Saanich police and fire are investigating an incident in the area of Seaton Street between Cadillac and Crease avenues. Police are asking drivers and pedestrians to avoid this area public as their investigation continues. In an advisory issued ...

Victoria Police Chief Del Manak said Sunday he is still processing an incident at what had been a peaceful memorial march honouring the memory of Chantel Moore, a 25-year-old Indigenous woman shot to death in New Brunwick last year. The chief had...

The RCMP are investigating a fatal crash on Sooke Road in Metchosin Saturday night. One person was killed in the two-vehicle crash in the 3700-block of Sooke Road at 11:30 p.m., said B.C. RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson. Sooke RCMP is expected to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs for their plan to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens, the Senate’s parliamentarian said late Sunday, a crushing blow t...

MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, who disappeared while on a cross-country trek with a boyfriend who has been identified by authorities as a person of interest and is ...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A British Columbia health authority says it is facing a severe nursing shortage in a northern city as staff face criticism from COVID-19 protesters.The Northern Health Authority, which covers the northern half of B.C., says th...

Island Health has identified two cases of COVID-19 at Victoria’s Chinatown Care Centre Long Term Care, declaring an outbreak. Communication with residents, families and staff is ongoing, says an information bulletin released by the health autho...

KELOWNA, B.C. — Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say they're investigating after discovering a woman's body on a highway on Sunday morning.RCMP say officers were called to the intersection of Highway 33W and Nickel Road at 7 a.m. after the body was disco...

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault delivered a nationalist speech to his party's youth wing on Sunday, capping off a weekend-long convention where he touted cohesion in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic."This is not the time in Quebec to d...

LAKE WORTH, Texas (AP) — A military training jet crashed Sunday in a neighborhood near Fort Worth, Texas, injuring the two pilots and damaging three homes but not seriously hurting anyone on the ground, authorities said.Both pilots managed to eject...

MOSCOW (AP) — Early results Sunday in Russia's parliamentary election showed the dominant pro-Kremlin party well in the lead, but it was unclear if the party will retain the two-thirds majority of seats that allow it to change the constitution.The ...

MARY'S HARBOUR — Searchers have located debris that the joint rescue co-ordination centre says is likely from a nine-metre fishing boat that went missing with two men on board off the coast of Labrador.The fishing vessel Island Lady departed the sm...

WASHINGTON — Canadian snowbirds will be watching closely this week, suitcases at the ready and RVs full of fuel, to see if the United States finally eases the travel restrictions preventing them from driving south for the winter. Some aren't waitin...

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AP) — A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava flows crept toward isol...

DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. flew Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland Sunday and tried blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signaled the beginning of what could be one of A...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska remains one of only two states that haven't legalized cannabis use in some form, but the industry has already launched a lobbying group in the state to help influence the rules that will regulate the industry.John Cart...

When we last heard from Andrea Merrick, in 2019, she was feeling a bit queasy. Not about the impending federal election, but because she had morning sickness, was about to become a mom. Fast forward two years. Merrick is trying to clean her Langf...

One of Victoria’s oldest churches is undergoing major repairs to fix cracks and crumbling bricks in its walls. Centennial United, which was built in 1891 and is on the city’s heritage registry, was covered in scaffolding this past week while ...

A summer of severe drought and a forecast for a wet and windy fall and winter could result is more power outages in the coming months, says a report from B.C. Hydro. B.C. Hydro meteorologists said record-breaking heat has left dead and weakened t...

A new priority system for bus service in the Sooke School District based on school-catchment areas is intended to be more efficient but has left some families scrambling. About 4,000 students are bused in the fast-growing district each day, said ...