DENPASAR, Indonesia — A Russian social media celebrity was being deported from Indonesia on Sunday after he held a party at a luxury hotel on the resort island of Bali attended by more than 50 people despite coronavirus restrictions.The party held ...

Here is a look at the Coastal GasLink pipeline project and its history:The project: B.C. Premier John Horgan announced provincial support for the project on Oct. 2, 2018. He said LNG Canada's decision to build a $40-billion liquefied natural gas plan...

Here is a timeline of a liquefied natural gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia, which led to rail disruptions a year ago by people showing solidarity with the hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink project:Dec. 31, 2019: The ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Jan. 24, 2021.There are 737,407 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 737,407 confirmed cases (65,750 active, 652,829 resolved, 18,828 deaths).*The total case count i...

Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything. Na'moks, who also goes by John Ridsdale, was among a group of heredi...

Nanaimo has lost a bid to disregard current freedom of information requests and limit future ones from a former employee who has filed a complaint against the city with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. “I conclude that the city has failed to mee...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Jan. 23, 2021.There are 737,407 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 737,407 confirmed cases (65,750 active, 652,829 resolved, 18,828 deaths).*The total case count...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is condemning what he calls a "misguided protest" outside the Regina home of the province's chief medical officer of health. Moe says Dr. Saqib Shahab has worked tirelessly to protect the province's residents throughout...

Oak Bay police are looking for the driver of a beige minivan who left the scene of a crash with a cyclist at the Cattle Point parking lot Saturday afternoon.Police say two cyclists were headed northeast on Beach Drive, travelling single-file, when a ...

Island Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after two staff members and a patient tested positive. The outbreak is contained to the east wing of the fourth floor, the health authority said in a news release...

Police and firefighters were back in Beacon Hill Park Saturday investigating an alleged assault and its possible connection to a small fire. Const. Cam MacIntyre said officers were called to the park shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday for a report of ...

VANCOUVER — Several Metro Vancouver taxi companies have lost a court bid to quash the approvals of ride-hailing operators Uber and Lyft in British Columbia. Nine cab companies filed a petition asking the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the decis...

The chief of the Cowichan Tribes says his members and other Indigenous people continue to be subjected to racism and refused service by some local businesses following a COVID-19 outbreak on the reserve. Chief William Seymour said in an interview...

A second staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence in Nanaimo. The new case was detected during a round of mass testing and confirmed on Thursday, Island Health said in a statement. A total of seven...

Comox Valley RCMP are asking for the public’s help solving the theft of a generator worth about $50,000. Police say thieves cut the lock on a gated construction site near Maple Lake in Courtenay sometime after 8 p.m. on Jan. 20 and stole the Wh...

VANCOUVER — A burned body, believed to be of a homeless person, has been found in a forested area of North Vancouver, B.C.RCMP Sgt. Peter DeVries says no foul play is suspected at this time and instead this appears to be a tragic accident.He says a...

TORONTO — The federal government has approved an Ottawa company's made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation's top doctor warned the virus's impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating. The te...

KINGMAN, Ariz. — An Arizona sheriff's office was investigating a tour bus crash that killed one person and injured dozens of others, including five seriously, officials said Saturday.The Las Vegas-based bus crashed Friday and rolled over in northwe...

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he was once willing to give his former leadership rival Derek Sloan the benefit of the doubt, but no longer. And he dismissed the idea that kicking Sloan out of caucus this week has pitted him against ...

VANCOUVER — Residents of British Columbia's south coast are being urged to prepare for a blast of wintry weather this weekend.Environment Canada warns that snow is in the forecast for parts of Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, t...