COURTENAY, B.C. — Russell Ball was taking one of his usual walks along Vancouver Island's Puntledge River on a cool, grey day in January when he noticed something out of the ordinary.As he knelt down and began chipping away around the patch of brow...

TORONTO — Two ticket holders in Ontario will share the nearly $9 million dollar jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw.Each winning ticket is worth just over $4.43 million.Meanwhile, a lottery player from the Prairies won the draw's guaranteed ...

COQUITLAM, B.C. — Police say a man is dead after a shooting Saturday evening in Coquitlam, B.C.Investigators say the victim was gunned down near Hart St. and Henderson Ave. around 5:30 p.m.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) tweeted t...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s parliament speaker said Sunday that international inspectors may no longer access surveillance images of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts in Vienna to save Tehran's ato...

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police named a former Michigan State University basketball star as the suspect in a deadly shooting late Saturday.Keith Appling, 29, was wanted in connection to the shooting death of a 66-year-old man, according to a police n...

TOKYO (AP) — If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded.An International Olympic Committee vice president, Coates was asked a few days ago by a Japanese reporter at an online news conference if the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead, ev...

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — Mounties say more than two dozen people have been arrested on southern Vancouver Islandas officers enforce a court injunction ordering the removal of blockades set up to protest old-growth logging.Police say six people were arr...

The killing of a man outside a Nanaimo strip mall is linked to the gang conflict on the Lower Mainland, RCMP said Saturday, and they are seeking public help in tracing the movements of a vehicle and identifying witnesses.Gunfire rang out about 3:30 p...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 23, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 385,214 new vaccinations administered for a total of 20,714,198 doses given. Nationwide, 1,628,992 people or 4.3 p...

Seven protesters, including a man wearing a bear costume, were arrested by RCMP enforcing an injunction order in the Fairy Creek watershed on Saturday. Later in the day, a group of between 50 and 100 people began occupying a police checkpoint.The ant...

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers in China say at least 16 people have died and five are missing in extreme weather during a mountain marathon cross-country race in the country's northwest. The rescue headquarters quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency sa...

HALFMOON BAY, B.C. — Documentary film producer Avi Lewis has been acclaimed as the federal NDP candidate in a riding in southern British Columbia.Lewis, the grandson of former federal NDP leader David Lewis and the son of former Ontario NDP leader ...

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — Police in Trois-Rivières, Que., say they are investigating a criminal harassment complaint filed by a member of Joyce Echaquan's family who was allegedly threatened in town on Friday.Sgt. Luc Mongrain says officers met with...

VANCOUVER — Police say a hiker has died after becoming separated from a friend during a hike in North Vancouver.North Vancouver RCMP say two friends were hiking in the area of Mt. Fromme on Friday when they became separated.One of the two returned ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister after finding a gun that had been hidden between sofa cushions by a family friend, Florida authorities said Saturday.The girl was in "exceptionally" critical condition, ...

MONTREAL — Cloistered nuns in Montreal's Carmelite monastery lined up to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday.Inside a 125-year-old convent in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, 11 sisters — masked and habited — received their second d...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma, a city of nearly 2 million.No...

MONTREAL — Canada's race toward widespread COVID-19 immunity reached a milestone on Saturday, as numbers showed half the national population has received at least one dose of vaccine meant to protect against the virus.The news came hours after the ...

VANCOUVER — A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared on an acute care unit at Richmond Hospital.The Vancouver Coastal Health authority says seven patients on the acute care for the elderly unit tested positive for the virus.The unit has been closed to...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wearing a French maid-inspired lingerie costume and high heels, dancer JoJo Hamner waited patiently to get her COVID-19 vaccine in a line that snaked past a glittery hostess stand under a red-light chandelier. When it was her turn,...