BERLIN (AP) — German security officials said Tuesday they made more than 750 arrests and seized large amounts of drugs after gaining access to extensive chat data of encrypted cellphones. The focus of the investigation, which started in April 2020,...

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 jurisdicti...

MOSCOW (AP) — A plane with 28 people on board went missing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka on Tuesday, local officials said. An Antonov An-26 plane with 22 passengers and six crew members, flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk...

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — Another 11 people have been arrested by RCMP enforcing an injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island.The Mounties say several people were found Monday locked down along the Re...

The Stanley Cup final is heading back to Florida for a Game 5. Josh Anderson scored his second goal of the game in overtime as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Monday to stave off elimination and cut their deficit in the NHL...

OTTAWA — A possible Salmonella contamination has prompted the recall of Al-Rabih brand Halva/Halawa with pistachios.The affected product manufactured by Phoenicia Group was sold in 454g packages with the UPC 7 70338 10057 3 and a best before date o...

MONTREAL — Canadiens fans celebrating the team's overtime win in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final series against the Tampa Bay Lightning say they're hopeful the team can come back.In addition to the usual cheers, fans outside Montreal's Bell Centre ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Tuesday said they arrested nine people on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activity, after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and plant bombs across the city.The arrests come amid a political divisive ti...

Taxpayer dollars are heavily distorting Canada's financial marketplace in favour of fossil fuel pipelines, new research suggests.The International Institute for Sustainable Development says spending by provincial and federal governments combined with...

A Monday morning fire at a Burnside Road West apartment building, near Tillicum Centre, was contained to a single second-floor suite.All occupants of the eight-unit complex got out safely, and a cat was rescued from the first floor.Saanich fire crews...

Deaths more than doubled on Vancouver Island during last week’s record-breaking heat wave, according to preliminary date from the B.C. Coroners Service. Ninety-seven Island deaths were reported to the coroner between June 25 and July 1. The ave...

Five independent and assisted living care homes in B.C. are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks, health officials say. None of the facilities is on Vancouver Island.Four of the outbreaks are in the Fraser Health region while one is in Northern Health. An...

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say there are COVID-19 outbreaks in five independent and assisted living care homes in the province. In a news release Monday, they say four of the outbreaks are in the Fraser Health region while one is ...

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man being held at the Surrey RCMP detachment.The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. says the man was arrested Canada Day following what is described as...

Environmental groups are cheering a Federal Court decision dismissing a bid by fish farming company Cermaq Canada to have its application to transfer young salmon into net pens in the Discovery Islands reconsidered.The decision Friday by Judge Cecily...

A former Victoria resident plans to swim the length of the Gorge waterway — from Portage Inlet to Victoria Harbour — this month to raise money for the Gorge Swim Fest Society. Marlaina Rhymer, who now lives in Squamish, grew up in Victoria, w...

A 38-year-old man died early Sunday after his all-terrain vehicle rolled over on a Nanaimo River Road property. The man, who had not been seen for several hours, was found by two friends about 5:30 a.m. They attempted emergency first aid and ca...

A pedestrian was killed Monday morning after being struck by a commercial vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway near Allenby Road, one kilometre south of Duncan. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP were called about 11:25 a.m. and arrived to find the vehicl...

COWESSESS FIRST NATION — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to a Saskatchewan First Nation on Tuesday.Chief Cadmus Delorme with the Cowessess First Nation, east of Regina, said the prime minister and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will attend...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — While Environment Canada is investigating the possibility that a tornado swept through the Fort St. John area in northern B.C. last week, Clarence Apsassin says he knows what he saw. Apsassin was outside his home on the Bluebe...