Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge of federal firearms ban
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada agreed on Thursday to hear a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms models and variants it considers fit for the battlefield, not for hunting and sport ...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Canada spending $307M to buy new modular army rifles from Colt
OTTAWA - The federal government is buying 30,000 new modular assault rifles for the Canadian Army from Colt Canada in a $307 million procurement deal. That sum covers just the first three years of the...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Poilievre appearing on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast Thursday
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sat down for an interview with "The Joe Rogan Experience" for a podcast episode set to be released Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for Poilievre said h...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Canada drops down to 25th place in world happiness rankings: report
TORONTO - Canada's happiness ranking slipped again last year, continuing a decade-long trend that's seen the country plummet from the 5th happiest in the world in 2014 to 25th in 2026. The annual Worl...
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

In the news: Ottawa urged to help Inuit, Ontario funding cuts, B.C. long-term care
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Critics urge Ottawa to help Inuit resist Chinese surveillance, economic dependence The Carney government is l...
Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Critics urge Ottawa to help Inuit resist Chinese surveillance, economic dependence
OTTAWA - The Carney government is leaving Inuit communities at risk of Chinese surveillance and economic dependence and isn't facing up to the threat China poses to the North, critics say. "Inuit comm...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend's home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province's central coast. The community is a...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Community under state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend's home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province's central coast. Martson said Wedne...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in mother's death after new trial ordered
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham, Ont., woman in...
Sonja Puzic, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026

Canada's population has dropped for the first time since Confederation: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada's latest estimates suggest Canada's population declined last year for the first time since Confederation, due primarily to a drop in the number of non-permanent immigrants. ...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Mar 18, 2026
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