With just two days until election day, the Conservative Party won't say whether they will require any candidates elected to be members of Parliament to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before heading to sit in the House of Commons, in contrast to the positions of the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois.
With the 2021 federal election just two days away, it is still a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives, according to the latest polling data from Nanos Research released on Saturday.
Anti-vaccine protesters allegedly entered multiple schools in B.C.'s Shuswap region Friday, prompting strong words from district officials.
Four U.S. senators have asked U.S. President Joe Biden to lift restrictions that have barred travel by Canadians across the northern U.S. border since March 2020.
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are currently studying whether they can turn edible plants into mRNA vaccines.
The founder of a campaign aimed at getting answers from candidates on their commitment to addressing assault and harassment in the workplace says she has yet to hear back from any of the major parties' leaders.
A campaign that started with anger over Justin Trudeau's decision to call an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is ending amid anger over conservative premiers' handling of the health crisis.
With a fourth wave of the pandemic underway, provinces and territories are responding with a variety of restrictions. CTVNews.ca looks at what is and is not allowed in each jurisdiction.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection to the death of his one-year-old child in Wellesley Township.
Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean just before sunset, not far from where their chartered flight began three days earlier.
The federal Liberals say a candidate in downtown Toronto will no longer run under their banner after it came to light that he had previously faced a sexual assault charge that was later dropped.
France's foreign minister has denounced what he called the 'duplicity, disdain and lies' surrounding the sudden rupture of France's lucrative contract to make submarines for Australia in favour of a U.S. deal and declared that a crisis is at hand among the Western allies.
Police searched a vast Florida wildlife reserve on Saturday for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle 'Gabby' Petito, while across the country the FBI hunted for clues about the missing woman in a mountainous national park in Wyoming.
Daniel and Davy Macias spent 18 months being very cautious about COVID-19. They wiped down surfaces, showered after work and even had their groceries delivered, but that didn't stop them from contracting the virus.
Pooh illustrator Kim Raymond is hosting two one-night stays at the 'Bearbnb,' custom-built at the real site that inspired the fictional Hundred Acre Wood in England to celebrate the 95th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh's creation by writer A. A. Milne.
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new statutory holiday to commemorate residential schools, will be held on Sept. 30 for the first time this year. Most federal employees will have the day off, but most Canadians will be working.
An Afghan interpreter has been reunited with her family in Canada after they were able to board one of the last evacuation flights out of Kabul.
A new study has found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is evolving to get better at becoming airborne in its newer variant forms, raising concerns that loose-fitting face masks only provide 'modest control' against infection.
The capacity of coral reefs around the world to provide essential benefits and services to humans has diminished by half since the 1950s, according to a new study.
Dark energy, a mysterious force believed to be causing the universe to expand at an accelerated rate, may have been detected by scientists for the first time.
The truth of the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Canada is starkly clear inside the intensive care unit at Hamilton General, where the majority of the COVID-19 patients struggling on life support are young — and unvaccinated.
Use this interactive tool to compare COVID-19 in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces over the entire period of the pandemic, to present day.
Health Canada has authorized brand name changes for three COVID-19 vaccines. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will now be named Comirnaty, the Moderna vaccine will be named SpikeVax, and the AstraZeneca vaccine will be named Vaxzevria, Health Canada said in a tweet Thursday.
The father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl whose hair was cut by a teacher without her parents' permission has filed a US$1 million lawsuit against the school district, a librarian and a teacher's assistant.
A new study from the University of Guelph suggests that the vast majority of Canadian kids are consuming too much sugar.
Genevieve Beauchemin has the story of a former Afghan interpreter finally reuniting with her family in Canada.
The Guinness Book of Records has been keeping track of human achievement for decades. Genevieve Beauchemin reports on the new additions.
A video rental store in Kingston, Ont. says they received a movie 9 years overdue with a late fee over $2,000.
With a fourth wave of the pandemic underway, provinces and territories are responding with a variety of restrictions. CTVNews.ca looks at what is and is not allowed in each jurisdiction.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection to the death of his one-year-old child in Wellesley Township.
Prince Edward Island's Opposition leader says a rise in COVID-19 cases has revealed the inappropriateness of a public scolding dished out by the premier over criticisms of the government's back-to-school pandemic policies.
According to data presented during a physicians' town hall, Saskatchewan has the "highest burden" of COVID-19 in Canada.
The leaders of four health-care unions and the Alberta Federation of Labour implored Premier Jason Kenney to submit a formal request for assistance from Ottawa as hospitals grapple with increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients.
The term 'triage' may be a scary one to hear, but Alberta's health authorities are preparing its staff and the public for the possibility of that extreme measure.
CTV News is shown the ICU at Hamilton General Hospital, where one third of the beds are filled with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients.
Two explosions involving fuel tanks occurred on Sept.13 in Bolivia, injuring at least 12 people.
Criminal lawyer Daniel Brown says there are enough laws already on the books for police to crack down on protests in front of hospitals.
Indigenous artist Johnny Bandura painted 215 portraits of what the children of Kamloops Indian Residential School could have grown up into.
A newly opened plant in Iceland captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transforms it into stone.
Brazilian luthiers are transforming PVC material, usually used in construction, into violins for low-income children.
The Callander Bay Heritage Museum has received a 'treasured' collection of Dionne Quintuplets memorabilia as part of a large donation.
There’s always been something special about Norman. The Japanese mastiff is a universal blood donor and has saved the lives of 16 other dogs. Now, a fundraiser to pay for an expensive surgery for Norman has surpassed its goal in just a day.
As many as 150 people gathered at Halifax City Hall on Saturday calling for a ban on tent evictions for those experiencing homelessness in the city.
Indigenous knowledge keepers are helping Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq rename pieces of art that were given inappropriate titles.
Albertans woke up Thursday to new restrictions implemented by the province to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Bird watchers are amassing in a rural area near Aylmer, Ont., hoping to catch sight of a bird that is way off track.
It's not unusual to find an old licence plate in a riverbed. But finding one that is 108 years old, and in near pristine condition, doesn't happen every day.
The calls from doctors and political experts for the premier to step down are growing louder following Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw's admission that lifting pandemic restrictions for the summer was a mistake.
Alberta's chief medical officer of health has admitted the province's lifting of restrictions earlier this summer was the wrong approach.
With the 2021 federal election just two days away, it is still a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives, according to the latest polling data from Nanos Research released on Saturday.
With just two days until election day, the Conservative Party won't say whether they will require any candidates elected to be members of Parliament to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before heading to sit in the House of Commons, in contrast to the positions of the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he remains open to getting rid of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system if his party is re-elected, but added that it's not a priority since there's no consensus on the issue.
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are currently studying whether they can turn edible plants into mRNA vaccines.
A new study has found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is evolving to get better at becoming airborne in its newer variant forms, raising concerns that loose-fitting face masks only provide 'modest control' against infection.
Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots across the board, and instead endorsed the extra vaccine dose only for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.
The Netherlands has long been the world's tallest nation -- but its people are getting shorter, according to Dutch researchers.
Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean just before sunset, not far from where their chartered flight began three days earlier.
Facing Kremlin pressure, Apple and Google on Friday removed an opposition-created smartphone app that tells voters which candidates are likely to defeat those backed by Russian authorities, as polls opened for three days of balloting in Russia's parliamentary election.
From seeing stars moved to tears in connecting with audiences, to the transparent handling of a COVID-19 case, the Toronto International Film Festival co-heads say they feel this year's hybrid pandemic showcase was successful and safe.
The city of Paris is unveiling a monumental artwork built around an actual monument: the Arc de Triomphe completely wrapped in silver and blue fabric.
The world's first female chess grandmaster, Nona Gaprindashvili, has filed a US$5-million defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a line in its 'The Queen's Gambit' series which her lawyers say is false and sexist.
Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than US$3 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement.
An imposing bronze statue was unveiled in Hungary's capital on Thursday which its creators say is the first in the world to pay homage to the anonymous creator of the Bitcoin digital currency.
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday denied allegations that she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to favor China during her time as World Bank CEO, as the IMF's executive board launched a formal review of the matter.
Toronto, Amsterdam, Melbourne and Tokyo among other cities have been this year's top 10 for safest cities in the world according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index (SCI,) which ranks 60 international destinations on digital security, health security, infrastructure, personal security, as well as environmental security.
There’s always been something special about Norman. The Japanese mastiff is a universal blood donor and has saved the lives of 16 other dogs. Now, a fundraiser to pay for an expensive surgery for Norman has surpassed its goal in just a day.
Work to shore up the Notre-Dame de Paris has been finished, allowing restoration to start at the cathedral two years after a fire destroyed the attic and sent its spire crashing through the vaults below, officials said on Saturday.
Zdeno Chara, 44, has signed a one-year contract with the New York Islanders, the team that originally drafted him 25 years ago.
The Americans would seem to have a lot in their favor at the Ryder Cup. They have eight of the top 10 players in the world ranking on a team that has won twice as many majors as Europe's squad.
Brazilian soccer great Pele 'took a little step back' in his recovery from surgery to remove a tumor from his colon, his daughter Kely Nascimento said Friday, but he is 'recovering well' at a Sao Paulo hospital.
Britain says it can deal with soaring gas prices and will protect customers, after some small energy providers went bust and meat producers said their industry was threatened by the knock-on impact.
Sebastian Vettel will drive for Aston Martin next year after the Formula One team extended his contract by one year on Thursday.
NASCAR will open the 2022 season inside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in one of the biggest shakeups to its schedule in years.
Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, momentarily driving away firefighters as they try to protect the world's tallest tree by wrapping its base in protective foil.
The capacity of coral reefs around the world to provide essential benefits and services to humans has diminished by half since the 1950s, according to a new study.
U.S. President Joe Biden urged world leaders to join the United States and European Union in a pledge to cut methane emissions, hoping to build momentum before an international summit on climate change begins next month.
Friday was the wettest Sept. 17 Vancouver has seen since at least 1937, according to Environment Canada.
Prince William announced 15 inaugural finalists Friday for the Earthshot Prize, his ambitious global environmental award that aims to find new ideas and technologies to tackle climate change, air pollution and the Earth's most pressing challenges.
The thrill is clearly gone in having Justin Trudeau as Canada's 23rd prime minister, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
The three main parties – Liberal, Conservative and NDP – have all made the same promise to create one million jobs. What we didn’t hear is how each party plans to specifically target jobs for women who were disproportionately impacted during the pandemic, Mi'kmaw lawyer Pamela Palmater writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
The trick for the Liberals has always been to say the right thing on climate change, writes former NDP leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca. This time, he says voters can see past the Liberal 'smokescreen' and 'they’re not going to be conned again.'
Former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes explains, in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca, why is she throwing her support behind a Conservative candidate for the 2021 federal election. ‘Why would I ever give the Conservatives space, even once in my life? I respect the question. After all, I did say that I am a Liberal, and I will always be a Liberal at heart.'
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau lost, but didn’t face the sort of devastating smackdown which would end his prime ministerial prospects, Don Martin writes in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
A Canadian woman speaks out about her nightmarish ordeal to remove all traces of her videotaped sexual assault from the largest porn website in the world.
CTV’s W5 joins biologists as they search for bats in Ontario and the secrets they may hold in combating the growing COVID-19 pandemic.
Now that COVID-19 is in its third wave in many parts of the country, it’s important to see how medical professionals are coping on the front lines. W5 looks into how doctors, nurses and personal support workers are handling stress, anxiety and burnout.
W5 investigates a controversial Christian sect that has divided the small town of Aylmer, Ont. The Church of God Restoration and its fervent pastor have made headlines for their "anti-lockdown" rhetoric, causing turmoil in the once-sleepy town.
While investigating the tragedy of flight PS752 in which a civilian passenger plane was shot down by the Iranian military in January 2020, W5 found numerous reports of shootdowns of civilian planes by militaries and combatants around the world. We went looking for statistics on how many lives have been lost in this unimaginable manner.
Now that Iran has issued its final technical report about Flight 752, which was downed by a surface-to-air missile from Iran's military in January 2020, W5 investigates what Canada's options are to respond to the "incomplete" investigation.
While class-action lawsuits can be helpful in certain cases, due to the complex nature of institutional abuse cases, they may not be the golden ticket survivors hope for.
If aliens are sending us signals, are we set up to detect them? Dan Riskin speaks with planetary scientists, radio astronomers, and computer scientists who explain how the search for ET has ramped up in the last few decades. But if they're successful, is there a way to predict what alien creatures might look like?
