Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday tightened the screws on his most loyal soldier, pressuring Vice-President Mike Pence to use powers he does not have to overturn the will of voters in a d...

BERLIN - The German government said Tuesday it is extending the country's lockdown by three weeks until Jan. 31, tightening curbs on social contacts and planning limits on people's movements in the wo...

Hong Kong's outgoing top judge said Tuesday that calls for reform of the city's judiciary cannot be based on dissatisfaction with court rulings, as pro-Beijing figures and state-owned media step up cr...

LONDON - Britain is facing a long, bleak winter as cold, wet weather and a more contagious variant of the coronavirus put unprecedented strain on the nation's hospitals and force record numbers of pat...

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...

ATLANTA - The top federal prosecutor in Atlanta left his position Monday, a day after an audio recording was made public in which President Donald Trump called him a "never-Trumper." Byung J. "BJay" P...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, saying he failed to ask government members not to travel, has accepted the resignation of his highways minister for going to California over the holidays while...

OTTAWA - Experts who advocate for improvements to long-term care in Canada say the provinces need to move faster to vaccinate residents and the people who look after them. Canada's overall vaccination...

EDMONTON - An Alberta mother says she's outraged by various politicians and staff who decided to travel abroad over the holidays, while a dream trip to Hawaii for her terminally ill son had to be post...