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 Feb. 4 ...What we are watching in Canada ...The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canad...

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving forward on efforts to help citizens of Hong Kong remain in Canada rather than return home amid China's clampdown on democracy.One of several new immigration programs designed to give Hong Kong residents a s...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.There are 789,651 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 789,651 confirmed cases (48,221 active, 721,075 resolved, 20,355 deaths).*The total case count in...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 13,768 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,000,862 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling for a special House of Commons committee devoted to Canada-U.S. relations. They'll advance the idea during a debate in the House of Commons today devoted to Opposition business. Their motion would see ...

OTTAWA — A groundbreaking new report details how countries such as Saudi Arabia, China and Rwanda are meddling in democratic countries, including Canada, to harass, threaten and commit violence against their citizens living abroad.The report by Fre...

BEIRUT — A prominent Lebanese publisher and strong critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group was found dead in his car Thursday morning, shot in the head with two bullets, a security official said.Lokman Slim, a longtime Shiite political activi...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 13,768 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,000,862 doses given. The provinces have administered dos...

Philip Steenkamp snipped a section of barbed wire at Royal Roads University on Wednesday in a symbolic gesture to mark a new era of public openness.By next week, the kilometres of Cold War-era barbed wire that topped the fencing around the 565-acre f...

Island Health is notifying the public of a possible exposure to COVID-19 at a downtown Victoria pub in late January. The Bard and Banker, at 1022 Government St., is the site of a possible exposure on Jan. 23 from 6 to 10 p.m. Anyone who was at ...

Another Nanaimo-Ladysmith school has reported a COVID-19 case, bringing the number of exposures in the district over past week to four. Island Health says the exposure at John Barsby Community school occurred on Jan. 31. Bayview Elementary, Roc...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.There are 789,651 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 789,651 confirmed cases (48,221 active, 721,075 resolved, 20,355 deaths).*The total case coun...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A white Ohio police officer was charged with murder Wednesday in the latest fallout following the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man, the state's attorney general said.Former Columbus Police Officer Adam...

NEW YORK — After a year where the pandemic nearly emptied movie theatres, Netflix dominated nominations to the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Wednesday, with David Fincher's "Mank" leading film nominees with six nods and "The Crown" topping all televi...

Students in Ontario regions hit hard by COVID-19 will begin returning to physical classrooms next week as the province said new infections were gradually declining and additional measures had been put in place to ensure schools would be safe. Educati...

BURNABY, B.C. — Just a few days after a COVID-19 outbreak was declared over at the hospital in Burnaby, B.C., another flare-up has been reported at the health centre. The Fraser Health authority says nine patients in the medicine unit at Burnaby Ho...

OTTAWA — A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying has emerged intact from a Senate committee but it's not likely to remain unscathed for long.The Senate's legal and constitutional affairs committee accepted the bill Wednesday in a mat...

The British Columbia government is introducing a new grant program to support small and medium-sized businesses in expanding or pivoting to online sales. Ravi Kahlon, minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, said Wednesday the governme...

ALBEMARLE, N.C. — A pet boa constrictor that became stuck behind the dashboard of a car in North Carolina needed the help of some animal control officers to wriggle free. But the snake believed to measure about 5 feet in length was ultimately relea...

MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during a protest over police brutality in Wisconsin after he apparently violated his bail con...