Politics

The close race may be a signal that supporters of former President Trump are less loyal to the man himself than to his policies. HARRISBURG, Pa. — With the Senate majority at stake in the fall, eyes across the country are watching the Senate race in Pennsylvania, another test of …

OTTAWA – Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will travel to New York today for two days of meetings at the UN to help mobilize a global response to the food security crisis resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Joly will meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for talks and will participate in …

PITTSBURGH — John Fetterman, the liberal lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania who won his state’s Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday, seemed to be cruising into what is shaping up as one of the most closely watched general elections in the country this fall. Then a stroke upended his plans. Mr. …

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn has conceded in the North Carolina Primary Election. RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn has conceded in the North Carolina Primary Election, Cawthorn’s communications director confirmed to WCNC Charlotte Tuesday night.  With most votes counted, election results in the 11th District Republican primary showed the …

VANCOUVER – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May last year that the remains of as many as 215 children were found using ground-penetrating radar around the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia’s Interior. Since then, many other First Nations have also searched school sites in their territories. …

BRUSSELS — The world economy is heading into a potentially grim period as rising costs, shortages of food and other commodities and Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine threaten to slow economic growth and bring about a painful global slump. Two years after the coronavirus pandemic emerged and left much of …

Some Finnish people living in Canada say they support Finland’s recent historic decision to seek NATO membership after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Finnish parliament resoundingly rubber-stamped the government’s decision to seek membership on Tuesday. Sweden is joining the previously nonaligned Finland in putting forth formal application letters to be …

WASHINGTON — It did not take long after the racist gun massacre in Buffalo for a familiar sense of resignation to set in on Capitol Hill about the chance that Congress would be able to muster the will to act on meaningful legislation to combat gun violence in America. In …

The White House said on Tuesday that Americans were now eligible for a third order of free, at-home coronavirus tests shipped through the Postal Service. The move doubled to 16 the total number of tests the program has made available to each household. The tests, authorized by the Food and …

OTTAWA – International arrivals at Canadian airports are so backed up that people are being kept on planes for over an hour after they land because there isn’t physically enough space to hold the lineups of travellers, says the Canadian Airports Council. The council blames COVID-19 protocols and has called …