Rhianna Schmunk

Senior Writer

Rhianna Schmunk is a senior writer covering domestic and international affairs at CBC News. Her work over the past decade has taken her across North America, from the Canadian Rockies to Washington, D.C. She routinely covers the Canadian courts, with a focus on precedent-setting civil cases. You can send story tips to rhianna.schmunk@cbc.ca.

Latest from Rhianna Schmunk

Trump lumped together Canada, Mexico as border problems. Data shows it's apples and oranges

In his threat to slap hefty tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to the U.S., president-elect Donald Trump lumped together the border issues of the two nations. Experts and politicians say it's an apples-to-oranges comparison.

NDP MPs call for investigation into 'potato cartel' price-fixing allegations

Two federal politicians have asked Canada's competition commissioner to investigate whether companies have been conspiring to raise the price of frozen potato products, such as fries and hash browns, after similar allegations were made in the United States.

Alleged 'potato cartel' accused of conspiring to raise price of frozen fries, tater tots across U.S.

Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claim that four leading potato companies — including two Canadian ones — have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years.

What you need to know about your mail during the Canada Post strike

Canada Post has shut down across the country because tens of thousands of postal workers are on strike over wages, working conditions and other issues. The closure will affect millions of Canadians and businesses nationwide before the busy holiday season. Here's what you need to know.

The women's wave fell short for Kamala Harris. What happened?

During an antagonistic race for the White House, both candidates tried to turn the gender gap among voters to their advantage, with Harris focusing on reproductive freedom as a cornerstone of her campaign and Trump doubling down on a hypermasculine strategy to draw more men to the polls. 

Donald Trump will be the 1st convicted felon president. Here's what that means

President-elect Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to hold the White House, after beating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris to return to office after leaving in explosive fashion four years ago. But his election victory will all but end the cases against him.

U.S. election night: Trump seals victory in presidential race

Republican candidate Donald Trump has claimed victory in Tuesday's contentious U.S. presidential election.
CBC in Michigan

Some voters aren't crazy about Trump. But they're supporting him anyway

There's a contingent of voters in U.S. who don't necessarily like Donald Trump as a person, but say they'll be voting for him anyway because they believe he'll be stronger on the economy.

No clear winner in B.C. election race between NDP, Conservatives

A tight race for political power in British Columbia still had no clear winner after the vast majority of votes were counted on Saturday, with a weakened incumbent party narrowly leading its top challenger late into the night.

Arab American and Muslim voters helped Biden win in 2020. This year, they could sink Harris

Many Arab American and Muslim voters are shifting away from the Democratic Party because they feel betrayed, forgotten and angry over the Biden administration’s handling of the Middle East crisis. The sentiment in Michigan could have an outsize impact on the outcome of next month’s election.