Citing increased risk of wildfires, the Pacheedaht First Nation is asking all protesters to vacate the Fairy Creek area, and all other forest areas during the extreme heat. The nation said the decision to ask protesters to leave and to cease buil...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new foreign minister has touched down in the United Arab Emirates, starting the first high-level trip by an Israeli official to the Gulf Arab state since the two countries normalized relations last year.The visit by Fore...

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...

Amid record-breaking temperatures, 102-year-old John Hillman, in dress shirt and tie, walked five laps of the courtyard of his Oak Bay retirement home on Monday morning.Last year, Hillman made headlines as he walked 101 laps — plus a victory lap �...

Sweltering heat continued to force the cancellation of mass COVID-19 immunization clinics in arenas and community halls on Monday, while Island hospitals saw an increase of people with heat-related illness.A vaccination clinic in Lake Cowichan that c...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Montreal Canadiens' return to the NHL's biggest stage didn't go as planned.Tampa Bay star Nikita Kucherov scored a pair of goals as the defending-champion Lightning comfortably dismissed the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in Game 1 of the...

As of Wednesday at noon, campfires and other open fires will be banned across the province.The ban, set to be in effect until Oct. 15, comes with a weather forecast calling for record-breaking temperatures this week and follows a spring of lower-than...

The Capital Regional District is asking some North Saanich residents to cut back on their water use for the next few days so the system can recover from record use during the heat wave.Residents have been warned they may experience low water pressure...

Most people who are infected with COVID-19 in B.C. are not passing it on to anybody else, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday. “That’s how the pandemic will fizzle out over time,” she said. With the province poised to ent...

An all-time heat record melted away Monday as temperatures in Greater Victoria reached 39.8 C. The good news is that some relief is expected as the weather pattern shifts slightly eastward, bringing cooler air off the ocean, easing temperatures o...

Veterinarians are warning pet owners to watch for signs of heat stroke in their animals as a heat wave breaks temperature records on the Island and across the ­province.An animal hospital in Nanaimo saw four dogs die of heat stroke on Saturday withi...

Two people have been transported to hospital after a small plane crashed Monday afternoon near Mill Bay.B.C. Emergency Services was called about 1:25 p.m. after the aircraft, a privately owned six-seat Beech G36 Bonanza, crashed in a residential neig...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have hired a former federal prosecutor to conduct an independent review of allegations that a former player was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010.CEO Danny Wirtz announced the move in an inte...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of limited amounts of pot plants, after the country’s Congress took too long to approve a limited leg...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities were searching Monday for a 62-year-old suburban Minneapolis man accused of injecting his ailing mother with a lethal dose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl.Scott Henkel is charged with third-degree murder, four fel...

Saanich police are appealing for witnesses as they investigate a report of a man committing an indecent act Sunday at Hamsterly Beach at Elk Lake. A witness reported seeing a man masturbating while sitting on a chair at the beach about 4:15 p.m. ...

SIKSIKA FIRST NATION, ALBERTA — Police are investigating a fire at a Roman Catholic church in an Indigenous community east of Calgary.RCMP say officers were called to the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church shortly after midnight.They say no one w...

YELLOWKNIFE — The government of the Northwest Territories says it will cover the cost to repair or replace homes damaged by spring flooding.The government says 70 homes were affected in Fort Simpson, 16 to 18 in Jean Marie River and 10 in Fort Good...

PEACHLAND, B.C. — The BC Wildfire Service was fighting an out-of-control blaze in the province's southern Interior on Monday that prompted the partial closure of a major highway.It says the Log Jam wildfire burning south of Peachland was estimated ...

VICTORIA — High COVID-19 vaccination rates and a dramatic drop in cases that hasn't been seen since last August have set the stage for a further loosening of restrictions in British Columbia this week.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said...