Jubilant Greater Victoria ­tourism officials received the news they’d been hoping for when the federal government announced Thursday that cruise ships will be allowed to dock in Canada as of November. Harbour officials predict the move will re...

WASHINGTON — Canada is getting ready to welcome the world again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quietly indicated late Thursday as his office disclosed a target of mid-August for when the border might reopen for fully vaccinated Americans. And if th...

The suspect in a string of crimes in Victoria on Thursday morning, including two attempted carjackings with a weapon, is expected to face several charges. Victoria police said the 33-year-old man, who had been on a court-ordered undertaking not t...

B.C. recorded 54 new COVID-19 infections in the past day and its first virus-linked death in a week. The province had gone six days without a known COVID-19 death. B.C.’s death toll from the pandemic stands at 1,761. Island Health reported fi...

One of the largest development projects Victoria has seen in years must boost affordable-housing units and meet several other conditions before it can move to a public hearing. Toronto developer Starlight is proposing a transformation of one and ...

Even someone with a fear of heights can enjoy the Malahat SkyWalk, which opened for business Thursday just north of the Malahat summit, offering a stroll that goes up and up and up before cresting with a 360-degree vista. For acrophobics like me,...

LEVELLAND, Texas (AP) — One officer was killed and three others were wounded Thursday after a police standoff in a small West Texas city erupted in gunfire.The incident involved a man reported as possibly armed shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday on a re...

WINNIPEG — Moses Dyer scored on a penalty kick in the 85th minute, and Valour FC went on to beat Atletico Ottawa 1-0 on Thursday in Canadian Premier League play.League-leading Valour (5-1-0) was awarded the penalty after an Atletico defender was ca...

DALLAS (AP) — Robert Shaw, whose more than 40-year career with The Associated Press included leading news coverage in three states, has died. He was 79.Shaw died Thursday in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville with family around him, his daughter, Erin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American troops to stabilize the country was "not on the ag...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation's largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County's public health officer said Thursday. Dr. Muntu Davis ...

MONTREAL — A Montreal police officer on trial for the alleged sexual assault of a woman at a hotel after encountering her in lockup was grilled by the prosecutor on Thursday about the decisions he took that night.Roger Fréchette, 56, faces one cou...

NEW YORK (AP) — A California movie producer was arrested Thursday on a New York indictment accusing him of using a movie production company to operate an international prostitution business.Dillon Jordan, 49, of Arrowhead Lake, California, was arre...

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister has announced a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting them to enter trea...

CHEMAINUS, B.C. — A First Nation community on Vancouver Island says it is continuing its investigations after a newsletter circulating online said it had found more than 160 unmarked and undocumented graves at a former residential school site. ...

VICTORIA — The federal government says cruise ships will be allowed back in Canadian waters in November, but they must follow public health requirements. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the prohibition on cruise chops because of COVID-19 will...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Health officials are today confirming 23 new COVID-19 cases among the crew of a Portuguese fishing vessel anchored off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.Provincial health authorities say 31 crew members aboard the Princesa S...

OTTAWA — Canada's cruise ship ban will end in November, a few months ahead of schedule.Cruise ships haven't been allowed in Canadian waters or ports for more than a year because of COVID-19 and the ban was set to remain in place until February 2022...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys’ mental illness arguments.The jury of eight men and four women found that Jarrod Ramos co...

OTTAWA — Retired general Jonathan Vance, former chief of the defence staff, has been charged with obstruction of justice related to an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service said Thurs...