Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

McGuinty says Canada's first defence industrial strategy will land weeks after budget
OTTAWA - Canada's first-ever defence industrial strategy will be released sometime after the Nov. 4 federal budget but will be made public no later than Christmas, Defence Minister David McGuinty said...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Ontario will pull ads that triggered Trump in order to restart trade talks, Ford says
OTTAWA - Ontario is hitting pause on its short-lived anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so that Canada-U.S. trade talks can resume, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

AI minister considering adding age restrictions on chatbot access to privacy bill
MONTREAL - An upcoming privacy bill could include age restrictions on access to AI chatbots to protect children, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said. "There are lots of discussions arou...
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Former Mulroney aides say Ontario ads accurately present Reagan's views on trade
OTTAWA - Associates of former prime minister Brian Mulroney say Ronald Reagan's embrace of free trade and rejection of tariffs grew out of the late U.S. president's relationship with his Canadian coun...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Vancouver authorities should have known festival attacker posed threat, lawsuit says
VANCOUVER - In the weeks before a deadly attack at a Vancouver Filipino festival, suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo asked to have his antipsychotic medication reduced, even as his mental health was deteriorating...
Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Chief says he's offended by mandatory federal branding on Orange Shirt Day funding
OTTAWA - The chief of James Smith Cree Nation says he's offended by Ottawa's requirement that promotional materials for Orange Shirt Day events funded by the federal government carry government brandi...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Fact File: Ontario's Reagan ad isn't 'fake,' but what's the context behind his words?
U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a "fake" Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Th...
Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Inquiry into cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board wraps up
MONTREAL - Public hearings into $500 million in cost overruns at Quebec's auto insurance board have wrapped up. Commissioner Denis Gallant has until Feb. 13, 2026, to submit his report with recommenda...
Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Anand says she's asked for updated Indo-Pacific strategy as PM heads to Asia
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his first official trip to Asia, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the regional policy the Trudeau government released three years ago is outdated ...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Cowichan lawyer says treaty could recognize both Aboriginal and private title on land
VICTORIA - The lawyer representing the Cowichan Tribes said he is "frustrated and disappointed" with what he calls "misinformation" about his clients' ground-breaking Aboriginal title case in Richmond...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025
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