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Two dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) - There was a shooting inside a gym, killing two people, with multiple other people injured, Las Vegas police said. One person died as gunfire erupted at the Las Vegas Athletic Club on ...
May 16, 2025
Vancouver officer charged a year after pedestrian strike in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver police officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without reasonable consideration for others, a year after a pedestrian w...
May 16, 2025
Search underway for B.C. woman missing after empty boat washes ashore
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman's sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty. Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the regi...
May 16, 2025
1 person died, 2 others were pulled from wreckage after a storm crumbled part of a St. Louis church
One person died and two others were pulled from the wreckage of a partially collapsed church on Friday, after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis. Several other people w...
May 16, 2025
City and police say Vancouver festival planning followed rules before attack
VANCOUVER - Sixteen 320-kilogram barriers arrived in Vancouver this week, specially designed to block vehicles trying to enter public spaces. The barriers were ordered in February, about two months be...
May 16, 2025
Armed robbery attempted at downtown jewelry store
A daylight robbery was attempted at a downtown Vernon jewelry store.Vernon North Okanagan RCMP confirmed that a panic alarm was set off at Kraus Jewellers on 30th Ave. shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, M...
May 16, 2025
Patients in Quebec's Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province's Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community. The Health Department says two patients...
May 16, 2025
Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis Fir...
May 16, 2025
Sweden blanks newcomer Slovenia and Switzerland shuts out Norway at ice hockey worlds
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Elias Lindholm scored a hat trick as Sweden blanked newcomer Slovenia 4-0 to keep a perfect record of five wins from five games at the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Sweden ...
May 16, 2025
Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis Fir...
May 16, 2025
