Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

'High impact' warning as heavy rain returns, causing more flooding concerns in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Overflowing waters from the Nooksack River in Washington state have stopped moving across the border into British Columbia's Fraser Valley. The City of Abbotsford says U.S. forecasts proj...
Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Girl pleads guilty after student set on fire at Saskatoon school
SASKATOON - A teenage girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after a fellow student was splashed with a liquid and set on fire in a hallway at a Saskatoon high school. The 16-year-old also pleade...
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

Anti-doping agency asks court to declare privacy watchdog's probe out of bounds
OTTAWA - The World Anti-Doping Agency is challenging the legal basis of the federal privacy watchdog's investigation into the agency's handling of biological samples collected from athletes. The offic...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

Quebec family doctors voting on new deal after province backtracks on reforms
MONTREAL - Quebec family doctors have until Friday to vote on a deal that would see the provincial government back down on several controversial reforms in a new law that changes how physicians are pa...
Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers with the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANC...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

Rabbi killed in Australia Hanukkah attack was 'very special,' Toronto relative says
TORONTO - A rabbi killed in the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia is being remembered by family members in Toronto for his positivity and commitment to bringing Judaism to others. E...
Cassidy McMackon, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Ottawa's top doctor says the death of three children in the region over the past two weeks from influenza-related complications is unusual and could signify a difficult flu season ahead. Ottawa and Ea...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction?
Thousands of glaciers across Canada could be saved from total extinction by the end of the century if humanity can bend the curve on global warming, a new global study suggested while offering a grim ...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

Poilievre says Carney's Liberals are 'counterfeit' Conservatives
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been encouraging Prime Minister Mark Carney to steal his ideas on everything from tax cuts to bail reform since the April election - but he says what ...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025

Federal minister says he's getting 'lots of inquiries' about MPs crossing the floor
OTTAWA - A federal minister dropped hints about more floor crossings Monday following the defection of Ontario MP Michael Ma to the Liberals last week. When asked whether more opposition MPs are getti...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2025
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