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BEYOND LOCAL: Climate adaptation strategy commits funds to fight heat, floods, fires

BEYOND LOCAL: Climate adaptation strategy commits funds to fight heat, floods, fires

A national climate adaptation strategy released Thursday includes $1.6 billion in new spending to help communities faced with risks ranging from deadly heat waves and wildfires to floods and storms.
BEYOND LOCAL: With climate change, will there still be a FIFA World Cup in 2100?

BEYOND LOCAL: With climate change, will there still be a FIFA World Cup in 2100?

Since soccer is not the only sport that is both a victim of, and an actor in climate change, urgent action by the sporting community as a whole is needed to continue to play safely and enjoyably
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada claims its first Davis Cup after defeating Australia

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada claims its first Davis Cup after defeating Australia

They won Germany in the quarterfinals Thursday, Italy in Saturday’s semifinal and then swept their two singles match against Australia on Sunday
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada eliminated from men's World Cup after loss to Croatia

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada eliminated from men's World Cup after loss to Croatia

'We did our best, we fought the entire game. We’re looking forward to the next game and hopefully we get some points,' said Alphonso Davies, who scored Canada's first-ever World Cup goal
BEYOND LOCAL: Ontario asks family clinics to help overwhelmed hospitals

BEYOND LOCAL: Ontario asks family clinics to help overwhelmed hospitals

Extended hours will help "alleviate pressure on emergency departments," says Nadia Surani, director of the primary health care branch in the Ministry of Health
BEYOND LOCAL: Small business needs local support to stay afloat

BEYOND LOCAL: Small business needs local support to stay afloat

A report from the Better Way Alliance found that rent for many Ontario businesses is commonly increasing between 10 and 50 per cent
BEYOND LOCAL: Twitter turmoil fuels worry over more social division

BEYOND LOCAL: Twitter turmoil fuels worry over more social division

For a platform that once only allowed sentences as long as this one, the teeter-totter fate of Twitter sure is consuming a lot of oxygen
CANADA: Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms

CANADA: Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms

The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada takes gold, silver at first-ever World Cup monobob race

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada takes gold, silver at first-ever World Cup monobob race

The first bobsled World Cup event of the season took off in Whistler, B.C. this Friday
BEYOND LOCAL: Sexual harassment prevention training required for 2023 World Juniors

BEYOND LOCAL: Sexual harassment prevention training required for 2023 World Juniors

Hosts Nova Scotia and New Brunswick also want Hockey Canada to sign an anti-harassment policy following sexual assault accusations