RCMP say a man who has ties to Mississauga, Ont. is facing charges in connection with various transnational telephone frauds, including the infamous Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) telephone scam.
The World Health Organization does not recommend countries issuing 'immunity passports' for those who have recovered from COVID-19, but is investigating the prospects of using e-vaccination certificates, a WHO medical expert said on Thursday.
Several countries -- including the U.S. -- have cut down the length of time people must quarantine upon entering the countries, but Canada still remains at 14 days.
Advocates and lawyers anticipate a flurry of clemency action from U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming weeks that could test the limits of presidential pardon power.
A Jewish doctor working with coronavirus patients in California shared his shock about the moment he saw neo-Nazi tattoos on the body of a severely ill man he was treating.
CTVNews.ca looks at what the approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in the U.K. could mean for other countries looking to secure a vaccine candidate in the race against the novel coronavirus.
Several stars from the 'The Lord of the Rings' films, including Sir Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies and Martin Freeman, are campaigning to turn the former home of author J.R.R. Tolkien into a museum.
A gleaming monolith found deep in the Utah desert was striking, a mysterious beacon that immediately captured the attention of a world grappling with a punishing pandemic casting a pall over the holiday season.
City officials in San Francisco have banned all tobacco smoking inside apartments, citing concerns about secondhand smoke. But lighting up a joint inside? That's still allowed.
While Ford pickup trucks usually top the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s annual ranking of the most-stolen vehicles in Canada, this year high-end SUVs have become the most desirable targets for thieves.
Though Molly Gibson is just over one month old, she could've been born at any point in the last 27 years. Her embryo was frozen in October 1992 and stayed frozen until earlier this year.
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians are in debt and many without emergency savings, according to the Credit Counselling Society's 2020 Consumer Debt report, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column for CTVNews.ca.
Amid the dizzying lineup of 12-digit figures financing the government’s pandemic response were the monetary makings for whatever the prime minister has in mind to revamp Canadian society once the pandemic passes, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
A Houston doctor who has worked for 256 days straight was seen comforting an elderly man wanting to be with his wife in a photograph that captured the emotional toll of COVID-19 on patients and the resiliency and compassion of health-care workers.
David Surber, with nothing but co-ordinates found by sleuths on Reddit, drove for hours into the Utah desert in search of the metal monolith, making him one of the few people who saw it in person before it vanished this weekend.
A new study suggests that parts of Doggerland, the land that once connected Britain with continental Europe, survived the devastation of an ancient tsunami.
An undercover investigation inside an Ontario pig farm reveals shocking conditions, and alleged abuse and neglect. W5 investigates how new laws may soon make it illegal to reveal what goes on behind the barn door.
Ontario’s former lieutenant-governor, who contracted polio as a child, shares his story with W5 about the unorthodox treatments used to help the disease’s victims.
People with Lyme disease can suffer debilitating pain, robbing them of the life they had before they were bitten by a tick. W5 investigates a new treatment that is bringing new hope to these patients.
W5 investigates the growing pandemic that is intimate partner violence in Canada and tells the story of Cara Cochrane, who feared for her life before her death.
A Toronto police dog has helped investigators with over a hundred cases. Watch W5’s Cop Dog on Saturday at 7 p.m. as reporter Molly Thomas follows Major’s investigations into the missing and murdered.
W5 investigates the racism and challenges many Asian-Canadians have had to face since the start of the pandemic and what advocates say needs to change.
The OPP put out the call and you answered. Hundreds of birthday cards have been collected by Ontario Provincial Police for 11-year-old Sarah Hamby of Beeton, Ont.
A meteor travelling an estimated 100,000 kilometers an hour is believed to have fallen into the earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in multiple reports of a bright flash of light above Toronto and some streaks of fire in the sky across southern Ontario.
An Alberta man has turned his entire front yard into a scene from one of the most beloved holiday comedies of all time - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
The Hudson's Bay Company store in Downtown Winnipeg has officially shut its doors as of Monday, Nov. 30, for good, even though it was scheduled to close in early 2021.
New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed with greater actions to reduce emissions.
An overheating world obliterated weather records in 2020, creating an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts and ice melt, the United Nations' weather agency reports.
Amid the dizzying lineup of 12-digit figures financing the government’s pandemic response were the monetary makings for whatever the prime minister has in mind to revamp Canadian society once the pandemic passes, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
Criticism towards Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and praise for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on their handling of the pandemic all comes down to optics, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T. B.I.D.E.N: That’s how you spell relief to most Canadians as adult supervision seems set to return to the White House, Don Martin writes.
Of all the COVID-19 symptoms, the most unexpected is election fever. A third clinical trial ended Monday night, an election suggesting the best treatment for party leaders in these uncertain times is a snap inoculation by their voters, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
The Canadian Armed Forces received formal orders last week to start planning for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, though the military's top commander says preparations have been underway for longer -- and that his force will be ready.
RCMP say a man who has ties to Mississauga, Ont. is facing charges in connection with various transnational telephone frauds, including the infamous Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) telephone scam.
The government said it wants to prevent increased traffic in stores during the holiday season from becoming a significant risk factor in the spread of COVID-19.
Several countries -- including the U.S. -- have cut down the length of time people must quarantine upon entering the countries, but Canada still remains at 14 days.
Advocates and lawyers anticipate a flurry of clemency action from U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming weeks that could test the limits of presidential pardon power.
A local British emergency services department says there have been 'multiple casualties' following a large explosion Thursday at a wastewater treatment facility near the southwest England city of Bristol.
Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants arrived on Thursday to a festive ceremony at Israel's international airport, as the government took a step toward carrying out its pledge to reunite hundreds of families split between the two countries.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited hundreds of guests to the State Department for holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite warnings from health experts that Americans should avoid large gatherings amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, according to two State Department officials familiar with the planning.
U.S. law enforcement officials say small cells of Chinese criminals have upended the way narcotics cash is laundered and are displacing the Mexican and Colombian money men that have long dominated the trade.
Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said that 2,783 troops were killed during the 44 days of intense clashes in the recent fighting with Armenian forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
When Toronto-raised actor Stephan James got the inaugural Radius Award at last year's Canadian Screen Awards, he felt incredibly honoured but also a bittersweetness.
At her residence on the Hamilton mountain, Maddie Lymburner is creating another at-home workout for her five million subscribers and reflecting on her new title as the number one YouTube creator in Canada for 2020.
Several stars from the 'The Lord of the Rings' films, including Sir Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies and Martin Freeman, are campaigning to turn the former home of author J.R.R. Tolkien into a museum.
Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday and could be dispensing shots within days -- a historic step toward eventually ending the outbreak that has killed more than 1.4 million people around the globe.
Pfizer Inc's chief executive, Albert Bourla, said on Wednesday he was confident that by the end of 2021 there would be more vaccine doses than required to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended a shortened quarantine period for people exposed to COVID-19, from 14 to 10 days if they haven't taken a test and have not developed symptoms.
The Canadian Armed Forces received formal orders last week to start planning for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, though the military's top commander says preparations have been underway for longer -- and that his force will be ready.
For nearly a century, the House of Commons was the most recognizable place in Canada. But now the iconic green chamber is hidden under layers of scaffolding and caution tape as Centre Block is being taken back to its bones.
The federal Liberal government has admitted that its promise to eradicate all drinking water advisories in First Nations communities across Canada by March 2021 will be broken.
IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort using targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information on the World Health Organization's initiative for distributing COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries.
There are nearly 2 billion stars in our galaxy. At least that's what the most current map shows. Astronomers have mapped the most extensive atlas of our Milky Way galaxy yet, including the positions of each and every one of those stars.
Canada's main stock index climbed higher in early trading, helped by a broad-based rally, while U.S. stock markets rose and the loonie also continued to march upward.
A new video advertisement from Nike Japan that portrays the experiences of three soccer players from different backgrounds has sparked fierce debate online, including some calls to boycott the company.
While Ford pickup trucks usually top the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s annual ranking of the most-stolen vehicles in Canada, this year high-end SUVs have become the most desirable targets for thieves.
Shares in BlackBerry Ltd. gained nearly 40 per cent in the wake of a deal with Amazon Web Services to develop and market BlackBerry's intelligent vehicle data platform, IVY.
A gleaming monolith found deep in the Utah desert was striking, a mysterious beacon that immediately captured the attention of a world grappling with a punishing pandemic casting a pall over the holiday season.
A Winnipeg woman diagnosed with terminal cancer is using her last few months to spread some holiday cheer by handing out hampers full of items to those in need in her neighbourhood.
