Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

VICTORIA - Emily Lowan, a 25-year-old climate activist, is the new leader of the British Columbia Green Party. Lowen won on the first ballot with 3,189 votes, ahead of second-place Jonathan Kerr with ...

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Supreme Court of Canada has granted a last-minute stay over the destruction of a flock of ostriches until the court mulls an application for leave to appeal. T...

OTTAWA - Indian's new high commissioner to Canada is being sworn in this afternoon at Rideau Hall, following a series of high-level visits by Canadian officials. Along with other new envoys, Dinesh Pa...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer intends to publish an updated outlook today on Canada's economy and Ottawa's finances as scrutiny over the looming federal budget heats up. Ottawa's fiscal wa...

MONTREAL - Quebec's family doctors say they will join specialist physicians in refusing to teach medical students to pressure the government to shelve an unpopular bill. Doctors are in negotiations wi...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians say they are being affected by extreme weather following one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. A Leger poll of 1,500 people conducted online between ...

TORONTO - Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued stateme...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it has struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide. The potential deal will need to be ratified by members of the Alberta Te...

LONGUEUIL - The crew of the Artemis II mission, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are heading around the moon in 2026, but the team said Wednesday they are most concerned about laying the gr...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population grew at its slowest pace for a second quarter since comparable record keeping began in 1946, excluding 2020 when the pandemic hit. The agency s...