Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON - Canadian support for the principle of equal rights for women and men is among the highest in the world - but in practice, archaic attitudes towards gender roles are still alive and w...

OTTAWA - The federal deficit for the year could top $252.1 billion as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament's budget watchdog predicted in a report that warned the figure could go even higher&...

REGINA - Kelly Knowles has many questions about returning to work, including where her son would go. The Regina hairstylist contacted his daycare after the Saskatchewan government announced last ...

HALIFAX - For years to come, the village of Portapique, N.S., will likely be defined by tragedy. As the starting point for one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, the rural enclave on Cobe...

TORONTO - COVID-19 has now spread to every region in Canada, with Nunavut reporting its first case on Thursday, as Ontario reported its largest one-day climb in fatalities and the country's budget off...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is deploying a flight investigation team to determine the cause of a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece that has claimed the life of at least one service member an...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed Friday after tens of thousands of people flocked to the seashore last weekend during a heat wave despite his stay-a...

OTTAWA - The fervent and sometimes frustrating quest for details of a Nova Scotia gunman's deadly rampage has rekindled concerns about the RCMP's traditional reticence concerning major criminal probes...

OTTAWA - Doctors say they're becoming increasingly concerned about how they will handle the swelling backlog of elective surgeries once the immediate COVID-19 threat has ebbed. Hospitals have put off ...

HALIFAX - Whether it's the auctioning of police light bars or the availability of official RCMP decals, people familiar with the public trade in police gear say it's time...