Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Advocates are calling on the federal government and the City of Vancouver to halt the march toward possible drug decriminalization in the city, saying the process excludes users and demands a...

WASHINGTON - Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan would deal a "massive and potentially permanent" blow to Canada's economy and energy security and risk lasting damage to relations with the U...

TORONTO - Ontario and the federal government have struck an agreement that will see Ottawa kick in $12 billion to help build several transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area over the ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia has halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. The announcement came after Slovakia's State Institute...

BANGKOK (AP) - Two jailed leaders of a student-led pro-democracy movement that attracted both support and controversy last year when it called for reform of Thailand's monarchy were released Tuesday a...

EDEN, Texas (AP) - Two sheriff's deputies have been killed in the central Texas town of Eden, an official with the state's Department of Public Safety said Tuesday. Trooper Justin Baker confirmed that...

BRUSSELS (AP) - The Belgian government said Tuesday it will further relax its coronavirus lockdown as of next month and hopes to fully reopen the nation from Sept. 1. After the country's curfew was ab...

OTTAWA - Canada's top military police officer told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that he is not beholden to the top brass, as he responded to allegations that former chief of the defence staff ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:10 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 515 new COVID-19 cases, continuing a downward trend at the same time that vaccinations a...

LONDON (AP) - The U.K. government sought to capitalize on its electoral strength Tuesday, outlining a sweeping legislative agenda to bolster the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, defuse tensions th...