As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the provinces and territories have been releasing their reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.Most of the plans are based on each jurisdiction reaching vaccination targets at certai...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 20 will be at an estimated $15 million.

For the first time since 2009, Nova Scotia will have a Progressive Conservative premier.Tory Leader Tim Houston led his party to victory with a campaign that promised to spend massively on health care. Houston had repeatedly called the province's hea...

The search continued Tuesday for a Victoria woman and a fishing guide whose boat capsized on the Bella Coola River on Aug. 10.The body of Cameron Murdoch, 42, was found downstream of Walker Island. His wife, Andrea Murdoch (nee Newsted), 51, is missi...

OTTAWA — The senior military officer who oversaw Canada’s vaccine rollout campaign is poised to be charged with one count of sexual assault, though one of his lawyers is raising questions about the timing of that decision in relation to the feder...

For the first time since May, someone sick with COVID-19 in the Island Health region has died.The death was the only one reported in B.C. on Tuesday.There were 501 new cases in the province. Twenty-eight of the new cases were in Island Health, which ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a murder count, for now, against a Houston police officer Tuesday who was charged for his role in a fraudulent 2019 drug raid that left two homeowners dead.Officer Felipe Gallegos had been charged with murdering D...

Saanich council has taken another step towards balancing the interests of people and pets in its more than 170 parks. On Monday, council approved the terms of reference for hiring a contractor to develop a strategy for the shared use of its parks...

HMCS Winnipeg set sail on Tuesday, bound for the Indo-Pacific region. The Halifax-class frigate will be deployed to the region on Operation Projection until December. While in the region, HMCS Winnipeg will take part in Operation Neon, a co-ord...

Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston has won the riding of Pictou East.The Canadian Press has projected that Houston will become the next premier of Nova Scotia.Houston was first elected in that riding in 2013 and was re-elected in...

A technology developed at Vancouver Island University to analyze illicit drugs can save lives, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson said Tuesday.HarmCheck, which provides results in one to two minutes, can detect and measure sub...

A courier company says its drivers will find somewhere else to park after it was told it must not use a parking lot in Nanaimo’s Beban Park as of next month. Nanaimo city staff noticed courier vans parking for an hour or two every morning in th...

HALIFAX — The latest news on the results of Nova Scotia's election (all times eastern):12 a.m.The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives have won a majority government in the provincial election.The Tories won 31 of the province's 55 seats, with two...

A desire by the public to support the path to reconciliation with the Indigenous community has led to the inclusion of a copy of Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to Action in every little free library in the capital region. The Little Free Library...

The second of two Canadian Armed Forces marine-location markers dropped into Cowichan Lake during helicopter training has been located. The devices, also known as smoke markers, did not activate as expected when dropped on Aug. 6. One was found A...

The body of a 19-year-old man reported missing on Friday has been found in St. Mary Lake on Salt Spring Island. He was located Saturday by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team. The man, whose identity has not been released, was last seen in the vi...

Victoria police are looking for a suspect after a woman allegedly struck a five-year-old boy on a downtown street. A mother and her three children were walking on Government Street, near Herald Street, about 11:20 a.m. Monday when an unknown woma...

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported one more death and 501 new cases of COVID-19.The number of active infections is up to nearly 5,300, with about 58 per cent located in the Interior Health region. There are 111 people in hospital, an increase...

The B.C. SPCA is appealing to the public to help pay veterinary costs for an abandoned Golden Retriever mix recently brought into their care in Port Alberni. Staff at the shelter believe the one-year-old pup, now named Toki, had been left to fend...

A provincewide petition started by the University of Victoria Faculty Association calling for vaccine and mask mandates at post-secondary institutions has reached more than 2,000 signatures and been submitted to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie...