EDMONTON — The head of the Alberta Medical Association says he has significant concerns with the province's decision to suspend almost all of its COVID-19 public health protocols. In an open letter to members, Paul Boucher says the pace at which th...

Dozens of boats were out in Strait of Juan de Fuca on Friday hoping to find K-21, the 35-year-old southern resident killer whale who was reported to be close to dying. Paul Cottrell of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Marine Mammal Unit sai...

Saanich police say the 4500 block of Chatterton Way is closed to traffic in both directions as they investigate a suspicious package in the area. Assistance of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team has been requested, said Const. Markus Anas...

Duncan has eliminated the position of town crier after 26 years and plans to create a new city ambassador role, based on feedback from the community. “Everything has its time and at this time, council has made the decision to retire the positio...

Victoria police said Friday afternoon that they are experiencing a backlog of calls, with some people waiting more than 50 hours for an officer to attend. VicPD posted a photo on Twitter showing 58 calls as of 1:15 p.m. waiting in the queue for a...

LA RONGE, Sask. — An Appeal Court has reduced the manslaughter sentence of one of three young people who beat a restaurant owner to death in northern Saskatchewan.The court says a nine-year adult sentence given to the offender, who was 17 at the ti...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, the state Health Department reported Friday, continuing a six-week surge that has seen it responsible for 1 in 5 new infections nationally, becoming the outbreak's epi...

The Royal B.C. Museum has identified one of the men in a set of mystery photos from its archives, thanks to clues from the public. Museum staff had found the photos while cataloging items in the B.C. Archives prior to a planned move to a new stat...

EDMONTON — The public inquiry report into what the Alberta government labels troublesome foreign funding of enviro-groups was delivered Friday – a year late and million dollars over its original budget."When my final report is made public, I beli...

VICTORIA — B.C. is reporting 243 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the number of active cases to 1,231. Data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show that's the highest daily case count since late May.More than half of the latest cases as well as...

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is gearing up for another heat wave this weekend by opening more cooling centres and redeploying health-care workers as temperatures are expected to soar.Health Minister Adrian Dix said Friday that while more staff will...

OTTAWA — The federal government has reached a nearly $8-billion settlement with First Nations who launched a class-action lawsuit over the lack of clean, safe drinking water in their communities.Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, alongside c...

MONTREAL — A judge has put off a decision on a bail request from one of three men accused in an alleged abduction that triggered an Amber Alert in Montreal this week, telling the court on Friday she needs more evidence before ruling.Two 21-year-old...

A black dog perched in a precarious position on the “bumper” of the Queen of New Westminster ferry was coaxed to safety by crew members on Thursday evening. Passengers spotted the dog as it moved around the edge of the rubbing strake, similar...

NEW YORK (AP) — The sister of former NBA player Sebastian Telfair was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service for threatening a woman who testified against him at his New York City gun possession trial.Octavia ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of shooting two people, killing one, inside a Southern California movie theater has been charged with murder and attempted murder, prosecutors said Friday.Defendant Joseph Jimenez, 20, appeared in Riverside ...

VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. is reporting a large year-over-year increase in net income in its latest quarter as surging lumber prices helped its revenues to more than double to a record high.The Vancouver-based company says it earned a record $726.9 m...

Campers, a forest company driver, Mounties and the Coastal Fire Centre all worked together this week to extinguish a blaze that spread into the forest after a truck flipped onto its side and caught fire on the Brewster Lake forest service road outs...

WINNIPEG — Fallout from the Manitoba premier's remarks on Canadian history continues to grow with the mayor of Winnipeg urging Brian Pallister to apologize."Any comments that either deny or just even attempt to marginalize the purposes or the impac...

TORONTO — Two travellers who arrived in Toronto from the United States have been fined for providing fake COVID-19 proof of vaccination documents and lying about pre-departure tests.The Public Health Agency of Canada says the travellers also didn't...