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 30 ...What we are watching in Canada ...British Columbia's solicitor general is expected t...

Eleven people died in Victoria last month from a toxic illicit drug supply. If the current pace continues — 10.5 deaths per month since the start of 2020 — the number of people lost in April will be about the same.Rev. Lon Towstego reacts to thes...

OTTAWA — A strike at one of Canada's busiest ports could be coming to an end as the Senate prepares to deal with back-to-work legislation today that would force 1,150 dockworkers back on the job at the Port of Montreal.The House of Commons approved...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021.There are 1,211,083 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,211,083 confirmed cases (83,452 active, 1,103,462 resolved, 24,169 deaths).*The total case co...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 305,605 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,131,871 doses given. Nationwide, 1,082,053 people or 2.9 pe...

VANCOUVER — A former British Columbia cabinet minister and police chief will be the latest high-profile politician to testify today at the public inquiry into money laundering. Kash Heed, who was B.C.'s solicitor general and the police chief for We...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Last Friday, a Parole Board of Canada decision gave Greg Parsons a momentary reprieve from weeks of night terrors and unearthed trauma.The parole hearing for the man who killed Parsons' mother, Catherine Carroll, had just ended, ...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's solicitor general is expected to announce more details about enforcement of a travel ban aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19.Mike Farnworth, who is also the public safety minister, announced orders a week ago to l...

People who break health rules by holding parties that lead to death from COVID-19 should heed the warning from a British Columbia judge about facing a manslaughter charge, legal experts say. Prof. Lisa Dufraimont of York University's Osgoode Hall law...

OTTAWA — The Conservatives' environment critic says almost two years after promising to plant two billion trees within a decade, the Liberals have provided little in the way of detail on how that will actually get done.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

After landing in hospital as one of Victoria’s first COVID-19 patients, and pulling through an unrelated emergency heart procedure, octogenarian Keith Ashton continues to make a name for himself as a long hauler.He’s not a COVID-19 long hauler, t...

DENVER — Terrence Hewing was working for a package delivery company in 2007 when police approached his cargo van in suburban Denver. He was early for a pick up, and someone out for a walk called authorities after seeing him napping in the driver’...

JERUSALEM — A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country's deadliest civil...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 305,605 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,131,871 doses given. Nationwide, 1,082,053 people or ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021.There are 1,211,083 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,211,083 confirmed cases (83,452 active, 1,103,462 resolved, 24,169 deaths).*The total ca...

VANCOUVER — A group of activists maintaining blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged have filed a notice to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that granted an injunction against them. The Rainforest Flying Sq...

Protesters defending old-growth forest in the Fairy Creek watershed near Port Renfrew have filed an appeal to have an injunction permitting their arrest and removal set aside. The Rainforest Flying Squad and others filed a notice to appeal Wednes...

The themes for the 2021 NFL draft were many, starting with the quarterbacks.Then, of course, was an actual live draft with players and fans on hand.And there was Alabama dominating the selections the way it overpowered college football, carrying its ...

A Nanaimo senior has been scammed out of nearly $27,000 after being tricked into believing she had won the grand prize — including a luxury car — in a $750-million lottery. She has given up hope that she will ever see her money again, Nanaimo RCM...

With fewer people going to work, the newly formed Capital Bike has replaced its annual Bike to Work Week with a virtual Go By Bike Week.The event, set for the first week of June, was postponed to the fall last year due to COVID‑19, but returns to i...