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All standard homeowner and tenant insurance policies cover damage caused by fires, and also provide coverage to help with the cost of mass evacuations, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).

Show him your love and support even when he lashes out. And don’t give in to him, for the sake of his health, and your children’s emotional well-being.

YELLOWKNIFE — Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory ordered everyone in its capital to leave last week due to encroaching wildfires, she said she checked to make sure homel

The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia's premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones.

Painted by Lauren Semple and Lys Glassford of Nanaimo’s Humanity in Art, the mural features a large musical element, with a musical score by Nanaimo-born Christine Jensen.

This ice-cream sundae features blackberry sauce with balsamic vinegar for extra zing.

Kim Blank, a professor at the University of Victoria, has just published a novel, The Watcher’s Club. The Times Colonist asked Blank to tell us about how the work came to be.

Having a go-bag packed before an evacuation alert comes will help you get out of the path of a wildfire quickly.

Holding moisture and protecting young plants are important in this hot season

Though Rick Steves has said it’s almost criminal to spend a sunny Swiss day anywhere but high in the Alps, he makes an exception for urban but easygoing Bern.