The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said Friday that the impact of new variants of COVID-19 in places like Britain, South Africa and Brazil remains to be seen, citing human behaviour for some recent rises in infection counts.
Over the next month Canada will be experiencing a 'temporary' delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, with the shortage resulting in an average of 50 per cent of coming doses delayed each week.
The spread of COVID-19 continues to surge rapidly across the country and federal officials are urging swift action to avoid Canadian doctors having to make 'impossible choices,' such as who gets an ICU bed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country.
The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation's most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York.
A Quebec family is furious after saying their loved one was allowed to leave a St. Eustache hospital in sub-zero temperatures in just a gown.
Getting 100 million shots in Americans' arms in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden declared Friday.
As provinces issue lockdown orders, curfews and other restrictions to combat record daily COVID-19 cases, with ICUs in some urban centres near capacity, Canadians are reminded to seek emergency care as they normally would should it be necessary.
Kamala Harris’ husband Douglas Emhoff has launched a new Twitter account confirming that he will use the title 'Second Gentleman.'
An Ontario MPP who sent Premier Doug Ford a two-page letter calling the provincial lockdown "deadlier than COVID" has been kicked out of caucus for his "irresponsible" comments.
An 11-year-old boy was removed from his home and his parents are in jail after police say an Orlando waitress noticed something was wrong and used a note to ask him if he needed help.
The mother of a seven-year-old girl who died in early January was charged Friday with criminal negligence causing death and assault.
An Associated Press review of public records, social media posts and videos shows at least 21 current or former members of the U.S. military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near the Capitol riot, with more than a dozen others under investigation but not yet named.
Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials."
U.S. President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in Florida.
About 10 new charges announced by the Justice Department on Thursday rammed home the message from law enforcement that it will find the participants in the siege of the Capitol that killed five people, including a Capitol Police officer.
An Associated Press review of public records, social media posts and videos shows at least 21 current or former members of the U.S. military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near the Capitol riot, with more than a dozen others under investigation but not yet named.
Federal watchdogs launched a sweeping review of how the FBI, the Pentagon and other law enforcement agencies responded to the riot at the U.S. Capitol, including whether there were failures in information sharing and other preparations that left the historic symbol of democracy vulnerable to assault by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters.
Payments in bitcoin worth more than US$500,000 were made to 22 different virtual wallets, most of them belonging to far-right activists and internet personalities, before the storming of the U.S. Capitol, cryptocurrency compliance startup Chainalysis said on Friday.
The U.S. Secret Service is renting a small studio apartment in Washington, D.C., near the home of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, a source with knowledge of the service's activities told CNN on Thursday, in order for agents to use the bathroom and have office space.
Now that the House has impeached U.S. President Donald Trump for the second time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden already faces the daunting task of steering a newly announced US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill through a closely divided Congress as the pandemic and its economic fallout grow.
A folk singer from Manitoba considered one of the pioneers of Indigenous music has died from COVID-19. Shingoose, born Curtis Jonnie, passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 74 on Jan. 12, according to his daughter, Nahanni Shingoose. He was a resident of the Southeast Personal Care Home in Winnipeg.
An Ontario woman, who recently travelled to the U.K. for endometriosis surgery after Canadian doctors dismissed her condition for years, has started a fund to help others in similar situations seek care abroad.
Former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt is speaking out about the threat of violence faced by caregivers and family members of loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease.
Experts are warning about something called 'quarantine myopia' in the wake of new research out of China that suggests that lockdowns could have a serious effect on young children’s eyesight.
While medical experts and Health Canada agree that rapid testing plays an important role in the fight against COVID-19, self-administered rapid tests have yet to see approval and clinical rapid testing is lagging behind.
The arrival of COVID vaccines have stirred excitement and optimism for a swift end to the global pandemic, with some seeing the shot as a 'free pass' to soon gather and socialize as they did pre-2020. Not so fast, experts say.
Legal experts are at odds over whether U.S. President Donald Trump can still issue pardons following his impeachment and how to interpret a constitutional clause on this issue.
An extinct species of wolf that served as inspiration for a mythical creature in 'Game of Thrones' had little in common with the gray wolves that roam North America today, new research has found.
Tax season is fast approaching and Canadians will be required to include the total amount of any aid they received from a number of government programs in 2020 when they file, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her blog for CTVNews.ca.
An Australian photographer documented for six months a wondrous tree shape he found in a drained New South Wales lake.
Eight people were injured, including the driver, after an articulated bus hit a guardrail and nearly fell off an overpass in New York City.
Some 140 billion dollars' worth of Bitcoin are stranded in digital wallets, and Stefan Thomas is no stranger to that
Here’s a look at what President Donald Trump could lose if he’s convicted in a potential impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.
Global weather groups say temperature levels in 2020 neared or hit the record of the hottest year set in 2016.
Dr. Samir Sinha: "We need all the help we can get right now. Because 40% of our homes are in outbreak."
Australia might have to kill a racing pigeon that crossed the Pacific Ocean from the U.S. due to quarantine risk.
A Quebec family is furious after saying their loved one was allowed to leave a St. Eustache hospital in sub-zero temperatures in just a gown.
The spread of COVID-19 continues to surge rapidly across the country and federal officials are urging swift action to avoid Canadian doctors having to make 'impossible choices,' such as who gets an ICU bed.
Several Black organizations were denied federal funding through a program designed to help such groups build capacity -- after Employment and Social Development Canada told them their leadership was not sufficiently Black.
More than 1,400 Albertans have died due to COVID-19, the province confirmed Friday as Alberta also recorded 785 new cases of the coronavirus.
B.C. has added 509 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 to its total, and nine deaths, health officials announced Friday in their last pandemic update of the week.
Ontario health officials are recording a spike in the number of people who have died due to COVID-19, as the province reports just over 2,900 new cases of the disease.
A bus dramatically plunged off a bridge in New York City late Thursday, leaving its front half hanging over a highway ramp, its fall broken only by the road below.
The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation's most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York.
An Egyptian judge overturned an acquittal verdict of two young women who were jailed last year for posting 'indecent' videos on the social media video app TikTok, ordering their pretrial detention for 15 days over fresh charges of 'human trafficking,' a judicial source said.
The U.S. has counted more COVID-19 deaths these last two weeks than any other 14-day stretch of the pandemic.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had "fabricated" drug trafficking accusations against his country's former defence minister and then his government published what he said was the entire case file provided by U.S. authorities when they sent him back to Mexico.
The $1.9 trillion rescue plan unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden offers the chance to sculpt the U.S. economy toward the Democrats' liking: a $15 minimum wage, aid to poor families and federal dollars going to public schools.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says a temporary delay will impact supply shipments from Pfizer for the next month.
A Florida waitress says she knew something was wrong when an 11-year-old boy sitting at one of her tables was forbidden from ordering anything to eat.
A cabinet minister's tweet about a note his 10-year-old son received after reaching out to a lonely new kid at his school has gone viral.
An effort is underway to have a banner honouring Nova Scotia's first Black NHL player prominently displayed once again, after it was sold at a yard sale three years ago.
The emergence of new variants of the original coronavirus is adding urgency to vaccinate.
A third grader from Toronto's astronaut dream has already drawn the support of one on the ISS.
The parents of a 27-year-old Calgary man have been charged following an investigation into alleged neglect.
An 'Instagram influencer' from Toronto who was lost overnight on a B.C. mountain has been found, search and rescue crews say.
An Ontario MPP who sent Premier Doug Ford a two-page letter calling the provincial lockdown "deadlier than COVID" has been kicked out of caucus for his "irresponsible" comments.
Quebec public health officials said Thursday that provincial advisors have recommended a prolonged COVID-19 vaccination schedule of up to 90 days between the first and second dose -- more than double what a national advisory committee recommended a day earlier.
A severe snowstorm that brought wind gusts of up to 102 km/h in Saskatoon left some souvenirs in its wake thanks to a rare weather phenomenon.
Barrie police have a man in custody more than 26 years after Katherine Janeiro was found dead in her basement apartment.
The town of Beaver Harbour, N.B. is preparing for a huge milestone that’s been 110 years in the making.
Ontario residents are anxiously waiting for life-saving and life-altering surgeries as the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelms hospitals forcing doctors to make tough decisions.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has removed United Conservative MLA Pat Rehn from the party's caucus effective immediately.
Over the next month Canada will be experiencing a 'temporary' delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, with the shortage resulting in an average of 50 per cent of coming doses delayed each week.
Emergency spending to deal with the COVID-19 crisis must not outlast the pain it's meant to salve, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in a newly released mandate letter.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country.
An Ontario woman, who recently travelled to the U.K. for endometriosis surgery after Canadian doctors dismissed her condition for years, has started a fund to help others in similar situations seek care abroad.
The Ontario Fertility Program has helped cover the cost of fertility services for more than 60,000 people over the last five years, but there are concerns that not enough is being done by employers to help cover other costs.
Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat.
NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature.
Canadian researchers helped discover that monkeys at a temple in Indonesia not only steal human visitors' belongings to exchange for food, but intentionally target the highest-value items.
An extinct species of wolf that served as inspiration for a mythical creature in 'Game of Thrones' had little in common with the gray wolves that roam North America today, new research has found.
Joanne Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers, star of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," has died. She was 92.
TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews three new movies this week: 'One Night in Miami,' 'Words on Bathroom Walls' and 'Outside the Wire.'
Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy who entertained millions with illusions using rare animals, has died in Las Vegas, his longtime publicist tells The Associated Press. He was 81.
President Xi Jinping is asking former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid a tariff war and tension over technology and security.
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter Inc. over alleged “false and defamatory” tweets can proceed in the province.
Bumble, the company best known for its female-centered dating app, is getting ready for its big date with Wall Street.
The owners of an iconic building in downtown Calgary have purchased a reconstruction of the landmark made out of nearly 8,500 LEGO pieces.
Mealworms may soon find their way into Europe's pasta bowls and dinner dishes, after becoming the first insect approved in the region as a human food.
The arrival of COVID vaccines have stirred excitement and optimism for a swift end to the global pandemic, with some seeing the shot as a 'free pass' to soon gather and socialize as they did pre-2020. Not so fast, experts say.
Tesla Inc. is balking at recalling about 159,000 vehicles with potentially defective touch screens, so U.S. safety regulators are moving to force the company to take action.
A snowmobiler who went missing Jan. 8 was rescued by the Ontario Provincial Police on Jan. 9 near Wawa.
The start of the Formula One season was delayed by one week on Tuesday after the Australian Grand Prix was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese cabinet minister Taro Kono has said "anything can happen" in regard to the postponed Tokyo Olympics, raising more doubts about the games scheduled to begin in just over six months.
The Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman has no regrets about opting out of the 2020 NFL campaign to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. But he definitely plans on resuming his pro career with the Kansas City Chiefs after this season.
The PGA Tour will not hold the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship in Mexico City this year due to concerns related to COVID-19, according to multiple media outlets.
Alberta's beleaguered public inquiry into anti-energy campaigns is the target of criticism, yet again.
The Canadian Coast Guard will report whale sightings in real time from a new marine mammal desk established to protect endangered southern resident killer whales and other cetaceans in British Columbia waters.
Within this century, nearly 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere could permanently lose ice cover in winters due to global warming -- including parts of the Great Lakes, according to new research out of York University.
A towering stainless steel monolith set up along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta comes with a message.
Forests and other land ecosystems today absorb 30 per cent of humanity's CO2 pollution, but rapid global warming could transform these natural 'sinks' into carbon 'sources' within a few decades, opening another daunting front in the fight against climate change.
After an awkward and apologetic start, Rick Hillier confidently leading Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
A perfect storm is battering the brand of politicians across party lines and provincial boundaries, worsened by having leaders caught up in the turbulence, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
In a new political column on CTVNews.ca, Don Martin dusts off the crystal ball to decipher what future shocks will rattle the political landscape in 2021.
In his latest column for CTVNews.ca, Don Martin picks his top watch-worthy politicians, a handful of names who, based on solid or inspiring performances, will likely become powerhouses of their realm in the years ahead.
If you rule out a microscopic organism, specifically that spiked ball of viral misery called COVID-19, picking the top Canadian newsmaker in 2020 is a helluva tough call. Having said that, the obvious Canadian politician of the year is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
