Category Canada

OTTAWA — Alberta’s number two elected official said on Monday that provincial authorities should have had more decision-making power when a wildfire ripped through Jasper National Park in July. Speaking virtually to a parliamentary committee investigating the summer blaze, Alberta…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s southern coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its…