Dozens of cases of the Mu COVID-19 variant — recently declared a variant of interest — have been identified in B.C. According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s latest weekly update on variants of concern and variants of interest, the...

British Columbians are receiving better access to mental health and substance use services under provincial initiatives, the minister of mental health and addictions said in releasing a new report Sept. 14. Sheila Malcolmson said B.C.’s 10-year...

NEW YORK (AP) — A case seen as an early test of New York's law criminalizing police chokeholds has ended without an indictment.A Queens grand jury on Tuesday declined charges for David Afanador, a former New York City police officer who was seen on...

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is offering nurses and other health-care professionals incentives like child care and support for housing and travel as part of a recruitment drive in the northern region.Health Minister Adrian Dix said th...

One officer was head-butted and another spat on early Tuesday after responding to a report of a man kicking a building and smashing bottles. Victoria police were called about 2 a.m. to a temporary multi-unit housing facility in the 3000-block of ...

Victoria police are asking the public to watch out for a high-risk offender known to target the vulnerable and elderly. Jason Vincent, 39, failed to return to his halfway house for curfew and his statutory release was suspended. His past convic...

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported 677 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death. The number of active infections has ticked up to 6,165 across the province. Close to one-third of the cases reported on Tuesday were located in the Fraser Health...

NEW YORK (AP) — Members of a New York City crime family threatened violence, pressured workers and pocketed phony "pension" payments in a two-decade plot to seize control of a city construction union and its lucrative employee health insurance prog...

An off-duty Victoria police officer recovering from an injury was attacked while walking a dog as a volunteer for animal-control services Monday. She has been off-duty since suffering a life-altering injury two years ago when she was assaulted by...

The Snuneymuxw First Nation is receiving $77,000 to support their search for unmarked graves near the grounds of the former Nanaimo Indian Hospital. Snuneymuxw Chief Michael Wyse said the funds will support the nation in its efforts to search for...

OTTAWA — More than 100 legal professionals are asking Canada to suspend its extradition treaty with France over concerns "an innocent man" could face trial there in a terrorism case.In a new letter to Justice Minister David Lametti, many prominent ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State Rep. Debbie Armstrong has decided against running for reelection, saying Tuesday that she wanted to focus on her family and other projects. The Albuquerque Democrat has served four terms in the House of Representative...

B.C.’s health minister is defending a provincial order requiring all health-care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of next month amid surging cases brought on by the Delta variant. “We can’t have a situation, given the se...

Times Colonist legislature columnist Les Leyne has been named a finalist for the Jack Webster Awards, which recognize excellence in B.C. journalism.Leyne is one of three nominees — the others are Gary Mason of the Globe and Mail and Chris Foulds of...

WINNIPEG — The mother of a three-year-old boy who was stabbed repeatedly in the head and neck while lying in his bed has told a trial that the accused threatened her the night her son was attacked. Clarice Smith testified that her then-boyfriend, D...

NANAIMO, B.C. — A British Columbia forestry company appeared in court Tuesday to apply for a one-year extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over logging of old-growth trees in a remote area of southern Vancouver Island.A lawyer for Te...

Nanaimo RCMP are searching for 25-year-old Tara-Marie Connor, who was last seen Sept. 6. She is of no fixed address and has been known to frequent emergency shelters in the city. Police talked to staff at the shelters and were told that it is out...

The fatal police shooting of a distraught man near Mayfair mall Sunday morning has ramped up the Victoria police union’s concerns about escalating violence on the city’s streets. Around 10 a.m. Sunday, Saanich police responded to reports of a...

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has not effectively overseen the safety of the 1,900 dams it regulates, says the auditor general. Michael Pickup said the Ministry of Forests, Land, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development has no...

MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner investigating the deaths at elder care homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic assured health workers they were not at fault and deserve respect for the working conditions they endured."Rest assured that t...