The 42nd iteration of the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival begins in earnest on Thursday, with 186 indoor shows staging 1,558 performances at 37 venues, 21 outdoor performers, 18 artisan vendors, 17 food vendors and five patio/beverage tent spaces set to bring the area alive over 11 days.

Officials in the Northwest Territories have ordered residents of Yellowknife to evacuate as wildfires burn just outside the city’s borders.

NASA has released new photos taken from space showing thick columns of smoke billowing from the numerous large wildfires fires across the Northwest Territories

By Sunday at 3 p.m., the sky over Fort Smith, N.W.T., was “darker than midnight,” resident Richard Funk says.

Inflation has increased, according to Statistics Canada, and gas prices are at least partly to blame. Here’s why gas could be costing Canadians more over the next few months.