A voluntary recall has been issued for Frank's RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning over a possible Salmonella contamination.McCormick & Company, Inc. says the recall covers 153g bottles with a best before date of September 6, 2022.The bottles were shipped...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died. He was 77.Enzi died peacefully Monday surrounded by family and friends, former spokesman Max D’Onof...

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...

SASKATOON — Police in Saskatoon are investigating a series of suspicious fires.Authorities say the small fires were discovered shortly around 7:20 p.m. along the lower path of the riverbank, in the 700 block of 25th St. E.An investigation has deter...

Jocelyn Abrams was pulling into her driveway when she noticed smoke billowing out of her flower bed. She rushed over to find a metal and glass garden ornament scorching the bark mulch, creating a cloud of smoke “like someone was having a ­barb...

Catalyst Paper is seeking permission from senior governments to lower the flows from Cowichan Lake into the Cowichan River to ensure there is enough water until fall rains arrive. The company runs the Crofton pulp mill, which relies on the river�...

B.C. Ferries is hoping for a little cooperation from the Salish Sea’s whale population as it prepares for the busiest weekend of the season.With reservations already booking up for the August long weekend, B.C. Ferries is hoping to avoid any repeat...

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government is asking to seize a Gabriola Island home and more than $1.3 million in cash from a commercial fisherman who is banned from fishing until 2038. In a petition filed on June 28 in B.C. Supreme Court, the B.C. Civil...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says the leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to restore suspended communication channels and improve ties.The presidential office in Seoul said President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

British Columbia reported 267 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including 18 in the Island Health region. The cases were diagnosed over the previous three days, for an average of 89 new infections per day. A statement from the Health Ministry sa...

Health officials are warning against undercooked shellfish following a spike in intestinal illnesses caused by a sea-borne bacteria likely linked to B.C.’s recent heat wave. A specialist with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control said June’s �...

WINNIPEG — Forward Paul Stastny is staying with the Winnipeg Jets.The Jets announced on Monday that they have agreed to a one-year, US$3.75 million deal with Stastny, who was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.The 35-year-old cent...

Human remains found during a beach cleanup in Kyuquot are archeological, the B.C. Coroners Service says. A Kyuquot First Nations member found a skull and other remains about 30 metres inland from the high tide line, according to the Ministry of F...

A drunk driver “T-boned” a parked ambulance with its lights on Sunday in Oak Bay. The ambulance was parked in the 3600-block of Cadboro Bay Road shortly after 10 p.m., Deputy Chief Mark Fisher said Monday. No paramedics were inside the ambu...

A Cessna floatplane carrying four passengers and a pilot flipped over in the waters of Tofino Harbour on Monday. The five were checked over by medical staff but no one suffered serious injuries. Misty Lawson, base manager for Atelo River Air Se...

VANCOUVER — A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say.Michael Fromm, a meteorologist with the United States Naval Research Laboratory, said the phe...

VICTORIA — British Columbia reported 267 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday that were diagnosed over the previous three days, for an average of 89 new infections per day. A statement from the Health Ministry says 695 cases were active across the provi...

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — A protest group is defending the actions of its members who cut down some small trees to impede police enforcing a court injunction against blockades that have been set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Isl...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — British Columbia has placed a moratorium on new mink farms and capped existing farms at their current numbers after two more of the animals tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.The Agriculture Ministry says each far...

OTTAWA — A former Conservative cabinet minister who began a new political party says his defamation suit against a prominent political commentator and strategist should be allowed to proceed. People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier alleges W...