As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.Most of the plans are based on each jurisdictio...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 476,411 new vaccinations administered for a total of 30,377,864 doses given. Nationwide, 5,595,923 people or ...

OTTAWA — The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is the winner of the 2020 Michener Award for a series on the child-welfare system.The award, which was founded in 1970 by then-governor general Roland Michener to honour excellence in public servic...

Another salmon farm operator in B.C. has been denied a transfer licence that would have allowed it to grow out a final cycle of Atlantic salmon in the Discovery Islands. Cermaq had applied in April for a licence to transfer nearly 1.5 million juv...

JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its first crewed mission in five years Thursday. The astronauts are traveling in the Shenzhou-12 spaceship launched by a Long March-2F Y12 rocket that blasted...

A man who tried to evade police by running onto the tidal flats of the Gorge Waterway on Tuesday afternoon became bogged down in knee-deep mud and surrendered. Around noon, Victoria police patrol officers saw a man, who was wanted for breaching h...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules.In a letter sent Wednesday night and obta...

A four-building 336-unit rental-housing development near Thetis Lake Park got a green light from View Royal council on Tuesday. The developer, who earlier received zoning approval, now must apply for an array of building permits from city hall an...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.There are 1,405,146 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,405,146 confirmed cases (14,148 active, 1,364,997 resolved, 26,001 deaths).*The total ca...

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal council president Dr. Judith Sayers will be installed as Vancouver Island University’s third chancellor during a virtual ceremony on Thursday. Sayers, who is also known as Kekinusuqs, was appointed to the position in Octob...

Police dogs were deployed in downtown Victoria on Tuesday night to assist in the arrest of man smashing the walls of restaurant with a steel beam and a knife-wielding man who threatened security officers at the Bay Centre. Around 8 p.m., patrol a...

VANCOUVER — Police say a person in North Vancouver who bought what they thought was an "interesting artifact" may have purchased an old explosive.RCMP Sgt. Peter DeVries says they were called Wednesday when the purchaser realized they may be the ne...

OTTAWA — Conservatives want to invoke a rarely used procedure to publicly rebuke the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada over his refusal to produce unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest security ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe ...

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say the province ranks among the highest in the world in the number of people who have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.In a news release, they say more than 76 per cent of eligible people have rec...

Vaccination is the pathway to safe travel and the resumption of important social connections, B.C.’s top doctor said Wednesday as the province reported 113 new COVID cases, including four in Island Health. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie H...

OTTAWA — Russian President Vladimir Putin contradicted the evidence Wednesday when he asserted Russians are not a leading source of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries. They are. A look at his claims in the news conference that fo...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A report that details the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops residential school has been delayed slightly but is expected to be complete by the end of June, says Chief Rosanne Ca...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the planned executions of two inmates by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice of the firing squad option set out in the state'...

OTTAWA — Better protections for the rights of air travellers, immediate refunds for customers and more monetary relief for airlines and airports are some of the recommendations in a parliamentary committee’s report on the air industry’s recover...