Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - A new research project will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racialized communities as well as existing biases in the health-care system.  The national project was&nb...

OTTAWA - Leslyn Lewis, who finished in a strong third place in the Conservative leadership race after starting off an unknown, will run for the party in the next election. Lewis spoke Tuesday with new...

OTTAWA - The legal team for a Huawei executive facing extradition to the United States has lost its battle to have the contents of six confidential documents released to them. Meng Wanzhou's defence t...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't recommend Quebecers download the federal COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone application - at least for now. Eric Caire, minister responsi...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson has resigned, shortly after details of text messages that the state's married and socially conservative top law enforcement officer sent to a...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will be there to help First Nations schools protect against COVID-19 following calls for more dedicated funding. The Nishnawbe Aski Nation...

WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will take the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates next week, flying from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi in a symbolic and substant...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer is warning against the spread of online untruths about vaccines, as a new survey suggests some Canadians are worried about getting inoculated against COVI...

OTTAWA - Canadians believe that official inflation measures don't reflect the rising costs they face, a senior Bank of Canada official says, with COVID-19 pandemic further widening the gap b...

POINT ROBERTS, Wash. - The border closure between Canada and the United States has severely impacted Point Roberts, Wash., which is landlocked from the rest of the country. The extended coronavirus-in...