LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California recall election that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office wraps up Tuesday. Nearly 8 million mail-in ballots — the form of voting most Californians use — already have been returned o...

HOUSTON (AP) — Nicholas strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Monday as it headed toward landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast and it was expected to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana.Forecasters ...

A single-family house was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon at Sahtlam, near Duncan. No one was hurt in the fire, said Sahtlam Fire Chief Randy Busch. The fire department was called when a resident of the house was in the laundry room and spotted fi...

At least two churches were among several sites spray-painted with bright red and orange messages over the weekend. Oak Bay Police Chief Ray Bernoties said on Twitter Monday that graffiti was sprayed on many walls in Oak Bay, particularly around the E...

VICTORIA — The B.C. government is ending a provincial state of emergency because of wildfires on Tuesday night.The government says it is taking the step based on advice from emergency management and wildfire officials.It says the wildfire season is...

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP are asking for the public’s help locating 65-year-old Nelson Billy.He was last seen about noon Sept. 3 at the Pier 66 Market in Cowichan Bay.Billy is described as ­Indigenous, five-foot-seven and about 150 pounds with sh...

About 150 people gathered on the legislature lawn to protest B.C.’s vaccine card on Monday, the first day British Columbians were required to show proof of vaccination to access some ­non-essential businesses and ­ services, such as restaurants, ...

A complaint about an erratic driver in Metchosin led to an arrest after the vehicle turned out to be have been reported stolen. West Shore RCMP received a complaint Sunday about a pickup truck travelling on Sooke Road in Metchosin. An officer loc...

VANCOUVER — All health-care workers and volunteers will soon have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in British Columbia as the provincial government expands its immunization program.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday the vaccine...

WINNIPEG — An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is being pushed up a month.Peter Nygard was to appear in court from Nov. 15 to Nov. 19, but court documents s...

Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a 17-year-old who was last seen Sept. 5 and reported missing the same day. Gaige Knighton has not been found despite extensive police patrols and searches by friends and caregivers, and his family is worried for his s...

Vaccination against COVID-19 will be mandatory for all workers in health-care facilities in B.C., and about 15,000 severely immune-compromised British Columbians will get booster shots starting this week, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry an...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is providing last-minute help Monday to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is only the fourth governor in U.S. history and the second in California to face a recall election.The only other time a recall ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California recall election that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office wraps up Tuesday. Nearly 8 million mail-in ballots — the form of voting most Californians use — already have been returned o...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law passed in May that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.Judge Robert Pratt ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The center-left bloc in Norway appears to have won Monday’s general election, according to the first official projection, which shows the ruling Conservatives would lose power after a campaign dominated by climate chang...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Nova Scotia's chief firearms officer told an inquiry today that communications with his colleagues in other provinces have improved since a former soldier fatally shot his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia in 2017.John...

WINNIPEG — A Crown prosecutor has told a murder trial that it was an act of vengeance against a three-year-old boy's mother when a man repeatedly stabbed the child as he was lying in bed. Daniel Jansen, 34, pleaded not guilty Monday on the first da...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended the governor commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in a 1999 killing that has garnered national attention.The five-member board v...

MILLVALE, N.S. — A Nova Scotia town is grieving the loss of a family of six, including four children, whose bodies were discovered Sunday evening following a fire in a travel trailer.Officers were called to Mountain Road in Millvale, N.S., Sunday a...