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 27 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine...

OTTAWA — The federal government is urging provinces not to waste thousands of doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that are due to expire in a few days.In a letter to her provincial and territorial counterparts, federal Health Minster Patty Hajdu encourage...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 301,113 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,938,721 doses given. Nationwide, 1,743,426 people or 4.6...

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 Thursday, May 27, 2021.There are 1,368,106 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,368,106 confirmed cases (44,785 active, 1,297,960 resolved, 25,361 deaths).*The total case c...

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is moving to legally recognize the evolution of Canada's Senate into a more independent, non-partisan chamber of sober second thought.It has introduced a government bill in the Senate, which is now on its way through...

VANCOUVER — Information will be released today on drug toxicity deaths and their effect on First Nations in British Columbia. The First Nations Health Authority says it will release the data from overdoses involving Indigenous people in 2020 and th...

Catherine Monias can't wait for the day she sees the buses pull up outside her office and the kids from her remote Manitoba First Nation stream back into the hallways following months of their schools being forced closed by COVID-19.But it will be sl...

MONTREAL — Karoline Gagnon worked as a bartender or bar manager for 25 years in Montreal and while she says she had often considered changing careers, the money and the freedom that lifestyle offered were too tempting.But more than a year into the ...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a formal apology in the House of Commons today for the internment of Canadians of Italian descent during the Second World War. In a news release earlier this month, Trudeau said the Italian C...

OTTAWA — A landmark legal battle over the independence of judges responsible for overseeing military courts martial has gone meta with new questions over the autonomy of a judge hearing the case.The Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada hearing revo...

The public has one more chance to provide input on the Greater Victoria School District budget tonight, with possible cuts to music programs, family ­counsellors and other services continuing to cause concern. That concern has led to a series of...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 301,113 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,938,721 doses given. Nationwide, 1,743,426 people or 4...

Victoria police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to subdue a man who kicked in the doors of St. Andrew’s Cathedral Parish Centre and rectory on Wednesday. The man appeared to be suffering a mental-health crisis and was causing a disturbance...

A bicycle stolen from a youth with special needs has been recovered and returned to its owner.A security guard turned the bike over to Saanich police after finding it unsecured on Tuesday night.It had been swiped from a storage shed at SJ Willis Scho...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.There are 1,368,106 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,368,106 confirmed cases (44,785 active, 1,297,960 resolved, 25,361 deaths).*The total cas...

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Police say 58 people were arrested Tuesday as they enforced a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island. The RCMP say the protes...

The Capital Regional District is asking the public to weigh in on the idea of widening ­sections of the Galloping Goose and ­Lochside regional trails, along with adding lights.The section being considered on the Galloping Goose is a 6.6-kilometre s...

Two boats were destroyed in a blaze that looked liked ­“something out of a movie” at Campbell River’s federal ­Fishermans Wharf on Tuesday.Neighbour Martha ­Pranckuviene said she watched as boaters rushed to get the burning vessels away from...

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday said they don’t plan to use materials from recent raids on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office at an upcoming trial of two of his associates and another man on charges that they made illegal campaign contrib...