Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - A rising death toll from overdoses in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic has advocates, government officials and health-care workers concerned about a public health emergency that has been&...

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are both "very comfortable" with their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel, but Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland won't say if the...

OTTAWA - Canada's national environment agenda is the latest thing to be upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, as plans for both beefing up national climate targets and banning some plastics are likely to ...

OTTAWA - The role immigrant labour is playing to keep the country moving during the COVID-19 pandemic is proof of why robust immigration must continue in the aftermath, federal Immigration M...

OTTAWA - A federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last at least through the summer and the federal government is asking companies to rehire laid off staff - many of...

OTTAWA - Provinces looking to reopen their economies will need to scale up and co-ordinate testing and contact-tracing to contain future outbreaks of COVID-19, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Duri...

OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer chuckled Friday when asked if he wishes he had done anything differently during his time at the party's helm. "Well, clearly," he said. Scheer was a...

OTTAWA - An all-party committee is recommending the House of Commons hold additional virtual sittings to conduct all its regular business - including voting - during the COVID-19 pandemic.  ...

TORONTO - Ontario's premier has released a "Cooking with Doug" video showing how he makes cherry cheesecake. On a tangent during a news conference this week, Doug Ford boasted about making the best ch...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been relying on to ensure his safety, despite new data suggesting the test may ...