Despite pandemic challenges, supply-chain concerns, a labour shortage and the ongoing tug-of-war with municipalities over zoning and costs, homebuilders in Greater Victoria could still have another record year.Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said t...

OTTAWA — Researchers say recent service cuts at Canada's national archives are making their work — already hampered by COVID-19 — even more challenging.In a letter to Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Historical Association urges the in...

If Jason Goncalves has to answer detailed questions about his sex life in order to donate blood plasma, he'll grit his teeth and do it. Never mind that heterosexual men don't face the same inquiries, including whether they are in a monogamous relatio...

The Associated PressSANTA FE, New Mexico — A prop firearm discharged by actor Alec Baldwin, who is starring and producing a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the set outside Santa Fe, the Santa F...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice and added an assist with regular linemates Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele in COVID-19 protocol and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Thursday night for their first victory of the se...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was put to death Thursday for the 1991 killing of a woman who was abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery.Willie B. Smith III, 52, received a lethal injection at a p...

WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor experienced a first in his hockey career during the Jets' 5-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks Thursday.After Connor scored his second goal of the night, hats rained down on the ice as though the Winnipeg winger had tallied a h...

British Columbia residents will need to carry two proof of COVID-19 vaccination cards, one to attend non-essential activities and another for travel within Canada and internationally. Premier John Horgan said Thursday the current B.C. vaccine car...

Victoria police are trying to locate 37-year-old Dustin Aaryn Smith, who is wanted on several warrants for offenses that include breaking-and-entering, extortion, robbery and assault with a weapon. He is also wanted for uttering threats and for a...

About 1,700 customers in Sooke, Saanich and Victoria were without electricity in the mid-afternoon Thursday due to wind toppling trees onto power lines. Six outages were causing the power issues. Winds up to 60 kilometres per hour have been blo...

RCMP are looking for a missing 61-year-old who was last seen Oct. 13 about 10 a.m. in the Fairy Creek area near Port Renfrew. Gerald Kearny, known as Smiley, was last seen walking between two encampments along the Granite Mainline forest service ...

VANCOUVER — The chair of British Columbia's forest watchdog says he was pleased to see a bill introduced with proposed changes to the Forest and Range Practices Act that could "reassert the public interest" in forestry decisions.Kevin Kriese of the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's debut of its new license plate failed to take off — because a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers' historic first plane, the Wright Flyer.The new license plate illustrates...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier is defending a proposed $25 fee for non-personal freedom-of-information requests despite pushback from groups including one trying to access data on COVID-19 exposures at schools.John Horgan says there's been a...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip.T...

MONTREAL — The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is blasting the Quebec government for questioning a land acknowledgment by the Montreal Canadiens that refers to the unceded territory of the Mohawk Nation.The statement, which has been read before the NHL...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital for checks this week after canceling an official trip to Northern Ireland on medical advice, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.The palace said the 95-year-old British monarch went...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California family found dead on a hiking trail near the Merced River died after they overheated and ran out of drinking water on a sunny August afternoon when temperatures reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Cels...

OTTAWA — The Prime Minister's Office says "to the best of our knowledge," it has provided all residential school records to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The PMO says in a written statement that it has provided more than four mi...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A pair of campaigns to expand Medicaid in South Dakota are nearing enough voter petitions to be placed on the ballot next year, organizers said Thursday.One campaign, sponsored by former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ric...