Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The new federal taxpayers' advocate says he plans to keep a close eye on how the Canada Revenue Agency treats Canadians feeling the financial pain from the COVID-19 pandemic. Franois Boileau ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 6:12 p.m. Health officials in B.C. are reporting 158 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. No one else has died from the illne...

FREDERICTON - A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely avail...

MONTREAL - Two weeks after Quebec imposed a partial lockdown on its two biggest cities, the number of new, daily COVID-19 infections reported by health authorities has stabilized.  The fact the d...

OTTAWA - The Senate of Canada will pay nearly half a million dollars in compensation to nine employees of disgraced former senator Don Meredith who say they suffered abuse, including sexual harassment...

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Daylong lineups, pernicious warnings of voter fraud, civil unrest, intimidation and catching a deadly virus: casting a ballot in the United States this year is a stressful and risk...

VANCOUVER - John Horgan was held to account for his decision to call a snap election during the pandemic in Tuesday's leaders' debate that saw the New Democrat leader try to frame the narrative surrou...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday she will renew public health restrictions and warned that more stringent rules could be imposed because of a rise in COVID-...

WINNIPEG - A COVID-19 outbreak at a fly-in reserve in Manitoba and increasing infections in First Nations populations in the province has leaders worried.  "It's a wake-up call for all of us," sa...

EDMONTON - Salma Lakhani may be the first Muslim and South Asian lieutenant-governor in Canada, but that's not what she wants to be known for. Alberta's 19th lieutenant-governor says she wants to use ...