Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help
HALIFAX - Canada's immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial gov...
Devin Stevens, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Canada denied Jeffrey Epstein permission to visit B.C. in 2018: documents
OTTAWA - The Canadian government denied convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein permission to enter the country in 2018 due to his criminal past, U.S. government documents published Friday reveal. The ...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Insurance policy doesn't entitle family to additional rebuilding costs: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with an insurance company in a dispute over coverage for a family whose home on the Ottawa River was declared a total loss due to flooding. Trillium Mutu...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Economy stalled in November, may have contracted in Q4 amid manufacturing decline
OTTAWA - A beleaguered manufacturing sector was weighing on the economy heading into the end of 2025, Statistics Canada said Friday. Real GDP growth was flat in November, rebounding somewhat from a de...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

B.C.-based Pattison says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won't proceed
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments announced Friday it will no longer be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted ...
Brenna Owen and Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Canadian man pleads guilty to sexually exploiting 100-plus girls in the United States
A 40-year-old man from Toronto has pleaded guilty in the United States for sexually exploiting more than 100 children on social media. The U.S. Justice Department says the Canadian man pleaded guilty ...
Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara dead at 71
Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara, known for over-the-top performances in "Schitt's Creek" and "SCTV" and a memorable turn as a stressed-out mom in "Home Alone," has died at 71. She died at her h...
Nicole Thompson and Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Anand: 'not appropriate' to compare with past ministers on human rights, global law
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her government's approach to human rights and international law shouldn't be compared to that of her predecessors because of increased turbulence and...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Extreme cold disrupts Hydro-Québec exports to Massachusetts during spike in power use
MONTRAL - Extreme cold forced Hydro-Qubec to temporarily suspend its energy exports to Massachusetts just one week after inaugurating its new line. Hydro-Qubec and the Massachusetts Executive Office o...
Stéphane Rolland, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Experts question U.S. president's threat to decertify new Canadian planes
MONTREAL - Experts are casting doubt on U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to ban new Canadian-made aircraft from American skies in a proposed move that would deal a blow to plane makers, airlines ...
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026
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