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 May 4 ...What we are watching in Canada ...The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is co...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday May 4, 2021.There are 1,243,242 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,243,242 confirmed cases (83,544 active, 1,135,356 resolved, 24,342 deaths).*The total case coun...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday May 4, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 226,014 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,051,490 doses given. Nationwide, 1,136,877 people or 3.0 pe...

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 ...

OTTAWA — The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is coming under fire after contradicting the advice Canadians have been receiving for weeks to take the first vaccine against COVID-19 that they're offered.NACI said Monday that the Pfizer-Bi...

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's firearms legislation is "an offensively hollow bill" that should be completely revamped, say family members and colleagues of those who died in tragic shooting sprees at Montreal's Dawson College and Concordia Univ...

MEXICO CITY — An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring about 70, city officials said.A crane was working to hold up one subway...

NEW DELHI — COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis and a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people will be "horrible."India's official c...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday May 3, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 226,014 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,051,490 doses given. Nationwide, 1,136,877 people or 3.0 pe...

Outreach workers were on hand in several Victoria parks Monday to support people who are moving into a new 60-bed shelter space in Victoria West. Gabriel Schneider, who was preparing to move from Stadacona Park to the shelter at 225 Russell St., ...

Vancouver Island teachers expressed relief Monday as Island Health prepared to vaccinate thousands of teachers, childcare workers, police and firefighters this week. Tillicum Elementary Grade 5 teacher Tracey Crystal, 44, said teachers have been ...

Greater Victoria’s real estate market continued its relentless pace in April, with prices remaining strong and inventory low. Bidding wars are not uncommon and often end with a sale price that’s over the asking price. ­­“We’ve seen an...

A coalition of protesters behind a forestry blockade at Fairy Creek near Port Renfrew has served the province a third-party notice that brings the government into the civil action by logging company Teal Jones against protesters. The notice from ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday May 3, 2021.There are 1,243,242 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,243,242 confirmed cases (83,544 active, 1,135,356 resolved, 24,342 deaths).*The total case count...

Victoria police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who stole a friendly neighbourhood cat from its Vancouver Street driveway last Wednesday afternoon. Penelope, a four-year-old black cat with a small white patch on her stom...

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate the death of a woman who was in the custody of Vancouver police.The Independent Investigations Office says in a statement that officers arrested the woman on Saturd...

Victoria police have arrested a man who allegedly brandished a knife at another man on a family outing in Beacon Hill Park Saturday. Police would like to talk to anyone who witnessed the incident at the washroom near the playground around 2 p.m. ...

Victoria police arrested a man after a woman was attacked with a hammer in a park in James Bay Monday morning. At 9:45 a.m., officers on patrol were called to Irving Park in the 200-block of Menzies Street to deal with a loud verbal disagreement....

A Canadian Navy frigate based in Victoria has made a record-setting drug bust while operating in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman.HMCS Calgary, operating under the command of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force 150, seized 1,286 kilograms of he...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many befor...