Tag Archives: Politics

Several politicians have admitted to leaving the country over the December holiday period, even as their constituents hunkered down at home, following public health guidance meant to curb the spread o...

OTTAWA - A new research report by the Department of National Defence suggests the longer the COVID-19 pandemic rages, the stronger right-wing extremism and other threats in Canada and around the world...

ATLANTA - Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. ...

LONDON - Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening...

OTTAWA - The one-time Conservative cabinet minister and MP who broke ranks to form his own political party is among the Canadians who've headed south in recent months. Maxime Bernier, who leads the li...

WASHINGTON - A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, from the nation's capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black...

OTTAWA - Rear Admiral Craig Baines is being tapped as the Royal Canadian Navy's new commander.Outgoing chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance announced the appointment Tuesday, with Baines set...

ATLANTA - Voters across Georgia cast their ballots Tuesday to decide which party will control the U.S. Senate. The election has dominated the airwaves in the state for weeks and both sides have launch...

WASHINGTON - "Where are they?" a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens roaming the halls of the Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on doors. They - lawmakers, staff members and more - w...

ATLANTA - Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, former U.N. Ambassador and civil rights leader Andrew Young and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan got vaccinated against COVID...