Decathlon champion Warner named Canada's flag-bearer for Tokyo closing ceremony
Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
The federal government's eased border restrictions are set to take effect on Monday – meaning that for the first time since March 2020, travellers from the U.S. will be allowed to enter Canada for non-essential purposes.
Experts say loss of smell is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 and can be a frustrating experience, particularly for long-haulers. But two Canadian entrepreneurs have developed a smell recovery program to help patients regain the sense.
The Peepeekisis Cree Nation is home to a unique and rarely acknowledged part of Canada’s residential school history: The File Hills Colony. Nearly 80 years later, community members are still feeling the effects of the so-called social experiment.
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized US$1.4 billion worth of illicit drugs from multiple ships, thanks in part to a Halifax-based Royal Canadian Navy ship.
The U.S. government has not approved booster shots against the virus, but an untold number of Americans have managed to get them by taking advantage of the nation's vaccine surplus and loose tracking of those who have been fully vaccinated.
Jennifer Aniston says that she has 'lost a few people' from her life due to their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination or disclose whether they had.
Penny Oleksiak cemented herself as Canada's most decorated Olympian with her three-medal performance in Tokyo, but the 21-year-old says it has been an ongoing process to deal with the fame and expectations that have come with her success.
On Thursday, Quebec announced it was moving forward with a vaccine passport that will allow vaccinated Quebecers to visit non-essential businesses amid a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that he's considering making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for federal employees, a move health and labour experts say could set an example but would have to be a decision backed by science.
More than half of Canadians agree with mandatory vaccinations for people who can be vaccinated to stop the spread of COVID-19 variants, according to a new poll from Nanos Research.
Canada walked away with another medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday after Evan Dunfee captured bronze in the men's 50-kilometre race walk.
Maria Weisgerber has the story of a rare flower attracting attention for its bloom and the scent that accompanies it.
Wally the walrus, a local celebrity in Ireland, was seen climbing into a boat in Ardmore Bay on the country's southern coast on Wednesday.
Andre De Grasse from Markham, Ont. sprinted to a gold medal in the 200-metre final in Tokyo. Two-time Olympian Anson Henry comments on De Grasse's performance.
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A new Netflix series chronicles two friends as they build the June Motel in Sauble Beach, Ontario.
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service says emperor penguins should be listed as a threatened species as climate change makes them vulnerable.
A Frontier Airlines passenger was taped to his seat after groping two flight attendants and punching a third one in the face.
A Calgary physician and outspoken critic of Alberta's plan to ease COVID restrictions has called on Premier Jason Kenney to resign.
Beverley De Grasse, the mother of Olympic gold medallist Andre De Grasse, talks to reporters about his victory in the Men's 200-metre final.
Canadian veteran Corey Shelson says interpreters still stranded in Afghanistan will be killed if Canada doesn't get them out immediately.
Zara Rutherford talks about how aviation's gender gap has motivated her goal of becoming the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.
A controversial open-pit coal mine project in the Canadian Rockies will not proceed because of its 'significant adverse environmental effects,' the government has decided.
Nova Scotia has opened advance polls for the upcoming provincial election, giving voters more options to cast their vote early.
No charges will be laid against an Alberta man who shot and killed an intruder after being beaten with a baseball bat, RCMP announced Friday.
Quebec is considering imposing a vaccine mandate for health-care workers amid a rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province.
Ontario health officials are reporting more than 300 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since late June.
A massive flower that blooms for just one day every few years and smells like decaying flesh will soon open again at Vancouver's Bloedel Conservatory.
Quebec plans to adopt a vaccine passport given a recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the province, Premier François Legault announced Thursday.
A Canadian soldier accused of drugging her comrades with cannabis-laced cupcakes during a live-fire exercise has pleaded not guilty to the charges in a military court.
The Peepeekisis Cree Nation is home to a unique and rarely acknowledged part of Canada’s residential school history: The File Hills Colony. Nearly 80 years later, community members are still feeling the effects of the so-called social experiment.
A crucial system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean that helps control temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere and has implications for the entire planet's weather systems is showing signs of instability due to human-made climate change, scientists say.
Three large wildfires churned across Greece on Saturday, with one threatening whole towns and cutting a line across Evia, the country's second-largest island, isolating its northern part. Others engulfed forested mountainsides and skirted ancient sites, leaving behind a trail of destruction that one official described as 'a biblical catastrophe.'
Researchers at the University of British Columbia say for the first time ever the extent of salmon habitat loss has been mapped in the Lower Fraser River, and the findings are grave.
The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead, says an expert.
The order affecting residents and campsites in areas on the west side of Okanagan Lake, came late Friday evening as wind fuelled the fire.
Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
Success and safety are not mutually exclusive is the takeaway from Canada's performance in Tokyo's Olympics. Canada's cautious approach to the COVID-19 pandemic made training and competing difficult for its Olympic hopefuls, but they seemed on board with putting public safety before their sports careers.
Canada's gold-medal-winning Olympic women's soccer team isn't just inspiring girls across the country; its roster at Tokyo 2020 is made up of young women who were directly inspired by the team's past performances.
Adam, who’s quick to point out that he’s three years older than Evan Dunfee, says he’s the reason his little brother got into the sport in the first place.
The hot and muggy weather in Tokyo that wreaked havoc on athletes throughout the Games could not slow down or cool off Canada on the final full day of competition.
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.
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