DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The sole moderate in Iran's presidential election conceded his loss early Saturday to the country's hard-line judiciary chief. It signaled the protege of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had won a vote he dominated aft...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, June 18, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 531,777 new vaccinations administered for a total of 31,399,702 doses given. Nationwide, 6,439,726 people or 17 ...

Brian Mulroney, Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda and Neil Young are among more than 100 public figures who are adding their voices to the call to protect all old-growth forests in B.C. from logging. “Some things can’t be replaced,” begins the br...

LOUISE DICKSONTimes Colonistand AMY SMARTCanadian PressAlison Malis is not a second-guesser. “If I make a decision that’s just the way it is,” she says.That’s why the 61-year-old Langford woman has no regrets about receiving her second dose o...

Saanich police are responding to a five-vehicle crash on the Patricia Bay Highway. Police said on social media that the collision just north of Royal Oak Drive had temporarily closed both northbound lanes. By 5 p.m., the vehicles had been moved...

Understanding the land and the will of the people and establishing a strong relationship with the big players in the forest industry are key elements to establishing any First Nation as an equal player in the industry, according to the chief of a V...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, June 18, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers.There are 1,407,269 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,407,269 confirmed cases (1...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson will keep fighting recent court orders in Nevada that he owes at least $60 million in judgments stemming from the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, his lawyer said Friday.At...

Reports of the death of downtown Victoria are unfounded, and the city and its business organizations are pumping out the data to prove it. While there’s no question the pandemic has decimated retail, hospitality and tourism businesses and disru...

Without a massive government grant, B.C. Ferries would have been floating in red ink in fiscal 2021, according to financial documents released Friday. A $308-million grant from the federal-provincial Safe Restart Program — $186 million of it in...

NARAMATA, B.C. — RCMP say two men have been charged in the double murder of two brothers in British Columbia's Okanagan region.The bodies of Erick and Carlos Fryer were found in a remote location near the town of Naramata.Mounties say Anthony Graha...

B.C. reported 109 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, but none in the Island Health region. The province reported 1,389 active cases of COVID-19, along with one additional death. There are 73 active cases in Island Health. Health Ministe...

OTTAWA — The national intelligence watchdog says Canada's cyberspy agency may have broken the law in disclosing personal information about Canadians.The Ottawa-based Communications Security Establishment, given its foreign-intelligence mandate, sup...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier says he's received a second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.John Horgan shared a photo of himself to social media on Friday afternoon holding a completed vaccination card.In the post on Twitter,...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):9 p.m.B.C. Premier John Horgan says he's received his second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.Horgan shared a photo to social media Friday afternoon showing him hol...

ROYALTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont teen's message in a bottle that traveled over 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) to the Azores, a small Portuguese archipelago, has received a response back.Sean Smith, now 16, sent out a message in a bottle in 2018 on Th...

LOWER POST, B.C. — A ceremony to mark the demolition of a former residential school building in a British Columbia First Nation community has been postponed after animal remains were found by construction workers.The ceremony in the tiny community ...

OTTAWA — The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada is showing no sign he's willing to release unredacted documents about the firing of two scientists at the country's highest security laboratory — despite the prospect of being publicly shame...

Adults in the Island Health region can now get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment. The health authority is offering a limited number of first doses to walk-ins for people 18 and older at clinics each day, while also exp...

OTTAWA — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant jumped 66 per cent in Canada this week.Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said as of Friday there are just over 2,000 confirmed case...