Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Election bill takes aim at deepfakes, long ballots, threats to nomination contests
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing new legislation to strengthen election integrity by banning digital deepfakes of candidates, cracking down on unduly long ballots and protecting nomination...
Jim Bronskill and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Indigenous services minister to announce $738M for health, emergency management
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected on Thursday to announce a $738.9-million funding package for First Nations health care, governance and emergency management. A draft ...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Key figure in Phoenix public service pay transition says he's leaving the team
OTTAWA - The public servant leading the transition away from the federal government's error-prone Phoenix pay system says he is stepping down because the team no longer needs him. Alex Benay, associat...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Salim Touaibi guilty in drive-by shooting of Montreal teen, Bouadi acquitted
MONTREAL - Salim Touaibi has been found guilty of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting of a teenager in Montreal in 2021. His co-accused, Aymane Bouadi, who...
Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Procurement ombud slams Indigenous procurement strategy outcomes in 'shocking' report
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada and other departments are failing to uphold their own Indigenous procurement strategy and may be allowing contractors to use shell companies to access contracts res...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Canada met its pledge to spend two per cent of GDP on defence: NATO
OTTAWA - For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence - a key NATO alliance commitment Ottawa previously failed to meet. NAT...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

NATO says Canada met 2% spending pledge
OTTAWA - For the first time since 1990, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence. Accounting estimates released by NATO say Prime Minister Mark Carney's government met th...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

CP NewsAlert: NATO says Canada met 2% spending pledge
OTTAWA - NATO says Canada has finally met a key alliance commitment by spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on defence in the last fiscal year, or $63.4 billion. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte'...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Air Canada CEO apologizes for inability to express himself adequately in French
MONTREAL - The chief executive of Air Canada has apologized for not being able to express himself adequately in French after releasing a video message of condolence on the deadly plane crash in New Yo...
Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

In the news: Canadian pipelines, old and new, are in the spotlight again
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Enbridge to fund policing of Line 5 reroute Enbridge has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in an...
Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026
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