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 6 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Experts say Canada may find it challenging to reach h...

OTTAWA — The federal government is expected to end nearly two years of mystery on Thursday and reveal its plan to build a new, long overdue heavy icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard.The announcement has been highly anticipated by shipyards in V...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 6, 2021.There are 1,257,328 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,257,328 confirmed cases (81,671 active, 1,151,207 resolved, 24,450 deaths).*The total case co...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 6, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 283,833 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,568,067 doses given. Nationwide, 1,173,962 people or 3.1 ...

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 — Whether Canada should introduce a national mandate requiring the auto industry to make or sell more zero-emission vehicles is a question facing the Liberal government as it's not on the road to meet its own targets. The vehicles, known as ...

Herd immunity may not be reached in Canada but a return to life similar to that before COVID-19 is possible through immunization, experts say. Such immunity is achieved when enough people are immune to a virus, either through vaccinations or natural ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A highly anticipated report that will offer recommendations on how Newfoundland and Labrador should manage its finances is set to drop in the provincial legislature today.The report will be delivered by Moya Greene, a St. John's-...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 283,833 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,568,067 doses given. Nationwide, 1,173,962 people or 3....

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.There are 1,257,328 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,257,328 confirmed cases (81,671 active, 1,151,207 resolved, 24,450 deaths).*The total case...

OTTAWA — Alberta's legislature may have been silenced but its partisan warfare relocated Wednesday to the House of Commons as MPs held an emergency debate on the province's soaring number of COVID-19 cases.Edmonton New Democrat MP Heather McPherson...

A man is in custody after spitting and yelling racial slurs at a woman and four children at Quadra Elementary school Tuesday afternoon. An off-duty officer first noticed the man, shirtless and acting erratically, in the 3000-block of Quadra Stree...

A death in a Port Alberni apartment is being treated as a homicide. RCMP were called after a body was discovered in a building in the 3200 block of Third Avenue on Tuesday. “The state the body was located in led investigators to believe that ...

As Canada marked Red Dress Day, raising awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women, Victoria police said they are continuing to investigate the disappearance of an Indigenous woman from Esquimalt 16 years ago. Belinda Ann Cameron was last...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released as he awaits trial on charges that he downloaded and possessed child pornography.Magistrate Judge Christy Comstock ordered Duggar, 33, confin...

VANCOUVER — The B.C. RCMP will set up COVID-19 travel checkpoints on four highways, starting Thursday. B.C. RCMP spokeswoman Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said the checkpoints would be on Highway 1, near Boston Bar, Highway 3 in the Manning Park a...

MALAKWA, B.C. — A man out for a walk with his dogs has survived an attack by a grizzly bear on his property in British Columbia's southern interior.Conservation officer Tanner Beck says one of the two dogs ran into the bush and likely provoked the ...

British Columbia is considering running COVID-19 immunization clinics in public schools before the end of the school year now that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those aged 12 to 17 years old. Provincial health officer...

WASHINGTON — The Army plans to put a civilian in charge of the command that conducts criminal investigations, a response to widespread criticism the unit is understaffed, overwhelmed and filled with inexperienced investigators, officials familiar w...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs — a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death ch...