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...

Over the last 18 months, Victoria’s downtown absorbed a flurry of economic body blows, leaving some businesses no choice but to shut their doors, but the core remains a resilient and vibrant city centre. That’s what the Downtown Victoria Busi...

An enforcement blitz this month by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans resulted in a slew of warning tickets being issued and the start of more serious investigations into the actions of dozens of local anglers.During the blitz July 9 and 10 betwe...

VANCOUVER — The offence of distracted driving is not limited to a driver holding a cellphone in their hands while behind the wheel, B.C.’s highest court has ruled. The court made the finding after rejecting the appeal of a man who had been is...

B.C.’s largest 911 communications network is warning of a massive uptick in emergency calls only hours before the expected arrival of another heat wave. E-Comm 911 handles 99 per cent of all emergency calls in the province. Calls typically spik...

Families alleging that an Ottawa fertility doctor used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors in performing artificial inseminations are poised to share millions in compensation after a proposed settlement was reached in the case.The propo...

The endangered southern resident killer whales are back in town.Members of J-, K- and L-Pods were spotted mingling and breaching on the west side of the San Juan Islands on Tuesday night. It was a significant gathering, especially for J-Pod, which ha...

REGINA — Mounties say they are investigating a possible death in 1974 at a northern Saskatchewan home where Indigenous children lived away from their families while attending school.RCMP said Wednesday that they received a complaint in October abou...

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Iain Rankin defended his party's record on health care and gender issues Wednesday during the first leaders debate of a provincial election campaign that has yet to reach the halfway mark.Early in the 90-minute ...

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (20,173.352, up 8.39 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up nine cents or 0.35 per cent, to $25.71 on 5.1 million shares.Til...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman is charged with child abuse after her unattended 4-year-old boy picked up a gun while she drank and smoked marijuana and fatally shot himself in the head, police said. High Point police said Jasmine E....

KELOWNA, B.C. — Officials have reinstated some COVID-19 restrictions in part of a health region in British Columbia's Interior after an outbreak led to rapidly spreading infection driven primarily by unvaccinated residents between the ages of 20 an...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has announced the creation of a Cannabis Business Office to promote social equity, provide financial and technical assistance to entrepreneurs and create jobs in the state's $2.2 billion marijuana industry.Th...

OTTAWA — Afghan interpreters and Canadian veterans say the Immigration Department is failing Afghans who worked with Canada in the war-torn country, despite an announcement last week to fast-track their resettlement.Rahim, who worked as an interpre...

WINNIPEG — A First Nations advocacy group in Manitoba is urging RCMP across the country to open criminal investigations into all former residential schools following a decade-long investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a former residenti...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere’s inner circle who was charged in his sex trafficking enterprise avoided prison at sentencing Wednesday after prosecutors cited her extraordinary cooperation.Lauren Salzman was senten...

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier is encouraging more people to get immunized before some restrictions are lifted next week and says COVID-19 infections are occurring among clusters of unvaccinated residents in some communities. Sandy Silver says me...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's chief public health officer says people living in the territory will no longer be required to wear masks starting Friday, but he says they are still strongly encouraged.Dr. Michael Patterson says indoor public gathering...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba will be scaling back hours at COVID-19 vaccine supersites next month as the province prioritizes outreach to communities and populations that have seen fewer people get a dose.Johanu Botha, who is on the team rolling out vaccine...

MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $47,000 to a victim of conjugal violence in a recent ruling, a type of legal remedy advocates say they hope will become more common in domestic violence cases.The woman sued for damages as a resul...