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Conservatives retaining lead over Liberals with slightly wider gap, new poll says

Conservatives retaining lead over Liberals with slightly wider gap, new poll says

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap.
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Supply-chain turbulence is here to stay, so what is Canada doing about it?

Supply-chain turbulence is here to stay, so what is Canada doing about it?

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has lots of reasons to be losing sleep. Soaring living costs have Canadians lined up at food banks. The federal Liberals are anticipating a possible recession.
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Fijians vote in election between 2 former coup leaders

Fijians vote in election between 2 former coup leaders

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fijians voted Wednesday in an election that pitted two former military coup leaders against each other at a time the nation is trying to recover from a severe economic downturn.
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Manitoba's governing Tories hold seat in tight byelection contest Tuesday

Manitoba's governing Tories hold seat in tight byelection contest Tuesday

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives won a byelection in the Kirkfield Park constituency in Winnipeg Tuesday night, narrowly hanging on to a seat they had previously won handily. The race went down to the wire.
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Australia vies for Pacific influence with new security deal

Australia vies for Pacific influence with new security deal

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has signed a new security deal with Oceania island country Vanuatu as part of an ongoing competition with China for influence in the Pacific.
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Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it 'a blow against hate'

Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it 'a blow against hate'

WASHINGTON (AP) — A celebratory crowd of thousands bundled up on a chilly Tuesday afternoon to watch President Joe Biden sign gay marriage legislation into law, a joyful ceremony that was tempered by the backdrop of an ongoing conservative backlash o
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Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences

Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is commuting the sentences of all of the state's 17 inmates awaiting execution, saying their death sentences will be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine

US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles, U.S.
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Sticking with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235 million: report

Sticking with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235 million: report

SURREY, B.C. — City council in Surrey, B.C., has voted to send a plan to the province to keep the RCMP as its police force, saying it would save $235 million over five years.
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Indian, Chinese troops clash at border in fresh faceoff

Indian, Chinese troops clash at border in fresh faceoff

NEW DELHI (AP) — Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India's defense minister said Tuesday, in the latest violence along the contested frontier since June 2020, when troops from both countries engaged in a dea
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