Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

CP NewsAlert: Government says 3 Canadians isolating at home after hantavirus ship outbreak
TORONTO - Federal officials now say a third person who was not on the hantavirus-stricken ship but was on the same flight home as two Canadians who left the vessel is isolating. Anita Anand, the forei...
Hannah Alberga and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Privacy watchdog finds thousands of tax account breaches, urges stronger protections
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says there have been more than 42,000 breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency since 2020 as a result of people gaining unauthorized access to, or modifying, taxpaye...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Quebec television personality calls for tougher legislation on identify theft
QUBEC - A Quebec television personality is calling for tougher laws against online fraudsters and identity thieves after she and other public figures were victimized. Marie-Claude Barrette told a legi...
Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Ottawa says Louise Arbour to be installed as governor general on June 8
OTTAWA - Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada's next governor general on June 8, the Canadian Heritage Department confirmed. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday the retired Supreme Cou...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Two Canadian passengers who left hantavirus cruise are now in Ontario and isolating
TORONTO - Two Canadians who disembarked a cruise ship that's been hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are in Ontario and have been isolating since they returned home, the province's health minister sa...
Hannah Alberga and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Quebec psychiatrists group supports bill on forced hospitalizations for mentally ill
QUBEC - The association of Quebec's psychiatrists says it supports a bill that would make it easier to forcibly hospitalize someone in a mental health crisis. Existing law permits authorities to treat...
Thomas Laberge, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Gatineau police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Hull apartment
GATINEAU - Gatineau police say a 34-year-old man appears to have killed his 30-year-old partner before taking his own life on Wednesday morning in the Hull sector. Gatineau police say they were called...
Canadian Press May 07, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Two Canadians passengers who left hantavirus cruise are now in Ontario
TORONTO - Two Canadians who disembarked a cruise ship that's been hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are in Ontario and actively being monitored, the province's health minister says. More coming. Han...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa says Louise Arbour to be installed as governor general on June 8
OTTAWA - Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada's next governor general on June 8. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday the retired Supreme Court justice will replace Mary Simon, who beca...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026

Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
OTTAWA - Implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care services will cut public costs by about $140 million, the government estimates in a written response to th...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press May 07, 2026
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