The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 10, 2021.There are 1,396,798 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,396,798 confirmed cases (20,377 active, 1,350,578 resolved, 25,843 deaths).*The total case ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 10, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 401,276 new vaccinations administered for a total of 27,244,309 doses given. Nationwide, 3,421,260 people or 9....

OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog may have let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau off the hook but that won't deter opposition parties from issuing a scathing report on the WE Charity affair.The House of Commons ethics committee, which spent months i...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves Canada today for a G7 summit as the country is seized by tragedy and demands for justice for Indigenous Peoples and Muslims.Trudeau is to arrive in Cornwall, U.K., for a three-day gathering with G7 lead...

Two Prairie provinces hit hard by the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are moving toward shedding more public health restrictions.Alberta is entering the second step of its reopening plan, which includes allowing up to 20 people at outdoor gatheri...

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will be laying out the province's reopening plans today as health officials say hospital capacity remains strained by a high number of COVID-19 patients.Premier Brian Pallister has previously indicated that the pl...

A Vancouver Island teacher has been formally reprimanded for discussing vaping with his students.Terrence Andrew Makofka was reprimanded for engaging in “inappropriate conversations with students during class time” in two separate instances while...

An environmental non-profit is trying an alternative tactic to prevent old-growth logging in the wider area around the the Fairy Creek watershed, near Port Renfrew. The Canadian Orca Rescue Society is launching a fundraiser this week in an attemp...

The City of Victoria and the province are collaborating to bring 220 non-market rental homes and a community centre to the 900-block of Pandora Avenue.The city spent $9.595 million to buy two parcels of land at 926 and 930 Pandora Avenue last April w...

B.C. Conservation officers are investigating the deaths of hundreds of fish in Sidney’s Reay Creek. On Friday afternoon, a five-year-old boy visiting the park with his parents spotted more than 300 cutthroat trout, coho, stickleback and crayfish ly...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 401,276 new vaccinations administered for a total of 27,244,309 doses given. Nationwide, 3,421,260 people or 9...

Remote celebrations and virtual ceremonies will mark this year’s spring convocations at the University of Victoria and Royal Roads University. Due to ongoing restrictions on public gatherings, both institutes of higher learning have suspended i...

The federal government has signed an emergency contract worth $5.7 million to pump bunker oil and mixed fuels from a sunken wreck in Nootka Sound.The 483-foot MV Schiedyk cargo ship went down on Jan. 3, 1968 after striking a submerged ledge off Bligh...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.There are 1,396,798 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,396,798 confirmed cases (20,377 active, 1,350,578 resolved, 25,843 deaths).*The total cas...

A Comox Valley Mountie got his man — despite being sprayed with bear spray during a robbery at a Courtenay business on Sunday. An off-duty member of the Comox Valley RCMP was inside a Courtenay liquor store when he observed two individuals alle...

SEATTLE (AP) — It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new "joints for jabs" program is off to a rough start.Officials announced Monday that the state's nearly 500 licensed marijuana retailers could...

The new Island-class ferry is on its way to Victoria, crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Panama Canal before arriving at Point Hope Maritime. Another new Island-class ferry, also built by Damen Shipyards Galati’s shipyard in Romania, departed f...

VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia say the province has a strong COVID-19 immunization rate at 74.5 per cent of all adults for their first dose of a vaccine. It comes as the infection rate drops to 148 new cases, a level not seen since...

OTTAWA — A new parliamentary report says Canada's aircraft certification process needs retooling in the wake of two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners.In a study released Wednesday, the House of Commons transport committee recommended Transp...

VICTORIA — British Columbia has approved the request of three First Nations that want old-growth logging deferred for two years in part of their territories, including at the site of ongoing protests and arrests.Premier John John Horgan said Wednes...