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 May 26, 2021...What we are watching in Canada ...A new online survey shows more than half of Can...

ROME (AP) — Police in northern Italy arrested three people early Wednesday in the cable car disaster that killed 14 people after an investigation showed a clamp, intentionally placed on the brake as a patchwork repair, prevented the brake from enga...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday May 26, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 499,352 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,637,608 doses given. Nationwide, 1,694,908 people or 4.5...

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.Health Canada says up to 37 million doses of vaccine could be shipped in May and Jun...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday May 26, 2021.There are 1,365,516 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,365,516 confirmed cases (47,866 active, 1,292,326 resolved, 25,324 deaths).*The total case c...

OTTAWA — The expected uptake of electric vehicles and stricter measures world-wide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are the top reasons why a climate-focused research group is calling on governments not to invest any more money in Alberta's oil s...

OTTAWA — Canada's "Wild West" efforts to buy medical supplies for provincial governments in the midst of a global pandemic will be assessed by the federal auditor general today.The federal government spent more than $7 billion last year to buy ever...

OTTAWA — More than half of Canadians feel somewhat anxious about going back to the way life was before it was turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.Leger asked the question for a study done in collaboration with the Associ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday as he presses ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group.Blinken wa...

More damaging earthquakes can be expected more often in northern British Columbia as fracking oil and gas wells increases pressure underground, says newly published research. "It makes earthquakes more common and it makes larger ones more co...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Tuesday night's Lotto Max draw.The six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million also went unclaimed.The jackpot for the next draw on May 28 will grow to an estimated $65 million, with 10 M...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday May 25, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 499,352 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,637,608 doses given. Nationwide, 1,694,908 people or 4.5 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months.It is the first of Japan’s major newspapers to make the move and joins some regional newsp...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday May 25, 2021.There are 1,365,516 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,365,516 confirmed cases (47,866 active, 1,292,326 resolved, 25,324 deaths).*The total case cou...

CHICAGO (AP) — No arguing this: Cowboy Joe is No. 1 on the chart.Joe West set baseball's umpiring record when the Chicago White Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 on Tuesday night. West was behind the plate for his 5,376th regular-season game, sn...

Victoria police arrested a man after roommates discovered a stranger armed with a club on the couch of their Cook Street apartment early Monday. Just before 1:30 a.m., officers were called to an apartment building in the 300-block of Cook after t...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister apologized Tuesday after using some very unparliamentary language during a committee hearing.Pallister was appearing before a legislature committee that examines the provincial budget in detail.While fiel...

Suspicious vehicles, a shoplifter and an arrest warrant combined to lead West Shore RCMP to substantial seizures of drugs, weapons and stolen goods. It began May 18 when the detachment’s Drug and Organized Crime Unit, which was busy with anothe...

NANAIMO, B.C. — A 69-year-old woman has been seriously hurt in an attack by three mixed wolf-dog animals at a rural property on southeastern Vancouver Island.RCMP say in a statement that police and the B.C. Conservation Officer Service responded to...

RICHMOND, B.C. — The Mounties say the captain of a fishing vessel that crashed into some rocks at the mouth of the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., appeared to be operating the ship while intoxicated.Richmond RCMP say they responded to a report of a...