Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

B.C. hikes tax rate as budget delivers record $13 billion deficit
VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has unveiled what she calls a "serious" budget for 2026 that raises the base income tax rate while failing to rein in the deficit as previous...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Former CBC bureau chief Elly Alboim, 78, remembered for his lasting mark on politics
OTTAWA - Longtime CBC News parliamentary bureau chief and Carleton University journalism professor Elly Alboim, who died last week at age 78, is being remembered for his lasting mark on politics and f...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Fact File: Video from Ontario festival misrepresented as anti-immigration march
A video posted to social media this week claimed to show people at an Ontario winter festival calling for "deportations." The video of torchbearers marching during the festival is real, but the chanti...
Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

PM Carney meets ex-Liberal MP in Terrebonne after Supreme Court overturns election
TERREBONNE - Residents of the Montreal-area federal riding of Terrebonne said Tuesday that every vote in an election should count, following a recent Supreme Court decision that forced their MP to vac...
Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

5 things you should know about Canada's new defence industrial strategy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's first-ever defence industrial strategy Tuesday in Montreal. It seeks to boost Canadian defence exports by 50 per cent within a decade. The $6.6-bi...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Amazon violated labour code with selective pay increase to B.C. workers, board finds
The B.C. Labour Relations Board has found online retail giant Amazon violated the province's labour code by giving workers at most of its facilities scheduled pay increases, but leaving out unionized ...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Stuck cars, treacherous roads as snowstorm grips Prairies
EDMONTON - Old Man Winter made a nasty comeback across the Prairies on Tuesday, with bone-chilling temperatures and heavy snow that led to treacherous roads and stuck cars. Environment Canada said upw...
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Food inflation spiked 7.3% in January. Here's what's driving the increase
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reported an easing in the headline inflation rate Tuesday but a jump in the pace of food inflation amid tax changes and lingering pressures at the grocery store continue to ...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Availability of desk space unclear as feds boost in-office time for public servants
OTTAWA - Federal public service unions and workers are warning there isn't enough office space to accommodate the federal government's new requirements for more in-office work. The Public Service Alli...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Carney rolls out plans to build up domestic defence sector, add 125,000 jobs
OTTAWA - Canada has failed both to adequately fund its military and to build up the domestic defence industry, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday as he rolled out an ambitious new plan to grow th...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
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