Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

China's top diplomat hails new relations with Canada amid "complex" global changes
BEIJING - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing, who told Anand that Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit marks a turning point in Canada-China relat...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

'Staggering' disparity as Indigenous adults overrepresented in prisons by 10 times
VANCOUVER - A new report by Statistics Canada says Indigenous adults were incarcerated at a rate 10 times higher than non-Indigenous adults in six provinces, a disparity that justice advocates called ...
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

B.C. to end drug decriminalization project, after 'challenging' three-year-experiment
British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program tha...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

Timeline of B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project
British Columbia's three-year pilot project that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use is set to end on Jan. 31. Health Minister Josie Osbourne has announced...
Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

Five topics other than trade that could come up during Carney's China visit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Beijing this week for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials. Upon arriving in China Wednesday, Carney said he was "ready to build a new partn...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

Alberta government to review Calgary water main breaks, demands documents
CALGARY - The Alberta government has launched a review of Calgary's water main ruptures and is demanding the city turn over reams of documents dating back two decades within the next two weeks. Munici...
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

For Chinese media, Carney's visit appears to be small potatoes compared to Trudeau's
Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China appears to have been greeted by Chinese media with less fanfare than Justin Trudeau received in 2016, but a researcher says that's more reflective of new ge...
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

B.C. settles prison solitary confinement lawsuit for $60 million
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 year...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study
TORONTO - A new study says female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients than their male colleagues and in many cases earn less money as a result. The research, published in the Canad...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

François Legault's CAQ ended PQ/Liberal duopoly with back-to-back majorities
MONTREAL - From founding a successful airline to creating a political party that won back-to-back majority mandates, Franois Legault is stepping down as Quebec premier with a reputation as a builder a...
Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026
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Hypnotist Tyrone Reveen was in Regina recently. Have you or anyone you know been hypnotized?
Yes. For health reasons
Yes. For entertainment.
No.
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