With the City of Port Alberni serving notice that it intends to expropriate 43 acres of ­waterfront industrial land from Western Forest Products, a rival lumber producer has made it clear it would be happy to buy the land to save the city the hass...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.Most of the plans are based on each jurisdictio...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and had troublesome ties with China, died Thursday, a cousin and public officials said. He was 61....

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — RCMP enforcing an injunction against blockades near old-growth forest logging areas west of Victoria have arrested another 20 people.The Mounties say 19 adults and one minor were arrested in the Braden Mainline Forest Service R...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 516,201 new vaccinations administered for a total of 33,565,223 doses given. Nationwide, 8,273,857 people or ...

A heat wave consuming huge swaths of North America is set to hit British Columbia, triggering extreme weather warnings across Western Canada — including parts of Vancouver Island. The Meteorological Service of Canada is forecasting record-break...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers.There are 1,410,927 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,410,927 confirmed cases...

REGINA — A First Nation in southern Saskatchewan is to hold a virtual news conference Thursday morning about what it calls "the horrific and shocking discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves" at the site of a former residential school. ...

Langford firefighters are asking people to take more care when extinguishing smoking materials after careless smokers caused five small fires over a recent five-day period. In one case, the department went to put up a sign about prevention at the...

With traffic starting to rebound on B.C. Ferries as travel restrictions ease, a new deal for overheight vehicles has been announced to divert traffic from the busiest sailings. Until Oct. 13, passengers with recreational vehicles over 2.1 metres ...

VICTORIA — First-dose vaccine numbers in British Columbia have risen to above 75 per cent of the eligible population, with second-shot totals hovering near 25 per cent.A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Min...

OTTAWA — The Liberal government waited until the House of Commons was about to adjourn for three months to introduce a bill aimed at protecting Canadians from online hate speech.The eleventh-hour move Wednesday fuelled speculation that Prime Minist...

First Nations have won access to the private archives of the Sisters of St. Ann, an order of Catholic nuns that ran four residential schools, including the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The Royal B.C. Museum said Wednesday it had signed a m...

VANCOUVER — The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency rose between 2019 and 2020, says a new report that has a researcher raising questions about what its findings mean for public health.The study fou...

Tyrannosaurs are well known as having been ferocious predators at the top of the food chain millions of years ago, but a study led by an Alberta-based researcher shows the reptiles didn't start out life that way.François Therrien, curator of dinosau...

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign affairs minister will soon travel to Israel and the West Bank to advance a two-state solution following a deadly 11-day war between Israelis and Palestinians.Marc Garneau's office says his visit to the Middle East is part ...

WHITEHORSE — Lawyers are squaring off this week over the validity of a ballot cast in Yukon's last election by an incarcerated voter in a riding where the Liberal incumbent lost her seat in a tie vote.James Tucker, a lawyer for former Liberal cabin...

HOUSTON (AP) — A long-running corruption probe sparked by a 2019 Houston police drug raid in which a couple was killed has ended with new indictments against two officers already charged in the case, authorities announced Wednesday.Former Officer G...

OTTAWA — Canada's public health agency says the COVID-19 pandemic drove an increasingly deadly overdose crisis last year that continues to take lives and corrode communities.Grim new numbers from the agency show 6,214 people suffered opioid-related...

OTTAWA — An army reservist who was ordered suspended from the Vancouver Police Department for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate has been working as a military assistant to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.Sajjan’s office says ...