Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Liberal MP William Amos has once again been caught unawares on webcam. "Last night, while attending House of Commons proceedings virtually, in a non-public setting, I urinated without realizi...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 408,034 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,346,755...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwpemc First Nation said in...

Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and G...

EDMONTON - The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won't look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the cit...

BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she's set an end-of-summer target for everyone in the province to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced Thursda...

OTTAWA - Canada's requirement for air travellers to quarantine for up to three days at a hotel is an expensive, inconsistent policy that contains loopholes and should be ditched, says a new report fro...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money, $116.5 million, in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully r...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country following an election describe...