A Victoria council debate Thursday about how councillors participate in meetings remotely quickly spun into discussions about video surveillance, “Zoom fatigue” and the strain of having to be on camera for hours at a time. The debate stemmed ...

The B.C. SPCA has seized 12 dogs from a North Cowichan-area dog breeder and is recommending that the business be charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act or the Criminal Code. On Tuesday, SPCA animal protection officers, acting on a...

West Shore RCMP have identified a man who alarmed two women on the Galloping Goose Trail by approaching them in what they thought was a strange manner.One woman said he stared at her for several minutes, while the other said he came out of the bushe...

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 5. ...What we are watching in Canada ...Statistics Canada will say this morning how the Cana...

OTTAWA — Jennifer Vaughan's daily routine with her school-aged children has been the same for weeks as they shuffle from screen, to fresh air, to meals and back again — all from home.Ever since school closures required Vaughan to stay home as a f...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.There are 793,734 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 793,734 confirmed cases (47,714 active, 725,507 resolved, 20,513 deaths).*The total case count incl...

OTTAWA — The NDP is calling for the elimination of for-profit long-term care by 2030 in a multibillion-dollar plan presented as a potential election promise.New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says an NDP government would convene provincial and terri...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 19,079 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,019,941 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at a...

VICTORIA — Restrictions on social gatherings and events to contain the spread of COVID-19 are supposed to lift in British Columbia today, but the provincial health officer has indicated that may not happen. Dr. Bonnie Henry imposed limits back in N...

OTTAWA — The union representing federal prison chaplains says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with their employer that includes wage increases and improved benefits.The United Steelworkers union represents about 180 chaplains from a v...

A B.C. man who gained widespread attention for helping drive a stranded American family to the Alaska-Canada border will soon be able to do that trip in a new car.Gary Bath, a Canadian ranger and military veteran in Fort St. John, helped Lynn Marches...

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge is to rule today on whether a Canadian fashion king facing charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in the United States will be released on bail. Peter Nygard, who is 79, was arrested in December in Winnipeg under th...

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom "pay the price" for human rights abuses and "make them in fact the pariah that they are."But if Biden...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 19,079 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,019,941 doses given. The provinces have administered dose...

The COVID-19 curve is slowly bending downward in British Columbia but health officials are urging caution for those making weekend plans given the presence of new variants. The province confirmed 465 new cases Thursday for a total of 69,245 since...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun.Speaking at the State Department on Thursday, Biden said th...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.There are 793,734 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 793,734 confirmed cases (47,714 active, 725,507 resolved, 20,513 deaths).*The total case count...

WASHINGTON — Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, has been stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority over racist remarks, her embrace of conspiracy theories and her past endorsement of violence ag...

VICTORIA — The COVID-19 curve is slowly bending downward in British Columbia but health officials are urging caution for those making weekend plans given the presence of new variants. The province confirmed 465 new cases Thursday for a total of 69,...

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says military police have launched an investigation following allegations former defence chief Jonathan Vance engaged in inappropriate conduct.Defence Department spokesman Daniel Le Bouthillier says the C...