Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A federal judge says there are reasonable grounds to believe a Quebec resident was complicit in crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia. In a ruling Thursday, Federal Court...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole wasted little time Thursday leaping back into full campaign - and attack - mode after new fundraising numbers highlighted thei...

OTTAWA - Leading philanthropists and immunization experts say the world lacks the ability to properly manufacture, finance and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine, even if one were found by the end of the y...

OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to begin fulfilling a key electoral promise by banning a variety of assault-style rifles, including the type used in the 1989 mass shooting in Montreal. Durin...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. Health Canada and the RCMP have seized more than 1,500 unauthorized COVID-19 test kits from a person in Richmon...

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says that it's likely the federal deficit for the year will hit $252.1 billion as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and could go even higher if emergency measure...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes the U.S. can never declare "total victory" over the coronavirus because too many people have died. But he added that he will count it...

WASHINGTON - Canadian support for the principle of equal rights for women and men is among the highest in the world - but in practice, archaic attitudes towards gender roles are still alive and w...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An ice jam had shrunk to almost half its size Thursday after causing major flooding earlier in the week that forced 13,000 people from their homes in Fort McMurra...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible "mistake," and his intelligence agencies said they are stil...