Politics

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A joint task force investigation into last week's major fire at a scrapyard in Saint John, N.B., will consider whether the recycling plant should continue operating at the city's port, says Premier Blaine Higgs.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives say they will ensure more health care services are available at pharmacies if they are re-elected Oct. 3.

OTTAWA — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit Canada this week after stops at the United Nations and the White House.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba New Democrats are promising financial help for rental housing and the movie industry. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says he would lift the provincial sales tax from the construction of new rental units if his party wins the Oct.

Former President Donald Trump will travel to the battleground state of Michigan next week to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican presidential debate, a person familiar with his plans said Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. U.S.

VANCOUVER — Most of the District of Peachland along the west side of Okanagan Lake is now on evacuation alert as drought, heat and windy conditions in southern British Columbia fuel the late-season Glen Lake wildfire.

India struck back at Canada early Tuesday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked agents of India's government to the shooting death of a Sikh leader near Vancouver.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration said starting Tuesday it is making it easier for someone to register to vote when they are getting or renewing a driver's license in Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against his Republican critics, arguing in a new lawsuit that although he is the son of the president of the United States, he shouldn't be treated differently than any other American.