MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying troops crashed in a southern province after missing the runway Sunday, killing at least 17 military personnel while at least 40 were rescued from the burning wreckage, offici...

Many British Columbians are looking for ways to help those affected by the wildfires in B.C.’s Interior. Here are a few options. United for B.C. fund The United Way is relaunching its United for B.C. Wildfire Recovery Fund to help provide imm...

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control is warning residents to prepare for what could be a smoke-filled summer. Sarah Henderson, scientific director of Environmental Health Services at the BCCDC, says smoke from wildfires has filled the ...

WINNIPEG — Raphael Ohin and Moses Dyer scored to lead Valour FC over Atletico Ottawa 2-0 Saturday in Canadian Premier League play.First-place Valour improved to 3-0-0 to continue its perfect start to the new CPL season.Ohin gave the Winnipeg-based ...

The City of Nanaimo has imposed a complete ban placed on open fires.It includes everything from tiki torches, fireworks, firecrackers, chimineas, incinerators and burning barrels, as well as any stove or portable campfire devices that have not been C...

Saanich police are asking the public to help locate Chrystal Van Loon, 39, who was last seen on June 28. Van Loon is missing from the Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health facility at 4575 Blenkinsop Rd. in Saanich.Police said she requires essential medi...

Wildfire expert Mike Flannigan had a wary eye on forecasts for a record B.C. heat wave in the days before taking up his post as a researcher at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. Rising temperatures are “climate change in action,” he sai...

A log wedged under a ramp at the Thetis Island ferry terminal prevented vehicles from boarding the ferry on Saturday morning. Only foot passenger service was offered until shortly after 1:30 p.m. Saturday. For now, service to and from Thetis Is...

TOFINO — In a move to better incorporate First Nations culture at the Wickaninnish Community School in Tofino, 13 food murals have been hung around the facility’s garden displaying the Nuu-chah-nulth words of various plants and animals. Spear...

A small fire on the border of the Juan de Fuca Provincial Park near Jordan River is under control and crews are carrying out the slow work of extinguishing it underground. It was reported at 10 a.m. Saturday and crews “have made good progress,�...

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Special prayers were held at Calgary's Green Dome mosque and at the Chestermere Islamic Centre east of the city in honour of seven members of the same family who perished in a house fire early Friday.Imam Syed Soharwardy, with ...

A team that ventured into Lytton, B.C., for the first time since the village was ravaged by a wildfire this week found two bodies, the provincial coroners service said Saturday evening. The BC Coroners Service announced Friday that two people were pr...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hurricane Elsa fell back to tropical storm force as it raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, but it still threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida.The stor...

WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts state police said nine suspects have been taken into custody following an hourslong standoff that prompted the partial closure of Interstate 95.Police said the suspects include two people who were arrested earl...

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers suspended their search for the living and the dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building Saturday to allow crews to start preparing the unstable remainder of the structure for demolition ahead of a...

People and businesses are quickly adjusting to eased COVID-19 guidelines, including the lifting of rules mandating masks be worn in indoor public spaces.“It’s only been one day, but people coming in are saying: ‘It’s nice to see your smile ag...

MONTREAL — Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of the 3,500 fans at the Bell Centre, seeing the fi...

OTTAWA — A human rights lawyer says documents that the Canadian government argues contain confidential matters of national security were shoved into his door frame, with no signature or password needed.Benjamin Perryman, who teaches constitutional ...

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 jurisdicti...

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 ...