EDMONTON — A military contingent is expected to be in position today to decide where to deploy eight critical care nurses who will help Alberta fight COVID-19.Public Safety Canada says the Canadian Red Cross is also planning to send up to 20 medica...

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut — A coroner's inquest into the death of a 21-year-old man begins today in a remote hamlet in Nunavut, five years after he was shot and killed by RCMP.Charles Qirngnirq was shot in December 2016 by an officer in Gjoa Haven, a com...

VICTORIA — British Columbians living in long-term care and assisted living homes are due to start receiving COVID-19 booster shots this week.Health officials say they are offering boosters because of the risks of living in group settings and the fa...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's legislative session is set to get underway for the fall sitting today, with the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery plans expected to be the key issues.Most politicians will be back at the legislature in person, fi...

OTTAWA — Afghan women ministers made pleas to Canadian politicians for help — and shared warnings about atrocities and the erosion of women’s rights — two months before the Taliban took control of Kabul.In June, female Afghan ministers begged...

CALGARY — Three years after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash claimed the lives of 11 of his teammates, Ryan Straschnitzki is well on his way to reaching a major goal — the ability to live an independent life. Straschnitzki, who is now 22, was paral...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a second five-year term running a country in the grip of a nearly year-long war.Abiy’s Prosperity Party was declared the winner of parliamentary elections earl...

Mining giant Rio Tinto’s control over the Nechako River watershed in Northern B.C. is being challenged by three impacted First Nations and the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako. According to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the r...

The sinking of two boats in Brentwood Bay so far this year calls into question the federal government’s response in dealing with the growing problem of abandoned and dilapidated boats on the B.C. waters, a local marine advocacy group says. Last...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the British Columbia government's economic recovery plans are expected to be key issues in legislature in the coming weeks as politicians return Monday for the fall sitting. Most politicians will be back at the legislatu...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says the two Koreas have restored a stalled communication channel after weeks of a hiatus in a small reconciliation step.Monday’s restoration of an inter-Korean hotline came three days after North Korea said ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline that foul...

MONTREAL — A plane that went down on an island near Old Montreal on Saturday night was carrying a marriage proposal banner at the time of the deadly crash, authorities said Sunday. A spokesman for Canada's Transportation Safety Board said the a...

MONTREAL — Quebec is budgeting over $500,000 to promote and support the French language among new immigrants, especially in the Montreal region. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette issued a statement today saying the funding will support 12 assoc...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered a private apology to the chief of a British Columbia First Nation after passing up opportunities to honour Canada's first official Truth and Reconciliation day in the community, prompting one maj...

Alberta game ranchers are lobbying governments in the province in a renewed attempt to legalize hunt farms.They say it's an industry that could bring millions of dollars to rural communities, but the farms are strongly opposed by wildlife scientists ...

Researchers are warning that marine heat waves made more extreme and more frequent by climate change could wipe out up to half of the Canada’s Pacific salmon catch by 2050. A study, led by a group of researchers at the University of British Col...

Somebody in Burnaby bought a Lotto Max ticket worth $70 million last week. Dunno who. If anyone claimed the prize, the biggest in B.C. history, they haven’t announced it. It’s hard to wrap your head around a number so huge. For that kind of m...

At least four dead owls have been discovered in North Saanich since July, possibly the result of eating poisoned rats. Natasha Illi said she found two on Aug. 17 along Wilson Road while walking her dog. She didn’t know what to do with the owls,...

When Kelly and Brian Flurer relocated their seafood-smoking business to Port Alberni from Campbell River, they became part of a community of small local companies sharing space in a renovated fish plant. Previously called Port Fish, a one-time ma...