Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23. Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 ...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on Ottawa to provide the provinces with billions in funding for child care - a demand that could help determine whether the minority Liberal gove...

OTTAWA - Police chiefs say they support closer collaboration with crisis workers to help prevent tragedies when their officers confront people dealing with mental-health issues. Peel Regional Police C...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said Friday he will take the weekend to decide whether to call an election after the Opposition Liberals rejected his proposed deal to keep the To...

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump on Friday paid a visit to his younger brother, Robert Trump, at the New York hospital where he has been hospitalized. The president entered New York-Presbyterian/Weil...

OTTAWA - Federal health officials are preparing for surges in new cases of COVID-19, including an expected peak of the outbreak this fall that could temporarily exceed the ability ...

MONTREAL - One of Canada's best-known religious landmarks, the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, is seeking urgent government assistance to withstand a budget shortfall caused by COVID-19. Claudia...

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border are being extended another 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two countries will continue their mutu...

WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russ...

A new survey indicates Atlantic Canada is largely opposed to lifting travel restrictions for Canadians who live outside the region. More than 3,300 Atlantic Canadians participated in th...