Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec Premier Francois Legault visited Montreal on Thursday, to announce the province recorded 131 new deaths linked to the...

TORONTO - Ontarians will be able to go shopping, play tennis and take their pets to the vet next week, but they should still avoid visiting friends and family, Premier Doug Ford announced Th...

VANCOUVER - The union representing Vancouver's police officers joined the police chief Thursday in criticizing a budget cut passed by city council, arguing their services shouldn't be reduced during t...

OTTAWA - Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario plagued by annual spring flooding are being flown back to their community now that the threat of flooding has been downgraded. About 1,200 peop...

OTTAWA - Saskatchewan's premier says First Nations are receiving mixed messages after Canada's Indigenous services minister said sacred ceremonies would be allowed to continue despite restrictions put...

EDMONTON - A landmark environmental agreement that helped close the ozone hole in the 1990s has led to new chemical contaminants forming in the atmosphere and accumulating on land. "The Montreal ...

WASHINGTON - Despite White House claims, the U.S. still lacks a comprehensive battle plan against the coronavirus in critical areas including masks, testing, treatments and vaccines, whistleblower Ric...

HALIFAX - A stance by Nova Scotia's premier that his province would only play a support role if a public inquiry is called into a shooting rampage that took 22 lives is puzzling to...

WASHINGTON - A Republican senator with access to some of the nation's top secrets became further entangled in a deepening FBI investigation as agents examining a well-timed sale of stocks during the c...

OTTAWA - Canadian fish harvesters welcomed the announcement Thursday of $469 million in federal support for the sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they're watching closely for clarity as...