Beyond Local

From sinking boats, stormy weather and family ties, is what an Irish-born, Canmore resident has detailed in his sophomore book, Unsinkable: Cancer, Five Boats, and my 710-kilometre Sea Swim.

YELLOWKNIFE — Defence Minister Bill Blair says another company of soldiers is being deployed to Hay River in the Northwest Territories, which has been evacuated for more than a week due to a threatening wildfire nearby.

Fire chiefs say the fight against devastating wildfires that have been rampaging around Lake Okanagan, B.C., has turned a corner after days of destruction.

The B.C. Utilities Commission has rejected an application by BC Hydro to increase its fees at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, on an interim basis.

Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden.

Stephen Bounds said the abuse began in the Catholic boarding school dormitory in Edmonton when he was 12.

TORONTO — Canadian LinkedIn users wanting to ensure the public that they're the real deal now have another method of verifying their online/digital identity: government identification.

Young climate activists’ recent legal victory in a Montana court case shows “climate litigation is progressing in a good direction all over the continent,” according to a young Canadian fighting a similar legal battle in Ontario’s Court of Appeal.

PHOTOS: KanFest brings out whitewater competitors

YELLOWKNIFE — The rainy weather helping cool fires in the Northwest Territories is expected to end today.