BANQUET HALL SHOOTING-DETROITMan charged in fatal shooting at Detroit banquet hallDETROIT (AP) — A 30-year-old man has been charged in a drive-by shooting at an unlicensed Detroit banquet hall that left another man dead and five people wounded. The...

UPDATE: Harriet Road is now reopened. A multi-vehicle collision led Saanich police to close ­Harriet Road between Irma Street and Burnside Road West on Friday evening. Emergency crews were on the scene at 8 p.m. No details of the accident were...

A woman has been reunited with her lost engagement ring valued at $10,000, thanks to someone who turned it in to Victoria police. Police issued a notice last month asking the public if they had seen the ring. It had last been seen in an office buildi...

An overdue U-Haul truck led to the arrest of a man after he damaged a pair of Nanaimo RCMP vehicles in an attempt to get away. Officers used a Taser to subdue him, but he was combative until they got him into custody. Const. Gary O’Brien said...

VANCOUVER — The executive director of the B-C Civil Liberties Association has resigned following a controversial post on social mediaHarsha Walia came under fire for a Tweet about the burning of two Roman Catholic churches after the discovery of wh...

TORONTO — It's been nearly 22 months since Toronto Blue Jays fans have been able to see Vladimir Guerrero Jr., tear the cover off a fastball down the middle at Rogers Centre.They haven't seen lefty ace Hyun-Jin Ryu or big free-agent signing George ...

Island Health says it has delivered its millionth COVID shot and fully vaccinated almost 50 per cent of the population age 12 and older. Dr. Richard Stanwick, Island Health’s chief medical health officer, says the goal is to see 85 per cent of ...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new minister for Indigenous relations has issued an apology as the government continues to deal with the fallout from Premier Brian Pallister's remarks on Canadian history.In a prepared statement, Alan Lagimodiere says he sinc...

Victoria police and city bylaw officers joined forces to find a stolen van Friday morning with the suspect conveniently inside.The van, from Alberta, was reported stolen Thursday and was the subject of a number of police social-media posts.Police and...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two childhood friends named by defense lawyers as alternate suspects in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts said Friday they had nothing to do with the crime.Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man ...

HOUSTON — Immigrants and advocates are urging Democrats and President Joe Biden to quickly act on legislation to protect young immigrants after a federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled illegal an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of t...

CALGARY — The company behind a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains has filed a request to appeal a decision by a review panel that rejected the project as being not in the public interest. Benga Mining Limited filed the request...

CLOVIS, Calif. (AP) — A lightning strike likely ignited a 2020 wildfire in California's Sierra National Forest, but the U.S. Forest Service said Friday it could not determine an official cause of the fire.September's Creek Fire burned 600 square mi...

Comox Valley RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 53-year-old woman.Mary Suuronen, who goes by her middle name of Laura Lee, was reported missing Thursday after not being seen for a few days, police said.“It is highly...

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado father has been convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the 2012 disappearance of his 13-year-old son.A jury has found 59-year-old Mark Redwine guilty of the charges on Friday. Redwine was in...

Nanaimo RCMP are looking for two women whose images were caught on security footage in connection with the theft of a valuable camera in Nanaimo.The Nikon D90 camera, worth close to $2,000, was stolen about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday near the Seto Sushi re...

Global Affairs Canada says the body of a third Canadian citizen has been recovered from the rubble of a condominium building that collapsed near Miami in late June.A spokesman for the department did not identify the latest victim, who is among four C...

RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says poor communication and unprepared equipment played key roles in a crash involving two bulk cargo ships in the middle of Vancouver's harbour.The board has released its report examining the crash ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Nunavut government says it will temporarily close seven health centres in the territory this summer because it doesn't have enough nurses to staff them. Health minister Lorne Kusugak says in a news release that several Nunavu...

OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee will hold a rare summer meeting next week about when Ottawa plans to change tax rules on the sale of small businesses between family members.Conservative MP Larry Maguire's private member's bill passed amended the...