The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at 21 former residential schools or hospitals, including six sites on Vancouver Island and smaller islands nearby. Comm...

Shovels hit the dirt at ­Tuesday’s ground-breaking for The ­Commons, the commercial ­centre of a planned community at Royal Bay in Colwood.The Commons is to be anchored by Quality Foods and Cascadia Liquor, with retail and offices space. It’s ...

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...

TORONTO — A ticket holder in Ontario is $43 million richer, taking Tuesday's Lotto Max jackpot.The jackpot for the next draw on July 23 will be at an estimated $10 million.

LOS ANGELES — Several court scuffles are underway as California moves toward finalizing the list of candidates for the September recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office during his first term.Conservative talk radio ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several court scuffles are underway as California moves toward finalizing the list of candidates for the September recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office during his first term.Conservative talk r...

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks are NBA champions.Milwaukee beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday to take the best-of-seven NBA Finals in six games.It is Milwaukee's first NBA championship since 1971. Phoenix won the first two games of the series...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A couple whose gender reveal ceremony sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter last year were charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday.Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angel...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A couple whose gender reveal ceremony sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter last year were charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday. Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and...

A child suffered no serious injuries Tuesday afternoon after being hit by a vehicle in the Chinatown section of Fisgard Street. Victoria police responded about 12:35 p.m. after the child darted out between two parked vehicles. “The child’s ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality.U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction preventing enfo...

Victoria police are asking for more witnesses as they continue their investigation into a Sunday incident where a woman was seen lighting a series of grass fires in Beacon Hill Park. Police receive a report about 5:50 p.m. that a woman was settin...

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s public safety minister is declaring a provincial state of emergency over the growing wildfire threat to prepare for potential mass evacuations and help secure accommodation that might be needed by evacuees. Mike...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality.U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction preventing...

A five-vehicle collision about 11:40 a.m. in the 5000-block of Sooke Road caused no serious injuries but led to traffic delays into the afternoon. Four cars were stopped to let a pedestrian cross near the intersection of Sooke Road and the Gallop...

OTTAWA — Former Green leader Elizabeth May is speaking out after months of near-silence on the internal strife engulfing the party she headed for 13 years.In a statement to media Tuesday afternoon, May says "rumours" about her involvement in party ...

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals. Murray Rankin, the minister of Indigenous relations and reconc...

An air ambulance was called in Tuesday afternoon after a two-vehicle collision in Ladysmith that caused one of the vehicles to roll over.A Ladysmith resident was airlifted in the helicopter to hospital in Victoria with serious injuries. The highway w...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man whose charges were dropped after police body camera footage showed he did not fight an officer who attacked him is suing the city of Rock Hill and U.S Rep. Ralph Norman for defamation.Travis Price worked second...

OTTAWA — Mark Carney won't be on the Liberal ticket if there's an election this fall.The former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told The Canadian Press he's made commitments to help in the global fight against climate change ...