‘It looks like a bomb went off’: B.C. couple left with nothing as wildfires destroy community

Bill and Kelly Richards are trying to come to terms with the loss of their home after the Bradley Creek wildfire tore through the Okanagan Indian Band reserve near Vernon.

When I was a boy, I had the mother who, on summer mornings, would not let my brothers and me play outside or turn on cartoons until we’d written one page in our journal. Despite our protest, Mom held firm, assuring us that we’d appreciate it when we were older. Shockingly, as a seven-year-old, satisfying ...

The Atomic Bomb Dome is one of the few surviving structures after the detonation. Irina WS/Shutterstock Eighty-one years after the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the city has transformed. The bombing immediately killed 80,000 people and destroyed 70% of the city's buildings. Today, Hiroshima is a bustling man