Politics

Hunters may soon be able to donate meat to Newfoundland and Labrador food banks

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. 鈥� A proposed legislative change in Newfoundland and Labrador would give residents using food banks a homegrown source of protein.

Oct 26, 2022 1:27 PM Read more >

Record share of Canadians are immigrants or permanent residents, census shows

OTTAWA 鈥� When Kedan Reval moved to Moncton, N.B., just three years ago there was only one Indian food restaurant in town, and few places to find supplies to make the meals he loved from his home country.

Oct 26, 2022 1:19 PM Read more >

Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 鈥� Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Iowa ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms, to headline a rally for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley, Trump's organization announced Wednesday.

Oct 26, 2022 1:17 PM Read more >

French, German leaders meet amid rift over energy, economy

PARIS (AP) 鈥� French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thrashed it out for three hours in Paris on Wednesday in hopes of bridging gaps between the two neighbors and key European Union allies on issues including energy, defens

Oct 26, 2022 1:14 PM Read more >

Judge mulls mental evaluation in Kavanaugh threat case

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) 鈥� A federal judge in Maryland said Wednesday that there is a 鈥渧ery high likelihood鈥� he will order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. U.S.

Oct 26, 2022 12:59 PM Read more >

Russia, NATO hold nuclear drills as Ukraine villages pounded

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� NATO and Russia's military alike staged planned annual nuclear exercises Wednesday as the Russian president repeated the unfounded claim that Ukraine plans to set off a radioactive 鈥渄irty bomb.

Oct 26, 2022 12:37 PM Read more >

Ex-Ottawa police chief says force couldn't change much about response to convoy

OTTAWA 鈥� The former chief of the Ottawa police says his officers couldn't have done anything materially differently during the response to the "Freedom Convoy.

Oct 26, 2022 12:35 PM Read more >

What to know about inflation and Bank of Canada rate hikes

OTTAWA 鈥� The Bank of Canada announced another hike to its key policy rate of half a percentage point, in an attempt to rein in decades-high inflation rates while facing stalled economic growth.

Oct 26, 2022 12:32 PM Read more >

Italy's Meloni easily wins 2nd and final confidence vote

ROME (AP) 鈥� Italy鈥檚 first far-right-led government since the fall of fascism in World War II can get down to business after new Premier Giorgia Meloni easily won the second of two required confidence votes in Parliament on Wednesday.