TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.However, one of the six Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each that were up for grabs was won by a ticket holder in Quebec.A lottery player from Quebec...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 47,850 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,402,139 doses given. The provinces have administered dose...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.There are 840,586 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 840,586 confirmed cases (32,241 active, 786,769 resolved, 21,576 deaths).*The total case coun...

VICTORIA — As a commercial fisherman and salmon farmer, James Walkus says he sees the merits of both industries and he's convinced the two can coexist.The 81-year-old Indigenous leader and entrepreneur from Port Hardy said wild salmon has provided ...

KABUL — Three separate explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded two others, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country.Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said the ...

The downtown bar associated with a former bar worker at the centre of numerous sexual-assault allegations has closed, according to the owner of the building. Aaron Usatch, who owns the property at 538 Yates St. where Chuck’s Burger Bar is locat...

When a woman in the middle of a drug-induced psychosis stole his pickup truck with his eight-year-old son in the back seat, Qualicum Beach’s Aaron Johnson had a surprising reaction: compassion. Johnson, who has had his own struggle with addicti...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 47,850 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,402,139 doses given. The provinces have administered doses...

Francophone students and parents at École Beausoleil rallied at Victoria City Hall and the B.C. legislature Friday to protest their pending “eviction” from the former Sundance School in June. The French school district, Conseil Scolaire Fran...

OTTAWA — The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month.Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced late Friday that the closure has been extended to March 21 — precisely one ...

VISTA, Calif. — Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II agreed Friday to accept a 14-year prison sentence for raping a homeless woman and assaulting two other women.Winslow, 37, agreed to changes to a previous guilty plea in order to avoid a potenti...

OTTAWA — Federal Liberals are accusing a Conservative MP of promoting "deranged conspiracy theories" akin to those promulgated by supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump.They've pounced on video of a virtual meeting eastern Ontario MP Cher...

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says about 90 per cent of residents in long-term care have now been immunized, and 10 per cent of B.C.’s 4.3 million residents eligible for vaccination will likely receive their jabs by the end of March if vaccine ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.There are 840,586 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 840,586 confirmed cases (32,241 active, 786,769 resolved, 21,576 deaths).*The total case count ...

The RCMP in Nanaimo are asking for assistance in locating a 23-year-old man who has not been seen since the evening of Feb. 16.Axel Lambert, who does not drive and did not take his bicycle with him, left his family home in the early evening.According...

Organizers of B.C.’s Wounded Warrior Run have postponed the event to April in hopes provincial health orders will allow non-essential travel by then. The annual run, a fundraiser for the group — which provides mental-health support for vetera...

OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives say the Liberals are using a pandemic-induced shortage of translators to shut down House of Commons committees when they raise issues that cause the government discomfort.Conservative whip Blake Richards points to a m...

VANCOUVER — The executive director of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak has resigned. Vancouver Coastal Health says in a statement that Little Mountain Place recently notified the health a...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In honour of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced he would order flags in Florida to be flown at half-staff when Limbaugh's body is laid to rest.Limbaugh, a Florida resident, di...

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (18,384.27, up 110.20 points.)The Supreme Cannabis Co. Inc. (TSX:FIRE). Health care. Up 1.5 cents, or 4.92 per cent, to 32 cents on 22.7 ...