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VICTORIA - Authorities issued an evacuation order Saturday night for 16 properties in a rural area south of Princeton, B.C., because of the out-of-control Calcite Creek wildfire. The properties are lo...

VICTORIA - Authorities issued an evacuation order Saturday night for 16 properties in a rural area south of Princeton, B.C., because of the out-of-control Calcite Creek wildfire. The properties are lo...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are labelling federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre "weird" in a new line of attack borrowed from the United States Democrats. Several Liberal MPs, including one cabinet m...

PARIS - Wyatt Sanford ended one streak and continued another on Day 9 of the Paris Olympics. The boxer from Kennetcook, N.S., was defeated in his 63.5-kilogram semifinal bout against France's Sofiane ...

TORONTO - An off-duty Toronto police officer was shot Saturday night in the leg after he recognized a man wanted for murder. Toronto police say the off-duty officer called for backup and a chase ensue...

LONDON (AP) - Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right activists Sunday who were seeking to break into a hotel believed to be housing asylum see...

LILLE - Canada is out of the women's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics after losing 79-70 to Nigeria on Sunday. The Canadians went winless across their three preliminary round matchups and f...

NANAIMO - Access to a popular north Nanaimo viewing platform and beach access will be closed for more than a year as contractors modernize an aging pump station. Crews recently shut down public access...

PARIS - Canada's Wyatt Sanford has taken home a bronze medal in Olympic men's boxing after falling to France's Sofiane Oumiha in the semifinals of the 63.5-kilogram category. The judges scored the mat...

Jasper residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by an out-of-control wildfire will be able to view the devastation first-hand as bus tours through the Alberta town begin Sunday. Emergency manag...