MICHIGAN FLOODINGDetroit-area water leader quitting weeks after floodsDETROIT (AP) — The head of a regional water agency in southeastern Michigan says she's resigning, weeks after thousands of homes were spoiled by sewage backups during a tremendou...

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded the recall of Al-Rabih brand Halva/Halawa over the possibility of a Salmonella contamination.The original recall involved halva/halawa with pistachios manufactured by Phoenicia Group, and so...

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 — No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on July 30 will be at an estimated $20 million.

NEW YORK (AP) — A chemical cousin of pot’s main intoxicating ingredient has rocketed to popularity over the last year, and the cannabis industry and state governments are scrambling to reckon with it amid debate over whether it’s legal.The chem...

KANE, Pa. (AP) — A crank caller ordered an "insurrection pizza" from Pauline Bauer’s restaurant. A profane piece of hate mail addressed her as a domestic terrorist. She even became a punchline for Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show on CBS.A...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Michigan-based cannabis company on Tuesday ended its challenge of Illinois’ plan to authorize new marijuana business. Sozo Illinois Inc.’s decision to drop its lawsuit will allow Illinois to proceed with awarding licenses to op...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former president a defeat in a test of his endorsement power since leaving office. Ellzey’s come-from-be...

Mike Hicks, the straight-shooting de facto mayor of the Capital Regional District’s sprawling Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, has announced he won’t be seeking re-election. Hicks helped to bring order to development of the rural wilds of the ele...

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have added another veteran defenceman to the lineup, acquiring Nate Schmidt from the Vancouver Canucks. In exchange, Vancouver receives Winnipeg's third-round pick in the 2022 NHL entry draft. Schmidt, 30, spent less th...

CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's top law enforcement agency has completed its investigation into the death of a 40-year-old Black woman found dead after attending an adult sleepover party in 2018, saying Tuesday that its findings do not support the pu...

British Columbia is "significantly ahead" of the 10-year average in terms of the number of fires and the area that has been scorched so far this year, says the director of fire centre operations at the BC Wildfire Service.Rob Schweitzer said Tuesday ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a wealthy California political donor on charges he injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and other overdoses. Ed Buck was found guilty of all nine felony cou...

A 76-year-old Saanich man was arrested Sunday morning after reports of another alleged indecent act on Hamsterly Beach at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park. At 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, a witness reported that she saw a man who she suspected was masturb...

VANCOUVER — Officials say thousands of migrating salmon are making their way past an area of British Columbia's Fraser River where a waterway was restructured following a massive rock slide more than two years ago. Gwil Roberts, the Fisheries Depar...

SALMO, B.C. — The RCMP in British Columbia say they're probing the circumstances around a handful of "suspicious" wildfires sparked in an area of the southern Interior.They say officers from Salmo responded with the local fire department to as many...

TOFINO, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says it's assessing information related to a float plane that flipped over while taking off from Tofino, B.C., on Monday. Board spokesperson Alexandre Fournier says the float-equipped Cessna A185F "nos...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A pro-marijuana group said it will submit signatures to the Ohio Attorney General's Office on Tuesday in an effort to have the Republican-led Legislature legalize recreational marijuana.Attorney Tom Haren, a spokesperson for t...

VALLEY, Ala. (AP) — Two Georgia residents were arrested in Louisiana and a third person in Alabama in a killing earlier this month that police said was linked to a marijuana deal.Jacob Christian Moedl, 19, of Notasulga was jailed Monday in the slay...

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the victim found inside a burning truck as being connected to an ongoing gang conflict in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. Police say in a statement it's ...