Eighty-three tourism businesses, non-profit organizations and tour-bus operators on ­Vancouver Island and elsewhere in B.C. whose bottom lines plunged due to the pandemic are receiving a total of $36.3 million in grants.Two tiers of funding allowed ...

WINNIPEG — Chaz Lucius wasn't shy about mentioning his admiration of Jets star Mark Scheifele in his pre-draft interview with WinnipegThe honesty obviously worked — Winnipeg selected to select Lucius 18th overall in the NHL entry draft on Friday....

REGINA — Two Canadian provincial premiers and the leaders of three U.S. states have called for the re-opening of the border between the two countries.Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, his Alberta counterpart Jason Kenney, and the governors of North D...

A Victoria couple reported missing Tuesday was found safe late Wednesday afternoon by an RCMP aircraft, Lake Cowichan RCMP say. The pair’s vehicle had become stuck on the side of a remote forestry road.The couple, Helmy Sherif and Nadia Elkoui, wer...

Vancouver Island’s lone wildfire at Muir Creek, about 27 kilometres northwest of Sooke, will be in the final mop-up stage over the next few days. It is now holding in size at about a hectare, said Coastal Fire Centre information assistant Bryan...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Cooler temperatures gave firefighting crews in British Columbia some reprieve on Friday as most wildfires burned in the southern half of the province. Karley Desrosiers, fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said 2...

VICTORIA — COVID-19 case counts in British Columbia keep climbing, with the latest daily figure reaching 112.Health officials had warned that infections would rise as restrictions were lifted. There are 603 active cases, 40 per cent of which are in...

HAVANA (AP) — Relatives and friends of Cubans arrested during the unprecedented recent protests on the island said authorities are carrying out summary trials at a time when Cuba's government is receiving criticism from international groups and gov...

VICTORIA — The former clerk of the B.C. legislature has pleaded not guilty to five charges including breach of trust and fraud, just as a judge tossed out one of the accusations against him.A spokesman for the Crown prosecutor's office says Craig J...

A 20-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on Denman Island. Comox Valley RCMP were called to the Danes Road incident about 8:40 p.m. Police said the driver lost control, causing the passenger to be thrown from the vehicl...

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba cabinet minister, saying she cannot support remarks if they add to the hurt of traumatized people, has distanced herself slightly from Premier Brian Pallister's comments on Canadian history.Conservation and Climate Minister Sa...

WASHINGTON — Just because Canada and the United States worked closely together to restrict travel across their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to move in lockstep when the time came to reopen it, Ottawa's envoy to Washington said ...

SASKATOON — After months of student advocacy, the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine has backed off a plan to ask its students to volunteer at the Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre.The centre is not a clinic and has no medical or hea...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government needs to do more to support people living in Nunavut, particularly when it comes to the territory's long-standing housing crisis. The Liberal politician made hi...

MASTIC, N.Y. (AP) — An escaped bull has eluded capture for several days on Long Island despite searchers employing a helicopter and night-vision equipment along with attempts to lure the roaming animal with grain and a cow.Police in Suffolk County ...

MIAMI (AP) — Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several stories high....

VANCOUVER — The Conservation Officer Service says it is investigating a case involving another aggressive coyote in Vancouver's Stanley Park.A statement posted on social media says a woman suffered minor injuries when she was bitten on the leg whil...

OTTAWA — The federal Green party increased its year-over-year fundraising figures nine per cent last quarter, just as internal strife was spilling into public view.The Greens raked in $682,020 from 8,372 donorsin the second quarter of 2021 compared...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — In early May, six residents of Iqaluit’s elders home were put on charter flights leaving the city after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.Four were sent to the Embassy West Seniors Living Residence in Ottawa and two o...

OTTAWA — The federal government responded to weeks of pressure from Canadian veterans on Friday by announcing that it will fast-track the resettlement of potentially thousands of Afghans who have worked with Canada at different times over the past ...