Tag Archives: Politics

LIHUE, Hawaii - The police chief on the Hawaiian island of Kauai mocked people of Asian descent and in one case "squinted his eyes" and bowed his head while mimicking someone with a Japanese accent, a...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair faced harsh questions Wednesday over security related to the federal quarantine program after reports of two incidents of alleged sexual assault. At a parlia...

OTTAWA - Conservative party members will debate a range of policy proposals at next weekend's convention but so far, none will be about abortion. That's despite a flat-out push by anti-abortion groups...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his staff knew about the existence of an allegation of sexual misconduct by then-defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance in 2018, but that they only learned the s...

YELLOWKNIFE - All adults in Yellowknife can now book an appointment to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. Yellowknife is the last community in the Northwest Territories to make vaccinations available to ...

WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed Merrick Garland on Wednesday to be the next U.S. attorney general with a strong bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the post as President ...

WASHINGTON - A Congress riven along party lines approved the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a major triumph on legislation marshall...

MOSCOW - Russian authorities said Wednesday they are slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its failure to remove banned content - part of growing efforts to curb social...

TORONTO - Health authorities stepped up COVID-19 vaccination efforts on the eve of the first anniversary of the global pandemic Wednesday amid a stubbornly consistent spread of new infections and rela...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development and North Carolina regulator Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Prote...