He attacked a man with a hatchet near a Vancouver Sky Train station, punched a car salesman and a psychiatric nurse, threw feces at a correctional officer, threatened to kill doctors and talked about building a bomb, shooting people in a parking lot ...

MOSCOW — A school shooting erupted Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan, leaving eight students and one teacher dead, Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing local emergency services.According to the Interfax news agency, two gunmen...

OTTAWA — The federal government is launching a basket of programs to bolster airports with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding first announced back in November.A government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announceme...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday May 11, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 340,118 new vaccinations administered for a total of 16,257,673 doses given. Nationwide, 1,267,117 people or 3.3 p...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.There are 1,294,186 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,294,186 confirmed cases (79,826 active, 1,189,678 resolved, 24,682 deaths).*The total case co...

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.The military commander handling logistics for Canada's vaccine distribution program ...

OTTAWA — A new Leger poll suggests Canadian confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is holding firm despite swirling confusion and concern about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.It also suggests Canadians are largely open to the idea of vaccine...

OTTAWA — Doctors and nurses on the front lines of Canada's health system are sounding the alarm after the Liberal government appears to have put its promise of a national pharmacare program on the back burner.When the Trudeau government delivered i...

SASKATOON — Police in Saskatoon are investigating a hit-and-run accident that left a woman dead.Officers were called to an area on 33rd Street near Dundonald Park around 9:15 p.m. on Monday, where they found the critically injured woman.Medavie Hea...

BEIJING — China’s weak population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce.The population rose by 72 million people over the ...

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right.Toronto MP Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Affairs minister, ga...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday May 10, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 340,118 new vaccinations administered for a total of 16,257,673 doses given. Nationwide, 1,267,117 people or 3.3 p...

WINNIPEG — The Vancouver Canucks knew their playoff hopes were faint, but captain Bo Horvat says it still stung Monday night when unlikely dreams of a spot in the post-season were finally extinguished. "Missing the playoffs, it’s never fun," he s...

Nanaimo RCMP are searching for a 57-year-old woman who did not arrive at a work appointment May 6. A friend told police that this is out-of-character for Tracy Ferguson, leading to concern for her safety. Police have learned that she has been l...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday, May 10, 2021.There are 1,294,186 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,294,186 confirmed cases (79,826 active, 1,189,678 resolved, 24,682 deaths).*The total case cou...

A Snowbird pilot flying out of 19 Wing Comox on Monday made an emergency landing after striking a bird. The pilot was taking part in the Snowbirds’ 9:30 a.m. practice at the Island facility, where the aerobatics team is conducting training ahea...

Friends are rallying around the family of a 49-year-old father of two from Oak Bay who died Friday while mountain biking on a Shawnigan Lake trail. “Our community is devastated by the sudden loss of our dear friend Hugh,” says an online fundr...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer says COVID-19 measures will eventually be loosened across the province at the same time despite lower transmission rates in some regions, but case numbers and hospitalizations are still too hi...

Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said public-health restrictions are working, as she reported 1,759 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, including 50 in Island Health.An average of about 600 new cases were reported each day since Friday, wit...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation's most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest springs on re...