NANAIMO — Public concerns over climate change should play a large part in deciding whether a British Columbia forestry ­company is granted an ­extension to an injunction against ­protests over the logging of old-growth forests, a court heard Â...

Major marijuana producer Tilray has announced it will shut down operations in Nanaimo and focus cultivation in B.C. at its Broken Coast facility in Duncan. The Canadian company will close its office and facility at Duke Point by spring 2022 as in...

BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake collapsed homes, killed at least two people and injured dozens Thursday in southwest China's Sichuan province, state media reported. Rescue work was underway following the magnitude-6.0 earthquake. It struck at 4:33 a.m...

Alberta on Wednesday became the latest province to announce plans to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine passport system. Here's a look at what the provinces and territories have said about their proof-of-vaccination programs, or lack thereof. British Colum...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government is starting to crumble as Prime Minister Ariel Henry faces increased scrutiny from authorities investigating the president’s slaying, with Henry firing the justice minister late Wednesday, just ho...

The Royal B.C. Museum says it’s prepared to offer refunds to its annual members and IMAX Victoria passholders who are not vaccinated, after making the decision to require proof of vaccination for entry to both venues. While museums, like public...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is forming a new Indo-Pacific security alliance with Britain and Australia that will allow for greater sharing of defense capabilities — including helping equip Aust...

Island Health reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday and two new deaths, among 661 new cases and seven more deaths across the province. There are now 615 active cases in Island Health, of whom 24 are hospitalized — including 15 in critical...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — France's president announced the death of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara's leader late Wednesday, calling Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi's killing "a major success" for the French military after more than eight years fighting e...

VICTORIA — British Columbia officials reported 661 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths on Wednesday. The Health Ministry says in a news release that from Sept. 7 to 13, people who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 76.5 per cent of cas...

LANGLEY, B.C. — A team of homicide investigators in British Columbia has joined the RCMP in investigating the case of a Langley woman who disappeared nearly three weeks ago.Naomi Onotera was last seen near her home on Aug. 28, and the Mounties have...

NANAIMO, B.C. — Public concerns over climate change should play a large part in deciding whether a British Columbia forestry company is granted an extension to an injunction against protests over the logging of old-growth forests, a court heard Wed...

YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Once powerful former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert’s refusal to pay $1.8 million in exchange for his sil...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Less than a month before Lionel Desmond killed his wife, mother, daughter and himself in 2017, the Afghanistan war veteran called a community group near his home in Nova Scotia to set up an appointment for couples counsellin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday began notifying governors and state refugee coordinators across the country about how many Afghan evacuees from among the first group of nearly 37,000 arrivals are slated to be resettled in th...

VANCOUVER — Police say the body of a Vancouver man was found on Wednesday after he was reported missing in Manning Park.In a statement, Sgt. Steve Addison of Vancouver police says 52-year-old Andriy Fendrikov was found dead near Snass Mountain. Pol...

New York Post. September 14, 2021. Editorial: There’s a reason Rikers is such a dangerous hellhole: De Blasio just doesn’t careMayor Bill de Blasio all but admitted the obvious Tuesday: The Rikers jail complex is a dangerous, out-of-control, inhu...

OTTAWA — Refugee claimants and their advocates are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a key pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum seekers.In a submission to the high court, they say...

MONTREAL — A doctor who oversaw the care of residents of a Montreal-area care home where dozens of patients died of COVID-19 told an inquest Wednesday she was concerned about the lack of staff and personal protective equipment at the facility as in...

WINNIPEG — Immunocompromised Manitobans will be able to receive a third dose of vaccine against COVID-19. The province says third doses will be available for anyone whose immunity is moderately to severely weakened due to a medical condition or...