Politics

Four party leaders went head to head in the first televised debate of the campaign on Thursday, September 2, 2021, night, trading barbs over the COVID-19 pandemic, health care and systemic racism in Quebec, a key battleground in Canada's 44th federal election.

British Columbia has reinstated restrictions on gatherings in the Northern Health region because of a spike in COVID-19 cases fuelled by the Delta variant.

The U.N. weather agency says the world — and especially urban areas — experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel restrictions put in place over the coronavirus pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to urge world leaders and institutions to safeguard biodiversity as they work to curb climate change and support human welfare at a global summit starting on Friday, September 3, 2021, in southern France.

The absence of a law criminalizing unsanctioned abortions isn’t the same thing as a law guaranteeing access to them, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Four leaders will face off tonight, September 2, 2021, in the first televised debate of the federal election campaign.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, that deteriorating U.S.-China relations could undermine cooperation between the two on climate change.

B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, after protests outside some hospitals in the province.

Giving in to mounting pressure from experts, businesses and political opponents, Premier Doug Ford announced a vaccine certificate system on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, that will see Ontarians showing proof of immunization to access public spaces such as restaurants, gyms and movie theatres.

Quebec's vaccine passport system was launched on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, and while Montreal business owners said the day generally went well, they lamented the thought of turning potential clients away and increasing their employees' workloads.

Justin Trudeau aimed on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, to distinguish the Liberals from Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with promises to enshrine abortion services in the Canada Health Act and toughen measures to ban an array of firearms.

On Sept. 8 and 9, up to 100 debates on the environment will take place across Canada, giving voters a chance to see where their candidates stand on environmental policy.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau unveiled his party’s platform Wednesday, with more than $78 billion in new spending over the next five years largely focused on health care, child care, and economic recovery.

Maybe the most fanciful part of CAPP’s platform is its belief that Canada should ramp up its LNG exports to Asia and actually get credit for the emissions reductions associated with the switch from coal to natural gas, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

America's torturous, tragic withdrawal from Afghanistan finally ended Monday, leaving Canadian veterans and refugee advocates weighing several bad choices as hundreds of stranded Afghans still wait to hear good news about their applications for passage to Canada.