KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said on Monday they have taken control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the Afghan capital. The province was the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not ...

Many people were embracing the return of something “normal” at the Saanich Fair this weekend, while others weren’t quite sure they were ready to be in a crowd. “It feels nice to do something normal… because we’ve been cooped up so lon...

SURREY — The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says he was "verbally assaulted" and hit by a car on Saturday. Doug McCallum says the incident happened when he was out grocery shopping. He says he was accosted and then "run over by a vehic...

WINNIPEG — RCMP in northern Manitoba have issued a warning about greenish-tinged tablets which they believe are linked to several overdoses and one death in recent days.Police say the illicit pills are circulating in the areas of the Bunibonibee Cr...

A man was seriously hurt in an assault early Friday morning and Saanich police are appealing to the public for dash cam video from areas where they are investigating.Shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, police were informed of an injured male in need of med...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people forced to flee South Lake Tahoe could begin returning to their homes after evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings Sunday afternoon as crews made progress against a massive wildfire....

RCMP officers flooded a Colwood neighbourhood near Royal Roads University early Sunday searching for a suspect who allegedly attempted to ram three people on foot in Victoria with his vehicle. Victoria police said they were called to Dallas Road ...

LANGLEY, B.C. — Friendsand family of a missing Langley, B.C., woman are planning a candlelight vigil more than a week after her mysterious disappearance.RCMP say Naomi Onotera was last seen Aug. 28 and that residents near her home are being asked t...

PENTICTON, B.C. — RCMP are investigating the death of a critically injured teen or young man whose body was discovered on the grounds of a high school in Penticton, B.C.Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says a passerby reported seeing the unresponsive you...

Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her now-deceased baby in what Florida sheriff's deputies are calling a massive gunbattle early Sunday with a suspect they said was "ready for battle."Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said t...

MONTREAL — A nearly week-long saga involving a missing three-year-old boy in northern Quebec came to a peaceful conclusion on Sunday as police reunited the child with his mother and arrested his father for alleged involvement in his disappearance. ...

Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center. He was told the remains likely belonged to another police ...

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Voters in Rutland will likely decide at Town Meeting in March whether to allow retail marijuana sales in their community when such sales become legal in Vermont next year.The Select Board voted 4-0 this week to have the town att...

We were festival-free for months because of the pandemic. But this weekend, festivals are making a comeback, though in a scaled-back fashion. Crowds were significantly lower than usual on Saturday, partly because of the drizzly weather, partly be...

Victoria city staff are proposing an initial investment of $535,000 to remediate areas in four city parks — including Beacon Hill Park — that were affected by months of people camping. In a report going to councillors Thursday, staff say they...

PORT McNEILL — “We don’t have Walmart,” says Amber Brown, wrestling a keg of beer into the back of a van. She’s outside Port McNeill’s spanking new Devil’s Bath brewpub, getting ready to run the beer garden at the next day’s North...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea detained President Alpha Conde on Sunday after hours of heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace in the capital, then announced on state television that the go...

OTTAWA — As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters took to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom.Around 150 people gathered in the capital to walk roughly an-ho...

OTTAWA — With the United States and its allies, Canada included, having left Afghanistan firmly in the hands of the Taliban, another world power is stepping into the void to exert its influence on the troubled country — China. Analysts predict th...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir opened a case against family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for allegedly raising anti-India slogans and wrapping his body in the Pakistani...