About two-thirds of those living in a camp next to Royal Athletic Park have expressed interest in moving indoors to Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, but some are hesitant to give up the privacy of a tent and worry about safety in the newly opened she...

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, who is delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 16 weeks from six to free up vaccine and give every British Columbian a first jab by July, said she is confident in the face of criticism. Dr. Mona Ne...

Island Heath has been told to cancel all second-dose clinics this week, turning some into first-dose clinics, as part of an updated immunization strategy by the province to delay second doses of COVID-19 vaccine for four months. It’s a move that ha...

No teacher would have recommended the first book I ever loved.It was a story about an orphaned Russian boy adopted by an American platoon in the Second World War. It was cartoonish, violent, jingoistic. We kids gobbled it down like a burger with frie...

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 March 3 ...What we are watching in Canada ...TORONTO — A judge is expected to deliver her verd...

TORONTO — A judge is expected to deliver her verdict today in the case of a man who deliberately drove a van down a crowded Toronto sidewalk killing 10 people and injuring 16 others.Alek Minassian has admitted to planning and carrying out the attac...

OTTAWA — The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada today as confusion persists over who should get it.Canada is to receive 500,000 doses of the vaccine, the third approved for use in Canada, from the Ser...

OTTAWA — Former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne is set to testify today as a parliamentary committee continues digging into how the Liberal government handled allegations of misconduct against former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance.Members of t...

VANCOUVER — Public comments by former U.S. president Donald Trump will take centre stage at the British Columbia Supreme Court today in the case of a Huawei executive facing extradition to the United States. The defence team for Meng Wanzhou is arg...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A blast smashed windows at a coronavirus testing centre in a small town north of Amsterdam early Wednesday, police said. Nobody was hurt.Police in the province of North Holland tweeted that "an explosive went off" near the ...

BAGHDAD — At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.The rockets struck Ain al...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s attorney-general denied having sexual contact with a 16-year-old who had accused him of raping her 33 years ago and said Wednesday he would not resign as the nation's top law officer.Christian Porter instead said...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 64,485 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,014,128 doses given. The provinces have administered doses ...

St. Louis’ first-ever female mayor will be replaced by another woman, after city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer on Tuesday bested two men in a new primary election format to advance to next month’s general election.Jones rec...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.There are 872,747 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 872,747 confirmed cases (30,252 active, 820,450 resolved, 22,045 deaths).*The total case count ...

HALIFAX — The Canadian military says aircraft and ships have responded to an emergency aboard a Canadian fishing vessel that has been damaged by fire off of the coast of Nova Scotia. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax says the FV Atla...

A suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old North Cowichan man has been released from custody with no charges.North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP said the decision was made to release the man with no conditions after consultation with Crown counsel. As c...

Posters that have popped up in several communities on the Island claiming all COVID-19 restrictions in Canada have ended are “misinformation at its finest,” says an RCMP spokesman. The posters falsely state that as of March 1 people no longer...

Students in the Comox Valley School District have started an online petition calling for shutdown of district schools and a shift to online learning because of the “staggering increase” in COVID-19 exposures throughout the community. “This ...

The City of Victoria has filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court asking the court to clarify whether Beacon Hill Park can be used for temporary sheltering by people without homes. The city initially defended itself against a lawsuit by the F...