Tag Archives: Politics

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will start vaccinating front-line health workers next week with a shot that is still in testing - an unorthodox strategy announced Wednesday after officials abandoned plans...

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys' performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the str...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 25,230 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,123,563...

VICTORIA - The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that...

OTTAWA - A judge has rejected a request from firearms owners to suspend a sweeping ban on many gun models while their full arguments against the prohibitions are considered by the court. In her ruling...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer and attorney general are asking for a court injunction ordering three churches to follow public health rules banning in-person religious servic...

OTTAWA - Senators have voted to give the federal government 18 months to expand access to medical assistance in dying to people suffering solely from mental illnesses. They voted 57-21 Tuesday to amen...

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns that China is undermining Canada through its efforts to steal valuable technology and silence critics of Beijing's policies. In a ...

TORONTO - A Polish court order that an eminent Canadian historian and his co-editor apologize for suggesting a man helped kill Jews during the Second World World has angered Jewish human rights activi...

EDMONTON - Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. "I think (it) did a bait and switch and I'm very disappoi...