Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

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

Enbridge's plan to fund policing costs of pipeline reroute in U.S. raises concerns
Enbridge has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth of the company's in...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Small population, big infrastructure needs: Northern Canada facing power struggles
Representatives from all three Canadian territories say the need to improve their aging electricity grids has reached a critical level requiring billions of dollars from the federal government to upda...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

LaGuardia crash survivors could sue Air Canada for up to nearly $300K, advocate says
MONTREAL - Passengers injured in the fatal collision at the LaGuardia Airport earlier this week have various legal options, say aviation law experts, and could file litigation in either the U.S. or Ca...
Eli Ridder, The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Victoria police ending attendance at Gaza protest marches after 126 weeks
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria are asking pro-Palestine protesters to stop marching on public roads on their way to and from the legislature building, citing the drain on police resources from attendin...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 25, 2026
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