TOKYO — Japan on Sunday formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries.Japan’s health ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-deve...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Sunday Feb. 14, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 31,403 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,252,942 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at a...

WHISTLER — An avalanche in Brandywine Bowl Saturday afternoon has claimed the life of a 45-year-old man, marking the second avalanche fatality in Whistler’s backcountry in as many days. Whistler RCMP was notified of the slide shortly after 2 p....

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 9 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 13, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 31,403 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,252,942 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...

A contagious variant of COVID-19 has now made its way to all 10 provinces in Canada, officials announced Saturday as the nation's top doctor warned yet again of the dangers of lifting public health restrictions at this stage of the pandemic. Prin...

WINNIPEG — Brady Tkachuk gave the Ottawa Senators a reason - finally - to celebrate against the Winnipeg Jets.Tkachuk scored with 8.2 seconds left in regulation time to give Ottawa a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon. He deflecte...

MONTREAL — A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls implored the federal government for more transparency on its response to the final report’s calls for change. Michele Audette's remarks came ...

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says one person has died after an apartment fire Friday night.Capt. Jonathan Gormick says Vancouver fire crews responded to four different fires, starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday and lasting through to Saturday morning.One ...

VANCOUVER — People living on British Columbia's south coast are being told to prepare for a second blast of winter weather on Sunday.Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of a second winter storm expected to hit the regi...

A dump of snow that started Friday night and persisted into Saturday led to tough road conditions across Vancouver Island, but it also got people out on their cross-country skis and jumping onto anything that would slide.The capital region’s winter...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Baffinland Iron Mine Corp. has pushed ahead with an injunction against a group of Nunavut hunters who blocked the road and airstrip at its Mary River mine in protest of a plan to expand the project.A group of seven Inuit hunters,...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):9:30 p.m.The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says public health officials have found seven probable cases of a contagious variant of COVID-19 in Pauingassi First Nation. It says the s...

MONTREAL — A pair of Quebec-born cheetahs are adapting to life under the African sun in preparation to be released in a rare, international "rewilding" project that conservationists hope will help ensure the future of the species. Big cat brothers ...

TOKYO — A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said.Tokyo Electric Power Co. said there were no irregularities at the Fuk...

Esquimalt and Nanaimo are preparing to ban single-use plastic bags now that the province has approved their requests to help fight pollution. In each of the two municipalities, council took bylaws prohibiting plastic bags to third reading. Bylaws...

Qualicum Beach is working to enact a consultant’s suggestions following an investigation into a council member’s allegations of harassment but those recommendations are not being made public. “Bullying and discrimination of any kind will no...

Creepy, dirty, aggressive and rude. That’s how Victoria real estate agent Heidi Stieg describes her encounter last year with a man who called her with the intent of harassing her on the phone. The Pemberton Holmes agent said there’s no questi...

A Grade 7 student at St. Margaret’s School has organized students at the school to personally hand-write Valentine’s cards for each resident living at Veterans Memorial Lodge. This week, Lois Delaney Harnett-Shaw delivered 225 cards — many ...

WASHINGTON — Most every senator has pledged to listen to the evidence in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, but most minds were likely made up before the trial began. Democrats would need a minimum of 17 Republicans to vote with th...

WASHINGTON — In his speech Saturday from the Senate floor, Sen. Mitch McConnell delivered a scalding denunciation of Donald Trump, calling him "morally responsible" for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.But in his vote on Trump's impeachment, M...