VERCHÈRES — The Canadian Coast Guard says an operation to free a ship that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River this week has been successful.

ST. JOHN'S — An evacuation alert has ended for thousands of people in towns and neighbourhoods close to a wildfire burning near Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city of St. John's.

WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia is sending 300 to 400 members of its National Guard to the nation's capital to assist in the Trump’s administration’s takeover of the city's police department.

Overnight rain helped calm an out-of-control ­wildfire near Port Alberni on Friday, but it won’t be enough to put out the blaze.

MIAMI (AP) — Erin became a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean early Saturday and is expected to strengthen further during the day, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de ­Victoria will bring rolling road closures across much of the capital region, with thousands taking part in the annual event.

CINCINNATI — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe have advanced to the final of the Cincinnati Open. The duo beat Australia's Ellen Perez and Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok ...

SURREY — An RCMP team patrolling the waters near the border between Canada and the United States helped rescue a group of 12 kayakers, including six children.

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants to get back to the negotiating table, a call that comes as the deadline for a strike ...

OTTAWA — A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says. The two ...

PORT ALBERNI — Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping rain in the forecast can help clear up the air quality muddied by an out-of-control wildfire.

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, the City of Port Alberni, and Tseshaht First Nation have each declared a local state of emergency.