Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's top doctor has launched a social media meme with his comments imploring residents to cease shopping for non-essential items, including Birkenstock sandals offered at sale price...

WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama's dog Bo died Saturday after a battle with cancer, the Obamas said on social media. News of Bo's passing was shared by Obama and his wife Michelle on Instagr...

Canada's chief public health officer reminded Canadians on Saturday that even those who are fully vaccinated remain susceptible to COVID-19. Speaking at a virtual townhall for Yukoners, Dr. Theresa Ta...

Jennifer Coffman didn't expect to get hit with a double whammy at her restaurant in the tiny community of Field just west of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary this year. Coffman has been running t...

BERLIN - Leaders of Germany's Greens on Saturday slammed the mayor of Tuebingen, a member of their own party, for using a racist slur in a social media post about a black soccer player. Boris Palmer, ...

LONDON - The Scottish National Party won its fourth straight parliamentary election on Saturday and insisted it will push on with another referendum on Scotland's independence from the U.K. even thoug...

WASHINGTON - It won't speed the manufacture of vaccines. It enraged the developers who delivered lifesaving doses in record time. But President Joe Biden's decision to support waiving intellectual pro...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the response to the census is higher than the agency expected so far, with online submissions coming from some remote communities for the first time. Census cards with ...

Ottawa says it will create a new digital platform to help process immigration applications more quickly after the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for a faster shift to a new system. The federal...

OTTAWA - An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom's lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada's airline sector. Mike McNaney, president and chief executive officer of...