Beyond Local

OTTAWA — The federal government is offering a new tax credit to help make it easier for Canadians to care for adult relatives in their own homes

Toronto police have not confirmed whether a group of teen girls who allegedly assaulted several people at public transit stations is the same one that allegedly stabbed a homeless man in the downtown core.

DENVER (AP) — Earth’s fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported Thursday.

BERLIN (AP) — More than 244,000 people applied for asylum in Germany last year, and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees came to the country looking for shelter from Russia's war , the government said Wednesday.

The Alberta government is inviting residents to share their opinions on improving and modernizing its online services through an online survey. The survey will be open until Jan. 24.

LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley, a singer-songwriter, Elvis’ only daughter and a dedicated keeper of her father’s legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency . She was 54.

NEW YORK (AP) — No, the public has not tired of hearing about Prince Harry . Sales for “Spare" have placed the Duke of Sussex in some rarefied company.

TORONTO — Stricter rules around qualifying for a mortgage could be coming as Canada's banking regulator seeks feedback on several proposals to limit the number of overstreched borrowers.

NEW YORK — A leading human rights group says Canada is failing to address long-standing abuses, delivering a scathing rebuke of what it calls the federal government’s inadequate climate policy and violations of the rights of Indigenous people and imm

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP leader wants to see more details of Ottawa's proposed plan for green energy jobs, but says Premier Danielle Smith’s knee-jerk criticism and her sovereignty act don't help anyone.