A wildfire that started Friday afternoon near Woss has been declared extinguished by the Coastal Fire Centre.The fire was sparked about 400 metres east of Woss, near Port McNeill, late Friday afternoon and grew to about one hectare at its peak, said ...

WINNIPEG — Joao Neto Morelli scored twice to lead HFX Wanderers FC over FC Edmonton 2-1 in the Canadian Premier League on Saturday. Morelli opened the scoring for the Wanderers (1-2-1) in the seventh minute before doubling the lead in the 55th.Fras...

REGINA — A man has been charged following a bomb investigation that resulted in the evacuation of a Regina supermarket.Police said Friday that they were called by a business about a possible explosive device at the Superstore in east Regina, and th...

The remains of a second Canadian have been pulled from the rubble of a condo building that collapsed near Miami more than two weeks ago, Global Affairs Canada confirmed Saturday. The government agency did not identify the deceased, who is one of four...

Governments around the world should shun Iran's incoming president based on his long-standing record of human rights abuses, a former Canadian prime minister argued Saturday in a speech to an international conference on the state of the middle-easte...

VERNON, B.C. — An evacuation alert has been issued for another part of Canim Lake, B.C., so residents are ready to leave if a wildfire puts their lives or property at risk.The Cariboo Regional District says the latest alert covers 32 square kilomet...

VENICE, Italy — Canada stands firmly behind a two-pillar plan to enact sweeping reforms to the global corporate tax system and limit multinational companies' capacity to shop around for lower tax rates, the country's finance minister said Saturday....

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has been declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide, assuring a second term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.The National Election Board of Ethiopia announce...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Ash Barty got off to a perfect start in the Wimbledon final by collecting the first 14 points, then needed to hold off a comeback bid before beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 on Saturday for her second Grand Slam...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:45 a.m.Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today as well as one new recovery.Officials say the case has been identified in the western area o...

LYTTON, B.C. — A Delta, B.C., resident who owns a home in Lytton that was charred by a wildfire that tore through the village says the devastation is "breathtakingly shocking" after getting a glimpse of the area Friday.Jennifer Thoss was one of the...

CALGARY — A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.By night's end Thursday, thou...

A group of Greater Victoria high school students is ­competing with teams from around the world in the Asia-Pacific FIRST Tech Challenge ­Championships, a robotics competition for ­students in Grades 7 to 12. The FIX IT Robotics team is made u...

Mavis DeGirolamo was a tiny woman, but she was larger than life and never turned her back on anyone, daughter Carole James recalled Friday. DeGirolamo, 81, who died peacefully at home Wednesday surrounded by her family, is being remembered as a l...

Though it’s still a long way from its normal level, Victoria’s unemployment rate fell to 5.4 per cent in June, according to Statistics Canada’s most recent labour force survey.Victoria trails only Trois-Rivières (4.4 per cent), Quebec City (5....

As was true in most seniors’ homes, a cloud descended on Victoria’s Rose Manor when the pandemic set in. COVID rules kept visitors at bay. Group activities ceased — no bingo, no exercise classes, no congregating with others, nothing. Common...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been hoisted off its stone pedestal. Work to remove the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee began early Saturday morni...

TORONTO — No winning was sold for Friday's $21 million Lotto Max jackpot.The jackpot for the next draw on July 13 will be an estimated $27 million.

VICTORIA — A retired judge has determined that a further investigation is needed in the case of two Vancouver police officers and their alleged treatment of an Indigenous man.The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner had initially ordered an...

A mechanical problem with the Coastal Renaissance on the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay route led to a three-sailing wait Friday morning, with B.C. Ferries recommending travellers switch to the Duke Point-Tsawwassen route. The problem on the ship, o...