Canada

Wildfires, driven by climate change, have become more intense and frequent, but scientists are still trying to understand larger patterns.

By Manuela Andreoni

In the carrot-versus-stick debate, fees and fines have dominated the conversation. But some destinations’ new policies aim to reward tourists who behave responsibly.

By Elaine Glusac

About a third of the buildings in the mountain resort town have burned, raising questions about preparedness and the role of climate change.

By Ian Austen

The former president met with the Israeli leader in Florida, a day after his main opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and he both criticized Israel’s conduct of the war.

By Michael Gold and Matthew Mpoke Bigg

Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.

By Austyn Gaffney

Devastating wildfires have forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate Jasper, Canada.

By Reuters, The Associated Press and Miriam Crawley Via Storyful

Fast-moving fires have destroyed a third of the buildings in the picturesque town of Jasper, Alberta, and its national park. But the mayor hopes to rebuild.

By Ian Austen

Plus, top Mexican cartel leaders arrested.

By Tracy Mumford, Ruth Igielnik, Natalie Kitroeff, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

Fires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres in the western United States and Canada, prompting evacuations and blanketing cities in smoke.

By The New York Times

The large blazes prompted officials to issue evacuation orders and warnings about air quality.

By Ang Li

As much as half of Jasper, Alberta, which lies inside one of the country’s most-visited national parks, has been destroyed, officials said.

By Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai

Thousands of tourists and local residents have been evacuated from the park in Alberta, Canada.

By The New York Times

Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.

By Austyn Gaffney

Two Russian and two Chinese bombers patrolled the airspace near American territory and were intercepted by U.S. and Canadian jets.

By Paul Sonne

Active wildfires have forced communities to evacuate as the blaze left much of the region in ashes, including parts of Jasper National Park.

By AFP and Reuters

The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.

By Heather Knight, Mike Baker and Amanda Holpuch

Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.

By Aaron Krolik and Paul Mozur

Scientists found an unexpected aging pattern in a mostly intact juvenile mammal skeleton from the paleontological period.

By Jack Tamisiea

There were more than 160 active wildfires in Alberta on Monday, with around 7,500 people under evacuation orders.

By Reuters and Storyful

Large blazes in the province have led to the evacuation of thousands of people.

By Qasim Nauman

James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, had left Nova Scotia on June 11, bound for the Azores. The authorities recovered remains believed to be theirs earlier this month.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

China and India have been accused of exploiting the opaque nomination contests of Canadian political parties to meddle in elections.

By Norimitsu Onishi

While a listeria contamination of 18 nondairy milk alternatives has killed two people and sickened 10 more, Danone seems to be concealing a key fact.

By Ian Austen

The country’s struggle to reach an informal military spending target highlights how difficult it is for the alliance to quickly bolster its abilities.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff

A common antibiotic, doxycycline, greatly reduced cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia when taken every day, a study found.

By Apoorva Mandavilli

The Silk and Great Value brand drinks made from nuts, oats and coconuts were pulled from stores last week.

By Ian Austen

Major roads and freeways were shut down in Canada’s largest city amid heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

By The New York Times

More than 167,000 customers lost power on Tuesday after severe thunderstorms.

By Yan Zhuang

For the first time, the government will set a cap on visas for temporary residents, including temporary workers and students, this fall.

By Vjosa Isai

The reports were tantalizing, but someone else was behind the expensive purchase.

By Rukmini Callimachi and Vivian Marino

An increase of more than 8 percent will take effect on Sept. 1. The base membership will go up by $5, to $65 per year.

By Hank Sanders

This documentary follows a renowned Inuit activist over seven years, making sense of the ways in which racism and impoverishment can abrade one’s sense of self.

By Devika Girish

British Columbia’s partial retreat from an experiment to decriminalize drug possession reveals a political shift in Canada over combating the opioid crisis.

By Vjosa Isai and Alana Paterson

Andrea Skinner said in The Toronto Star that her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, and that her mother stayed with him after she learned of it.

By Elizabeth A. Harris

Oil sands companies pushing a carbon capture project shut down their website after a law banning misleading environmental claims was passed.

By Ian Austen

British Columbia recognized the Haida’s aboriginal title to their islands decades after the Indigenous group launched a battle on the ground and in the courts.

By Norimitsu Onishi and Amber Bracken

After a last-minute setback, the Canadian Canoe Museum has finally opened its new building in Ontario.

By Ian Austen

In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common and more intense, according to a new analysis.

By Austyn Gaffney

Edmonton’s mayor says that the issues behind homelessness, opioid overdoses and mental health crises cannot be fixed by cities.

By Ian Austen

Prosecutors say that Nikhil Gupta, at the behest of an Indian government official, tried to engage a hit man to kill an American citizen who is a Sikh separatist.

By Maia Coleman