Beyond Local

“I was like, ‘What? Are you kidding?’”

OTTAWA — Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said. The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa's promise to bring in 500,000 people a year by 2025.

DAUPHIN, MAN. — Six of 10 seniors who survived a bus crash in southern Manitoba that killed 15 others were listed in critical condition in hospital, health officials said Friday.

EDMONTON — Environment Canada confirms what it calls a "tornado outbreak" in rural Alberta earlier this week It says between 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Levi Ryl, 27, says he has no big purchases planned and will "invest a good chunk of it"

CALGARY — Anxious Alberta ranchers praying for rain got their wish this week, but it may not be enough to stop the ongoing decline in Canadian cattle production.

Students unearth Métis history in St. Albert

Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week when she prepared to pack up and leave under an evacuation order as wildfires loomed outside the small community in British Columbia's northeast.

“We as queer adults are kind of stepping in to be like, ‘Hey, pick on someone your own size,’ and trying to wrap around these kids as much as possible,” St. Albert's Bekah Marcellus said.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group says its direct deposit system has been hit by technical issues that are preventing account holders from getting paid.