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. 24 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Joe Biden granted Justin Trudeau at least one of th...

LOS ANGELES — In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces his toughest recovery of all.Woods was driving through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his SUV struck a sign, crossed ove...

DENPASAR, Indonesia — A Russian listed by the Interpol as a fugitive back home was arrested on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on Wednesday after 13 days on the run with his partner to avoid deportation, officials said.Andrei Kovalenka, who u...

A Gabriola man who struck and killed a beloved husband, father and volunteer firefighter three years ago has been given a two-year jail sentence and a five-year driving prohibition.In November, William Sydney Goosman pleaded guilty to dangerous drivi...

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps is condemning racism in the public backlash against Coun. Sharmarke Dubow after hearing that her statement on his international travel over the winter holidays has helped to fuel anti-Black racism. Helps said a few speak...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 48,362 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,602,365 doses given. The provinces have administered doses ...

Student groups vying for a voting seat on the region’s transit commission plan to keep advocating for improved representation after their motion was defeated at the commission Tuesday.The societies representing students at the University of Victori...

The Capital Regional District’s parks committee meets today to consider implementing parking fees at nine more area parks.At present, only Thetis Lake and Sooke Potholes have parking fees, which are seasonal and in effect from May 1 to Sept. 30. Th...

Human remains discovered by construction workers near Cordova Bay Road on Monday afternoon are believed to be ancestral. Saanich police responded to the 5100 block of Cordova Bay Road, near Cordova Bay Park, on Monday after a report that remains ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is moving slowly but surely toward reengaging with the Palestinians after a near total absence of official contact during former President Donald Trump’s four years in office.As American officials plan steps ...

HOUSTON — A student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 will spend up to another 12 months at a state mental health facility as doctors say he remains incompetent to stand trial, his attorney said Tuesday.Dimitrios ...

The Biden administration has withdrawn government support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' high school sports.Connecticut allows high school athletes to compete in sports accordi...

Saanich police made an arrest early Tuesday after the reported removal of a court-ordered electronic-monitoring bracelet led to a standoff. Officers were notified about 9:30 p.m. Monday by B.C. Corrections that the bracelet had been tampered with...

A French school in Comox is the latest on the Island found to have an exposure to COVID-19. The exposure at École Au-couer-de-l’île could have happened Feb. 16 or 17. An exposure is when one person with a lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 was at...

West Shore RCMP are investigating a report of an attempted armed robbery of a man walking along Veterans Memorial Parkway. The man was approached by two men between Percy Place and Larkhall Road. One of the men brandished a handgun and demanded c...

A former Calgary high school teacher charged with 17 sexual-related offences allegedly against former students has been found dead on a remote island off the coast of Vancouver Island. Michael Andreassen Gregory, 57, of De Winton, Alta., was char...

Comox Valley RCMP have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a robbery last week. On Feb. 19 about 12:50 a.m. a woman who had just locked up a Comox store and was putting things in her trunk was approached by a man displaying what appeare...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving ahead with plans to honour recently deceased conservative radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh by lowering flags to half-staff despite protests from some public officials who don't see Limbaugh as ...

Two people were taken to hospital by helicopter and another by ambulance after a two-car collision Tuesday in Ladysmith. The crash happened at the Trans-Canada Highway and Grouhel Road just before 10 a.m. No further details were available. Th...

A B.C. Ferries employee who works out of Swartz Bay has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, as are direct contacts, the company says. B.C. Ferries did not say where specifically the employee works within the organization or what r...