Update: Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for Greater Victoria for Sunday. Windy conditions are also expected for much of the rest of the Vancouver Island, including Tofino, Port Alberni, Campbell River, Port Hardy and Nanaimo. The hou...

Freddie Freeman swinging onto baseball’s biggest stage for the first time, Jose Altuve & Co. back for more. Luis Garcia, Framber Valdez and a fresh set of Houston arms facing Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley and these eager, young Atlanta bats.And the en...

ATLANTA (AP) — Eddie Rosario capped a remarkable NL Championship Series with a three-run homer, sending the Atlanta Braves to the World Series for the first time since 1999 with a 4-2 victory over the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Satur...

PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, a longtime Republican loyalist who changed his registration to Democratic in 2018 because of his frustration at the party's direction and then-President Donald Trump, died Saturday.His une...

WINNIPEG — Jets veteran forward Paul Stastny keeps proving his worth to Winnipeg.Stastny scored two goals to lead Winnipeg to a 6-4 victory over the Nashville Predators before 14,020 fully vaccinated fans at the Canada Life Centre on Saturday – b...

WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson was proud the Winnipeg Blue Bombers showed their all-round skills with a 45-0 blanking of the B.C. Lions on Saturday that clinched first place in the West Division.The defending Grey Cup-champion Bombers earned touchdown...

A fire on board the container ship Zim Kingston, anchored at Constance Bank off Victoria’s coast, sent billows of smoke into the air for much of Saturday and forced the evacuation of some of its crew. It’s the same ship that lost 40 shipping co...

Two bodies were found in a Crofton home early Saturday morning. North Cowichan-Duncan RCMP officers were called to a report of suspicious circumstances at a house in the 8600 block of Crofton Road. When police arrived, they found the bodies in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant's widow said she pleaded with the Los Angeles County sheriff to make sure no one takes photographs from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, and he reassured that the area had been se...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities say they have captured Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias "Otoniel," leader of the violent Clan del Golfo drug cartel and one of the country’s most wanted traffickers.The U.S. State Department had offered a ...

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — Two people were arrested in connection with the death of a teen who went missing in South Kitsap County this week, law enforcement officials said. Kannon Stephens, 19, of Gig Harbor was arrested and charged with first-deg...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Iqaluit residents could get a break on their water bills as they continue to deal with fuel contamination that's prevented them from being able to drink their tap water.Mayor Kenny Bell says in a social media post that he asked c...

MONTREAL — A large crowd of Montrealers held a large dance party on Mount Royal on Saturday to urge the Quebec government to reverse its ban on dancing in bars and clubs.A DJ blasted music over a loudspeaker as protesters donned wigs, onesies and s...

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government has approved a request for pandemic aid in Saskatchewan, including military support.Blair issued a series of tweets saying the government approved the request in order to suppor...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian sprinter Alex Quiñónez was fatally shot in the port city of Guayaquil, police said Saturday.Quiñónez, who was 32, became a national hero in 2012 when he reached the 200 meter final at the London Games, finis...

New York State Police seizures of marijuana plants have plunged this year as the state legalized possession of small amounts of pot and some local law enforcement agencies backed off efforts to root out marijuana crops, according to a published repor...

WINNIPEG — Heather Stefanson's bid to lead the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives and take the premier's chair follows a lifetime in and around politics that started as a young girl.She is the establishment candidate in the contest to replace forme...

WINNIPEG — Shelly Glover thought she had left politics behind when she walked away from Parliament Hill in 2015.Six years later, she is vying for the leadership of Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives, who are to make their decision Oct. ...

Transport Canada has levied nearly $25,000 in penalties to five vessel owners who have breached zones around Pender Island intended to protect southern resident killer whales. The violations were handed out between December 2019 and July this yea...

For the first time in decades, Victoria Harbour Ferry will ply the choppier waters of the Inner Harbour as it continues its taxi and tour service through the fall and winter. The 31-year-old company will operate three of its 12-passenger pickle b...