Beyond Local

Canada's three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. Smooshi and her baby, Koyuk, from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.

The popular program provides up to $3,000 in rebates towards the cost of xeriscaping a new yard or where grass is removed in an existing yard.

BERLIN (AP) — New research reveals that the hunter-gatherer people who dominated Europe 30,000 years ago sought refuge from the last Ice Age in warmer places, but only those who sheltered in what is now Spain and Portugal appear to have survived.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The father of the cellphone was there. So was Huawei and a host of other Chinese tech companies .

TORONTO — A media backlash against the Dilbert comic strip took hold in Canada on Monday as several of the country's biggest newspapers announced they were dropping the office-set cartoon over recent remarks by its creator.

In this recipe from Eric Akis, shrimp salad, flavoured with curry powder, lime and mango chutney, is served in lettuce leaves, ready to wrap up and devour.

HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the video-sharing app grow.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — I climbed into the front seat of the air taxi, buckled the seat belt and braced as the aircraft lifted off.

BANFF – The municipalities of Banff, Canmore and Jasper have their fingers crossed that their importance as tourism-based communities to provincial coffers will be recognized in the upcoming Alberta government budget.

It will likely cost about $8 million to create a berm around Cochrane Lake and invest in new pumping infrastructure to raise water levels and improve water quality, local developer Macdonald Communities reported to Rocky View County (RVC) council in a special presentation at the Feb. 21 meeting.