A resident of the building, whose suite is directly below where the fire is believed to have started, says she heard a loud bang upstairs shortly before the fire began.
The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire aboard a container ship off the coast of Victoria continues to smoulder but the weather has prevented anyone from boarding the ship.
Health officials on Vancouver Island have declared an end to a COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital in Tofino, B.C.
RCMP are investigating what they are calling a "double homicide" after two people were found dead inside of a home in Crofton, B.C. over the weekend.
Victoria police say they believe a man was impaired by drugs when he crashed his car into the side of a business in the Bay Centre on Sunday night.
Mounties in Nanaimo are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 22-year-old Isabelle Schopf.
B.C. health officials will provide an update on new COVID-19 cases, immunizations, and other relevant information that was recorded over the past 72 hours.
The deadline for thousands of B.C. health-care workers to get their COVID-19 vaccinations is fast approaching and the province's health minister is still encouraging everyone eligible to get their shots.
For more than a century, a wharf has stood at the bottom of Beacon Avenue in Sidney, B.C. Now, with the current wharf over 60 years old, the municipality is considering whether to replace or demolish the aging structure.
Environment Canada is forecasting more high winds for all areas of Vancouver Island and the B.C. Gulf Islands Monday.
B.C. has released its latest plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but environmental group Sierra Club says it’s a problem that the plan doesn’t put a cap on liquefied natural gas fracking.
Development on the Westshore Speedway property in Langford has turned a corner, with work already underway on phase one of the business park.
More than 12,000 residents and businesses on Vancouver Island were without power Monday morning as high winds continue to topple trees and damage power lines.
The first time Emily had her head shaved, she was a healthy Grade Five student raising money for a children’s cancer charity.
Anyone wanting to dine in a restaurant, see a movie or visit many other non-essential businesses in B.C. must now show proof they're fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Officials don't yet know how many containers burned aboard a cargo ship in a still-smouldering blaze off the coast of Victoria, a spokesman for the Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday.
All schools and worksites within the Cowichan Valley School District now feature a rainbow crosswalk, the school district announced Friday.
A seagull that was seen dangling upside down from a light standard in Courtenay, B.C. ended up being rescue by a Telus employee in a bucket truck
Thirty-four-year-old Aaron Edward Craig of Nanaimo has been formally charged with public mischief for allegedly making several fake 911 calls last week about a school shooting.
A prospective candidate for leadership of British Columbia's Liberal party has been denied the opportunity to officially enter the race.
A total of 21 new humpback calves have been documented in the inland waters of B.C. and Washington state this year, nearly twice as many as were reported in 2020.
A whale-watching guide on Vancouver Island has been fined thousands of dollars for getting too close to a pod of orcas.
Conservation officers are warning the public to avoid a creek southeast of Tofino, B.C., after an angler was knocked to the ground by a black bear.
By the time he’d graduated from Grade 12, Timmy had also completed the first three years of a bachelor's degree in education.
Nanaimo's Taste of BC Aquafarms has become a world leader in land-based salmon farming and is set to expand its operations globally.
Residents living on the 1800-block of Gonzales Avenue have been without mail service for more than a month after Canada Post suspended delivery due to safety concerns about off-leash dogs.
Former prime minister Jean Chretien is being called out over his recent comments on residential schools, after stating he was not aware of any abuses happening in these institutions while he was minister of then-Indian affairs. In the CTV interview, Chretien was asked whether he takes some responsibility or would apologize for his role in Canada's residential school legacy. 'We were not informed of any abuse at that time,' he said.
An organization that received $5.8 million from the federal government to help job seekers from under-represented communities is refusing to say if it paid the prime minister's mother, Margaret Trudeau, to speak at an event it held in October.
Parents have gifted just over $10 billion to their adult children over the past year to help with the down payment of home purchases, according to a CIBC report, with first-time buyers receiving a record average of $82,000 in help and “mover-uppers” receiving an average of $128,000.
It's not clear who's in charge at Rogers Communications Inc. The telecommunications giant finds itself with two groups claiming to be in control.
A powerful fall storm has led to a number of wind warnings and special weather statements on B.C.’s South Coast.
More than $100,000 in fines were handed out in Kingston, Ont. following a second straight weekend of large crowds in the city's university district.
As Canadian firms struggle to fill job vacancies, one advocacy group is calling on companies to increase their benefits coverage to include fertility treatments.
U.S. prosecutors are making their case for why a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist with ties to a white supremacist group should be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the Houston area along with three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned, a sheriff said.
The first time Emily had her head shaved, she was a healthy Grade Five student raising money for a children’s cancer charity.
By the time he’d graduated from Grade 12, Timmy had also completed the first three years of a bachelor's degree in education.
A song about exploring the Northwest Passage was playing over the construction site speaker when Will discovered something unexpected behind a wall that made him shriek.
When Carey Oakes embraced her first guitar, she couldn’t have imagined how dynamic the soundtrack to her life would become.
When Betty began transforming her backyard, her thumbs were far from green. But now there are flowers and more than a hundred golf clubs "growing" in her garden.
Rather than a pack of 20 dogs playing by the river, think of them as students filling a school gym for picture day.
Ever since he was a puppy, Gryffin has seemed shy.
Despite the name of this historic roadhouse, there's no "Crown and Anchor" here. What you will find, instead, are guests who are cute and furry.
Sandra had intended to give the plush elephant to her dog as a chew toy, until an unexpected question popped into her head.
Despite having no expertise in football helmets only two years ago, a Montreal start-up, KOLLIDE, has just scored big, winning a $550,000 grant from the National Football League (NFL) to advance its design of a new helmet they hope will ultimately help reduce the risk of concussions during games.
A powerful fall storm has led to a number of wind warnings and special weather statements on B.C.’s South Coast.
An Indigenous land acknowledgement from the Montreal Canadiens last week sent shockwaves through Quebec, with bipartisan backlash from politicians who called the Habs' statement false.
Police are investigating after someone allegedly threw a hot coffee in a Tim Hortons employee's face in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside this week.
Earlier this year, a Vancouver city councillor openly handed out hard drugs, but she was never charged by police.
Surveillance camera shows the moment a U.S. Marine veteran disarmed a man who was brandishing a handgun at a gas station in Arizona.
A Quebec father and daughter set a new Canadian record for growing an 910 kilogram pumpkin.
A Montreal shop has made a splash among local residents for selling traditional Korean biscuits made popular by smash-hit show ‘Squid Game’.
The video shows a group of surfers seemingly unaware of the threat just below them.
University of Manitoba Niigaan Sinclair says that Jean Chretien's comments on residential schools come from a 'deep state of denialism.'
