Victoria police shut down an impaired driving roadblock earlier than they wanted Sunday morning — they simply did not have enough personnel to handle the number of impaired drivers. The roadblock near the corner of Yates and Wharf streets was s...

COQUITLAM, B.C. — The RCMP says one man is dead in Coquitlam following a complaint of a disturbance in a home. The RCMP says in a statement Coquitlam officers were called to investigate a disturbance complaint at a residence around 3:30 a.m. Sunda...

KELOWNA, B.C. — Police in Kelowna, B.C., have cordoned off an area surrounding a two-person shooting following the discovery of what is believed to be an undetonated explosive device.RCMP Cpl Jocelyn Noseworthy says in a statement the Pandosy Stree...

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they are searching for two hunters in the Outaouais region who have been missing since Friday. Jonah Dewache, 32, and Dustin Odjick, 37, from Kitigan Zibi First Nation in Maniwaki, northwest of Montreal, were...

A 31-year-old man faces assault and mischief charges after a vendor on the Inner Harbour lower causeway was attacked Saturday afternoon. Victoria Police say they were called about 4:30 p.m. Saturday after the man attacked a vendor’s display wit...

MONTREAL — Quebec lifted further COVID-19 restrictions across the province on Sunday, including extending closing times for bars and restaurants, and increasing capacities for gatherings. The health ministry announced the latest relaxed COVID-1...

MTV is marking its 40th anniversary with a relaunch of its iconic image of an astronaut on the moon, with an MTV flag planted nearby.On Sunday, the media network unveiled a large scale "Moon Person" during a ceremony at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

VICTORIA — British Columbia is reporting a slight increase in the number of active wildfires but cooler temperatures and forecasts of rain could bring some relief.B.C.'s joint information centre reports 247 wildfires burning across the province, wi...

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A young man who had been on life support after he and a friend were shot inside a Southern California movie theater has died, police and his family said Saturday. Anthony Barajas, 19, was watching "The Forever Purge" at a thea...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Wildfires raged Sunday near Turkey's holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla as the discovery of more bodies caused the death toll to rise to eight. Residents and tourists fled the danger in small boats while the coast guard...

MONTREAL — Newly elected Kanesatake Grand Chief Victor Bonspille says he wants to bring positive change in the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community, west of Montreal. Bonspille was elected as the Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake early ...

Dustin De Gagne, field supervisor for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Whale Protection Unit, advised people not to approach, feed, touch or move seal pups and to stay a safe distance away and keep pets and children away from them. (They are ...

The Highlands District Community Association wants to take its fight to stop development of a quarry along Millstream Road to the highest court in the land. The association, which has vowed to leave no stone unturned in its fight against the quar...

Lyndsaye Akhurst is trying really hard not to laugh as she’s doing a telephone interview from inside the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. But the seal pups are making a racket and asking for dinner. “It’s the quietest p...

Wayne Hollohan watched a seal pup waste away on Sidney Island for about a week. Severely emaciated, it would lie on the beach and occasionally go out with the tide, only to return. The pup eventually disappeared and wasn’t seen again. The mot...

Right, the B.C. Day long weekend, a time when the people of this province traditionally celebrate who they are by racing to the outlet stores at Bellingham. Not this year, though. This year, we’re mostly spending the weekend within British Colu...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw.However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a lottery player in Ontario.The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 4 will be an estimated $9 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran denied Sunday it launched the drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman that killed two people, even as Israel alleges Tehran carried out the assault amid heightened tensions in the region.The comme...

VANCOUVER — An extraordinary set of handwritten notes by Canada's acting defence chief appear to reveal a behind-the-scenes struggle between due process, political optics and support for the complainant after a sexual misconduct allegation emerged ...

It may have been a little tired, a little wet and plenty dirty, but a Saanich horse named Gecko was in good health Saturday after Saanich firefighters pulled it from a marshy area on property near Camosun College’s Interurban campus. The horseâ...