TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the whopping $70 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.However, there were also 33 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and eight of them were won.Four Maxmillion prizes went to lott...

Activists trying to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island are calling for reinforcements at blockades after they say a road builder passed one of their last lines of defence. Kathy Code, a spokeswoman for the Rainforest Flying S...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 5, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 465,382 new vaccinations administered for a total of 25,389,694 doses given. Nationwide, 2,571,546 people or 6.8...

Fifteen-year-old Harrison Helliwell, who died suddenly at his home in Oak Bay on Sunday, was an “extraordinary person” with a twinkle in his eye, says a fundraising page in his honour. The St. Michaels University student is missed greatly by ...

Nanaimo is moving closer to providing developers with incentives to build much-needed affordable housing. The carrots would be points — or credits — which developers would accumulate through providing amenities in a proposal. If they get en...

The Tsawout First Nation continued a week of mourning and remembrance Friday with a procession from its band office to an overpass on the Patricia Bay Highway, where they hung signs in honour of the 215 children founded in unmarked graves on the gr...

The highly transmissible COVID variant first detected in India continues to trail behind the U.K. and Brazilian variants in B.C. About 500 COVID cases in the province have tested positive for the B.1.617.2 or Delta variant. The B.1.1.7 or Alpha v...

KELOWNA, B.C. — The RCMP say a settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit filed last year by a university student who claimed she was injured by a police officer who was supposed to be doing a health check in Kelowna, B.C.Staff Sgt. Janelle Sho...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 5, 2021.There are 1,389,508 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,389,508 confirmed cases (26,575 active, 1,337,254 resolved, 25,679 deaths).*The total case...

VICTORIA — The acting head of the Royal British Columbia Museum's archives says the institution will work closely with Indigenous groups as it processes and documents records from a religious order that ran residential schools across the province.G...

Saanich police have arrested a suspect in a string of thefts from vehicles over the past several weeks. The north area of Saanich was the hardest hit. The Street Crime Unit located a 42-year-old man known to them for targeting unlocked vehicles...

Victoria police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating high-risk 35-year-old man Delmer Esau, who has a medical condition requiring immediate treatment.He was last seen Tuesday in Esquimalt.Esau is described as white, five-foot-six and ...

VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia say they are gearing up for a busy month as the province works on the rollout of its second doses of COVID-19 vaccinations.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say...

Nanaimo RCMP are asking for public assistance as they continue to investigate a May 20 collision that killed a 74-year-woman. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Cranberry Avenue. Given the ...

Nanaimo District Senior Secondary was placed in a hold-and-secure Friday after a report of a youth with a weapon. Nanaimo RCMP searched the school and the grounds but found nothing. They made phone contact with the youth, who said he had been nea...

Victoria police are searching for 33-year-old Tyrone Goertzen, who has been in contact with family members but has not told them where he is.Goertzen knows police are looking for him and might be actively avoiding them. Police said he has a medical c...

EDMONTON — A judge has dismissed an Ontario truck driver's application for a mistrial after he was found guilty of killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room.A sentencing hearing was to be held this week for Bradley Barton. But it was postponed aft...

IQALUIT — About 30 people gathered in a school parking lot as wet snow fell to demand justice for Emerald MacDonald, the 24-year-old actress who was found dead at a cabin outside Kugluktuk on May 3.RCMP initially called MacDonald's death suspicious...

OTTAWA — An attempt by the Trudeau government to speed up controversial legislation to regulate online streaming services brought the House of Commons to a virtual standstill Friday.The minority Liberal government, with the support of the Bloc Qué...

QUEBEC — The Parti Québécois lost another member of its caucus Friday as Sylvain Roy quit the sovereigntist party to sit as an Independent.The departure of Roy, who represents the riding of Bonaventure in the Gaspe region, leaves the party with j...