As the precise order of who will follow seniors and health care workers in line to get COVID-19 vaccines is still being sorted out, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal and provincial governments agree that there should be a cross-Canada "consensus" on the matter.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the Liberal approach to lifting the country out of the COVID-19 economic recession won't be achieved through cuts.
CTVNews.ca posed reader questions to infectious disease experts to get answers on the many uncertainties surrounding a potential COVID-19 vaccine and its rollout across Canada.
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.
Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated star of “Juno” and Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” announced he is transgender. The 33-year-old tweeted Tuesday, stating his name is Elliot Page, and will be using the pronouns he/they.
For the first time in 33 years, the Queen and Prince Philip won’t be spending Christmas at Sandringham Estate due to COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions.
An Ontario student has graduated from university despite suffering from a disease commonly known as ‘brain on fire’ that put her in a five-month coma and caused near total memory loss during her second year of school.
A metal monolith that mysteriously appeared on a hilltop in northern Romania has sparked curiosity and mockery online, coming just days after a similar object was found in the Utah desert.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of daily life, and experts say Canadians can also expect it to alter their office Christmas parties this year with many companies shifting to online celebrations or outdoor gatherings.
A mother in Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of locking her son inside their apartment for 28 years, leaving him undernourished and with almost no teeth, police and media reports said Tuesday.
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.
A group of Canadian researchers, who discovered diamonds in a small rock sample found in an unrealized gold deposit in Nunavut, say their findings hint at the possibility of new deposits in the area that are similar to the world's richest gold mine.
In a new report by Equifax, total outstanding consumer debt now tops $2 trillion, despite COVID-19 concerns. Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid explains in her column on CTVNews.ca that the time to act is now to keep debt levels under control, and she outlinessome warning signs to watch for.
While Facebook and Twitter have stepped up a war on the spread of misinformation, right-leaning voices have been taking up the call for Parler - a social media site that bills itself as a bastion of free speech. On CTVNews.ca, an explainer on how the platform works, and who's behind it.
His name is Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin. He comes with nearly 30 years of military experience, but now he's in for a mission like no other: overseeing the herculean logistical effort to see vaccines make their way across the country and into the arms of millions of Canadians in 2021.
Despite reassurance that COVID-19 isn’t easily spread through food, one food safety expert says you may want to avoid the homemade holiday treats sent from friends and family members this year.
While riding the bus and using less plastic are commendable, climate activists say there are other, more impactful ways Canadians can do their part to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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 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.
An Indigenous band councillor and two fishermen are facing charges in relation to tensions that erupted on the water after a Mi'kmaq First Nation launched a self-regulated fishery in southwestern Nova Scotia.
A report into anti-Indigenous discrimination in British Columbia’s health-care system has found "hundreds of examples of prejudice and racism" in health facilities across the province.
Frustration is growing in Calgary‘s South Asian community as members demand an apology from Alberta’s premier for comments he made suggesting their large family gatherings were to blame for rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Thousands of students could be missing from classrooms this week as a new campaign gains momentum. Two mothers from Langley, B.C., are urging parents across the province to keep their children home on Tuesday in protest of the provincial government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Firefighters in Australia are battling a massive bushfire that has been burning out of control for six weeks across the popular tourist spot of Fraser Island, as parts of the country's east swelter through a record-breaking heat wave following the hottest November on record.
Reaching out with his trunk, Kaavan the elephant tentatively greeted a fellow inhabitant of the Cambodian sanctuary where he is beginning his new life after being rescued from grim conditions in a Pakistani zoo.
A group of environmental organizations backed by thousands of Dutch citizens launched a civil case Tuesday against the energy giant Shell, asking a court to order the multinational to commit to reining in its carbon emissions by 45% by the year 2030.
An elephant dubbed the 'world's loneliest' landed in Cambodia Monday from Pakistan, receiving a warm welcome from American superstar Cher who will accompany him to a sanctuary housing potential mates.
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.
Quebec health officials reported another 1,177 cases of COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 143,548.
This week marks six months since the death of Chantel Moore, and the lawyer representing her estate says they haven't heard any new information on the status of the investigation into her death.
Nearly 50 Manitobans have been fined for violating public health orders in Manitoba in the past week, including attending church services, and Manitoba's premier says there is more to come.
Frustration is growing in Calgary‘s South Asian community as members demand an apology from Alberta’s premier for comments he made suggesting their large family gatherings were to blame for rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus.
A prominent Canadian forecaster says the country's residents could experience everything from winter wonderlands to spring-like spells in the months ahead.
A car drove at high speed into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing at least two people, including a young child, and seriously injuring 15 others before the driver was stopped by police, officials said.
Dozens of criminals armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.
Tens of thousands of farmers have swarmed India's capital where they intend to camp out for weeks to protest new agricultural laws that they say could destroy their livelihoods.
For the first time in 33 years, the Queen and Prince Philip won’t be spending Christmas at Sandringham Estate due to COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions.
Police in southern Germany have opened an investigation into the disappearance of a large wooden sculpture of a phallus from a mountainside where it appeared without explanation several years ago.
New Zealand has joined Australia in denouncing a graphic tweet posted by a Chinese official that shows a fake image of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to a child's throat.
Bill Cosby's lawyers will argue Tuesday that his 2018 sex assault trial was marred by evidence and testimony that should have been excluded as they ask Pennsylvania's highest court to throw out the conviction.
With the holidays right around the corner, you might be wondering what to get your left-handed friend. One Arkansas author is offering a gift with a twist, and it's not just any book, the format is made specifically for left-handed people.
Alberta Health Services has asked medical staff at hospitals in Calgary to take steps to conserve oxygen ahead of a potential pandemic-related increase in demand.
As the crush of incoming COVID-19 patients continues to strain hospitals across the U.S., officials across several states are worried their hospitals will be overwhelmed as the holiday season approaches.
As the precise order of who will follow seniors and health care workers in line to get COVID-19 vaccines is still being sorted out, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal and provincial governments agree that there should be a cross-Canada "consensus" on the matter.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the Liberal approach to lifting the country out of the COVID-19 economic recession won't be achieved through cuts.
The federal government is unveiling a new round of financial supports to respond to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, as the latest projections show the national deficit is projected to hit a new high: at least $381.6 billion this fiscal year.
A new study suggests that parts of Doggerland, the land that once connected Britain with continental Europe, survived the devastation of an ancient tsunami.
Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post.
A Chinese robot probe sent to return lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s landed on the moon Tuesday, the government announced, adding to a string of increasingly bold space missions by Beijing.
Statistics Canada says the economy grew at a record annualized pace of 40.5 per cent in the third quarter as businesses came out of COVID-19 lockdowns.
Shares in Imperial Oil Ltd. were rising after it announced late Monday it would write down up to $1.2 billion on Canadian assets it doesn't think it will ever develop.
Canadian bank executives say an economic rebound is on its way after months of governments and financial institutions working to offset turmoil with loans, deferrals, interest rate cuts and subsidies.
General Motors will not be taking a stake in the electric vehicle company Nikola, and the company said Monday that it was scuttling one of its marquee vehicles, an electric and hydrogen-powered pickup, after GM pulled technological support from the project.
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.
Claressa Shields has signed with the Professional Fighters League in a quest to become the first woman to hold simultaneous titles in both MMA and boxing. She will make her debut next year, and she hopes to have two or three MMA fights along with two boxing matches during 2021 before she attempts to win the PFL title in 2022.
