With a fraction of the rapid COVID-19 tests Canada has procured actually being used, the federal government is planning to begin offering them directly to more businesses and organizations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday.
Ahead of Katie Telford's highly anticipated appearance before the defence committee on Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s an opportunity for his chief of staff to "share her perspective" on the handling of an allegation of sexual misconduct against Gen. Jonathan Vance.
Ontario is reporting more than 3,100 new COVID-19 cases for the second day, but officials warn that the data may be underreported.
Manitoba has created a new paid sick leave program for employees who have to miss work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The British government on Friday announced a 'first tentative step' toward resuming international travel, saying U.K. citizens will be able to travel to countries including Portugal, Iceland and Israel later this month without having to quarantine on their return.
Instagram says it has fixed a problem that saw the removal of multiple posts covering Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and other social justice movements from its platform.
Europe's medicines regulator is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots, raising fresh questions about potential side-effects of the vaccine.
A wildfire in the vicinity of Tomahawk, Alta., west of Edmonton, forced nearby residents from their homes Thursday.
Amnesty International has reversed its decision to strip the jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status, the human rights group said on Friday.
Despite all of her accomplishments as Canada’s first Asian senator, Vivienne Poy says the celebratory month she helped to create to recognize Canadians of Asian descent has not yet achieved as much as she would have liked.
A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said.
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of wilfully violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
People under 40 in Britain will not be given the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine if another shot is available because of a link to extremely rare blood clots, the government said Friday. It said the change would not affect the goal of giving all U.K. adults at least one vaccine dose by July.
The military general leading the logistics of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout says that even with the number of Canadians who are now eligible to be immunized expanding, the country is expecting to have enough doses arriving to offer vaccines to everyone who wants them in the months ahead.
The federal government is edging closer to waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, as it faces increased pressure from members of Parliament of all party stripes.
Emergency room doctors and nurses in Canada are growing increasingly frustrated that many of them have yet to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The medical officer of health for one of Ontario’s hardest-hit regions explains why he’s enacted some of the strictest measures in the province throughout the pandemic and what he expects to happen in the coming weeks.
Researchers in Saskatchewan, along with others around the globe, are working to create a universal vaccine that might be able to work against all future coronavirus-related viruses.
An Ottawa-designed immunization booking system is gaining praise in Nova Scotia for its simplicity and effectiveness compared to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in other provinces.
Researchers have recovered a treasure trove of World War I artifacts from a cave shelter in northern Italy revealed by the melting of a glacier.
Two communities in Ontario have been shortlisted as potential homes for Canada's most radioactive nuclear waste.
Experts warn there could be a dramatic rise in the number of cases of chronic fatigue syndrome in the wake of the pandemic as some patients with long-term COVID-19 symptoms develop the debilitating disease.
Ohio state Sen. Andrew Brenner could be seen turning on a virtual background before taking part in a video meeting while driving.
Vickie Sek, the chairman at Christie's Asia Pacific Department of Jewelry, says the diamond is priced at around US$1.85M per carat.
Exclusive: 'Plausible to think that a third dose of the vaccine might be needed after a year after the initial vaccination.' - Moderna VP
Experts say the location where the Chinese rocket will land is only going to be known within hours of its re-entry.
Fighting Blindness Canada President and CEO Doug Earle says Canada is facing 'an emerging crisis of preventable blindness.'
This Japanese coastal town spent more than US$228,000 in government coronavirus relief aid on a massive squid statue.
Ontario is reporting more than 3,100 new COVID-19 cases for the second day, but officials warn that the data may be underreported.
Manitoba has created a new paid sick leave program for employees who have to miss work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two decades after a provincial language law was passed, a certain provision will finally come into force next year. All Quebec companies and government bodies will be getting only French communications from the province, at least in writing.
Despite all of her accomplishments as Canada’s first Asian senator, Vivienne Poy says the celebratory month she helped to create to recognize Canadians of Asian descent has not yet achieved as much as she would have liked.
A wildfire in the vicinity of Tomahawk, Alta., west of Edmonton, forced nearby residents from their homes Thursday.
A Montreal single mother is being forced to consider a David vs. Goliath fight in court after she claims a co-op rejected her family's request for housing for a plethora of discriminatory reasons.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country's health system shows no signs of abating.
Fire broke out Friday in a London, U.K., apartment tower which has cladding similar to that used on another housing block in the city where 72 people died in a 2017 blaze.
Amnesty International has reversed its decision to strip the jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status, the human rights group said on Friday.
World powers held a fourth round of high-level talks Friday aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, with both sides signalling a willingness to work out the major stumbling blocks.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Biden administration to release a detailed plan explaining what rules and health-related benchmarks will guide the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border to non-essential travel, in an effort to provide clarity 'to a confusing and frustrating process.'
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of wilfully violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
An Alberta man dropped his glasses while ice fishing and he fetched them from the bottom of the lake months later. Watch his diving adventure.
A young black bear is now safely back in the wild after venturing all the way into Vancouver's Gastown.
An Alberta man is refusing to admit defeat even though his glasses have been under a frozen lake for three months.
Prince William and Duchess Kate have launched their own YouTube channel in a push to modernize the monarchy. CTV’s Joy Malbon reports.
Two decades after a provincial language law was passed, a certain provision will finally come into force next year. All Quebec companies and government bodies will be getting only French communications from the province, at least in writing.
A Montreal single mother is being forced to consider a David vs. Goliath fight in court after she claims a co-op rejected her family's request for housing for a plethora of discriminatory reasons.
A former B.C. Mountie says the RCMP didn't help her adequately while she was managing 'all-consuming' PTSD.
Video shows an unexpected wave crashing on the shore of a popular park in Richmond, B.C., last week and nearly drowning a woman.
Had any other ice fisher dropped their glasses to the bottom of Lac Ste. Anne this past season, it might have been good-bye.
Two people who recently touched down at Toronto Pearson International Airport are facing thousands of dollars worth of fines for allegedly presenting fake COVID-19 pre-departure test results.
British Columbia has the second-highest rate of RCMP officer suicides in the country, but despite that, a new national program to combat those deaths has not been rolled out in the province.
Kitchener, Ont., boxer Mandy Bujold is vowing to fight a decision by the International Olympic Committee to deny her a spot at the Tokyo games after changes to the qualifying process knocked her out of the running.
A woman has been airlifted to hospital after being attacked by a cougar on her own property, B.C. conservation officers say.
Ahead of Katie Telford's highly anticipated appearance before the defence committee on Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s an opportunity for his chief of staff to "share her perspective" on the handling of an allegation of sexual misconduct against Gen. Jonathan Vance.
With a fraction of the rapid COVID-19 tests Canada has procured actually being used, the federal government is planning to begin offering them directly to more businesses and organizations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Biden administration to release a detailed plan explaining what rules and health-related benchmarks will guide the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border to non-essential travel, in an effort to provide clarity 'to a confusing and frustrating process.'
Manitoba has created a new paid sick leave program for employees who have to miss work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Europe's medicines regulator is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots, raising fresh questions about potential side-effects of the vaccine.
The World Health Organization on Friday gave its authorization for emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a U.N.-backed program rolling out coronavirus vaccines.
Instagram says it has fixed a problem that saw the removal of multiple posts covering Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and other social justice movements from its platform.
Despite mounting research to show the negative effect smart devices have on our quality of sleep, a new study suggests that blue light reducing features like Apple's Night Shift mode don't actually improve user’s sleep at all.
It doesn't look like much from the outside, but a building in central Rome holds a hidden treasure in the basement: the remains of a Roman era home, including elaborate mosaics.
A U.S. federal judge has allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released as he awaits trial on charges that he downloaded and possessed child pornography.
Justin Bieber's world tour is facing another delay as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on.
The family of Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to a settle a lawsuit.
Statistics Canada says the economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a new rise in COVID-19 cases led to renewed public health restrictions that closed businesses.
The head of the World Trade Organization said Friday the U.S. administration's call to remove patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines could help expand fair access to vaccines but might not be the most 'critical issue,' as officials in Europe increasingly insisted that more vaccine exports are the more pressing priority.
Protests in Colombia marked their ninth day on Thursday with smaller groups of demonstrators in cities including Bogota and Medellin, while industry groups warned of gasoline shortages across the country following road blocks.
The grief and separation everyone has felt during the pandemic greatly mirrors what immigrants in Canada and their children have felt for years, a pair of podcasters say.
Despite mounting research to show the negative effect smart devices have on our quality of sleep, a new study suggests that blue light reducing features like Apple's Night Shift mode don't actually improve user’s sleep at all.
The best way to protect yourself against illnesses like shingles, pneumonia and hepatitis A and B is to get vaccinated. Fortunately, thanks to your local pharmacy, the process has never been easier.
The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31.
The Canadian women's rugby sevens team, already embroiled in an ugly split with its coach arising from a formal complaint under Rugby Canada's harassment and bullying policy, is now dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19.
Canadian athletes and officials applauded the news that Pfizer and BioNTech are donating COVID-19 doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Games.
Booming sales in China helped propel German luxury carmaker BMW to stronger profits in the first three months of the year even as its home market Germany trailed the ongoing recovery in global car markets from the worst of the pandemic shutdowns.
A parliamentary committee tasked with studying how to incentivize the purchase and production of electric vehicles recently recommended that Ottawa work with provinces and industry to 'establish a national ZEV standard.'
The Stellantis automotive company created out of the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot reported Wednesday a 14 per cent increase in first-quarter revenues, despite a drop in production due to the semiconductor shortage.
Two communities in Ontario have been shortlisted as potential homes for Canada's most radioactive nuclear waste.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion dropped 10 per cent in the European Union last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates from the EU's statistical office.
Republican politicians in recent months have increasingly used food -- especially beef -- as a cudgel in a culture war, accusing climate-minded Democrats of trying to change Americans' diets and, therefore, their lives.
Industry could cheaply and easily slash humanity's methane emissions by at least 30 per cent in a decade, the United Nations said Thursday, adding that such cuts would slow global warming and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths.
A parliamentary committee tasked with studying how to incentivize the purchase and production of electric vehicles recently recommended that Ottawa work with provinces and industry to 'establish a national ZEV standard.'
Spare some pity for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as he tries to straddle two marching bands of public opinion, which are on a nasty collision course over his handling of the pandemic, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Line 5, a critical connection that will be ordered offline in just two weeks, is an unjustified act of treaty-breaking hostility by our American neighbours, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
I've never seen such raging ineptitude as Doug Ford is now showing as Ontario premier, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Reading the federal budget spending spree as it scrolls on for 720-plus pages, a certain numbness takes hold, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's flip on carbon pricing was an instant flop, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
CTV W5 investigates the challenge of accessing sexual assault evidence kits in Canada. Avery Haines speaks with survivors who were denied access to evidence kits.
Despite being the first Western scientist to study giraffes in their natural habitat, Canadian biologist Anne Innis Dagg says her career was cut short by sexism. W5 science journalist Dan Riskin explores her legacy and the consequences of sexism in academia.
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. Watch the documentary 'Pornhub' on Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV W5.
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.
