Beyond Local

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada's proposed $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Bank Canada will face scrutiny from Canada's competition watchdogs in the year ahead, but critics say their leash is too short while efforts in the U.S.

As hundreds of Canadians scramble to get home after their Sunwing flights from Mexico were cancelled last week, a passengers' rights advocate says stranded travellers should consider legal action if they aren't compensated.

HALIFAX — He's 84 years old and receiving chemotherapy treatments for liver cancer, but Mi'kmaq elder and author Daniel Paul says his mission of sweeping away the "fairy tales" of colonial history must go on.

OTTAWA — Politicians including a Liberal MP and a senator say they fear allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 federal election will lead to anti-Asian racism.

FREDERICTON — There is a complex, counterintuitive relationship between rising global temperatures and the likelihood of increasingly intense snowstorms across Canada.

CHATHAM, Ont. — A quick errand to Walmart turned into an overnight adventure for dozens of shoppers in southern Ontario when whiteout conditions meant they couldn't leave the store, and employees pumped up air mattresses and set up a buffet with deli food for the unexpected guests.

After 100 years of absence, large numbers of Pacific white-sided dolphins are back in the northern part of British Columbia's Salish Sea.

OTTAWA — Canada's international development minister is calling on the Taliban to reverse its decision to bar women from working at non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan.

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III evoked memories Sunday of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch in a speech that also paid tribute to the “selfless dedication” of Britain’s public service workers.

REGINA — Premier Scott Moe says he plans to run in the next provincial electionand wants to turn Saskatchewan into a leader in the west for decades to come.