Former prime minister Jean Chretien says he is concerned about the future of Canada's economy, with inflation at a near 20-year high, saying in a wide-ranging interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV's Question Period, that Canada is 'moving into a dark alley.'
Applying cold water directly to a fire burning in 10 containers aboard a cargo ship near Victoria is not an option due to hazardous materials in two of them, the Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday.
A rise in teen girls developing 'tic-like' behaviours could be linked to TikTok, along with an increase in anxiety and depression, doctors say.
Family, peers and community members of Halyna Hutchins mourned the cinematographer's untimely death after the 42-year-old was killed on the film set of 'Rust' from a firearm mishap.
A 15-year-old boy is dead and six other teens have been airlifted to Toronto trauma centres after a pickup truck lost control and flipped north-east of Toronto.
A new Delta subvariant COVID-19 strain has been designated a 'Variant Under Investigation' by the U.K., saying early evidence suggests it may be more transmissible compared to Delta.
Singer Ed Sheeran revealed Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, a week after being seen with Prince William, the Duchess of Cabridge and actor Emma Watson.
The majority of Canadian residents who received the federal Canada Recovery Benefit were continuous or repeat recipients of the now-ended aid program, An internal government analysis reveals.
There is no correlation between risk of miscarriages in the first trimester and receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study.
Colombian security forces have captured the country's most wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, a rural warlord who evaded a decade-long manhunt by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right.
A 2.5 billion-year-old ruby was discovered to have carbon residue, which researchers say was once ancient life.
In a series of tweets published early Saturday, Martha Rogers, a director of Rogers Communications, called for her brother, Edward Rogers, to 'step down.'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata.
An earthquake shook Taiwan's capital, Taipei, on Sunday and caused falling rocks that injured a woman and damaged a car. No deaths were reported.
Britain's new envoy to Ottawa says Canada still has credibility as a reliable partner on fighting climate change despite a domestic rise of greenhouse gas emissions in recent years.
An American woman who previously beat cancer had COVID-19 for a year, doctors say, in a case study they hope will help scientists understand how immunocompromised people are affected by the virus.
A new documentary called the 'Scattering of Man' details the horrors experienced by the Tsay Keh Dene Nation before and after a flood caused by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in B.C. in the 1960s.
Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere have been warming six times faster since 1992 than they were at any other time period in the past 100 years, a Canadian study suggests.
Airing Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV: a W5 investigation into an unconventional treatment for severe depression and PTSD that involves the drug ketamine.
An annual study monitoring the heart rates of viewers claims to have found the new scariest movie of all time: independent horror flick 'Host.'
The Royal Canadian Mint is launching Canada’s first-ever coloured dimes to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bluenose, the famous fishing schooner that graces the coins.
CTVNews.ca asked two experts to answer common questions submitted by readers about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. Here's a look at their responses.
Firearms experts say it is rare for someone to be killed from a prop gun while filming a movie or TV show, as a weapons master or armorer is mandated to be on set to ensure everyone's safety, in addition to providing rigorous training and gun handling to actors beforehand.
The video shows a group of surfers seemingly unaware of the threat just below them.
'If I can show people it's going to be okay, that's what's important to me.' The story behind a B.C. woman who's recovering from a life-altering surgery by inspiring others.
An Ontario student with dwarfism is using social media to dispel myths about little people.
A male alligator removed from a lagoon at an Australian zoo after showing hostility towards other alligators and charging zookeepers.
A 15-year-old boy is dead and six other teens have been airlifted to Toronto trauma centres after a pickup truck lost control and flipped north-east of Toronto.
A new bill tabled in Quebec aims to combat sexual violence in the province’s schools.
Applying cold water directly to a fire burning in 10 containers aboard a cargo ship near Victoria is not an option due to hazardous materials in two of them, the Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday.
Iqaluit residents could get a break on their water bills as they continue to deal with fuel contamination that's prevented them from being able to drink their tap water.
Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting one COVID-19 related death, along with 51 new cases and 112 recoveries on Sunday, as the total number of active cases in the province drops to 627.
An Ontario man has been charged with murder after the disappearance of his mother and grandmother in Whitby.
With Laundrie now gone and many questions still unanswered, experts say investigators could home in on crime scenes, circumstances and key items to help them answer what happened to Petito
The Caribbean island of Puerto Rico -- in recent years pummelled by deadly hurricanes, rocked by earthquakes, beset by political unrest and saddled by debt -- has quietly managed to outpace even New England states with the highest vaccination rates in the U.S.
German police said on Sunday they had stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and batons who were trying to patrol the Polish border to stop migrants from entering the country.
A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and resume nuclear diplomacy, days after the North fired off its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years.
The husband of U.K. charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained more than five years in Iran, has gone on a hunger strike again after a court decided she has to spend another year in prison.
An earthquake shook Taiwan's capital, Taipei, on Sunday and caused falling rocks that injured a woman and damaged a car. No deaths were reported.
Humans are trying to fight climate change by reducing CO2 emissions, but as Dan Riskin reports, trees are also rising to meet the challenge.
W5's Daniele Hamamdjian reports on the rising number of children referred to gender clinics and asks, is it going too fast?
The 'snooze bus' tour in Hong Kong aims to help residents who have trouble sleeping catch a five-hour nap.
Watch the moment a deer jumped onto a N.J. road and knocked over a cyclist taking part in a charity ride.
W5 speaks to a Canadian veteran about how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy put him on a different path in his mental health journey.
An amateur diver has discovered a metre-long sword that is believed to have belonged to a Crusader in the Mediterranean seabed.
An Indigenous land acknowledgement from the Montreal Canadiens last week sent shockwaves through Quebec, with bipartisan backlash from politicians who called the Habs' statement false.
Police are investigating after someone allegedly threw a hot coffee in a Tim Hortons employee's face in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside this week.
Earlier this year, a Vancouver city councillor openly handed out hard drugs, but she was never charged by police.
Ontario has released a plan for lifting COVID-19 public health measures over several months. Here's the province's timeline:
Stopping for peanuts turned a woman from B.C.'s Lower Mainland into a multi-millionaire, thanks to a spur-of-the-moment decision to add a lottery ticket to her purchase.
The Toronto Zoo is planning to vaccinate at least 140 of its animals against COVID-19 soon.
Kaylee Harding combines her love of reading and her second language, American Sign Language (ASL), by sharing stories with youth across Atlantic Canada.
Stratford Festival actress Martha Henry has died at the age of 83.
An extravagant wedding celebration that had a ferris wheel on site was shut down by Surrey, B.C., bylaw officers this week after complaints were received.
Former prime minister Jean Chretien says he is concerned about the future of Canada's economy, with inflation at a near 20-year high, saying in a wide-ranging interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV's Question Period, that Canada is 'moving into a dark alley.'
The majority of Canadian residents who received the federal Canada Recovery Benefit were continuous or repeat recipients of the now-ended aid program, An internal government analysis reveals.
For Blake Desjarlais, becoming an MP wasn’t something he thought he'd pursue. But now, after connecting with the NDP ahead of the 2021 federal election, he's made history as Canada's first openly two-spirit member of Parliament.
A rise in teen girls developing 'tic-like' behaviours could be linked to TikTok, along with an increase in anxiety and depression, doctors say.
U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from India.
While 82 per cent of eligible Canadians aged 12 and up are already fully vaccinated, a recent survey by Angus Reid shows only 51 per cent of parents plan to immediately vaccinate their kids when a pediatric dose becomes available.
A 2.5 billion-year-old ruby was discovered to have carbon residue, which researchers say was once ancient life.
Archaeologists say they have discovered hundreds of Mayan artifacts, including ceramic vessels and burial sites, along the route of a train construction project in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press, even as its own employees cast doubt over the company's motivations and interests.
An assistant director on the film set of 'Rust' was the subject of complaints over safety and his behaviour on set during two productions in 2019
Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' debuted with US$40.1 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in North America, drawing a large number of moviegoers to see the thundering sci-fi epic on the big screen despite it also being available to stream in homes.
Singer Ed Sheeran revealed Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, a week after being seen with Prince William, the Duchess of Cabridge and actor Emma Watson.
Companies like Brim Financial, Float Inc., Caary Capital Ltd., Jeeves Inc., and Neo Financial are part of a growing crop of tech-enabled lenders that are looking to snag a share of the lucrative credit card market from the big banks.
In a series of tweets published early Saturday, Martha Rogers, a director of Rogers Communications, called for her brother, Edward Rogers, to 'step down.'
Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press, even as its own employees cast doubt over the company's motivations and interests.
A selection of 11 Pablo Picasso works have been auctioned for a collective total of more than US$110 million, after being on display for years in a Las Vegas restaurant.
In the past year, Abandoned Cemeteries of Nova Scotia has charted nearly 100 burial sites scattered across the province, from the far reaches of Cape Breton to Annapolis Valley
It would've been unthinkable 12 months ago as the cruise industry reeled from the effects of Covid, but one operator is now offering an epic new voyage that will last nine months and take travelers to more than 150 destinations.
Canadian speedskater Pascal Dion won a bronze medal in the men's 1,000 metres at a World Cup Short Track competition on Sunday.
The Canadian women's soccer team has kicked off a Celebration Tour with a victory over New Zealand.
A driver 'lost control' during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two and injuring at least five others Saturday, authorities said.
A driver 'lost control' during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two and injuring at least five others Saturday, authorities said.
U.S. officials allege Canadian race car driver and Instagram influencer Josh Cartu and his brothers ran a 'massive fraudulent' trading operation between 2013 and 2017 that appears to have helped fund Cartu’s lavish lifestyle through multi-million-dollar transfers to off-shore bank accounts in the Caribbean.
A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April in Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver's seat.
Researchers have found that as the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases, so does the amount of CO2 taken in by trees. However, this alone is not enough to avert the harmful effects of climate change from human-caused CO2 emissions.
The storm is likely to reach its peak before reaching land, but experts say to prepare for 100 km/h wind gusts.
Britain's new envoy to Ottawa says Canada still has credibility as a reliable partner on fighting climate change despite a domestic rise of greenhouse gas emissions in recent years.
China's cabinet on Sunday outlined measures to achieve its goals of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 but said food and energy security must be considered amid those efforts.
Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere have been warming six times faster since 1992 than they were at any other time period in the past 100 years, a Canadian study suggests.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s can’t-delay campaign for historic change has produced a sloth-speed government with a cabinet yet to be named, an idled bureaucracy waiting for orders and no date for Parliament’s return in sight, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Of the five political parties with MPs in the House, only the Liberals have never had a woman as leader. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be doing everything he can to help Chrystia Freeland get his job if and when he decides to pack it in, writes former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Justin Trudeau's behaviour on what should have been a solemn day of healing cannot be reconciled with conduct becoming of Canada's prime minister, Don Martin writes in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
In the waning days of the campaign, Trudeau went all out to convince voters in the Greater Toronto Area that he was a 'progressive,' a term that he hardly ever used to describe himself before. Now, it’s put up or shut up time in several key files, writes former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is confronting a full-throated justification for a pink slip thanks to his chronic tone-deafness during the pandemic, incredulously topped off by taking a two-week vacation in Europe this month as Albertans were dying from the consequences of his policies, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
CTV's W5 investigates the increase in youth seeking gender treatments and procedures, and whether there are enough safeguards in place for those wishing to transition.
Airing Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV: a W5 investigation into an unconventional treatment for severe depression and PTSD that involves the drug ketamine.
W5 investigates a theory that's not widely accepted in scientific circles, but is gaining ground: that North America's obesity problem is being fuelled by a physical addiction to highly processed foods.
In 2002, the owners of the mill in Dryden, Ont. started a project to reduce emissions, but workers on the construction project complain that they were exposed to toxic chemicals that damaged their health. CTV's W5 spoke with some of the workers about what they went through.
An Ontario man shares his horrifying story of murder as W5 investigates the widespread under-reporting of serious side-effects from prescription drugs.
A year ago, Balarama Holness wasn’t sure he’d be running for mayor of Montreal, but now the lawyer and former Grey Cup champion has lawn signs for the city's top job and is leading rallies.
W5's premiere explores the chaotic mission of Canadians in Kabul to evacuate Afghan citizens in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Watch the episode Saturday at 7 p.m. and read how a Canadian interpreter escaped the Taliban at W5.CTVNews.ca.
W5 launches its 56th season with an exclusive interview with Jaskirat Sidhu and his wife Tanvir Mann as they reveal their deep grief over the Humboldt tragedy and their hopes that they will be allowed to stay in Canada.
