TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.There were also seven Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up grabs, but none of them were won.The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on July 6 will ...

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town west of Tokyo following heavy rains on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people missing, officials said. Disaster management officials in...

The Stanley Cup will be in attendance at the Bell Centre for Game 4. The Montreal Canadiens are hoping they won't have to watch it handed back to the defending-champion Tampa Bay Lightning.Tyler Johnson scored twice, and Tampa defeated Montreal 6-3 o...

RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire at a church in Tofino. Police were called to the St. Columba Anglican Church on Second Street just after 4 a.m. Friday. By that time, the blaze had been controlled by the fire department. Damage was limi...

West Shore RCMP are asking for the public’s help after a shooting in the 2800 block of Jacklin Road on Thursday. An unoccupied vehicle and a townhome were hit by shots that were reported around 10:45 p.m. No one was injured. “At this time i...

B.C.’s most populous health authority is launching two COVID-19 clinics — at the beach. Fraser Health, which stretches from Boston Bar to Burnaby, will be running COVID-19 clinics for anyone 12 and older headed to two popular beaches: Crescen...

The dog that was strapped in a crate behind a recreational trailer travelling on highways through B.C.’s southern Interior during a heatwave on Monday is being cared for by the SPCA. “We were inundated with calls alerting us to the situation ...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief coroner says 719 sudden and unexpected deaths have been reported in the province during the historic heat wave, and that number over a seven-day period is unprecedented.Lisa Lapointe says the number of fatalities...

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say two more people have died and 84 new COVID-19 infections have been reported over the last two days.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say nearly 79 per cent of ...

The burning of a totem pole, seemingly in retaliation for the dismantling of a statue of Capt. James Cook on Canada Day in Victoria, has been denounced as an act of racism and an example of settler cruelty by the W̱ SÁNEĆ leadership council. ...

The first phase of repairs to the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail has been completed, allowing the stretch between Mystic Beach and Bear Beach to reopen to hikers. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy reopened the 8.9-kilometre secti...

NORTH VANCOUVER — Searchers spent hundreds if not thousands of hours looking for a missing B.C. hiker this week, but there’s likely nothing that could have been done to save him, North Shore Rescue says. The body of Howard Moore, 74, was reco...

CHESTERMERE, ALBERTA — An Alberta imam says two families were visiting with each other over the Canada Day holiday when seven of them, including four children, died in a house fire.Syed Soharwardy with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada went to ...

OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing new rules that would strengthen passengers' right to flight refunds, ensuring reimbursement following cancellations made for reasons outside the airline's control.Published in the Canada Gazette, the det...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are arguing a court decision that freed Bill Cosby from prison backs up tossing out her sex trafficking case.In court papers filed on Friday, the lawyers said the former girlfriend of ...

Water use in North Saanich can now return to normal. According to the Capital Regional District, improved water flow coupled with a drop in use as temperatures stabilized have allowed the water supply and storage system to recover after record us...

VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. says its has deployed emergency communications equipment to support local authorities and emergency crews dealing with the wildfire in Lytton, B.C.Telus is the main wireless provider for the Lytton area, where about 1,000 pe...

Police are investigating after a man with stab wounds ran into the Victoria police station seeking medical attention. The man was stabbed just before 11 p.m. in the 900-block of Pandora Avenue. He made his way to police headquarters at 850 Caledo...

Evacuees from Lytton are sharing harrowing tales of escaping their home community Wednesday as a fast-moving fire tore through the village — many unsure whether their homes are still standing. “Up until yesterday I had a home in Lytton,” Da...

SQUAMISH, B.C. — A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that tore through the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn't even have time to put shoes on before fleeing. Noeleen McQuary-Budde says her husband,...