KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more. In a statement posted late Friday on social media, IS sa...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw.The draw also offered two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, but neither were claimed.The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Oct. 19 will grow to an ...

Sooke has named Ted Ruiter as its new fire chief. “It’s a great opportunity and it’s exciting,” Ruiter said. “I’m getting to the later stages of my career, and I can’t think of a better place to sort of wind things down.” Ruiter...

OTTAWA — Military police say they are investigating "historic" allegations of sexual misconduct involving yet another senior commander, this time the officer responsible for human resources in the Canadian Armed Forces.The Canadian Forces National ...

Island Health reported 59 new COVID-19 cases on Friday for a total of 572 active cases — well below the 717 cases seen a week ago.B.C. reported a total of 667 new cases on Friday, bringing the number of people currently sick with COVID-19 to 5,128....

VICTORIA — British Columbia reported 667 new cases of COVID-19 after new health restrictions in northern B.C. came in to effect. The Health Ministry says there are 5,128 active cases of the virus, with 367 people hospitalized.The ministry also repo...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt testified at a trial Friday, describing how his enthusiastic pursuit of big contributions from a Rudy Giuliani associate he met at a Trump hotel during his 2018 run for governor ended with ...

VANCOUVER — Two successive frontal systems will bring an "atmospheric river" to British Columbia's south coast until Saturday night. Environment Canada has issued rainfall, snowfall and special weather statements for several areas along B.C.'s coas...

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (20,928.10, up 108.16 points.)Trevali Mining Corp. (TSX:TV). Materials. Up 0.7 of a cent, or 3.41 per cent, to 22.8 cents on 12.4 million...

IQALUIT — The City of Iqaluit says testing shows a high concentration of fuel in a tank that supplies water to the Nunavut capital, but long-term health effects are not a concern.Officials at a news conference Friday said the fuel could be diesel o...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An elementary school teacher in South Carolina surrendered to authorities Friday after being accused of having marijuana edibles in a student prize box in her classroom.The 27-year-old teacher from Lexington, South Carolina, w...

OTTAWA — A war of words broke out at the very top of Canada’s military on Friday, as Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and acting defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre blasted Adm. Art McDonald’s decision to write a letter to senior officers about why he ...

VANCOUVER — Two British Columbia women who say doctors advised them against getting COVID-19 vaccines have filed a constitutional challenge of the province's vaccine passport.A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court says 39-year-old Sarah Webb, who l...

LONDON, Ont. — A small, angular rock that one Canadian physicist says looks like a chunk of black cheese has the potential to help scientists understand how the early solar system formed.Peter G. Brown, a professor of physics and astronomy at the U...

WHITEHORSE — A wide range of workers in Yukon will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help slow the spread of the Delta variant, says Premier Sandy Silver. He said Friday that all government employees and front-line health-care worke...

OTTAWA — Quebec is slated to lose one seat in the next redrawing of federal ridings in Canada.Quebec's 78 MPs will be reduced to 77 — the first time since 1966 that a province has lost a seat when the electoral map is reconfigured.Overall, the nu...

Police departments around the U.S. that are requiring officers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance that some fear could leave law enforcement shorthanded and undermine public safety.Police unions and office...

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) — A Texas school district administrator told teachers that if they have books about the Holocaust in their classrooms, they should also have books that offer "opposing" or "other" viewpoints on the subject.Gina Peddy, the exec...

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EDMONTON — A human rights commission has ordered the Alberta Pipe Trade College to pay $35,000 to a former instructor who was fired because she was pregnant.The decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta said the technical college in Edmont...