Beyond Local

HAMILTON — Canada's premiers are waiting to see if the federal cabinet can make headway towards a new deal on health-care funding as the ministers meet for a retreat in Hamilton this week.

BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.

VANCOUVER — Telus Communications Inc. says it has merged its mobility and home service divisions to create a combined business unit called Telus Consumer Solutions.

Metro Inc., the first of Canada's big three grocers to release earnings this year, reported Tuesday a double-digit increase in profits and a 10 per cent dividend hike following a period that saw food prices rise at the fastest pace in decades.

KANANASKIS, Alta. — The Stoney Nakoda First Nation in southwestern Alberta is using the written word as a way to preserve its traditional oral language.

An animated short film based on a story about the 1917 Halifax explosion has snagged an Oscar nomination. “The Flying Sailor,” made by Calgary-based animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, is nominated for best animated short.

Hours after learning she had snagged an Oscar nomination for best animated feature, stunned Toronto filmmaker Domee Shi said the nod offered welcome “validation” that stories led by diverse characters can succeed.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says November saw the lowest number of employment insurance beneficiaries on record in 25 years.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday for what he described as an attack on "Quebec's democracy and people" by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause.

MONTREAL — The two photos that popped up for sale on eBay appeared at first glance to be nothing more than a piece of Quebec maritime nostalgia: men on a wharf in the early 20th century, with a caption reading simply "lighthouse, Gaspé 1910."