WINNIPEG — Anthony Joseph Novak and Ali Musse scored first-half goals, and Cavalry FC held on to beat Forge FC 2-1 on Thursday in Canadian Premier League action.Novak opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Musse doubled the lead in the 33rd for ...

A wildfire in a remote valley near Shirley has flared up, but was classified as “under control” Thursday afternoon. The Muir Creek fire, about 17 kilometres northwest of Sooke — the only wildfire on Vancouver Island — was initially report...

Comox Valley RCMP say a woman’s fall from a second-storey hotel-room window in Courtenay on Tuesday was an accident. The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit concluded nobody pushed the woman, who fell several metres. RCMP had received a report that a w...

The province issued a warning about drought and “water scarcity conditions” Thursday for eastern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Most areas have recorded no rainfall for more than five weeks, with continued dry weather in the forecast....

B.C. Ferries’ third Island-class hybrid electric ferry pulled in at Ogden Point and then headed to Point Hope Maritime on Thursday after sailing from Romania to Victoria. The vessel will be checked over at Point Hope and then transferred to B.C...

A former school teacher and counsellor is recovering in hospital after being struck by a vehicle while protesting old-growth logging in front of the Victoria courthouse on Wednesday evening. Warren Kimmit, 67, said he was hit by a white sedan on ...

The University of Victoria’s engineering and computer science building is being expanded and a new research and structures laboratory equipped with a gantry crane will be built as part of the $89.6-million project. The province is spending $64....

Dawson Thibedeau got his first COVID-19 shot on Thursday as Island Health’s new mobile vaccination service made a stop at Country Grocer in Cobble Hill. The “Vax Van” left Victoria Thursday morning with the goal of getting more Island resid...

New buses powered by compressed natural gas have started service on the region’s roads. B.C. Transit began using the buses Thursday, with 10 set to be gradually rolled out over the next two weeks. The transit system already has 60 CNG buses tha...

British Columbia's COVID-19 cases are creeping up again with the province reporting the highest numbers in a month. Health officials reported 89 cases of COVID-19 Thursday, figures last seen in mid-June. In a news release, officials say the tot...

WINNIPEG — Help is on the way for Canadian farmers and ranchers severely affected by this year's drought.Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced several of steps Thursday following a tour of Manitoba's Interlake Region to see how...

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over an upcoming trial of two associates of Rudy Giuliani and a third man on charges they made illegal campaign contributions said Thursday he’d be shocked if Giuliani’s recently confiscated phones aid a sele...

WINNIPEG — A growing number of wildfires and increasing smoke are forcing the evacuation of another Indigenous community in Manitoba.The Canadian Red Cross says it is helping individuals with health concerns from Red Sucker Lake First Nation, about...

VANCOUVER — Police say there's been a "dramatic increase" in the number of vandalism or mischief incidents against properties owned by churches in Vancouver and they're concerned an escalation could lead to injury. Sgt. Steve Addison said Thursday ...

OTTAWA — The military officer who previously oversaw Canada’s vaccine rollout campaign says his reputation has been "irreparably tarnished" by the government’s decision to abruptly replace him in May and publicly reveal he was being investigate...

OTTAWA — A federal attempt to shield documents related to the firing of two scientists is a violation of parliamentary privilege and must be tossed out of court, House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says.In a notice of motion filed Thursday in Fed...

ATLANTA (AP) — It took less than two hours Thursday for jurors to decide that Georgia's suspended insurance commissioner was indeed a "fraudster" and not an innovator, as they convicted Jim Beck on 37 criminal counts relating to more than $2 millio...

Craig James, the former clerk of the Legislative Assembly of B.C., has pleaded not guilty to three counts of breach of trust by a public officer and two counts of fraud in excess of $5,000.At a hearing Thursday morning in B.C. Supreme Court, James el...

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told the military to create a position eventually filled by a reserve officer from his old unit who had been ordered suspended from the Vancouver police for an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, a...

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says ongoing dry weather has pushed river levels and soil moisture to near-record lows in many areas.Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says low precipitation amounts dating back to last September show no sign of...