LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in the Caribbean island nation rushed into the street...

Saanich major crime detectives have concluded that a fire in a Saanich rooming home early Wednesday morning is no longer regarded as suspicious and there was no criminality surrounding what caused the fire.“Furthermore, all persons believed to be r...

VANCOUVER — A B.C. government-owned single-room-occupancy hotel on downtown Vancouver’s Granville Street strip has been hit with 80 orders to address issues related mainly to fire and health safety standards identified by city inspectors in Jun...

BEIRUT (AP) — A fuel tanker truck exploded early Sunday in northern Lebanon, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more, the Lebanese Red Cross said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast.The Lebanese Red Cross said its teams recovered...

PHOENIX (AP) — Tyler Gilbert became the first pitcher in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his first big league start, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Diego Padres 7-0 Saturday night with the record-tying eighth no-hitter in the majors...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan lawmaker and the Taliban say the militants have seized a provincial capital just west of Kabul.The militants took Maidan Wardak, the capital of Maidan Wardak, on Sunday. That's about 90 kilometers (55 miles) from...

OTTAWA — A federal election campaign became all but imminent on Saturday as the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed plans to visit the Governor General in hopes of triggering a national vote. He's expected to arrive at Rideau Hall at ...

WEEDSPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A bus bound for Niagara Falls crashed Saturday on the New York State Thruway in central New York, sending more than 50 people to hospitals, state police and a hospital said. There was no immediate word on the severity of the ...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will buy another 40 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine over the next two years. Trudeau tweeted about the agreement with the Massachusetts-based drugmaker, saying the deal could be ext...

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Data from the South Dakota Highway Patrol shows arrests for drugs and drunken driving are down at this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally compared to last year. According to the Highway Patrol, DUIs are down 14% while misdemeanor ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain set a new provisional heat record of 47.2 degrees Celsius (116.96 Fahrenheit) on Saturday as Southern Europe sweltered under a relentless summer sun. Italy put 16 cities on red alert for health risks and Portugal warned 75% of i...

Canada is prepared to help Haiti after the Caribbean nation was struck by a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday. The death count stood at more than 300 as of Saturday night, with at least 1,800 others injured....

WHISTLER, B.C. — British Columbia's homicide team is investigating the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in Whistler.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team issued a news release saying RCMP officers were called to the Whistler Medical Clinic ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalli...

Robert Hugh of Monte Lake, B.C., so prized his Wayne Gretzky rookie card that he bought a fireproof safe to store it in. So earlier this month, when the White Rock Lake wildfire prompted an evacuation order as it tore through the community, Hugh and ...

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says it's launched an online tracker to help keep staff informed on its efforts to improve culture within the ranks.The Canadian Armed Forces have been rocked in recent months by a series of allegations o...

A tally from police across the country shows there are four ongoing criminal investigations and one decade-long probe into complaints involving residential schools.The Canadian Press contacted RCMP and other policing agencies across the country over ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 227 people were killed and hundreds were injured and missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to areas where towns were destroyed...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A firefighting plane from Russia crashed Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, killing the eight crew members and emergency workers aboard, Russia's Defense Ministry said.The Russian ministry said five Russian a...

Bowker Creek, the eight-kilometre urban waterway meandering through the region’s largest municipalities and mostly hidden by underground culverts after more than a century of development, is starting a long road to recovery this fall.A portion of t...