The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday June 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 374,245 new vaccinations administered for a total of 25,763,939 doses given. Nationwide, 2,714,668 people or 7....

Saanich’s Interurban Rail Trail has reopened after crews cleaned up a sewage spill. Sewage spilled from a nearby pump station late Friday. The affected area stretched from Interurban Avenue to Hartland Avenue, near the Dominion Astrophysical Ob...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers made it official Saturday, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he stands as a Democratic check on the Republican-controlled state Legislature.Evers, 69, told The Associ...

The Saanich Fire Department is investigating the cause of a garage fire Saturday morning on Shore Way. The quick action of firefighters and the homeowner stopped the fire from spreading to the house. One person was treated for smoke inhalation....

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday June 5, 2021.There are 1,391,174 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,391,174 confirmed cases (25,339 active, 1,340,123 resolved, 25,712 deaths).*The total case co...

An Ontario man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed several times by a stranger in the parking lot of the Campbell River Superstore Wednesday night. Damien Soroczynski, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with attemp...

Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, who entered politics as a reformer after his father’s assassination but was criticized for failing to protect the Freedom Riders from angry white mobs, has died. He was 99. He died Friday, his daughter, Barbara P...

CAIRO (AP) — A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday killed at least 14 people in a government-held city, including a 5-year-old girl, an official said, as a U.S. envoy to the country accused the rebels of failing to try to...

KEREMEOS, B.C. — The RCMP say a search is underway for a woman whose vehicle was swept away by a fast-moving river near Keremeos, B.C.Mounties say they received a report Friday from a witness who saw the 43-year-old drive off the roadway and into t...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia bike riders won’t need their shirts, pants, skirts or even underwear — just a mask.Organizers of the annual Philly Naked Bike Ride say this year’s event will take place Aug. 28 and will require masks, based on...

Pope Francis met with two Canadian Cardinals on Saturday amid mounting pressure on the Catholic Church to take responsibility for Canada's residential school system, though it’s not known what was discussed.No information was immediately available ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):7:20 p.m.Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province has now administered over three million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Deena Hinshaw says in a series of tweets...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years.The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s ...

B.C. should require health-care workers in long-term care to be vaccinated, or take steps to protect residents from being infected by them, says the president of the B.C. Care Providers Association. “We feel strongly that B.C. should follow the...

Joseph Trutch was an odious man. He was racist not only in word but in action. As B.C.’s pre-Confederation land commissioner, he was contemptuous of Indigenous people, used abhorrent language when writing about them, ignored treaties and drasti...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's acceptance of an inquiry's finding that Canada committed genocide against Indigenous people could have tremendous legal impact if a court ever weighs Ottawa's responsibility for crimes against humanity, expe...

CARENTAN, France (AP) — In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran attending a ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of...

MONTREAL — For Fouad Filali, owner of Le Sénateur restaurant in Old Montreal, the families with children who used to visit the historic district have been replaced by young people who sometimes are violent and harass women.Montreal's iconic neighb...

VANCOUVER — Blazes that continue to burn through the winter in Canada were once thought to be a myth, but the so-called zombie fires may become more common as temperatures get warmer and less snow falls, experts say.Steven Cumming, an associate pro...

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...