TORONTO — There was no winning ticket sold for Tuesday's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot.The four Maxmillion prizes of $1 million also went unclaimed.The jackpot for the next draw on July 2 will be at an estimated $60 million, with six Maxmillion pri...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.Most of the plans are based on each jurisdictio...

Renaissance men have very little on Michael Coleman. The Vancouver-born Coleman, the longest-serving mayor Duncan has ever seen and from all accounts one of the most dedicated public servants the Island will ever know, was at turns a lawyer, poli...

Heat waves like the one smashing all-time weather records across B.C. this week will become more common and much worse, Canada’s best known climate scientist said Tuesday. “We ain’t seen nothing yet. This is chump change compared to where w...

A good night’s sleep has been in short supply these last few nights, as the heat wave brings with it unseasonably high nighttime temperatures.The heat dome might have brought record-breaking daytime highs, but overnight temperatures have been well ...

Extreme heat is believed to have contributed to a significant increase in deaths reported since the onset of a heat wave breaking temperature records in B.C., the province’s chief coroner said Tuesday.At least 233 deaths were reported from Friday t...

When Karen MacDonald saw a heat warning last week for Victoria, she decided to book a hotel room just minutes from her home in James Bay to escape the record-breaking temperatures.Despite multiple fans going in her unit at an assisted-living home, sh...

SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — Florida authorities asked the federal government for an additional rescue team to comb the rubble of a collapsed condo tower, underscoring the strenuous nature of the open-ended search for survivors in an area prone to trop...

OTTAWA — Health Canada is updating the label for the Oxford-AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccines to add capillary leak syndrome as a potential side-effect.The agency is also including a warning for patients with a history of the ailment to ...

About 30 residents from the top two floors of an independent living complex in Nanaimo were being put up in a hotel Tuesday night after heat overwhelmed suites without air conditioners. The Lakeside Gardens residents in Nanaimo were moved for the...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was thrown into a state of confusion Tuesday when election officials retracted their latest report on the vote count after realizing it had been corrupted by test data never cleared ...

Island Health was rebooking COVID-19 immunization appointments at clinics in Comox and Langford on Tuesday due to the heat wave enveloping the province. All appointments at Glacier Gardens Arena in Comox on Tuesday were rescheduled, along with al...

Oceanside RCMP are investigating the suspicious and sudden deaths of two people in Parksville. Few details are available, but according to the RCMP, the general investigation section and the B.C. Coronors Service are working to determine what occ...

The B.C. Parks Foundation has been taking over bits of land in the Salish Sea fueled in part by a large donation from the Vancouver founders of the clothing company Lululemon. The Wilson 5 Foundation, Chip and Shannon Wilson’s family foundation...

VANCOUVER — The BC Parks Foundation says a private donation has allowed the purchase of threatened Coastal Douglas fir ecosystems in the Strait of Georgia. The area includes all of Saturnina Island and about a half-square-kilometre waterfront parce...

The Royal B.C. Museum is publicly apologizing to a former staff member who cited a culture of racism and discrimination in her resignation speech last summer, as a report and staff survey find Indigenous staff have experienced discrimination, and lea...

SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — Elected officials pledged Tuesday to conduct multiple investigations into the collapse of an oceanfront Florida condo tower, vowing to convene a grand jury and to look closely "at every possible angle" to prevent any other ...

VICTORIA — British Columbia will move toward a return to normal life on Canada Day as the province removes most COVID-19 restrictions and allows outdoor gatherings of up to 5,000 people.Premier John Horgan said high vaccination rates and a low numb...

B.C. is moving into the third stage of ­reopening on Thursday, which means festivals and sports events will be allowed and a mask mandate in place for eight months will be downgraded to a recommendation. Premier John Horgan said all key health i...

As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wind down, the province must urgently shift its focus to the opioid crisis, which killed at least 160 people in May, including 29 on Vancouver Island, B.C.’s chief coroner said Tuesday. Lisa Lapointe says safe...