As Rupi Badh dropped her daughters off Tuesday for the first day of school at Campus View Elementary, she had mixed feelings. As a nurse, she said, she’s more concerned about this school year than she was the last one because of the more highly...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for Tuesday's $25 million Lotto Max jackpot.The jackpot for the next draw on Sept. 10 will be at an estimated $31 million.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An expansion of nonmerit scholarships to college and greater spending to safeguard abandoned oil wells in New Mexico are among the governor's new spending priorities, amid a windfall in state income linked to federal pandemic ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates and injuring 39 others.Authorities are still investigating the cause of fire that started at Block ...

A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City nearly 200 miles away. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was cent...

British Columbians who don’t provide proof of vaccination in businesses that require them may face hefty fines. Provincial officials unveiled more details Tuesday about the vaccination certificates ahead of the Sept. 13 rollout, which will see ...

The province unveiled more details of its B.C. vaccine card on Tuesday, which goes into force next week. Certain businesses will need to verify patrons’ COVID-19 vaccination status if they are to be granted entry. Here’s how the new initiativ...

It will be a few weeks before restaurants know just how much it will cost them to implement the province’s new vaccine card program.While the industry has embraced the program for the most part, as it means not having to close or face further healt...

Comox Valley RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an assault at a Courtenay park Aug. 31. A man told police he was at Pinewood Park about 1:50 p.m. when a man he didn’t know pushed him to the ground and kicked him...

Oceanside RCMP continue to investigate after an 80-year-old Qualicum Beach resident died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a camper van. The incident happened about noon Aug. 28 in Qualicum Beach, and the man died Aug. 31 in hospital....

The Victoria Fire Department is crediting sharp-eyed Victorians and its own crews for minimizing the scale of a brush fire Monday evening along Dallas Road. According to deputy fire chief Chris Royle, the department had about 30 calls around 8 p....

After a pickup truck knocked over a lamp standard, hit a tree and came to a stop by a hedge near a residential property on Cadboro Bay Road on Monday, an Oak Bay police officer saw something else of note. The 25-year-old driver had an empty beer ...

WHITEHORSE — Yukon is launching an online COVID-19 vaccine credential system, with the territory's premier saying there are no immediate plans for a vaccine mandate seen in other provinces and territories.Premier Sandy Silver said Tuesday the crede...

Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday joined the growing list of provinces planning to introduce COVID-19 vaccine passport systems. Here's a look at what the provinces and territories have said about their proof-of-vaccination programs, or lack thereo...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act. The...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba continues to avoid the kind of fourth-wave surge in COVID-19 cases seen in most other provinces, although health officials say the numbers will likely rise in the coming weeks.The province is reporting 36 new infections — the ...

A former Nazi death-squad member has failed in his attempt to bar the public and media from his deportation hearing.Helmut Oberlander brought forth an application Tuesday to take the proceedings in front of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada...

The province introduced the B.C. Vaccine Card on Tuesday, a code that can be downloaded on a mobile device or printed to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for entry to some non-essential businesses, venues and services starting this month...

Victoria police are asking for witnesses and more information after a collision that saw a woman on a mobility scooter pinned under a dump truck Friday. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Police were called to Bay an...

VIENNA (AP) — Iran has continued to increase its stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons in contravention of a 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain Tehran's nuclear program, the U.N. atomic...