B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced a suite of restrictions on travel including bookings for recreational vehicles on ferries, passage outside one’s health authority, and non-essential movement between provinces. “This is done with a heavy...

A Sidney family took their frustrations with Island Health to the streets outside Victoria General Hospital on Sunday hoping to draw attention to the plight of their 19-year-old son, who they say is facing his fourth day without food inside the ­h...

Richard Ernest Alexander, former president of the Devils Army Motorcycle Club, pleaded not guilty Monday as his first-degree murder trial opened in B.C. Supreme Court. He is accused of shooting 30-year-old Saanich man John Dillon Brown in the bac...

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 April 20, 2021 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Younger Canadians in several provinces are n...

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.The military commander handling logistics for Canada's vaccine distribution program ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.There are 1,131,773 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,131,773 confirmed cases (88,327 active, 1,019,779 resolved, 23,667 deaths).*The total case cou...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Monday April 20, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 269,775 new vaccinations administered for a total of 10,243,418 doses given. Nationwide, 932,807 people or 2.5 per c...

OTTAWA — Opposition parties will get a chance today to propose a rewrite to the federal government's massive pandemic budget.Debate on Monday's budget begins today in the House of Commons.As the official Opposition, the Conservatives will propose a...

MONTREAL — Quebec's Superior Court is expected to rule today on a challenge to the province's law that bans certain public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job.Four separate lawsuits challenging Bill 21 were merged into one tria...

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government will table a budget today that outlines its economic plan after feeling the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year. B.C.'s last budget was tabled in February 2020, just as the province's...

VANCOUVER — Former premier Christy Clark is scheduled to testify today at British Columbia's inquiry into money laundering.She is among a number of former cabinet ministers who are on the witness list.Former B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers Rich Cole...

Younger Canadians in several provinces are now able to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.Starting today, those aged 40 and over in Ontario and Alberta can get the shot.Previously, the minimum age to receive AstraZeneca was 55 because of a s...

NEW YORK — As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency.Under a law signed last month, New York will tax recreational marijuana based on its amount of THC, the main intoxicating ch...

CHICAGO — Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer.The group also will call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to accelerate court-sup...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 19, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 269,775 new vaccinations administered for a total of 10,243,418 doses given. Nationwide, 932,807 people or 2.5 p...

CANBERRA, Australia — Angry Byron Bay locals are protesting the filming of a reality television series that some fear will damage the reputation of their trendy Australian tourist town.Around 100 surfers paddled to sea Tuesday to form a cancel symb...

A Langford gym has been ordered to close for at least 10 days after multiple people associated with the facility tested positive for COVID-19. Club Phoenix Fitness is the first business in the Island Health region affected by a workplace closure ...

A group of neighbours living around a planned supportive housing project in Central Saanich briefly blocked workers from accessing the site Monday, saying they want answers on who will be living there and the services it will provide.Steve Manchur, w...

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice-President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.The death of the former senator, ...

Six people were displaced in an early morning fire in Central Saanich on Sunday.Fire crews responded to a duplex fire on Galbraith Crescent around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, said Deputy Fire Chief Rob Nelson. All residents escaped the blaze safely before crew...