Merck Canada is partnering with Thermo Fisher Scientific to manufacture Merck’s antiviral drug molnupiravir at a facility in Whitby, Ont., for distribution to global markets, the company announced on Monday.
While questions remain about the effectiveness of current vaccines in protecting against the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, experts insist that anyone who is eligible should still get their booster shot.
Dominic Barton is stepping down as Canada's ambassador to China at the end of this year, Trudeau says
Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says the federal government will soon release some of the residential school records it's been criticized for withholding to a national archives centre.
Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the outbreak must not be squandered and the world should ensure it is prepared for the next viral onslaught, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine said.
After expanding its travel ban to include 10 countries in southern Africa, the Canadian government has introduced a temporary exception for travellers who provide a negative PCR test within 48 hours of departing.
The former CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the many factors contributing to Canada's increasingly hot housing market, while notable, aren't cumulating in a housing bubble.
A first-of-its-kind study involving researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health shows that a stem cell-based treatment delivered through an implantable device can produce insulin in Type 1 diabetes patients.
Monday marks the 32nd anniversary of what's widely believed to be Canada's largest mass shooting specifically targeting women.
Pop star Justin Bieber performed to a packed crowd in the Red Sea city of Jiddah in Saudi Arabia, singing some of his most popular hits. The Sunday night concert took place even as human rights campaigners and activists called on Bieber to cancel his performance to protest the kingdom's arrests and crackdown of critics.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted of incitement and another charge Monday and sentenced to four years in prison -- in a trial widely criticized as a further effort by the country's military rulers to reverse the democratic gains of recent years.
Eating less meat and dairy is one of the ways we can have a positive impact on the future of the planet, as multiple studies on climate change have demonstrated.
The federal Liberals are expected to introduce a bill in the House of Commons today that would revive a legislative push to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences.
A new allegation of sexual harassment against Chris Cuomo emerged just days before CNN announced it was firing the anchor amid an investigation into work he did defending his brother from similar harassment allegations.
Chanel is facing widespread criticism on social media over the contents of its advent calendar, many of which appear to be cheaply made despite the item's hefty price tag.
According to a report on traveller trends from Expedia, in 2022, around two-thirds of Canadians are planning a 'no regrets' type of adventure for their next trip.
Canada's tight labour market is forcing many companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even as Omicron variant cases rise.
A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog have completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada.
A U.S. congressman on Saturday posted a Christmas picture of himself and what appeared to be his family, smiling and posing with an assortment of guns, just days after four teenagers were killed in a shooting at a Michigan high school.
Melted sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has paved the way for killer whales to spend more time in these waters, but researchers worry that this could threaten species of prey in these areas, potentially throwing the ecosystem off balance.
Experts are divided on whether travel is advisable in light of the Omicron variant spurring restrictions at the border and new travel bans leading into the holiday season.
COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to COVAX by Canada have recently begun to arrive at their intended destinations, all while the spread of Omicron highlights one of the dangers of failing to ensure global vaccine coverage.
Women in Canada are becoming more pessimistic about gender equality in the workplace, with a majority feeling the pace of change has been slow despite more awareness and they still aren’t being offered the same opportunities as men, according to a recent survey.
Demand has been high in Canada and the United States for one of this year's hottest toys — Magic Mixies — with several retailers reporting no stocks of the popular holiday item amid high demand and supply chain challenges.
A Christmas-decorated car in Saint John has become a holiday icon in N.B. CTV’s Todd Battis reports.
Video released by NASA shows a total solar eclipse as seen from Western Antarctica on Dec. 4.
An exhibit of Indigenous artist Robert Houle’s work is being held at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Donna Sound reports.
Security cameras captured a family of bears playing in Campbell River, B.C.
Six-year-old Callan Perks is receiving widespread acclaim over his electrifying pre-game speech to the OHL's Peterborough Petes.
After spending 91 days in hospital with COVID-19 complications, an Ontario man is marking a milestone by thanking the people who saved his life.
Former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine says he is keeping hope to his heart as he prepares to make a second trip to the Vatican to ask a pope to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools.
After expanding its travel ban to include 10 countries in southern Africa, the Canadian government has introduced a temporary exception for travellers who provide a negative PCR test within 48 hours of departing.
Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique received a rare offering of thanks from members of the province's Indigenous community for the department’s work on cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Before the legalization of cannabis, some who were opposed to the concept suggested that it could lead to more impaired driving, particularly among youth. That worry was unwarranted, according to a new study that found that legalization has not been associated with changes in traffic injuries in Canada.
According to a report on traveller trends from Expedia, in 2022, around two-thirds of Canadians are planning a 'no regrets' type of adventure for their next trip.
More residents of Merritt, B.C. were given the green light to return home after the city once again lifted flood evacuation orders.
Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes began receiving their awards on Monday in scaled-down local ceremonies adapted for pandemic times.
A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted of incitement and another charge Monday and sentenced to four years in prison -- in a trial widely criticized as a further effort by the country's military rulers to reverse the democratic gains of recent years.
A new allegation of sexual harassment against Chris Cuomo emerged just days before CNN announced it was firing the anchor amid an investigation into work he did defending his brother from similar harassment allegations.
The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies made their first public appearance since losing four of their members in the Waukesha Christmas parade attack. On Saturday, the group led the Franklin Christmas parade to honour the members taken too soon.
Pope Francis said Monday he accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris because the monsignor could no longer govern effectively thanks to the 'gossip' about his relationship with a woman a decade ago.
Video footage recorded on Dec. 5 shows a residential area in Indonesia that turned into a ghost town following the Semeru volcano eruption.
Climate change is making the Mediterranean Sea warmer, and as Dan Riskin reports, it's causing fish to seek cooler waters.
A linguist breaks down the debate over pronouncing 'Omicron' and why some think it's 'ah-me-cron,' 'oh-me-cron' or how the ancient Greeks said it.
Joseph Ashoona and Deion Pearce of Nunavut Youth Leaders say the government is failing to adequately address Nunavut's suicide crisis.
John Letts is calling on the Canadian federal government for help to repatriate his son from a detention centre in Syria.
This rare, monstrous-looking, deep-sea ‘footballfish’ was found on a beach by a man who first thought it was a jellyfish.
For many Saint John, N.B. residents, the sight of a Volkswagen Beetle in front of an old-school barbershop on the city’s west side has become a sure sign that the holidays have arrived.
The wayward barge that has been stranded on Vancouver's Sunset Beach since mid-November's historic storm is earning rave reviews online.
Two B.C. residents who've made cross-border day trips to Washington State are now stuck in quarantine due to confusion over an app.
An Ontario woman is giving her land back to the Indigenous community and is hoping to inspire others to do the same.
Hollywood actor Kal Penn is gearing up to play Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia on the big screen.
Some Manitobans are finding out the hard way about requirements to re-enter Canada after short trips into the U.S.
The New Brunswick government says it will increase the minimum wage by $2 per hour in 2022. The 17 per cent increase represents the most significant jump in the rate since 1980.
Canada Goose workers in Winnipeg have voted to unionize.
Sodium cromoglycate is a safe, effective, no longer commonly used medication that's been around for more than 50 years. Suddenly it's become very costly for those who use it.
Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says the federal government will soon release some of the residential school records it's been criticized for withholding to a national archives centre.
Dominic Barton is stepping down as Canada's ambassador to China at the end of this year, Trudeau says
Opposition MPs are getting ready to review the Liberals' latest package of pandemic aid and grill Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about myriad economic issues.
Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the outbreak must not be squandered and the world should ensure it is prepared for the next viral onslaught, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine said.
A first-of-its-kind study involving researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health shows that a stem cell-based treatment delivered through an implantable device can produce insulin in Type 1 diabetes patients.
While questions remain about the effectiveness of current vaccines in protecting against the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, experts insist that anyone who is eligible should still get their booster shot.
Twitter acknowledged on Friday that a new policy it unveiled this week to protect users from harassment is being abused by malicious actors — days after journalists, left-wing activists and self-described 'sedition hunters' reported their accounts had been locked for sharing publicly available images of anti-maskers, anti-vaccine protesters and suspected Capitol insurrectionists.
Marine creatures and plants typically found in coastal regions have found new ways to survive in the open ocean by colonizing plastic pollution, scientists say.
The International Space Station had to adjust its orbit to avoid collision with a piece of debris from a U.S. rocket, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Friday.
The Kennedy Center Honors returned to tradition this year with a real-life gala Sunday night and the presence of the president for the first time since 2016.
After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago, the big question when the actor's trial resumes Monday will be whether he will tell his side of the story.
British actor Tom Holland said he will portray legendary film star Fred Astaire in an upcoming Sony biopic, who is best remembered for dancing and singing with Ginger Rogers in several musicals, including 'Top Hat' and 'Swing Time.'
For blueberry farmers in Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie, decades of hard work were washed away with one fatal blow from Mother Nature.
Canada's tight labour market is forcing many companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even as Omicron variant cases rise.
European shares and U.S. futures rose Monday after a lackluster day in Asia, where shares fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai after troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande warned it may run out of money.
Eating less meat and dairy is one of the ways we can have a positive impact on the future of the planet, as multiple studies on climate change have demonstrated.
A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog have completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada.
Homesickness around the holiday season led one couple living in northern Alberta to start a Christmas tree lot stocked with special firs from their family farm in Nova Scotia.
After 21 races, the championship battle is tied as F1 screams into its title-deciding season finale in Abu Dhabi. It's the first time since 1974 the championship leaders have been level going into their final Sunday drive, which will be a head-to-head battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that no U.S. government officials will attend the 2022 Beijing Olympics, implementing a diplomatic boycott of the games, according to several sources.
Buck O'Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field, joined Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso and three others in getting chosen for the Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Before the legalization of cannabis, some who were opposed to the concept suggested that it could lead to more impaired driving, particularly among youth. That worry was unwarranted, according to a new study that found that legalization has not been associated with changes in traffic injuries in Canada.
After 21 races, the championship battle is tied as F1 screams into its title-deciding season finale in Abu Dhabi. It's the first time since 1974 the championship leaders have been level going into their final Sunday drive, which will be a head-to-head battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
Pop star Justin Bieber performed to a packed crowd in the Red Sea city of Jiddah in Saudi Arabia, singing some of his most popular hits. The Sunday night concert took place even as human rights campaigners and activists called on Bieber to cancel his performance to protest the kingdom's arrests and crackdown of critics.
British Columbia has expanded emergency financial assistance for people affected by extensive flooding and landslides over the last three weeks.
Many fish species in the Mediterranean Sea are moving deeper down to counteract the effects of warming water, new research shows.
For blueberry farmers in Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie, decades of hard work were washed away with one fatal blow from Mother Nature.
Crop production over the past year took a nosedive largely due to extremely hot and dry weather conditions in the Prairies during the growing season, according a Statistics Canada report released on Friday.
Melted sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has paved the way for killer whales to spend more time in these waters, but researchers worry that this could threaten species of prey in these areas, potentially throwing the ecosystem off balance.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s populist policies have recently turned against him, as employers in all regions of the province complain bitterly about a labour shortage that is crippling many businesses, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
In Florida, to enter a hardware store wearing a mask means you will be immediately identified as a staffer and asked for directions to the plumbing department. To wear one indoors in a restaurant means you’re a Biden-loving Democrat or a Canadian, writes Don Martin in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
The first day of question period in the new session of Parliament sounded exactly like it did before the election – only noisier, writes Don Martin in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
The worst may now be behind Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole as his party prepares to return to Parliament in five days to take aim at the real target, specifically Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, writes Don Martin in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
There’s been a lot of debate as to whether the UN climate summit in Glasgow was a success or failure. In his latest column for CTVNews.ca, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair calls it a ‘turning point’ for Canada on the world stage, and that we’ve finally taken a leadership role in sustainable development.
W5’s documentary ‘Death Penalty' compiles the first-ever research on a growing trend to treat overdose deaths as potential homicides.
Homicide charges following investigations into overdose deaths in Canada can be described as falling into two categories: pre- and post- fentanyl. W5 found that starting in 2016, there was a significant uptick: 135 manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death charges being laid by police and prosecutors across Canada.
A W5 investigation helped convince B.C.'s government to launch a commission to investigate the scope of money laundering in the province's economy. Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West is among those eagerly waiting for its recommendations. Watch W5's 'The Laundromat: Inquiry' Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV.
W5 digs into the disappearance in Truro, N.S. in May of 2020, raising critical questions about the police and search and rescue mission.
Dawn Carisse went missing from the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital more than 2 decades ago. She vanished without a trace. Now a private investigator turned podcaster is finding new clues for her family.
Saturday on W5: Sandie Rinaldo is given a very rare look inside the private life of a very private public figure -- former federal justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould.
W5 investigates sexual misconduct in the military, and interviews Canadian soldiers who claim they were sexually abused while serving their country.
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.
