A possible Salmonella contamination has prompted Morgan Williams International Inc. to recall Mr. Porky brand Original Scratchings.The recall covers 65g packages sold across the country with best before dates up to and including Feb. 19, 2022.No illn...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives will choose a new party leader and premier Oct. 30.The party executive met Monday night and also set down rules, including an entry fee of $25,000.Premier Brian Pallister announced earlier t...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cannabis provider Ultra Health says it has completed the purchase of a former bakery and adjacent land in southern New Mexico that will open the way for a large-scale marijuana growing and manufacturing campus.The property pur...

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer has been found not guilty of disciplinary charges for his actions in the arrest and release of Bruce McArthur three years before the serial killer was convicted. Sgt. Paul Gauthier faced charges of insubordination...

AGASSIZ, B.C. — Terry Driver, the man who killed a young British Columbia woman, beat her friend and then taunted police and the media about his crimes, has died in prison.A statement from Correctional Service Canada says Driver died of "apparent n...

Two new Island-class ferries were officially named Monday, and B.C. Ferries’ president called on the federal government to help share the $150-million cost to install charging infrastructure at terminals for the hybrid-electric vessels. One fer...

A ban on using sprinklers to water lawns has been imposed in the Nanaimo Regional District as it moves into its highest level of restrictions because of dry weather. The stage four restrictions also ban washing cars, boats or house siding. Power ...

Campbell River RCMP say they received at least 10 calls for service from the local carnival Saturday night, largely due to intoxicated patrons. Their night began when a seemingly intoxicated 24-year-old man began “bothering almost everyone in s...

Nanaimo residents are being asked for ideas on ways to improve the city’s key downtown intersection at Terminal Avenue and Commercial Street. The 500 block of Terminal Avenue, known as the “Hub,” is already in the midst of improvements, wit...

A man was arrested Saturday night after an hours-long barricade at a multi-unit residential building in Victoria. Victoria police responded after receiving a report about 2 p.m. Friday that a man had entered a business in the 700-block of Finlays...

A man was arrested on the Centennial Dock in Ganges after witnesses reported seeing what appeared to be a handgun pointed at another man.Salt Spring RCMP responded Thursday after one of the witnesses placed a 911 call and gave a description of the su...

Sooke RCMP are searching for a 46-year-old man after his dog returned home without him on Sunday. Police believe Jerzy Peregudow left his home about noon Sunday with his dog to go cycling. The dog returned alone about 11 p.m. Peregudow is des...

A collision between a moped and a pickup truck on Lower Ganges Road on Salt Spring Island sent a tourist to hospital. Salt Spring RCMP said the northbound moped crossed the centre line in the Friday incident. The rider, who was visiting Salt Sp...

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who helped Rudy Giuliani try to unearth damaging information about President Joe Biden in Ukraine is expected to plead guilty in a case alleging illegal campaign contributions to U.S. politicians, according to a court filing.I...

Close to 60 firefighters are holding the line on a stubborn 73-hectare wildfire on Mount Hayes, northwest of Ladysmith. The blaze is being held, which means it’s not likely to spread further under forecasted conditions, Gordon Robinson, Coastal...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the notorious Arellano Felix brothers was deported from the United States back to Mexico after serving most of a 15-year prison sentence, but he was promptly re-arrested when he arrived in his homeland Monday. Prosecutors ...

The province reported 16 new COVID-19 related deaths over the weekend — including one in Island Health — pushing the death toll to more than 1,800 since the beginning of the pandemic. There were 1,711 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. in the past...

KELOWNA — A Kelowna man is pleading with the public to get vaccinated after his mother, 54, died after contracting COVID-19. Aurey Harris says his mother, Kim Harris, was rushed to Kelowna General Hospital on Aug. 11 after testing positive for ...

KELOWNA, B.C. — The British Columbia prosecution service says an RCMP officer in Kelowna has been charged with assault in connection with a wellness check last year. The prosecution service says in a statement that Const. Lacey Browning faces one c...

A 72-year-old woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after she was assaulted in downtown Victoria on Friday. Victoria police were called just after 12:30 p.m. after woman was been hit by an unknown man on Douglas Street, n...