Victoria’s iconic Strathcona Hotel is going up for sale. Owned by the Olson family for 79 years, it is hoped the six-storey property at 919 Douglas St., can be sold to a new operator. Employees at the ...

A trial for psilocybin therapy to treat depression is being opened to Vancouver Island applicants. Psilocybin is a psychedelic found naturally through more than 200 species of fungi commonly called ...

The U.S. State Department also said that it would stop issuing visas to Colombian travelers until deportation flights resumed ...

Saudi Arabia issued a rare overnight statement rejecting the idea of transfer and reiterating that it won’t normalize ...

WARNING: This story contains graphic details that may be triggering to some readers. A man has been sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility in 14 years for his role in the murder of an ...

The Surrey Union of Drug Users is standing in solidarity with a Vancouver Island doctor who resigned after being put on leave over a pop-up unsanctioned overdose site. In November 2024, Dr. Jess ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet ...

As economic uncertainty continues to loom over B.C., the provincial unemployment reached six per cent in January 2025. Figures from Statistics Canada released Friday (Feb. 7) show hat B.C.'s ...

The agency has announced it will stop issuing permits for people to enter Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail, saying the move ...

Council wants to see BC Housing develop shelter beds in an equitable manner between all communities and is concerned that ...

The Whispering Pines Trailer Park fire dominated the front page of the Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1987 Westerly News. In the photo, ...