Remember the 2010 Olympics, when every time you turned on the TV some grinning idiot with a microphone would point to the packed streets and gush about B.C. enjoying the best party ever?“No,” you’d say, “Vancouver is having a party.” Victor...

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...

Nanaimo RCMP have issued a warning about online frauds after several were reported over the past two weeks — including one that cost a man $8,000. The man was on his computer on July 27 researching a problem he was having with his printer. A po...

Families with young children could see savings of up to $420 a year as B.C. Transit eliminates fares for children 12 and under starting Sept. 1.The provincial government says about 370,000 children across B.C. will be eligible. Youth passes on the Is...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., "ground zero for where the truth broke out," says the man behind the Warriors Walk for Hea...

COVID-19 outbreaks in pockets around British Columbia have prompted health officials to shorten their recommended delay between vaccinations by three weeks. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the change Monday, saying reducing t...

WHITECAP, Sask. — The mother of a young Indigenous man shot and killed five years ago in Saskatchewan is continuing to fight for change in the justice system. Colten Boushie of the Red Pheasant First Nation died Aug. 9, 2016, after a vehicle the 22...

Times ColonistAs hundreds marched in Victoria to mark the first anniversary of old-growth blockades at Fairy Creek, the RCMP moved into camps in the disputed area and started making arrests to remove protesters.The Rainforest Flying Squad said three...

OTTAWA — A pair of top officials are departing the Greens as financial strain and internal strife continue to take a toll on the party ahead of a likely election this year.Leader Annamie Paul's interim chief of staff Phil Spidle was laid off by par...

Four people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Sunday after a two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway north of Duncan.North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP said both vehicles were reported to be in the southbound lanes at the ti...

VICTORIA — COVID-19 outbreaks in pockets around British Columbia have prompted health officials to shorten their recommended delay between vaccinations by three weeks. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the change Monday, saying r...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday set a new record for the number of people in the state hospitalized because of COVID-19 as its coronavirus surge continued.The state reported its COVID-19 hospitalizations rose by 103, its biggest one-day...

man who lost his family home in Monte Lake, B.C., said his sister escaped while the tires on her vehicle were melting. Kevin Cooke said his sister Jackie Cooke left when told to by fire crews, but wasn't able save her cats, birds or their mother'...

WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents can now enter Canada for non-essential purposes for the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two countries to severely curtail travel. Still, there ar...

VANCOUVER — The only way for the Canadian justice system to protect its integrity after hearing arguments about widespread misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is for proceedings to be stayed, her lawyers argued Monda...

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is being urged not to reinstate Admiral Art McDonald as Canada's top military commander even though police did not lay any charges after a six-month investigation into an allegation about his conduct.Prime Mi...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins radio play-by-play announcer Mike Lange is stepping away from the booth.Lange announced his retirement from radio play-by-play duties on Monday, but the 73-year-old Hall of Famer will remain a part of the team�...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Comptroller Peter Franchot outlined a plan Monday to increase equity and inclusion for Black Maryland residents as part of his campaign for governor, including a pledge to name a Black woman as his running mate.Franchot, a Dem...

OTTAWA — The secretary-general of the United Nations says a new report "must sound the death knell for coal and fossil fuels," raising renewed questions about Canada's climate plan and the long-term viability of its traditional energy sector.The UN...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is signing on to the federal government’s plan to implement $10-a-day child care for families by 2023."It is no exaggeration to say this is the largest child-care deal ever struck by the province of Manitoba," Manitoba Familie...