The B.C. government has issued an order requiring children five and older to wear masks in indoor public spaces, expanding a mandate for those aged 12 and up as the province prepares to vaccinate younger kids pending Health Canada approval. The o...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Political donations are pouring into special campaign-related funds for New Mexico state legislators in a nonelection year.The Brian Egolf Speakers Fund that bears the name of the Democratic House speaker on Tuesday reported c...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $40 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw.That means the jackpot for the next draw on Oct. 15 will grow to an estimated $50 million, with two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will reopen its land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel next month for fully vaccinated travellers, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.Veh...

Less than a month after it resumed sailing, the Clipper has suspended operations due to low ridership, the surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant, and the added barrier of COVID testing for entry into Canada.Clipper chief executive David Gudgel said the...

The vast majority of long-term care and assisted-living ­employees in British Columbia are fully vaccinated, says B.C.’s health minister. As of Tuesday, workers are required under a provincial health order to have at least one dose of COVID-19 vac...

Island Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at Tofino General Hospital after four patients tested positive for the virus. The outbreak at Tofino’s only hospital is limited to the inpatient unit, Island Health said Tuesday. The rest of th...

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman La'el Collins for an injunction that would have halted his five-game suspension with one game remaining.U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant suggested in his...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he and legislative leaders are continuing to negotiate changes in a proposal to create a medical marijuana program, including putting tight limits on how much of the medicine one ...

VANCOUVER — The site of a former homeless camp in Vancouver reopened Tuesday for its original use. The work of removing fencing around Strathcona Park is expected to take a few more days, but a statement from Vancouver's Park Board says it is now o...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two U.S. Postal Service workers were fatally shot Tuesday at a postal facility in Memphis and a third employee identified as the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said. It was the third high-profile shoot...

VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is expanding its U.S. operations after reaching an agreement to purchase a lumber mill in Lufkin, Texas, for about US$300 million.The purchase from Angelina Forest Products will be funded with cash on hand an...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit has declared a local state of emergency after finding evidence of gasoline in its tap water.All Iqaluit residents are being told not to drink, boil or cook with the city's water.A statement issued by the Nunav...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota announced Tuesday they are trying for a second time to legalize cannabis possession and cultivation for adults through a ballot initiative.South Dakotans for B...

​B.C. Premier John Horgan, a self-proclaimed Star Trek fan, has disappointed a high-ranking member of the federation who is calling for action to protect the province’s old-growth forests. Canadian actor William Shatner, who played Capt. Jame...

VICTORIA — The RCMP are reviewing the department's resources following the temporary reinstatement of an injunction against old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island by the British Columbia Court of Appeal. A B.C. Supreme Court j...

Kelowna RCMP are asking the public for help in finding a Port Alberni teen last seen in the Okanagan. Ivan Glaim-Frank, 18, was last seen leaving a home on the 3000 block of Lakeshore Road in Kelowna on Sept. 26, but friends and family have not s...

Oak Bay police are asking the public for help locating Nicholas Flanagan, a “high-risk” missing person last seen leaving his south Oak Bay residence at 9 p.m. Monday. “We consider him to be a high risk and want to locate him swiftly,” sai...

Like many Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Dona Sue Bissey has promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory on social media. But the judge sentencing her Tuesday to 14 days in jail said it was for her actions, not her beliefs.B...