Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: National News

Health advocates call on Liberals to keep pharmacare promise ahead of budget
OTTAWA - Health care advocates say they're worried the Liberal government will backtrack on its promise to create a universal, single-payer pharmacare program. Frdrique Chabot, executive director of A...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

RCMP escort CFIA to execute search warrant on B.C. ostrich farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP and disposal trucks have converged on a British Columbia ostrich farm that has been at the centre of a fight to stop a cull order of 400 birds after an outbre...
Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

Mother searches for answers after public health says unsterile needles used at Ontario clinic
TORONTO - Christine Lavalle feels like she's trapped in a nightmare. She found out on social media last week that her child might have been exposed to blood-borne infections at a Burlington walk-in cl...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

B.C. public workers' strike expands to liquor, cannabis distribution warehouses
DELTA - Liquor and cannabis warehouses in British Columbia are now behind picket lines as public sector workers step up job action to try to pressure the government back to the bargaining table. The B...
Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

Plaintiffs suing Gilbert Rozon for sex assault can't all be lying, lawyer says
MONTREAL - A lawyer for nine women accusing the founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival of sexual assault said it's impossible his clients are all lying about what happened to them. Bruce Johns...
Miriam Lafontaine, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

Police lack resources to enforce gun buyback, minister suggests in recorded exchange
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree suggested recently that an acquaintance shouldn't worry about being arrested for refusing to turn in a banned firearm because municipal police have ...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

NDP calls on Ottawa to do more to get approved refugees out of Gaza
OTTAWA - NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said Monday the government needs to do more to get people out of Gaza who applied for temporary visas through an extended family reunification program. The p...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

Ottawa asks court to overturn tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
OTTAWA - Ottawa is asking the Federal Court to overturn a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order directing it to work with First Nations to reform the child welfare system, and for a new panel to be str...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

Montreal transit strike begins, could disrupt service for two weeks
MONTREAL - A transit strike kicked off Monday morning that could disrupt bus and subway service in Montreal for the next two weeks, as Quebec's labour minister accused the workers of holding public tr...
Lia Lévesque, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025

Fact File: Fake stories about hockey stars tied to foreign clickbait network
A new NHL season is just around the corner, but hockey fans looking for updates on their favourite players and teams should be wary of news they see posted on Facebook from clickbait accounts sharing ...
Colleen Hale-Hodgson, The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2025
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