More community amenities have been unveiled for Victoria High School, which is undergoing a $79.7-million seismic upgrade and expansion.Most are linked to the site’s neighbourhood-learning centre, where office and meeting space for the Inter-Cultur...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Saturday June 19, 2021.There are 1,408,123 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,408,123 confirmed cases (12,225 active, 1,369,844 resolved, 26,054 deaths).*The total case c...

Port Hardy RCMP are searching for 14-year-old Nicole Hryko, who was last seen about 5 p.m. Friday. Police said they are very concerned for her health and well-being. Nicole is described as white, five-foot-five and 139 pounds with brown hair an...

Victoria police are appealing for witnesses in the theft of an adult tricycle from the Metropol graphics company on Store Street.Store staff reported the tricycle stolen on Thursday, with the theft captured on surveillance video. Images of the incide...

REGINA — Saskatchewan will begin Step 3 of its reopening plan on July 11, the province announced Saturday as it reached the benchmark of inoculating 70 per cent of adults with a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.The province had said it would enter th...

LYTTON, B.C. — British Columbia's Wildfire Service says a blaze in the Fraser Canyon has been renamed and is now classified as out-of-control after charring 2.5 square kilometres south of Lytton, B.C.The service says the George Road wildfire, which...

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — A man sought in the killings of three people after a hit-and-run crash near a casino and a shooting at a marijuana dispensary in a small Oregon city was still at large Saturday.The suspect, who was considered armed and dangero...

MONTREAL — The sun hadn't yet risen in Montreal on Friday morning when a contingent of Ontario hockey fans prepared to descend on the city ahead of what they saw as a monumental hockey game. The Montreal Canadiens were set to square off against the...

TORONTO — Canada has hit two of the vaccination targets government officials have previously said were necessary for the easing of public health restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.An independent website founded by a University of Saskatchewan stu...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An explosion rocked a munitions factory central Serbia on Saturday in the second such incident this month, injuring at least three workers, state-run Serbian television reported.A powerful explosion was heard just before 8 p...

SASKATOON — Police in Saskatoon say one person was killed in an explosion that levelled a home, leaving only the chimney standing and seriously damaging neighbouring homes and vehicles.City police say two patrol officers saw a house on fire early S...

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say they are investigating a stabbing that killed a 12-year-old boy.They say officers arrived at the scene on Friday evening where they found the seriously injured youth on the road.They say an off-duty nurse who was i...

Several Black and Indigenous families whose loved ones have been harmed and killed by police came together in Ottawa to mark Juneteenth and demand accountability and changes to the justice system.Black Lives Matter Toronto organized the gathering on ...

Canadians fully immunized with two shots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may now attend a highly anticipated Broadway production featuring Bruce Springsteen, but at least one Canadian hoping to take in the show still has questions about wh...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):7:30 p.m.Yukon health officials are reporting 29 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases in the territory to 87. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brendan Hanley ...

MONTREAL — Downtown Montreal bar and music venue Turbo Haus has begun to reopen after one of Canada’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns, but remaining restrictions mean last call is at midnight, patrons must remain seated and dancing is forbidden. Like ...

New research suggests wolves can be steered away from the endangered caribou herds they prey on by making the man-made trails they use to hunt harder to move along. The recently published study adds to the debate over whether governments should d...

Saanich council has given its blessing to developing a strategy to balance the interests of parks users, dog owners and commercial dog walkers. “We’re ensuring we’re making spaces for people to feel safe and comfortable, but also recognizin...

A controversial condominium development rising 11 storeys on the edge of Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park has cleared a public hearing with the support of Saanich council. Councillors approved development variance permits for the angular 1.3-hectare...

High school graduation is supposed to be a big deal. Class trips, dances, dinners. Riding around in a limo like a rock star. Splashing out too much money for fancy clothes that won’t get worn for that long. Sitting through speeches and a big-sc...