Canada

Increases in extent and severity of forest wildfires most notable across vast areas of the northern hemisphere and undermines their critical role in storing carbon

TV series hopes to help build a battalion of young ‘goose detectives’ monitoring flight paths from Ireland to Arctic - and back

Justin Trudeau says his government has ‘compelling evidence’ Indian government agents engage in activities that pose threat to public safety in Canada

Canadian government reverses policy amid growing concerns that immigrants are contributing to the country’s deepening challenges around housing, healthcare and other issues

I was not disappointed. The natural landscape leads to jam-packed summers brimming with camping trips, sunrise swims and mountain hikes

For this Blackrock native, training gives her days meaning, structure and direction amid other struggles

Documentary details horrific cruelty towards and abuse of First Nations children in residential schools and discovery of unmarked graves

Catholic Church’s influence on Irish life is waning, yet only Israel spends more time on religious education at primary level

Business groups raise concerns over measures to reduce the number of foreign workers entering country

Q&A with Olive Heffernan; ‘We’re looking at taking this practice which is notoriously destructive, and allowing it encroach on one of our most fragile ecosystems’

O’Donovan will take the centre lane in Saturday’s final after finishing two seconds quicker than the next qualifier

Approaching the one-year mark since moving to Vancouver has me wistful with nostalgia and incessant reflection

Chelsea McMullan’s immersive, tactile portrait captures the small dramas, jangling nerves and stoicism in a production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake

Television: Even narrator Jessie Buckley sounds as if she’s ready to check out. On a Monday night on RTÉ, this documentary is a bit of a snooze

De Havilland Twin Otter Guardian’s mission will centre on intelligence gathering and surveillance

A huge fast-moving fire has damaged or destroyed up to half the structures in Jasper, Alberta

Buttevant-based renewables specialist wins approval for Alberta development

Tourist town in Alberta province ‘seeing potentially 30% to 50% structural damage’ and ‘significant loss’ of buildings

Dr Muiris Houston: Our internal temperature is controlled by a small area of the brain called the hypothalamus which functions as the body’s thermostat

Andrea Robin Skinner said she first told her late mother about the abuse in 1992, when she was in her 20s