The COVID-19 pandemic’s latest victim may be a transportation service that has provided a vital link between communities on the Island’s west coast and smaller communities on the North Island.Citing a 95 per cent drop in revenue across its group ...

A former restaurant worker in Victoria is facing allegations of sexual assault and predatory behaviour from multiple women who shared their stories anonymously on social media.In 11 individual cases, shared by the Instagram account ­Survivor Stories...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Tennessee is offering virtual "field trips" and an online concert in honour of Black History Month.The Memphis-based museum said Monday the online tours will take viewers through the histor...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 2 ...What we are watching in Canada ...The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restr...

OTTAWA — It had been a while since Alana Fiks had been able to open her shop in Winnipeg when she spoke about the impact of COVID-19.The co-owner of Black Market Provisions, which sells food and housewares, said the business has done OK as the stor...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 2, 2021.There are 783,589 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 783,589 confirmed cases (51,745 active, 711,708 resolved, 20,136 deaths).*The total case count inclu...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 2, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 18,290 new vaccinations administered for a total of 975,519 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at a ra...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today is expected to announce the makings of an agreement to produce COVID-19 vaccines within Canada.Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne tells The Canadian Press the government is moving quickly to s...

VICTORIA — The chief of a First Nation says he has the assurance of the Royal B.C. Museum that steps will be taken to determine how a carved stone pillar was deemed an Indigenous artifact perhaps dating back to the 1800s before a local man claimed ...

OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests.Eighty-six per cent of respondents agree with stricter measures that suspend flights to most sun des...

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says the first of 15 new warships being built for the Royal Canadian Navy will be delivered years later than expected as officials working on the $60-billion project grapple with unexpected design and con...

A decades-old debate over development in an important wildlife corridor in an Alberta mountain community is to be back before council next week.Plans for two projects, which make up about 80 per cent of the remaining developable land in Canmore, show...

Groundhog Day will be observed online across Canada today in the interest of public safety during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Ontario's Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam will make their annual predictions in front of no crowds, inst...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a so-called government "safe house."Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh,...

FBI investigators from the United States have joined a new task force investigating the 13-year-old homicide of Victoria real estate agent Lindsay Buziak, but the woman’s father calls news of the involvement a public relations stunt. “It’s ...

B.C.’s top doctor is concerned about an increasing number of cases that involve two highly transmissible COVID-19 variants in the ­province.Seven new cases of the United Kingdom strain were confirmed over the ­weekend, bringing the total to 14, w...

WINNIPEG — Johnny Gaudreau put in a little extra work to keep his hot start going.The winger scored in regulation to extend a season-opening point streak to eight games before sealing Calgary's shootout victory Monday as the Flames beat Winnipeg 4-...

A Victoria pilot project providing pharmaceutical drugs to people at risk of dying from a toxic drug supply has received $4 million in federal funding to expand. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson joined Dr. Patricia Daly, ch...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday Feb. 1, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 18,290 new vaccinations administered for a total of 975,519 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:20 p.m. ET on Monday Feb. 1, 2021.There are 783,589 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 783,589 confirmed cases (51,745 active, 711,708 resolved, 20,136 deaths).*The total case count i...