Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A local recreation centre in Ottawa has become an isolation and treatment centre for homeless people with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. The centre opened Monday nea...

WASHINGTON - Top congressional and White House officials emerged from grueling negotiations at the Capitol over the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package saying they expected to reach a deal T...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times eastern): 11:15 p.m. An employee at a Real Canadian Superstore in Oshawa, Ont., has tested positive for COVID-19. The store says it...

ATLANTA - The coronavirus outbreak has grounded the 2020 presidential race - but not ended it. What we're watching heading into a new week of what we used to call the campaign trail: ___ Days to next ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tone hardened Monday as he warned Canadians there are limits to the government's patience for those ignoring COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Trudeau said across t...

Yukon's chief medical health officer says the territory has its first two cases of COVID-19. Dr. Brendan Hanley says a couple from Whitehorse who attended a conference in the U.S. were tested upon the...

FREDERICTON - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has declared a provincial state of emergency because he says some people are blatantly ignoring requirements for social distancing and self-isolat...

WASHINGTON - As signature cherry blossom trees go through peak bloom in the nation's capital, officials in the District of Columbia are resorting to mass street closures to keep large crowds away in t...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate and raising fears about the further transmission of the virus a...

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Merkel, 65, was info...