Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canada is on track to complete its millionth test for COVID-19 sometime in the next 24 hours but is still falling far short of the number of daily tests the country's chief public h...

Jackie Potter cannot stop thinking about her five dead children. The 60-year-old lives alone in Hamilton with nothing to do during the pandemic. So she thinks. St. Matthew's House, the seniors centre ...

WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, but plans to take part in the court's arguments by telephone Wednesday, the Supreme Court sai...

OTTAWA - With 10 days to go to sign up voters for the federal Conservative leadership race, all four contenders are intensifying efforts to shore up support. Erin O'Toole and Peter MacKay appear locke...

OTTAWA - A stuffed deer head made a cameo appearance Tuesday during a virtual gathering of members of Parliament. The deer head, replete with antlers, was mounted on the wall behind Conserva...

OTTAWA - Gun-control advocates and the Trudeau government see a coming overhaul of the firearms classification system as key to cementing the recent federal move to ban assault-style rifles. The ...

OTTAWA - The federal information czar wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell government agencies they must strive to be transparent and accountable as they wrestle with the fallout from COVI...

OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will become eligible Friday for a key benefit - without jeopar...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alle...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe, but at least one union says the cash doesn't address the real problem....