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 Jan. 12 ...What we are watching in Canada ...OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will condu...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will conduct a small shuffle of his ministers today before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament.The shuffle is due to the departure of Navdeep Bain...

OTTAWA — The federal information watchdog is calling for the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet members to be included under the Access to Information Act.Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says the records these offices hold, w...

NEW YORK — Streaming from an empty banquet hall and with acceptance speeches made from living rooms, the 30th Gotham Awards gave a very strange Oscar season a virtual start Monday in a largely digital ceremony that crowned Chloe Zhao’s "Nomadland...

CAMEROON, Cameroon — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres officially declared Monday he is seeking a second five-year term at the helm of the United Nations.Guterres, whose current term ends next Dec. 31, said in a letter to General Assembly Presiden...

HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Fla. — State and federal wildlife officials are investigating reports of a manatee found with "Trump" drawn on its back in a Florida river.The aquatic mammal was spotted over the weekend in the Homosassa River in Citrus County, t...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 39,116 new vaccinations administered for a total of 359,054 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at a ...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to conduct a small shuffle of his cabinet Tuesday, sparked by the departure of Navdeep Bains, the minister of innovation, science and industry.Rumours of the impending shuffle began circulating lat...

A barge that was refloated after sinking last month at Port NcNeill’s ferry dock has sunk again.The Canadian Coast Guard, Port McNeill Fire Department and Port McNeill RCMP responded to the initial sinking on Christmas Day. A second, smaller barge ...

Two University of Victoria students picked up $230 fines for disobeying COVID-19 regulations after Oak Bay police responded to a Saturday “bush party” attended by about 100 other students — many of them not wearing face coverings.The tickets we...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday Jan. 11, 2021.There are 668,181 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 668,181 confirmed cases (82,522 active, 568,573 resolved, 17,086 deaths).*The total case count i...

Oak Bay police say they have talked to the man they believed was setting a teddy bear in public places, then hiding in nearby bushes or approaching people who picked it up.A man was seen hanging around after setting down a teddy bear at the Oak Bay H...

A search for a missing kayaker was expanded to the Port Renfrew area on Monday. The Victoria Rescue Co-ordination Centre was contacted about 7 p.m. Sunday about a kayaker who had set out around noon from an area near Ella Beach. Sooke RCMP said...

St. Michaels University School has had its first confirmed case of COVID-19, while three Cowichan Valley schools have reported exposures to the virus. The St. Michaels COVID-19 response committee met over the weekend after someone with COVID-19 w...

The number of COVID-related deaths in B.C. passed 1,000 on Monday as the province announced it had used up its vaccine supply and is awaiting more. B.C’s supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — 50,700 doses — has run out and the remaining 2...

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti will be sentenced in May for his conviction on charges of trying to extort $25 million from Nike, a judge said Monday.Judge Paul G. Gardephe in Manhattan set the May 7 date for the once fast-rising lawyer known for comba...

VANCOUVER — A woman says her little brother can now be laid to rest after his ashes reached her Metro Vancouver home from Edmonton weeks later than promised. Courtney Baker says her mother in Maple Ridge, B.C., received the package early Monday and...

WINNIPEG — Vaccine distribution has begun on a handful of Manitoba reserves as a task force reports that 61 per cent of the people with active COVID-19 in the province are First Nations.Manitoba’s First Nation COVID-19 pandemic response team says...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — After two weeks with no new cases of COVID-19, Nunavut says it will lift lockdowns in the last two communities that were still facing strict public health measures.But Dr. Michael Patterson, chief public health officer, says it w...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor says the first dose of a vaccine for COVID-19 gives "amazing" immunity, so the government's decision to allow for a 35-day gap before the second dose is administered is rooted in science. Dr. Bonnie Henry's ...