A ceremonial sapling London plane tree was planted on the grassy median that separates traffic on Shelbourne Street on Saturday. It joins 200 existing trees that were planted on the same day 100 years ago in remembrance of the Victorians who served a...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $9 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw.However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a Prairie province ticket holder.The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 6 will be an estimated $1...

Ryder Hesjedal was all smiles as he watched group after group of cyclists cross the finish line at the 10th anniversary Ryder Hesjedal Tour de Victoria cycling event on Belleville Street on Saturday afternoon. “We couldn’t have asked for a be...

DELTA, B.C. — A woman has died after her car crashed into a farm vehicle in Delta, B.C., on Friday night.Delta police say they were called to reports of a collision on Highway 17A to assist emergency crews.They say both vehicles had been travelling...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body of a missing Florida college student who disappeared a week ago.Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Saturday that authorities found Miya Marcano’s body near an apartment building. Mar...

WHISTLER, B.C. — A Whistler, B.C., woman has been hit with a $60,000 fine after feeding bulk produce to bears over the course of one summer.The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it launched an investigation in July 2018 after reports of a pers...

A Canadian man alleged to be a leading Islamic State media figure and foreign fighter has been charged in U.S. federal court with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death, federal officials said Sa...

Pfizer has submitted preliminary research to Health Canada on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged five to 11.The drugmaker confirmed Saturday it provided the initial trial data to the federal department for review as it prepare...

CALGARY — The interim leader of the fledgling Maverick Party says it will be making some key changes after a disappointing result in last month's federal election.Formerly known as Wexit Canada, the party advocates for the independence of Western C...

Diane Larose Klimek didn’t want any heroic interventions to save her life, but her family believes that when the Saanich woman declined further use of a breathing machine, knowing it would go to a 25-year-old COVID patient, a little heroism did tak...

A Whistler resident has been slapped with $60,000 in penalties for feeding wildlife over the summer three years ago — the highest total penalty imposed under the provincial Wildlife Act. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said it began an in...

High prices and low inventory characterized the real estate market north of the Malahat Drive in September, ­according to numbers released Friday by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board. The board noted there were 932 sales on the Island outsi...

When a court injunction stopping them from blocking old-growth logging near Fairy Creek expired Tuesday, protesters celebrated as RCMP officers packed up their tents and left the area. They didn’t see any officers overnight, which they often di...

VANCOUVER — A non-binary transgender restaurant employee in Gibsons who was fired after complaining to the owners about being called “she” and “sweetheart” by the bar manager has been awarded $30,000 by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, whi...

Real estate agents and builders are calling on Greater Victoria municipalities to act on ­housing availability rather than just talking about it in the wake of another report highlighting how little is on the market for homebuyers in the region. ...

OTTAWA — A key argument from government lawyers last week as to why the Federal Court should not reinstate Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin as head of Canada’s vaccine rollout campaign was that if he wasn’t happy with the decision, he should have filed a ...

OTTAWA — Canadians overwhelmingly support the idea of requiring vaccine passports to gain admittance to public places such as restaurants, bars and gyms, a new poll suggests.Fully 78 per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they strongly supp...

CAIRO (AP) — A major crackdown in western Libya has resulted in the detention of at least 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, officials said Saturday. The U.N. said at least one young migrant was shot dead and 15 others injure...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is backing out of an announced plan to run for vice president in next year’s elections and will retire from politics after his term ends.Duterte announced the surprise decisi...

VANCOUVER — A new study from the University of British Columbia says extreme temperatures caused by climate change will eliminate hundreds of thousands of tonnes from the world's fishery catch in addition to decreasing fish stocks. In the worst-cas...