They did not break any pandemic public-health rules because restrictions have been eased, but police and security officers were still called out Sunday night when hundreds of young adults gathered outdoors to party on the University of Victoria campu...

Bob Wetenhall, who owned the Montreal Alouettes for over 20 years before being inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, has died.A CFL source requesting anonymity told The Canadian Press of the news Monday night.The Alouettes appeared in eig...

VANCOUVER – As parents prepare to return their children to school this week, there are many things that have changed since this time last year — and with the exception of B.C.’s rollout of out vaccines, it’s mostly not good. The director ...

Brentwood Bay’s Ian Robinson is taking home three blue ribbons for his giant pumpkin entered at this year’s Saanich Fair. Robinson won for the heaviest, at 797 pounds, beating out Glenn and Andrea Dixon’s 698-pound entry, grown in Mill Bay. Ano...

KITIMAT, B.C. — A government seismologist says a magnitude 6.5 earthquake reported in British Columbia on Monday never happened. Alison Bird of Natural Resources Canada says a computer glitch led to the erroneous report from the United States Geolo...

VANCOUVER — Parents and educators are anxious about no longer receiving notices about COVID-19 exposure in schools even as the number of overall cases in the province is expected to rise this fall, the head of the B.C. Teachers Federation said Mond...

MONTREAL — A 36-year-old Quebec man who became the subject of a provincewide manhunt after his three-year-old son went missing is now facing a weapons-related charge in the case.Audrey Roy Cloutier, spokeswoman for the director of prosecutions, con...

MONTREAL — A new pilot project in Quebec is encouraging parents to seek mediation and solutions outside legal procedures for the better good of children. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, Junior health Minister Lionel Carmant and Public Securi...

NEW YORK (AP) — The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani — and a guilty plea set to occur this week by a second associate — puts a spotlight on Giuliani as a criminal probe of the former mayor and his dea...

OTTAWA — Andrew Leslie clearly remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The 43-year-old brigadier-general charged with ensuring the army’s ability to talk in battle and disrupt enemy communications was in a meeting in Ottawa when he received a ca...

TORONTO — When cannabis beverages first hit the market in early 2020, industry players saw the products as a way to bolster flagging revenues and attract new consumers who otherwise might not purchase pot products. However, restrictive regulations ...

VICTORIA — The ongoing battle over old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island is heading back to court where a forest company will seek to extend an injunction order and the RCMP and protesters will face off over police powers.British Columbia...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced two leading opposition activists to lengthy prison terms, the latest move in the relentless crackdown that Belarusian authorities have unleashed on dissent in the wake of last year’s ant...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Monday they seized the last province not in their control after their blitz through Afghanistan last month, overrunning forces who had opposed their takeover.Thousands of Taliban fighters charged into eigh...

Many people were embracing the return of something “normal” at the Saanich Fair this weekend, while others weren’t quite sure they were ready to be in a crowd. “It feels nice to do something normal… because we’ve been cooped up so lon...

Port McNeill RCMP are looking for a man who allegedly pointed a loaded gun at another man in Oclujce, near Zeballos. Police were called to a home in Oclujce just after 2 p.m. Sunday after a man reportedly pointed a loaded firearm at the occupant,...

SURREY — The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says he was "verbally assaulted" and hit by a car on Saturday. Doug McCallum says the incident happened when he was out grocery shopping. He says he was accosted and then "run over by a vehic...

WINNIPEG — RCMP in northern Manitoba have issued a warning about greenish-tinged tablets which they believe are linked to several overdoses and one death in recent days.Police say the illicit pills are circulating in the areas of the Bunibonibee Cr...

A man was seriously hurt in an assault early Friday morning and Saanich police are appealing to the public for dash cam video from areas where they are investigating.Shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, police were informed of an injured male in need of med...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people forced to flee South Lake Tahoe could begin returning to their homes after evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings Sunday afternoon as crews made progress against a massive wildfire....