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 April 7 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Provincial governments are grappling with how to br...

OTTAWA — When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sleep as anxiety crept in about how to pay the bil...

Ontario has done a decent job administering COVID-19 vaccines thus far given its limited supply of doses, but as variants continue to send more younger people to hospital, the province needs to switch up its strategy, infectious disease experts sugge...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 206,306 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,760,795 doses given. Nationwide, 730,968 people or 1.9 per...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.There are 1,020,893 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,020,893 confirmed cases (60,299 active, 937,453 resolved, 23,141 deaths).*The total case co...

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 — Stephanie Laurin slept next to a colossal, simmering pot every night over the last week, supervising the production cycle of pea soup at Chalet des Erables sugar shack, north of Montreal.Laurin hasn't welcomed a single diner into her bus...

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is expected to cut some taxes and offer new money to fight COVID-19 in today's provincial budget.Finance Minister Scott Fielding says there will be supports for people who have been hurt by the pandemic's effects ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian cargo ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked, Tehran acknowledged Wednesday.Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed th...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 206,306 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,760,795 doses given. Nationwide, 730,968 people or 1.9 p...

Nanaimo RCMP have issued a “heads up,” saying no one should be alarmed by the sight of a large aircraft circling the harbour Wednesday. The warning notes NAV Canada will be conducting a flight inspection over Nanaimo harbour around midday. ...

A Nanaimo woman was shot in the face and hand early Saturday morning when she intervened with a friend in distress at her family home. Friends say Regina Hampson intervened when her roommate tried to kill himself with a loaded 12-gauge shotgun. ...

SAN DIEGO — The Marine Corps has launched a probe looking at the readiness of its troops before they participated in an exercise that ended in tragedy with the sinking of a seafaring tank off the Southern California coast that killed eight Marines ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.There are 1,020,893 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,020,893 confirmed cases (60,299 active, 937,453 resolved, 23,141 deaths).*The total case c...

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi won't be running in the municipal election in the fall.Nenshi, the first Muslim mayor of a big Canadian city when he was elected in October 2010, made the announcement Tuesday on social media.The 49-year-old, who has a mas...

On the evening of what would have been Chantel Moore’s 27th birthday, close family members in Tofino gathered on the First Street dock to celebrate her life. It was a way to “keep her memory alive,” said Grace Frank, Moore’s grandmother. ...

VANCOUVER — Police say five more charges have been approved against a man accused of setting fire to three Masonic halls in Metro Vancouver last week.Police say 42-year-old Benjamin Kohlman was charged Tuesday with two counts of arson and three cou...

VANCOUVER — A commission of inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is adding former and current cabinet ministers to its witness list.On its website, the Cullen commission says former premier Christy Clark is among those scheduled to tes...

SALT LAKE CITY — Paris Hilton returned to Salt Lake City Tuesday for a ceremonial bill signing for a law that regulates treatment centres for troubled teens in Utah.The legislation for facilities that treat teens with behavioural and mental health ...

VICTORIA — A Vancouver police officer has been charged with assault with a weapon, dangerous driving and attempting to obstruct justice. The BC Prosecution Service says Const. Jonathan Kempton has been charged after the arrest of a shoplifting susp...