OTTAWA — Freshline Foods Ltd. is recalling its Veggie Foodle brand Green Zucchini Whole Vegetable Noodles due to possible Listeria contamination.The product was sold in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and possibly other provinces, in 340 gram packag...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 24 will be an estimated $20 million.

The mystery of the blobs of fat washing up on a West Vancouver beach has been at least partially solved. On Aug. 13, residents reported finding foul-smelling gelatinous grease pebbles on the high-tide mark between the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Welcome Fig...

LADYSMITH — An exhausted Maureen Pietrzykowski stood outside her home on Code Road Friday, looking across the valley to columns of smoke rising into the overcast sky over Mount Hayes. A smell of smoke hung in the air. The judder of helicopter b...

Officials believe a woman whose body was found at a Pitt Meadows blueberry farm last weekend might have been killed by a bear. In a post shared to Facebook on Friday, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the woman’s body was found in a fi...

The contents of three garbage cans and a bench were set on fire early Friday at Centennial Park in Duncan.North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP responded to the arson about 3:30 a.m. and found two bins and a bench smouldering and the other can still ablaze.The ...

A 67-year-old man was arrested for an assault that was followed by his dog attacking the victim. Saanich police officers called to Harriet Road and Burnside Road East about 9:35 p.m. on Thursday found a man in his 30s bleeding profusely from his face...

The end of COVID-19 restrictions that was forecast to come next month is no longer likely given the current rate of cases around the province, especially in Interior Health. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said Sept. 7 was the earlie...

VANCOUVER — British Columbia may not advance as expected to the next step in its COVID-19 restart plan as case counts surge in the Interior Health region, the province's top doctor says. As provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry was announcing ...

Victoria police flew into action to get a lost bird home to its owner. Officers on foot patrol near View and Government streets about 9 p.m. Thursday were approached by a group of tourists who had found the bright yellow pet bird. They handed it ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General's Office on Friday approved summary language in a petition to legalize marijuana use and sales in the state.The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol wants to make it legal for adults 21 and ol...

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg have charged a man they allege set four fires, including one which led to the death of a 60-year-old woman.The fire Sunday was at a convenience store that had a residence on the second floor.The woman, Jung Ja Shin, wa...

Island Health COVID-19 mass immunization clinics will begin closing Sunday to eventually fold into smaller public health units by the end of September — but not before offering walk-in shots to anyone who wants one. The COVID-19 vaccination cli...

A 66-year-old man is missing after heading out Monday in his boat near Rainy Bay to get cell service. Rainy Bay is in a remote location in the Alberni Inlet/Barkley Sound area. The boat was found adrift by his friends, who called 911 and sent a...

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government has set out its framework for moving from the pandemic to an endemic approach, treating COVID-19 much like the flu. Premier Sandy Silver said Friday the territory is scheduled to lift its state of emergency on Aug....

The Conservative Party candidate in Saanich-Gulf Islands is apologizing for social media posts that drew fire from a Vancouver Liberal. “I apologize for my insensitive remarks,” reads the statement from David Busch. “That’s not who I am a...

NORTH VANCOUVER — A video of a North Vancouver black bear frolicking in someone’s line-dried laundry is racking up thousands of views online. The video, which was shared among friends and then posted to the Vancouver section of reddit.com, ca...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday said a pause on evictions designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus can remain in place for now, setting up a battle before the nation’s highest court.A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged firmly on Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed that U..S. military helicopters were flying into Taliban-held K...

B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal won’t hear a complaint from a woman who alleged her human rights were violated when she was asked to don a mask at a New Westminster jeweller. The tribunal said asserting breathing issues without establishing ther...