Tag Archives: Politics

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted away from its place of prominence in Charlottesville on Saturday and carted off to storage, years after its threatene...

OTTAWA - Canadian party leaders worked their way around the country this week, in what some see as a sure sign the pandemic is near its end, but also as proof that a federal election is on its way. Bu...

Quebec has announced its intention to impose a vaccine-passport system beginning in September that would require people to prove they are vaccinated to access non-essential businesses - such as bars a...

CHICAGO (AP) - Law enforcement officers in Chicago fatally shot a 33-year-old man who pointed a gun at them as they tried to arrest him Friday, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 9:40 a.m. ...

OTTAWA - The federal government's new ArriveCAN travel app is inaccessible to some Canadians with disabilities, raising questions of fair treatment and practical border-crossing concerns. Robert Fento...

SURREY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved his campaign-style sweep to Surrey, B.C., on Friday, announcing federal government funding of up to $1.3 billion to extend Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain...

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 79 on Friday, a number the mayor called "heartbreaking" as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day to find vi...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville will be taken down this week, the city announced Friday. Charlottesville said in a ne...

MONTREAL - Business owners say they are happy Quebec's vaccine-passport system will allow them to operate during potential COVID-19 outbreaks, but they worry the health order will become burdensome an...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orlea...