Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia First Nations is seeking to challenge the federal government's second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Canada's highest court. The S...

VICTORIA - Scientists who track the growth of pandemics say some figures provided by public health officials tell more about the spread of the novel coronavirus than others. Daniel Coombs sa...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a growing number of Canadians are frightened of the prospect of contracting the novel coronavirus. Sixty-four per cent of Canadians said they were personally afraid of bec...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in stable condition with the coronavirus Tuesday in a hospital intensive care unit, where he was given oxygen but was breathing on his own without a v...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   10:34 p.m. Ontario says it will allow cannabis delivery and curbside pick up from authorized retail stores during ...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon says it has placed enforcement officers at its boundaries and at the Whitehorse airport to get details of travellers self-isolation plans, their contact information and to ...

OTTAWA - Here is the federal government's latest guidance on COVID-19 and masks: - Wearing a non-medical mask - such as a homemade, cotton covering - is an additional measure you can ta...

OTTAWA - A Russian-born woman who was barred from Canada for allegedly spying on behalf of Moscow will get another chance to argue her case. In a newly released ruling, Federal Court Ju...

OTTAWA - New Democrats say the COVID-19 pandemic is distracting the federal and provincial governments from helping a northern-Ontario First Nation whose residents have been forced to e...

OTTAWA - Battles are brewing in some cities over use of increasingly limited public space, as local governments struggle with whether to give more room for pedestrians to spread out. The Public Health...