Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Ottawa shifts budgets to the fall as minister defends new fiscal focus
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne on Monday unveiled major changes to how and when the Liberal government will introduce federal budgets in the future as the focus on Ottawa's curre...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Alberta teachers say provincewide strike aims to fix underfunded system in crisis
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's teachers union says the provincewide strike by thousands of his members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so egregio...
Fakiha Baig and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Trump vows new 25% tariff on heavy trucks ahead of Carney meeting
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump says he will slap a 25 per cent tariff on medium and heavy-duty truck imports, an announcement that comes just a day before he meets with Prime Minister Mark Carne...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA - Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last fiscal year for failing to comply with the rules for temporary foreign worker permits, new government data shows. A new ...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Three men arrested, charged in extortion shooting in Surrey, B.C.: police
SURREY - Two police organizations have announced charges against five men in connection to separate extortion cases in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service announced on Monday the arrest and charges...
Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Airport warns about catfishing as people arrive to meet loved ones who don't exist
ST. JOHN'S - The head of a central Newfoundland airport is warning the public after staff noticed an increase in people who appear to have been victims of a manipulative scheme known as catfishing. Re...
Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Economic uncertainty takes centre stage at summit of Great Lakes premiers, governors
QUBEC - Economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration was the focus of a three-day summit of Great Lakes governors and premiers in Quebec City. Ontario Premier Doug Ford took aim at U.S. Pre...
Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Number of temporary worker applications falls as fines rise, government says
OTTAWA - Ottawa says the number of temporary foreign worker applications has dropped by half since September 2024, when new rules were introduced to make it harder to get a permit. Employment and Soci...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Premature baby boy abandoned on porch of home on Montreal's South Shore
LONGUEUIL - Police say a premature baby boy was abandoned Sunday night outside a home on Montreal's South Shore. Longueuil police say someone left the boy on the porch of the home at around 11 p.m., r...
Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025

Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence defend Canada from autocracy
OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner says that while Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it is certainly a democratic superpower. Wagner told dignitaries at the Supreme C...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Oct 06, 2025
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Hypnotist Tyrone Reveen was in Regina recently. Have you or anyone you know been hypnotized?
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