The Langford-based Canadian women’s sevens rugby Olympic team launched a blistering broadside Saturday in a media conference, mostly about societal issues, while wearing black T-shirts that read “BIPOC Lives Matter” and orange masks reading �...

No one was injured when fire broke out Saturday afternoon in a commercial business on Russell Street. Victoria firefighters arrived to find dark visible smoke coming from the roof of the building. They managed to contain the fire in a roof void s...

A 20-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Denman Island Thursday night. Comox Valley RCMP said they were called to Danes Road for reports of the crash around 8:40 p.m. Police believe the driver lost control of the car and the ...

Victoria police are investigating a stabbing that left a man bleeding heavily from his wounds on a downtown street Saturday morning. Just after 8 a.m., police responded to a fight at the intersection of Broad and Johnson streets. After finding th...

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say they had to break up a fight between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs from Alberta that sent several people to hospital.RCMP say they were called to the fight at a gas station in Cranbrook early Frida...

LOON LAKE, N.S. — Nova Scotia's NDP Leader Gary Burrill spent Saturday campaigning in the largely African Nova Scotian riding of Preston where he promised, if elected next month, an end to street checks to curb racial profiling.The province's Liber...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former New Mexico State Police Officer has been convicted of distributing marijuana intended for a 16-year-old girl he pulled over and a separate drugs-for-sex scheme. U.S. District Court records show 36-year-old Daniel C...

TORONTO — International travellers arriving at Canada's largest airport may now be funnelled into different customs lines based on their vaccination status.Toronto's Pearson International Airport said Saturday it may be splitting passengers coming ...

MONTREAL — A man was arrested for possible drunk driving after his vehicle crashed into a store in Montreal. An emergency call was placed at about 2:30 a.m., indicating that a pickup truck smashed into a business front door in the Rivière-des-Prai...

With tourist numbers starting to pick up, residents of the float home community at Fisherman’s Wharf are apprehensive of what the future brings when traffic from cruise ships returns. The Greater Victoria ­Harbour Authority, which manages the ...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — British Columbia's public safety minister heaped praise on 100 firefighters from Mexico who arrived in the province Saturday to work "shoulder to shoulder" with local crews battling hundreds of wildfires.Mike Farnworth personally...

NEW YORK (AP) — A statue of George Floyd that was defaced in Brooklyn has been cleaned and is headed for Manhattan's Union Square.The artwork was unveiled on the Juneteenth holiday in a spot on Flatbush Avenue. Five days later on June 24, it was va...

A Nanaimo anti-racism car rally that was cancelled due to threats has been rescheduled for Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. It is being staged by Nanaimo/Ladysmith Spoke, a member of the Resilience B.C. Anti-Racism Network. The route is slightly mo...

Boaters who don’t follow mandatory sanctuary and approach distances could be fined up to $1 million and face up to 18 months in jail. B.C.’s federal whale protection unit has warned boaters, drone pilots and paddle boarders to keep their dist...

A B.C. ostrich farm threatened by wildfire is receiving community help to protect hundreds of animals. Universal Ostrich Farms Inc., southeast of Vernon near Edgewood, is included in one of 50 evacuation orders across the province. The Michaud ...

When Canada announced Monday that it would open its borders to fully vaccinated Americans as of Aug. 9, David Gudgel was excited. Perfect, the Clipper Navigation CEO thought. Three weeks. That’s how long it would take to get crewed up and ready...

Victoria firefighters have joined COVID-19 vaccination efforts to administer shots and provide support in immunization clinics. Fourteen firefighters have received training from Island Health to fill in at clinics when help is needed. The healt...

A volunteer in the Malahat area is offering a trailer, two stalls and paddocks. In Metchosin, a property owner has a paddock and a small pasture at the ready. They’re both part of a growing team that Brenda Hanna and Anne Mabberley are ­puttin...

A University of Victoria lab is working on developing an affordable, accessible and effective test to detect arsenic in drinking water, with the help of a researcher in the U.S. Arsenic can be found in groundwater in northern Canada, the U.S., Me...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on July 27 will be an estimated $15 million.