Tag Archives: Politics

SAN FRANCISCO - In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In the midst of the summer scramble to get courses online at Memorial University in St. John's, Sonja Knutson realized there were political implications to remote learning she hadn'...

BETHESDA, Md. - Infected and contagious, President Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions meant to contain the de...

ROME - Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the "magic theories" of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solid...

The NDP is out with a pair of new campaign promises to promote women’s equality. Regina Douglas Park candidate Nicole Sarauer announced that, if elected, the party would create new legislation t...

Canada is running out of time to prevent a major resurgence of COVID-19, the country's chief public health officer said Saturday as its two most populous provinces continued to report some of their hi...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador has voted down a motion to hold a leadership review of its leader. The party says in a news release th...

BETHESDA, Md. - President Donald Trump went through a "very concerning" period Friday and faces a "critical" next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital, his chief of staff said...

MONTREAL - Crowds of protesters marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday, calling for justice for Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who was subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital. Ec...

OTTAWA - Facing a looming court-imposed deadline, the federal government will reintroduce Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The government has until Dec. 18 to a...