Bright-green pools of water seen Tuesday on Willows Beach are nothing to be concerned about, according to an Oak Bay official.The colour is the result of dye used by the municipality to test connections between houses and the water system, said Dan H...

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...

LOS ANGELES — A California judge on Wednesday cleared the way for conservative talk radio host Larry Elder to join the field of candidates for an upcoming recall election aimed at removing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.Elder scored a swi...

BEIJING — China cannot accept the World Health Organization's plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19, a senior Chinese health official said Thursday.Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the National Health Commission, said he...

BEIJING (AP) — China cannot accept the World Health Organization's plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19, a senior Chinese health official said Thursday. Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the National Health Commission, s...

The province is defining what kind of work is and isn’t allowed for young people as it bring in new regulations to keep them safe on the job. “Light work” is permitted for ages 14 and 15 on construction sites, while working with heavy machi...

TORONTO — Canadians are expressing frustration at still being unable to drive across the border to the U.S. for a casual visit, even though their fully vaccinated American counterparts will soon be able to do so.The federal government recently said...

Langara College president Lane Trotter is moving across the water to take on that role at Camosun College, where he will replace retiring president Sherri Bell.Trotter officially becomes Camosun’s president and chief executive on Jan. 1 with an ini...

While much of the rest of the province deals with spreading wildfires, only a single fire is currently burning on the Island. That blaze, known as the Muir Creek fire, is near Shirley about 17 kilometres west of Sooke. The fire was first reported...

KELOWNA, B.C. — An evacuation order has been lifted in an area around the British Columbia construction site where five people died after a crane collapsed.Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says the collapsed crane in downtown Kelowna has been ...

A Saanich police bike officer found a replica Glock handgun, a folding knife and a slingshot on a cyclist he stopped for a pair of Motor Vehicle Act offences. The incident took place July 16 on Carey Road. The officer determined the cyclist had o...

WHITEHORSE — Rising vaccination rates and low numbers of infections mean several COVID-19 restrictions are expected to be lifted next month, the Yukon government says.Acting chief medical health officer Dr. Catherine Elliott said starting Aug. 4, p...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With the daily average of new COVID-19 cases surging to numbers not seen in months, New Orleans officials issued an advisory Wednesday "strongly recommending" that people resume wearing masks indoors, hoping to avoid the kind of ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist and fundraiser who currently serves as a senior a...

PANAMA CITY — A powerful magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook Panama and Costa Rica on Wednesday afternoon, but it was relatively far from the largest population centres and there were no immediate reports of damage.The U.S. Geological Survey said the ep...

MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday successfully launched a long-delayed lab module for the International Space Station that is intended to provide more room for scientific experiments and space for the crew.A Proton-M booster rocket carrying the Nauka mo...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A powerful magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook Panama and Costa Rica on Wednesday afternoon, but it was relatively far from the largest population centers and there were no immediate reports of damage.The U.S. Geological Survey said t...

NEW ORLEANS — With the daily average of new COVID-19 cases surging to numbers not seen in months, New Orleans officials issued an advisory Wednesday "strongly recommending" that people resume wearing masks indoors, hoping to avoid the kind of virus...

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (20,110.05, up 167.34 points.)Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up 61 cents, or 2.36 per cent, to $26.45 on 6.7 million shares.Manu...

Gulf Island residents are being asked to decrease their indoor water consumption and stop almost all outdoor water use due to drought conditions in the region. The Capital Regional District, the operator of a number of water utilities on Salt Spr...