Beyond Local

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's tourism industry has a new slogan and marketing campaign to try to lure more visitors.

In the wake of a disaster, or a state of local emergency, would you expect your pharmacy to be open? 

DENVER (AP) — Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

Enjoy this strata at any time of year!

WINNIPEG — Bundles of dried sage tied together with red ribbon hang from black fixtures connected to wood-panelled walls. The space — in a building known simply as "the lodge" — may be small, but it is mighty in meaning.

OTTAWA — As Canada plans to significantly ramp up its immigration levels in the coming years, some policy experts are worried about potential effects on health care, housing and the labour market.

VANCOUVER — A tribunal has ordered a British Columbia accountant to pay her former employer more than $2,600 after tracking software showed she engaged in "time theft" while working from home.

A fine was the only penalty a judge could impose on the Trump Organization for its conviction last month for 17 tax crimes, including conspiracy and falsifying business records.

DENVER (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming , even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions, a new study says.

Reaction to the death of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, who died Thursday at 54. “Lisa baby girl, I’m so sorry. I’ll miss you but I know I’ll see you again.” — John Travolta on Instagram.