Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government is quietly looking at a plan for longer-term recovery from the COVID-19 crisis even as its focus remains squarely on getting more than $100 billion in emergency economi...

OTTAWA - Saudi Arabia still has a troubling human rights record but Canada's foreign affairs minister says an amended contract to sell it light-armoured vehicles is better than the...

OTTAWA - Former Supreme Court of Canada justice Peter Cory has died. According to a written statement from the top court, Cory passed away April 7 in Mississauga, Ont., at the age of 94. Cory served o...

EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association has filed a lawsuit against the province over how the government pushed through changes in the way doctors can bill for their servic...

OTTAWA - Parliament will be recalled Saturday to vote on the Trudeau government's $73-billion emergency wage subsidy program to help businesses keep their employees on the payroll throu...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine whether new air-travel rules that allow lengthy delays breach the rights of some Canadians with disabilities. The federal regulations le...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will not look at whether parts of Quebec's secularism law should be suspended while a full legal challenge of the measure plays out. The law,...

OTTAWA - Canada could see the end of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic before autumn, according to federal projections, but only if strong physical distancing measures are strictly maintained th...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved out of intensive care Thursday at the London hospital where he is being treated for the new coronavirus, as his government told Britons to prepa...

NEW YORK - A staggering 16.8 million Americans lost their jobs in just three weeks, a measure of how fast the coronavirus has brought world economies to their knees. Meanwhile, religious leaders world...