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The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday June 8, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 403,966 new vaccinations administered for a total of 26,490,531 doses given. Nationwide, 2,994,639 people or 7.9 p...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday June 8, 2021.There are 1,394,145 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,394,145 confirmed cases (22,861 active, 1,345,523 resolved, 25,761 deaths).*The total case cou...

OTTAWA — A new survey suggests two-thirds of Canadians believe the churches that ran residential schools should bear responsibility for the abuses against children, including deaths, that happened there.The online survey by Leger and the Associatio...

Motorists travelling Keating Cross Road and the Patricia Bay Highway can expect to see evening lane closures from June 8 to 15 as crews perform geotechnical work in advance of the upcoming flyover project.Field crews will be drilling holes and analyz...

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Another 13 people have been arrested at anti-logging blockades on southwestern Vancouver Island, bringing the total of number of arrests to 185, at least nine of whom have been arrested more than once.R-C-M-P began enforcing a...

OTTAWA — Almost 7,600 Canadians received medical assistance to end their lives last year, continuing a trend of steady annual increases in cases since the procedure was legalized in 2016.Health Canada official Abby Hoffman provided the lastest stat...

The former Mount Tolmie long-term care hospital will be used starting this month as a temporary shelter for residents who have been staying in Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Workers were at the site Monday to get the facility ready. The move wi...

Nanaimo RCMP are working to locate 31-year-old Jolene Scott after a family member reported her missing Saturday. She hasn’t had any contact with her family since last summer, and then in April she suddenly sent a picture of her herself boarding...

Search-and-rescue personnel are warning about the dangers of heading into unknown areas after a Victoria woman had to be helped in darkness from a steep slope above Comox Lake near Cumberland on Saturday. The woman was at a campground when she de...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday June 7, 2021.There are 1,394,145 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,394,145 confirmed cases (22,861 active, 1,345,523 resolved, 25,761 deaths).*The total case coun...

The Greater Victoria School District continues to gather public feedback into the proposed sale of about three hectares of land for a new school to serve the francophone community. The land would come out of the 10-hectare site of Lansdowne Middl...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker faces being expelled from office after a video emerged apparently showing him choreographing how he would let far-right protesters into the closed Oregon Capitol days before he did so in December.The c...

Comox Valley RCMP continue to investigate a June 3 crash on Island Highway South in Union Bay that killed a 48-year-old woman. Witnesses called police about 11:40 a.m. to report an SUV had gone off the road and down an embankment. The woman, wh...

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is taking the next step towards a referendum question on equalization.Premier Jason Kenney says his government will put before the legislature a motion on the wording of a referendum question.If passed, the questio...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's deputy provincial health officer is encouraging residents to register for a second dose of vaccine as the province heads toward a return to normal life with declining COVID-19 cases and rising vaccination rates.Dr. Ré...

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. has sold its remaining non-core southeast Saskatchewan conventional assets for $93 million.As a result of the transaction, the Calgary-based company says it has also reduced its asset retirement obligations by ...

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says China's growing authoritarianism and coercive diplomacy constitute a challenge to democratic countries around the world including Canada.Garneau is telling a parliamentary committee this evening t...

The largest lottery prize total in Canadian history is up for grabs. With no winner last week, the Lotto Max prize total has reached a record-breaking $117 million, including a $70-million jackpot and an estimated 47 $1-million Maxmillions prizes...

Victoria pharmacist Patrick Falkiner didn’t know what to expect when the province rolled out supplies of AstraZeneca this week for pharmacies to administer second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.“I expected there to be some hesitancy for sure, but ...