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 March 31 ...What we are watching in Canada ...OTTAWA – Millions of additional doses of COVID-1...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 169,920 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,470,884 doses given. Nationwide, 679,469 people or 1.8 pe...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.There are 976,598 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 976,598 confirmed cases (46,395 active, 907,277 resolved, 22,926 deaths).*The total case count...

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...

MONTREAL — Death threats over an animal control plan, personal insults over stop signs, social media attacks targeting spouses — these are examples of what politicians in Quebec say has become an increasingly difficult reality of their jobs durin...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A man who filmed four dying police officers at a crash last year while describing it as justice was "probably the most hated man in Australia," a judge said Wednesday while considering his sentence.Judge Trevor Wraight said t...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 169,920 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,470,884 doses given. Nationwide, 679,469 people or 1.8 ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.There are 976,598 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 976,598 confirmed cases (46,395 active, 907,277 resolved, 22,926 deaths).*The total case coun...

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Police Service says the search for a suspected abducted boy was safely resolved when his mother heard the Amber Alert issued to help find him and turned herself in to RCMP.Winnipeg police issued the Amber Alert on Tuesday ni...

The University of Victoria’s aging bus exchange will be upgraded and B.C. Transit will get 15 new buses, thanks to a joint funding announcement Tuesday from the federal and provincial governments.Emily Lowan, director of campaigns and community rel...

WINNIPEG — Michael McNiven made 35 saves as the Laval Rocket downed the Manitoba Moose 3-1 on Tuesday in American Hockey League play.Joseph Blandisi, Michael Pezzetta and Corey Schueneman supplied the goals for the Rocket (15-4-2), who are 9-0-1 in...

WASHINGTON — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter's home in Virginia.His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death but did not reveal the ...

Nanaimo RCMP arrested three men Sunday night after a security guard at the city’s University Heights mall was threatened with assault. About 7:20 p.m., the guard noticed that one of the men had entered a business. Since he recognized the man as...

Only 427 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine of 1,000 available had been administered to people on Vancouver Island when the province pushed the pause button Monday pending more study of the COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Richard Stanwick, chief medical health...

DONNA, Texas — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children ...

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relationship but denied any criminal wron...

VICTORIA — British Columbia is bumping up its age-based vaccination plan by offering Oxford-AstraZeneca shots to Lower Mainland residents between the ages of 55 and 65. The move comes a day after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced...

EDMONTON — Alberta jazz musicians and teachers are dropping their chops at the inclusion of a tune by Premier Jason Kenney's grandfather in the province's proposed Grade 6 school curriculum. "When I Get to Calgary," as recorded by Mart Kenney and h...

NEW YORK — The trajectory of the conservative network Newsmax is a clear example of how statistics can tell different stories, depending on how you look at them.After former President Trump suggested post-Election Day that his fans check Newsmax ou...

WINNIPEG — A recent survey posted by Ufology Research in Winnipeg says there was a jump in UFO sightings in Canada last year. Here are some of the 1,243 sightings:Jan. 23, 2020 — Someone shovelling snow off their Toronto balcony reported seeing a...