OTTAWA — An internal review of the nearly $1 billion in foreign aid that Canada quietly spent in Afghanistan after the Canadian military pulled out has found some successes but also many failures — especially when it comes to helping women and gi...

VANCOUVER — Parbs Bains had a "sinking feeling" when she heard a single staff member tested positive for COVID-19 at her grandmother's care home.On Nov. 20, Little Mountain Place sent an email to families that said an employee had contracted the vi...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Final arguments are scheduled to begin today over the criminal responsibility of a man who fatally stabbed a student and wounded another at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C.Gabriel Klein was convicted of second-degree murder...

VANCOUVER — Testing patients for COVID-19 before their scheduled surgery and transfer to wards from emergency departments could reduce hospital outbreaks in British Columbia as cases rise, the results of a pilot project in the province's largest he...

OTTAWA — Aisha Addo was having a talk just the other day with a close friend about how they were faring as the pandemic stretched into 2021.She said her friend spoke candidly about feeling like she was falling into a state of depression and being u...

OTTAWA — The federal government's appeal of a ruling that expanded First Nations children's rights to public services is "a slap in the face," says the Assembly of First Nations.The November ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal widened the ...

MONTREAL — When the Quebec government announced it was imposing an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew to limit the spread of COVID-19, Ita Skoblinski posted a tongue-in-cheek message to her local community Facebook group, offering to let people borrow her dog...

The Parole Board of Canada is expected to consider the supervised release of serial killer Allan Legere during a hearing today.Residents of the Miramichi area and local politicians have already written to the board urging it to refuse any form of par...

HELSINKI — Estonia’s prime minister has handed in his resignation to the Baltic country’s president after a corruption scandal investigated by the police and prosecutors in his Center Party led to key party officials resigning overnight.The mov...

HELSINKI — Estonia’s prime minister has handed in his resignation to the Baltic country’s president after a corruption scandal investigated by the police and prosecutors in his Center Party led to key party officials resigning overnight.The mov...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.Lisa Montg...

Several Island players, from marquee talents Jamie Benn and Tyson Barrie to role players Jordie Benn and Matt Irwin, will be part of the pandemic-abbreviated NHL season beginning today.It will be a season unlike any other. Well, except last year’s ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday.Nicaise Ndembi, senior science adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease C...

WASHINGTON — Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party's upper echelons on Tuesday as the No. 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump."There has never been a greater betrayal by a Presid...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. State Department cancelled the planned Taiwan visit by its U.N. ambassador that has drawn strong opposition and a warning from China.The department announced it was cancelling all senior-level overseas travels, including S...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that a coronavirus relief bill will be the top priority for his caucus but added that the recent violence at the Capitol shows the need to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s nation...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 28,333 new vaccinations administered for a total of 388,493 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...

A City of Victoria proposal to erect a community warming tent on Avalon Street, to provide services to people sheltering in Beacon Hill Park, has rankled James Bay residents who say the tent will cause further safety issues in the neighbourhood. An o...

Saanich police clocked a vehicle going more than 60 kilometres an hour over the limit on the Patricia Bay Highway on Monday night. Elevated fines for excessive speeding kick in at 40 km/h above the limit. Saanich police said it had just started...

Victoria police seized more than a kilogram of methamphetamine, along with fentanyl, two replica firearms and cash during a recent drug investigation. Officers conducted a search warrant Jan. 8 in a suite at the former Comfort Inn, which is being...