Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing back against ongoing American tariffs on Canadian solar products. In a statement today, International Trade Minister Mary Ng calls the tariffs "unwarranted" ...

TORONTO - A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots. While most of thos...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military's surgeon general says the Canadian Armed Forces have received enough doses of the Moderna vaccine to immunize 1,200 members against COVID-19.Maj.-Gen. Marc Bilodeau say...

Health Canada says it's delaying its long-awaited overhaul of drug-pricing regulations by another six months. While pharmaceutical manufacturers and patient advocates welcomed the decision, they say t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - An uneasy peace settled over a fortified Capitol Hill on Thursday as National Guard soldiers stood sentry, workers erected steel barriers and supporters of Donald Trump - along with...

FREDERICTON - A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province.The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed a s...

WASHINGTON - Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner before dawn Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in...

TORONTO - Canada's hardest-hit regions are further tightening COVID-19 lockdown measures with public health officials blaming holiday gatherings for surging infections and experts suggesting Quebec's ...

OTTAWA - Canada's special adviser on the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran's offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy...

Pedram Mousavi sat with the other passengers on Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 as it remained parked on the tarmac south of Iran's capital, Tehran, about an hour behind schedule in the ...