The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 67,201 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,774,599 doses given. The provinces have administered dose...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.There are 861,472 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 861,472 confirmed cases (30,516 active, 809,041 resolved, 21,915 deaths).*The total case coun...

MONTREAL — With its kilometres of rapids and deep blue waters winding through Quebec's Cote-Nord region, the Magpie river has long been a culturally significant spot for the Innu of Ekuanitshit.Now the river, a majestic, world-renowned whitewater r...

The number of people who would have died from a COVID-19 infection is likely to be much higher than recorded because death certificates don't always list the virus as the cause of a fatality, experts say.Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Sinai Heal...

TORONTO — A ticket holder somewhere in Ontario won Friday night's whopping $70 million Lotto Max jackpot.Nine of the draw's Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each were also won, with one of those prizes being split between two lottery players.Winnin...

A Sidney-area island with important cultural links to the W̱SÁNEĆ people has been transferred to their leadership council in an act of reconciliation. The Land Conservancy of B.C. announced a partnership agreement with the council on Friday fo...

YANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar on Saturday escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month’s military takeover, deploying early and in force as protesters sought to assemble in the country's two biggest cities.Myanmar’s crisi...

WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.The new president�...

WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.The...

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users.U.S. District Judge James Donato ...

LOS ANGELES — The organization hosting the Golden Globes says it is developing a plan to recruit Black members after falling under sharp criticism for lacking diverse members.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said in statement Friday that an ...

The Cowichan Tribes is calling on-reserve members who are 18 and older to attend a clinic to receive a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as part of efforts to manage an outbreak that has claimed four lives. A notification from the First Nation said ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 67,201 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,774,599 doses given. The provinces have administered doses...

LOS ANGELES — Lady Gaga's two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dog walker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said.A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD's Olympic Community Police Station, just n...

The Capital Regional District has purchased 145 acres of water catchment land to prepare for Greater Victoria’s future water supply needs.Acquiring the forested land, which is within the Cowichan Valley Regional District, was a high priority becaus...

Nanaimo RCMP say they caught three men spray-painting graffiti on items in Maffeo Sutton Park.The men, who range in age from 32 to 36, were nabbed about 9 p.m. Monday after a witness reported them to police. Police said the men tried to leave when of...

A 32-year-old woman turned herself in to Nanaimo RCMP Friday after first fleeing when she ran a red light and hit a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk.A 60-year-old woman was struck at the intersection of Terminal Avenue and Commercial Street about 9:3...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is calling on the provincial government to help maintain a homeless shelter in North Battleford that is to close April 1 due to lack of funding. Don Windels, executive director of Lighthouse S...

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. — With short, sure strokes of a flathead axe, firefighter Cole Gomoll methodically chopped along the edge of the SUV’s broken windshield as golf icon Tiger Woods — tangled up in his seatbelt and covered in a sheet ...

The human trafficking case brought against a former U.S. Olympics women’s gymnastics coach hours before he killed himself could signal a new approach to policing a sport already dogged by a far-reaching sexual abuse scandal involving a one-time tea...