Government

U.S. to require Canadians, other foreign travellers to get COVID-19 test day before entry

U.S. Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown, ending weeks of suspense

Australia records first community transmission of Omicron variant; authorities holding nerve for now

Liberals offer deal to end parliamentary stand-off over documents tied to firing of Winnipeg lab scientists

Saskatchewan finance minister downplays farmers’ concerns about deficit blame

Freeland to release fall fiscal update just days before break

U.S., partners take punitive action against Belarus

Jason Kenney hires lawyers over environmentalist lawsuit threat

Ex-Epstein staffer testifies underage girls visited mansion

U.S. President Joe Biden doesn’t think weekend federal shutdown will happen

Bulk of college tuition in Ontario comes from international students, Auditor-General says

Feds shortchanging First Nations on operating cash for water systems, PBO says

Hundreds of Quebec daycares closed by strike as contract talks stall

Air travellers could wait up to three days in isolation for on-arrival COVID-19 test result in Canada

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer continues questioning accuser in sex-abuse trial

Ontario sent out $210-million in COVID-19 relief to ineligible businesses: Auditor-General

Electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at most ONroute rest stops by next summer

Conservatives want to pin rising prices on the Trudeau government. Will Canadians be convinced?

Little progress made to combat anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health care: report

Government sticks with three-year timeline to implement military victims’ bill of rights

Alberta’s deficit likely less than expected due to surging oil and gas prices

Ontario opposition parties pitch policies about minimum wage, development as they gear up for election

B.C. identifies first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant

Quebec makes $3.9-billion investment to address labour shortages

Ottawa expands travel ban, increases testing in effort to control Omicron COVID-19 variant

Taliban kill, abduct dozens of ex-officers: rights group

Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson chooses party veteran Mikael Damberg as finance minister

Travellers entering Canada need to be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival

Vaccines will offer some protection from Omicron COVID-19 variant as new cases emerge, say infectious disease experts

Campaigning under way for Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ election, but few candidates are talking about democracy