The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 6, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 85,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,253,514 doses given. Nationwide, 561,238 people or 1.5 pe...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 6, 2021.There are 881,761 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 881,761 confirmed cases (30,146 active, 829,423 resolved, 22,192 deaths).*The total case coun...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the estimated $29 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 9 will be approximately $35 million.

PLAINS OF UR, Iraq — Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic mee...

NAJAF, Iraq — Pope Francis is set to meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Saturday to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq's l...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 85,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,253,514 doses given. Nationwide, 561,238 people or 1.5 per...

A Victoria restaurant closed temporarily after allegations of sexual assault by an employee were shared anonymously online, days after another restaurant announced its permanent closure in the wake of similar allegations. E:Ne Raw Food and Sake B...

The cat came back, four years later — thanks to a tattoo and the efforts of animal lovers in Campbell River who work to reunite lost pets with their owners. When six-year-old Spaz didn’t return home one night in July 2017, owner Cindy Buckner...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:15 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021.There are 881,761 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 881,761 confirmed cases (30,146 active, 829,423 resolved, 22,192 deaths).*The total case count ...

Police say some of the 19 people arrested during a drug-related search at a Courtenay home on Thursday could be fined for violating COVID-19 restrictions. Comox Valley RCMP said they had received several reports of suspicious and potentially crim...

Anyone age 90 or older and living independently in the Island Health region can call next week to book a COVID-19 vaccine, as can Indigenous people age 65 and older. Vaccinations will begin March 15 for those two groups, who can call 1-833-348-47...

Nanaimo RCMP continue to investigate a Feb. 3 hit-and-run that left a 37-year-old man in hospital with head lacerations.Police have released surveillance pictures of the suspect vehicle speeding away.The collision occurred about 9 p.m. in the parking...

DOVER, Del. — Delaware’s Department of Justice has cleared police of criminal wrongdoing in four shootings last year, one of them fatal.Reports released Friday concluded that police were justified in using lethal force in each incident, including...

The Malahat was closed in both directions Friday afternoon after several large rocks fell onto the highway.According to Drive B.C., both lanes of the highway were closed between Finlayson Arm Road and West Shore Parkway for about 90 minutesA small ro...

Southeast winds of up to 75 kilometres an hour Friday morning sidelined a number of B.C. Ferries sailings, but the conditions eased and everything was back on track by early afternoon. The cancellations began with the 9 a.m. sailing from Swartz B...

VICTORIA — Tax changes targeting sugary drinks and e-commerce services based outside of B.C. will come into effect on April 1 after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.The B.C. government says the changes include the elimination of the provincia...

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's highest court has sided with the largest private landowner in the province in a dispute over public access to public land.In a unanimous ruling, a panel of the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned a lower-court order and g...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's health minister says all 25 communities in the territory are to receive by the end of the month enough COVID-19 vaccine so every adult who wants a first dose will get one.Lorne Kusugak says the territory will receive it...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Friday she will issue an executive order mandating that all K-12 public schools provide universal access to in-person learning by the month’s end for students up to fifth grade and by mid-April for old...

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. — Tiger Woods was unconscious in a mangled SUV after he crashed the vehicle in Southern California last week, according to a court document that also revealed a nearby resident and not a sheriff’s deputy was first on...