Tag Archives: Politics

Parents in Canada whose children are stuck in Peru following border closures are anxiously waiting for any concrete information on how to get their kids home. Amit Konorty's son, Jacob, 24, ...

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says it might be months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the spread of COVID-19. Canada has seen a "conc...

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...

WASHINGTON - Iran has granted a medical furlough to a U.S. Navy veteran who has been imprisoned in for more than a year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday. Michael White of Imperial Be...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny called off his campaign Thursday, saying it is just not right to ask people for money during a public health emergency. His announcement came as&n...

TORONTO - Hundreds of doctors, nurses and activists are calling on provincial governments to ensure immediate access to free health care for new arrivals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an open ...

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are expected to close their doors to discretionary cross-border travel sometime overnight Friday, leaving it open to long-haul truckers, air cr...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign on Thursday, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillary Clinton and raising fears among Democrats that s...

WASHINGTON - An American jailed for months in Lebanon was released from custody Thursday, while a Navy veteran was granted medical furlough from an Iran prison as the country struggles to curb the spr...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is pausing the movement of any new troops into Afghanistan and is quarantining 1,500 troops and civilians who recently arrived to avoid any possible spread of the corona...