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. 28 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Julie Payette's resignation as governor general was...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 22,870 new vaccinations administered for a total of 891,324 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2021.There are 761,226 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 761,226 confirmed cases (57,740 active, 683,953 resolved, 19,533 deaths).*The total case count ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's pandemic-battered tourism sector is getting some attention during the election campaign.Liberal Leader Andrew Furey on Wednesday visited the renowned beauty of St. Anthony, on the Great Northern Penins...

OTTAWA — A decision by Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole to boot an MP from his caucus has factions of the conservative movement in Canada wondering about their own futures in the party.Among them: some firearms advocates, who say they're concerned ...

OTTAWA — As the federal government prepares to slap new restrictions on international travel, Health Canada data suggest a worrying uptick of infections directly connected to foreign arrivals.While travel exposures account for less than two per cen...

WINNIPEG — Lawyers for Peter Nygard will be back in court today arguing for the release of the Canadian fashion king who is facing charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in the United States. Nygard, who is 79, was arrested last month in Winni...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of a Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted in the gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.The court also dismissed an appeal of Ahmad Saeed Omar She...

NEW YORK — A British socialite criminally charged with aiding Jeffrey Epstein in his sexual abuse of teenage girls testified in 2016 that she had no memory of anything amiss on his properties in the 2000s despite the accusations from dozens of wome...

WUHAN, China — A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.The researchers, who were r...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 22,870 new vaccinations administered for a total of 891,324 doses given. The provinces have administered dose...

A carved sandstone pillar discovered on a Dallas Road beach last summer is an Indigenous artifact once used in rituals by the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, says a Royal British Columbia Museum curator of ­archeology.The 100-kilogram oblong p...

The arrest of a Nanaimo man wanted on two counts related to drug trafficking turned up large amounts of drugs and close to $21,000 in cash.A Nanaimo RCMP officer took the man into custody Jan. 17 after spotting him walking through the parking lot of ...

West Shore RCMP are warning the public about a flu-shot scam. Police said they got a report from someone who received an email about booking a flu shot at the London Drugs in Colwood. The person made two appointment at $50 each, but was told at...

Victoria police have released a photo of a woman who allegedly spat on a B.C. Transit bus driver, in hopes of identifying her. The driver told police the incident happened about 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 after the bus came to a sudden stop when it was...

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP have arrested a man in connection with more than 40 charges. The Street Crime Unit closed in on the man in mid-January, knowing he had numerous warrants and was under a court-ordered condition not to be on Vancouver Isl...

The thief who nicked a farm gate in rural Saanich last week has had a change of heart. The Harding family said its “faith in human nature has been restored” after the gate was returned sometime in the early hours on Saturday, a week after thi...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.There are 761,226 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 761,226 confirmed cases (57,740 active, 683,953 resolved, 19,533 deaths).*The total case cou...

OTTAWA — Julie Payette's resignation as governor general was prompted by a scathing review of the work environment she presided over at Rideau Hall, described by dozens of people as hostile, toxic, or poisoned.The government released the findings o...

WHITEHORSE — A Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get the COVID-19 vaccine will have to answer for their alleged actions in a courtroom.Former Great Canadian Gaming Corp. CEO Rodney Baker and his wife, Ekaterina Baker...