OTTAWA — A new survey from Proof Strategies suggests it's not only Canada's national vaccine advisers who have a "preferred" vaccine.The survey of 1,500 people taken during the first three days of May suggests the two mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioN...

Ronald Smith sounds tired.Despite good news last month, when a bill to resume executions in Montana was unexpectedly defeated, the Canadian on death row in that state is in a sombre mood.Smith, originally from Red Deer, Alta., has been facing capital...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive who months ago was among those President Joe Biden considered ...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive who months ago was among those President Joe Biden considered ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 7, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 350,701 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,918,768 doses given. Nationwide, 1,196,166 people or 3.2 pe...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 7, 2021.There are 1,265,320 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,265,320 confirmed cases (81,325 active, 1,159,506 resolved, 24,489 deaths).*The total case co...

Nanaimo RCMP are asking for public assistance in identifying a man seen leaving a Dollarama on March 29 minutes after a fire was reported at the store. The fire was reported about 9 p.m. at the store at 609 Bruce Ave. and caused significant damag...

Music programs in the Greater Victoria School District won’t be cut as deeply as planned, after trustees voted in favour of allocating an extra $482,000 to music. The board had looked at cutting Grade 6 and 7 band programs for middle schools as...

The Sooke School District made its first pick-ups Monday with its new $357,500 electric bus — a first for B.C. The driver was Al Kowalko, who was happy with the smooth, quiet ride. Kowalko, who has been driving school buses for nine years, said...

Victoria police are searching for a suspect in a bank robbery Tuesday in the 1000-block of Douglas Street, near Broughton. Police were called to the bank about 5:30 p.m. No one was physically injured. Images of the suspect were captured on su...

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says the federal government will not be taking part in 20th-anniversary events for an international conference where Israel was singled out for condemnation.In a Twitter post today, the lawmaker says Ottawa c...

NEW ORLEANS — Fans of the sweet, melodic sounds of New Orleans' legendary vocalist Aaron Neville won't have many opportunities to hear him live from now on.In posts Thursday on his official website and via social media, Neville announced his offici...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff has offered to testify at a House of Commons committee investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Canada's former top military commander.Katie Telford wrote members of the defence ...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's opposition parties are calling for tougher public health orders after another rise in COVID-19 numbers.Health officials have announced 363 new cases — the highest daily number since the second wave of the pandemic in the win...

B.C. reported its first case of a vaccine-induced blood clot on Thursday, the same day the two millionth B.C. resident received a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said a woman in her 40s who received the AstraZeneca ...

REGINA — Saskatchewan is extending its COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan to include children aged 12 and older with expected first doses by the end of the school year.Officials told a news conference Thursday the vaccines will be administered in school...

OTTAWA — The chief of staff to Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of the Russian president, is calling on Ottawa to impose new sanctions on those who he described as "Vladimir Putin's oligarchs." Leonid Volkov told members of a parliamentary com...

An altercation between logging contractors and activists in the Walbran Valley this week where an Indigenous man was allegedly assaulted and racial slurs hurled at protesters is being condemned as “completely unacceptable” by the company and Firs...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bruno DiFabio, a celebrity pizza chef who owns restaurants in Connecticut and New York, was sentenced to 30 days in prison Thursday for tax evasion.DiFabio, 51, known as "Lord of the Pies" and for appearing on "Chopped" and othe...

KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington’s support for Ukraine at a meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of Kyiv’s heightened tensions with Russia, fueled by Moscow’s recent troop...