Global National: Oct. 30, 2022 | Canadian among those injured in Seoul crowd surge

South Korea’s president has declared a national period of mourning after a deadly crowd surge in Seoul. At least 154 people are now confirmed dead. Young party-goers had been out celebrating Halloween but the crowd quickly grew out of control. Twenty of the victims were foreign nationals, including one Canadian who was injured in the chaos. Dan Spector reports.

Brazil has a new leader following a bitterly contested presidential election. Leftist Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has won the race, denying far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a second term. As Mike Armstrong reports, the election was very tense and served as a referendum on two very different versions of Brazil’s future.

America’s biggest intelligence agencies are warning against threats against U.S. politicians and polling sites as election day approaches. These are the first midterms since former president Donald Trump polarized parts of the country, claiming the 2022 election was stolen from him. And the new warnings come after the hammer attack injuring the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Jennifer Johnson reports.

Canada’s health-care crisis appears to be hitting a breaking point that holds dangerous consequences for those seeking medical help. Canadians are facing unusually long wait times to get emergency medical care. As Heather Yourex-West reports, those long wait times have not only put patients at risk, it’s led to lost lives.

If you haven’t gotten your Halloween candy yet – beware! As Zack Power reports, the cost of candy is climbing.

Moving to a different country is no easy task. It means uprooting your entire life and culture to go somewhere where you may not know many people. And for asylum seekers, they might arrive with little – to nothing – at all. Now try doing all that in one of Europe’s most expensive places to live. As Crystal Goomansingh reports, a London foodbank is bringing newcomers together to eat and build connections.

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