovering but no longer wants to talk to people. "I'm alive. I'm left-handed now," the 16-year-old wrot...
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026

Poilievre calls for all-party working group on renewing trade deal with U.S.
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre laid out his vision for the Canada-U.S. relationship on Thursday, directly denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric about Canada while insisting ...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026
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