RCMP believe human remains found in an Bella Coola estuary Saturday are connected to a boating capsizing that took the life of a Victoria man, his wife and a fishing guide in August.Cpl. Madonna Saunderson said the identity of the remains has not bee...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for elections Oct. 31 that will be Japan's first of the pandemic.At stake will be how Japan faces a potential coronavirus resur...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight has killed 25 people, according to local officials Thursday who said they expected the death toll to rise further.The 13-story building caught fire around 3 a.m. Thu...

OTTAWA — A member of the Conservative Party of Canada's national council has been suspended after spearheading an effort to trigger an early review of Erin O'Toole's leadership. Bert Chen sat as a representative from Ontario when he started an onli...

Ninety-two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death were reported Wednesday in Island Health. A total of 78 people with COVID-19 have died in the region since the start of the pandemic, including five over the long weekend. The ...

The sixth and final Island Class vessel ordered by B.C. Ferries from the Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania is on its way to Victoria. The vessel will take about 60 days to make the trip, sailing under its own power about 10,700 nautical miles acr...

A man arrested for firing an air-powered handgun outside a supportive housing facility in downtown Victoria has been released from custody with court-ordered conditions. While the weapon he was using has been seized, the man, who cannot be identi...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker has called off a fundraiser in Texas because an organizer was displaying a swastika made of syringes in her social media profile to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.The W...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A county in southern Oregon says it is so overwhelmed by an increase in the number and size of illegal marijuana farms that it declared a state of emergency Wednesday, appealing to the governor and the Legislature's leaders for h...

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — William Eugene "Bud" Davis, who was a higher education leader in Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico and Louisiana as well as a college football coach and candidate for U.S. Senate, has died. He was 92. The Idaho State Journal reports...

VICTORIA — Tofino General Hospital on Vancouver Island has joined the list of 19 acute care, long-term care or assisted-living facilities in B.C. with a COVID-19 outbreak. A statement from the Health Ministry says there have been 605 new cases diag...

A woman was found in distress in the water off Horseshoe Bay on Wednesday after a search sparked by an abandoned car on a Nanaimo ferry. The vehicle was found abandoned shortly after the Queen of Oak Bay landed at Nanaimo at 8:39 a.m., Nanaimo RC...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed a former Justice Department lawyer who, documents show, aided Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the results of the presidential election.The ...

OTTAWA — Incoming Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Trevor Cadieu is denying any wrongdoing after the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service revealed Wednesday the senior officer is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.Cadieu wa...

The driver of a pickup truck that ended up in Cowichan Bay was taken into custody for impaired driving and later released to hospital. Witnesses reported the truck went down the boat ramp and off the launch into the ocean about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,...

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government says a $132-million program that adds staff, beds and services across the province seeks to help people who require substance-use treatment and recovery care. Sheila Malcolmson, the province's minister of...

HALIFAX — The commission of inquiry investigating the mass killing in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last year is delaying hearings scheduled for this month until late January.The commission said in a statement today its team needs time to revie...

OTTAWA — One of the challenges for Erin O'Toole, in staying on as Conservative leader, will be deciding whether his MPs must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the House of Commons. Mandatory immunization has been called for by the Liber...

WINNIPEG — A court ruling that struck down the Manitoba government's public-sector wage freeze as a violation of collective bargaining rights was overturned by a higher court Wednesday.The provincial Court of Appeal ruled the government was within ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said.The police chief in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, s...