With rising COVID-19 numbers in neighbouring communities, the Malahat First Nation has enacted a shelter-in-place order. “Please do not come to Malahat Nation unless it is essential. Social visits are not permitted,” says a statement from the...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in CanadaThe latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021.There are 644,348 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 644,348 confirmed cases (81,670 active, 545,971 resolv...

VICTORIA — The Greater Victoria area no longer uses surrounding ocean waters to flush away raw effluent now that a $775 million sewage plant has started treating the equivalent of 43 Olympic-sized pools of waste daily.The opening of the system was ...

MONTREAL — Quebecers out in the street after 8 p.m. tonight can expect to be questioned by police as a month-long curfew comes into effect to control the spread of COVID-19.The province announced earlier this week that the curfew will be in place f...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $32 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.It means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 12 will grow to approximately $40 million.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.There are 644,348 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 644,348 confirmed cases (81,670 active, 545,971 resolved, 16,707 deaths).*The total case count i...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Saskatchewan's former highways minister says he wishes he could take back a trip he took to California over the Christmas holidays while people were told to stay home and avoid family gatherings. Joe Hargrave, who is the memb...

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say they understand the frustration directed at people who defy COVID-19 restrictions, but urged residents to continue following the guidelines to prevent infection. B.C. reported 617 new cases of COVID-...

More than two months after Alex Trebek’s death, fans of "Jeopardy!" finally got the chance to say goodbye.A video tribute to the host closed Friday’s episode of the quiz show, the final one that Trebek taped before pancreatic cancer claimed his l...

NEW YORK — Journalists were manhandled, threatened and had their equipment stolen or damaged by supporters of President Donald Trump during this week's riot at the U.S. Capitol.The attacks, including a chilling scene distributed on social media of ...

Twitter banned President Donald Trump's account Friday, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence" following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.Twitter has long given Trump and other world leaders broad exemptions from ...

DELTA, B.C. — A British Columbia hospice that refused to offer medical assistance in dying has sent layoff notices to all clinical staff before its contract with the local health authority ends next month.The Delta Hospice Society board said in a n...

ALERT BAY, B.C. — Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia waters. Jared Towers, a scientist with the Fisheries...

VANCOUVER — A legal advocacy group is challenging the British Columbia government's COVID-19 restrictions on worship services and public protests, arguing they violate people's rights and freedoms. A petition filed by the Justice Centre for Constit...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal as he disclosed a list of high-tech weapons systems under development, saying the fate of relations with the United States depends on whether it ab...

Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the "Up" documentaries series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic "Coal Miner’s Daughter" and the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough," has died. He was 79.A representative for the D...

OTTAWA — International students are being offered a new work permit by the federal government in a bid to convince more to settle here permanently.Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says former students who hold post-graduation work permits that ...

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is extending ferry service to Campobello Island until Feb. 7 to address residents' concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.Residents of the island — which is connected by a bridge to the state of Maine — want a year-rou...

REGINA — A report from Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner says more than 500,000 files with personal information could have been exposed in a ransomware attack on the province's electronic health information network.The office started an investiga...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby has been released from a Los Angeles County jail after an arrest in Beverly Hills, where police said he took a loaded gun into an upscale store on Rodeo Drive.DaBaby, whose legal name is Jonath...