VICTORIA — Big trees, small trees, dead trees, softwoods and hardwoods have all become valuable targets of tree poachers in British Columbia as timber prices hit record levels. Forestry experts and officials say reports of people sneaking into publ...

Voters in Qualicum Beach went to the polls Saturday and elected former councillor Anne Skipsey to fill an empty council seat. Skipsey, who served as a councillor from 2014 to 2018 before making an unsuccessful run for mayor, received nearly half ...

Salt Spring RCMP say they have located the body of a University of British Columbia professor who had been missing since Wednesday.Sinikka Gay Elliott’s disappearance touched off a search by more than 100 volunteers. Her car was found on Wednesday ...

VANCOUVER — The mayor of Vancouver says he is "appalled" that police officers wrongfully detained and handcuffed a retired British Columbia Supreme Court justice out for a walk on Friday morning.Kennedy Stewart says in a statement he reached out to...

WINNIPEG — Two more Manitoba school divisions will move to online learning as officials report that community COVID-19 transmission is occurring at events and gatherings outside the classroom.Education Minister Cliff Cullen and Dr. Jazz Atwal, the ...

DARTMOUTH — The sudden departure of the senior military officer in charge of Canada's vaccine rollout is unlikely to slow down the high-profile operation, an expert in military affairs said Saturday.Christian Leuprecht, a professor at Queen's Unive...

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoting his proposed reform to the province's language law, which includes a potential change to the Canadian constitution.The letter, published on ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):6:20 p.m.Alberta is reporting 1,195 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, issued a series of tweets say...

WAYNE, Alta. — Built during the First World War, it survived the Great Depression, the Second World War and the closure of coal mines in the 1950s. Now the historic Last Chance Saloon in the ghost town of Wayne in southern Alberta is up for sale. T...

A Central Saanich man who sexually abused his 17-year-old stepdaughter last year has been sentenced to nine months in jail followed by two years of probation. The 46-year-old man, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of the teenager, ...

More than 1,000 people are expected to line Douglas Street from Boleskine Road to the legislature today to protest proposed cuts in the 2021-22 Greater Victoria School District budget. While the prospect of cuts to music programs has galvanized p...

A 39-year-old mother who is undergoing chemotherapy received a second dose of COVID vaccine three weeks after her first, after campaigning for earlier booster shots for cancer patients.Lise Berube, who got her second shot on May 6, said while she’s...

The U.S. Senate has given unanimous consent to temporarily allow Alaska-bound cruise ships to bypass Victoria and Vancouver ports in an attempt to salvage a listing cruise-ship industry and provide a much-need economic boost to struggling Alaskan com...

MONTREAL — Researchers from Université du Québec à Rimouski are trying to solve the mystery about whether a letter in a bottle washed up in New Brunswick in 2017 is from a young victim of the Titanic.The letter was purportedly written by Mathild...

OTTAWA — Advocates, experts and opposition MPs say correspondence showing close communication between the federal Transport Department and the Canadian Transportation Agency around passenger refunds throws into question the independence of the CTA,...

OTTAWA — A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples with climbing COVID-19 cases. Forty-two per cent o...

Several family doctors and physician associations across Canada say they welcome questions from anyone concerned about second doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca or any other COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Eben Strydom, a generalist in Melfort, Sask., said he's happy...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $40 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.That means the jackpot for the next draw on May 18 will grow to an estimated $50 million, and there will be two Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each ...

As new residents moved into a tiny-home village near Royal Athletic Park on Friday, a sign in a house window just down the street offered an enthusiastic welcome. “Welcome to North Park tiny home neighbours!” said the sign in Katie Fillion’...

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets' top line is clicking at the right time.Kyle Connor scored twice including the eventual winner, while captain Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele each had two assists as Winnipeg beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Friday ...