The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, April 2, 2021.There are 987,918 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 987,918 confirmed cases (49,568 active, 915,348 resolved, 23,002 deaths).*The total case count ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, April 2, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 203,268 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,892,748 doses given. Nationwide, 695,046 people or 1.8 per...

OTTAWA — The number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities has declined by 80 per cent since mid-January thanks to the high uptake of vaccines, says the top doctor at Indigenous Services Canada.Dr. Tom Wong, the department's chief me...

MCKINNEY, Texas — Seven officers involved in the in-custody death of a jail inmate in Texas have been fired, a sheriff said.The officers violated sheriff's office policies and procedures leading up to the death of Marvin Scott III, Collin County Sh...

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — A fire on Friday destroyed more than 20 shops in a makeshift market near a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, killing at least three people, police and witnesses said.Local police chief Ahmed Sanjur Morshed said...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A vehicle rolled down a hill and smashed into a passing train, partially derailing it outside a rail tunnel in Taiwan and killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens. Survivors climbed out windows and onto roofs to reach safety ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 1, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 203,268 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,892,748 doses given. Nationwide, 695,046 people or 1.8 ...

Wendy O’Dwyer says she never considered the power of touch until she went an entire year without holding her mother’s hand. “There was a whole year I couldn’t touch her and that hasn’t happened before in 61 years,” said O’Dwyer, who...

INDIANAPOLIS — Luka Garza knew what everyone expected before returning for a final run as Iowa’s unquestioned star.Pressure? Garza felt it, all right, enough to know his mental health required the same attention as his game."I needed meditation t...

A spike in thefts from boats parked in driveways has prompted Campbell River RCMP to send an alert to residents. Thieves are taking “whatever they can get their hands on,” said Const. Maury Tyre. Thefts so far have been largely in southern ...

VANCOUVER — An appeal has been filed in a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that upheld public health orders banning indoor religious services in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the province.A statement from the Justice Centre for Con...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 1, 2021.There are 987,918 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 987,918 confirmed cases (49,568 active, 915,348 resolved, 23,002 deaths).*The total case coun...

Planning is underway for the 2021 Saanich Fair, with organizers set to hold the annual event on the Labour Day weekend. “It may be a different Fair experience this year, but rest assured, there will be a 2021 Saanich Fair,” the North and Sout...

Victoria police are looking for a woman who chased a security guard with a knife at Hillside Shopping Centre on Thursday. Officers were called to the mall at 12:30 p.m., but the woman had fled. She had been accompanied by a man. The woman and m...

A Comox Valley RCMP officer acted properly last August in a case where a man ended up dying by suicide, says the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. The office is called in to evaluate incidents involving police that result in death or seri...

VANCOUVER — The man accused in a stabbing attack that left one woman dead and six other people hurt in North Vancouver appeared in provincial court on Thursday. Twenty-eight-year-old Yannick Bandaogo, who faces a single charge of second-degree murd...

NEW YORK — Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ship from Africa.Roger Ross Williams, an Academy...

NORTH COWICHAN, B.C. — A new hospital will become a place of healing for members of a British Columbia Indigenous nation after decades of fear associated with the current institution, a tribal leader said Thursday. The planned 201-bed, $887 million...

Don’t travel this Easter weekend, and if you must, stick to your region with a day trip at most, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday.“If you are in doubt at all this weekend, just don’t go,” said Henry. “If it requires ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man.Andreas Flaten’s former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of final payment for his work at an auto shop, he...