Health Canada has authorized the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, the first oral and at-home prescription medication to be cleared for use in this country.
Chinese officials have alleged that Beijing's first case of the Omicron variant may have travelled to the city through a piece of mail from Canada, but experts tell CTVNews.ca that the claim doesn't add up.
From cars buried in snow to ambulances scrambling through barely visible streets, CTVNews.ca has collected images showing the extent of the snowfall across Toronto and parts of Ontario.
Ottawa paramedics are thanking an eight-year-old boy for saving an elderly man who was almost completely buried in snow during a blizzard Monday morning.
More than 1,500 travellers refused to comply with wearing a face mask during their flight and hundreds of letters of non-compliance were issued in 2021 as a result, according to updated data released by Transport Canada.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health is sounding a tone of optimism nearly two weeks after the province instituted a modified lockdown to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.
The University Hospital Centre (CHU) of Quebec said Monday that a four-year-old girl had died "due to circumstances related to COVID-19."
A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944.
A winter storm is battering southern Ontario and parts of Quebec Monday, with anywhere from 15 to 60 centimetres of snow expected to fall across the provinces.
Waste material from used COVID-19 rapid antigen tests are technically considered hazardous. Does this mean it’s OK to throw them in the trash? On CTVNews.ca, experts weigh in on what to do when it comes to disposing of used rapid tests.
A three-week-old infant in Qatar has died from a "severe" case of COVID-19, the country’s Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement published on Twitter.
A rabbi who was among four Jewish congregants taken captive at a Dallas-area synagogue said on Monday that he and others managed to escape after he threw a chair at the hostage-taker and then rushed for an exit door.
At an office building in China's capital on Sunday, masked COVID-19 control personnel lugged boxes of pillows and bedding through the closely guarded entrance for workers stuck inside, preparing for what may be days of lockdown as Beijing rushes to prevent the spread of Omicron ahead of the Winter Olympics.
As the pandemic stretches inexorably on, experts say the never-ending demands on business leaders are pushing some to the brink of burnout.
U.S. and British authorities Monday continued an investigation into the weekend standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended with an armed British national dead and a rabbi crediting past security training for getting him and three members of his congregation out safely.
More than 1,500 travellers refused to comply with wearing a face mask during their flight and hundreds of letters of non-compliance were issued in 2021 as a result, according to updated data released by Transport Canada.
Several different types of therapies for COVID-19 have been approved for use in Canada, including a number of therapeutics being experimented with as part of clinical trials across the country. CTVNews.ca looks at some of the treatments available.
As provinces rely more heavily on rapid antigen tests as part of their strategy to curb the spread of COVID-19, there have been concerns over the possibility of false positive results. A University of Toronto study has produced new data shedding light on the likelihood of such events.
When it comes to fighting climate change, a Toronto-based architect says personal actions, such as driving less or limiting red meat consumption, can go a long way.
After an enormous undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga on Saturday, photos and videos taken across the Pacific have captured the aftermath of the eruption, as well as the tsunami that followed.
The Canadian government is urging its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory citing 'Russian aggression.'
Condom sales dropped dramatically in the pandemic, despite lockdown and COVID-19 restrictions that forced many to stay home.
The number of bankruptcies and insolvencies in Canada is down year-over-year, but as CTV's chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her latest column in CTVNews.ca, that decline might not last for much longer.
As the job market continues to evolve amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report suggests that employers are looking for candidates with skills that weren't as relevant prior to 2020, including virtual customer service experience and skills in safety management.
In 1999, Toronto was buried in snow after a series of storms, forcing the mayor to call in the army.
A man is giving back to the people who saved him by driving healthcare staff members to work. Adam Sawatsky has the details.
A doctor's skills were put to the test when she was called to help deliver a baby on a flight across Africa.
York University prof. Elizabeth Clare discusses a new study where certain animal species can be detected only through airborne DNA.
Adam Sawatsky has the story of a B.C. coin collector who received a priceless surprise after losing her toonies collection.
A Michigan judge is garnering criticism online after shaming a 72-year-old cancer patient for not taking care of his overgrown lawn.
Political pioneer Alexa McDonough died at the age of 77 after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
A winter storm is battering southern Ontario and parts of Quebec Monday, with anywhere from 15 to 60 centimetres of snow expected to fall across the provinces.
Ottawa paramedics are thanking an eight-year-old boy for saving an elderly man who was almost completely buried in snow during a blizzard Monday morning.
Chinese officials have alleged that Beijing's first case of the Omicron variant may have travelled to the city through a piece of mail from Canada, but experts tell CTVNews.ca that the claim doesn't add up.
Sarnia police are calling it a 'scary moment' after a woman was pulled from the back of a garbage truck uninjured.
More than 1,500 travellers refused to comply with wearing a face mask during their flight and hundreds of letters of non-compliance were issued in 2021 as a result, according to updated data released by Transport Canada.
A dozen people were taken to hospital to treat minor injuries after three pileups involving almost 75 vehicles shut down highways south of Montreal Monday as parts of Quebec are hammered by a major snowstorm.
A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944.
A dangerous winter storm brought significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds to the northeastern U.S. on a holiday Monday.
A rabbi who was among four Jewish congregants taken captive at a Dallas-area synagogue said on Monday that he and others managed to escape after he threw a chair at the hostage-taker and then rushed for an exit door.
Sudanese security forces opened fire on protesters Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding around 100 others in the country's capital in one of the deadliest days since an October military coup, activists said.
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing very minor symptoms, a spokesperson said Monday. The Marine Corps said its commandant, Gen. David Berger, also has COVID-19.
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court, Tuesday, after 10 years behind bars, claiming he is no longer a danger to society and attempting to get an early release from his 21-year sentence.
Turtles were saved by veterinarians in Argentina, who extracted plastic from their digestive tracts before releasing them back into sea.
Dan Riskin reports on a new study that suggests that we have ancient climate change to thank for the shape of our teeth.
Robin Gandy, 26-year-old woman who is double-vaccinated and an avid runner, talks about the physical toll that Omicron took on her health.
Maryam, a young woman who escaped Afghanistan after the Taliban entered Kabul, speaks to Omar Sachedina about the ordeal and her future.
The University Health Network's Dr. John Granton says he continues to see unvaccinated patients 'being the sickest' in the ICU.
Drone footage shows the aftermath of Wolf volcano’s eruption on Jan. 6, which left lava flows about 15 km long.
Ottawa paramedics are thanking an eight-year-old boy for saving an elderly man who was almost completely buried in snow during a blizzard Monday morning.
It's been several years since St. Anthony's Church on Dominion Street in Glace Bay closed its doors to the public, and since that time the vacant facility has attracted hundreds of birds, both inside and out.
Before he was known as Barto Built, sharing his backcountry 4x4 adventures on YouTube, Bart Sutherland was known as a 'rock-crawler,' driving his truck over seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
Ottawa paramedics say the driver declined treatment after being rescued from the Rideau River after a car crashed through the ice.
After a fire destroyed most of the pictures showing her children’s past, Mandy Lamarche discovered she could recall their priceless moments together through coin collecting. When her collection was stolen, her son
A 30-year-old Ontario woman whose cancer surgery was postponed multiple times because of COVID-19 has secured a new date for her procedure.
Like all epic stories, this one starts quite simply, beginning with the delivery of a blender in a box.
Adanech Sahilie was shocked when her six-year-old son knocked on the Calgary family's front door Wednesday morning.
After about 30 years of playing the lottery and dreaming of a winning ticket, the day finally came for a father in Brampton, Ont. who is now $70-million richer.
Health Canada has authorized the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, the first oral and at-home prescription medication to be cleared for use in this country.
The federal government is unlikely to challenge Quebec's controversial proposal to apply a tax on the unvaccinated in the province, says former premier Jean Charest.
Former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough, a political trailblazer who paved the way for women in politics, died Saturday in Halifax at the age of 77.
Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a new study that looked at millions of such visits.
The community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut is fighting the latest wave of COVID-19 as well as a tuberculosis outbreak.
A three-week-old infant in Qatar has died from a "severe" case of COVID-19, the country’s Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement published on Twitter.
Automakers have been installing increasingly high-tech features and infotainment systems in vehicles, but that doesn't mean they're becoming safer. Given the lack of regulatory oversight into the issue, safety advocates are working to raise regulatory and consumer awareness about the risks of increasingly complex vehicle controls.
Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a 2.3 billion pound plus (US$3.2 billion plus) class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.
The next 'giant leap' for humans may be a trip to Mars, but having enough oxygen-carrying red blood cells for the journey might present a challenge, new research suggests.
'America's Funniest Home Videos,' one of the shows that solidified Bob Saget as a fixture in the living rooms of many, is paying tribute to its former host on Sunday.
Alekos Fassianos, one of the most important modern Greek painters, died Sunday at his home after a long illness, the state news agency ANA reported. He was 86.
Canada's central bank says businesses and consumers are increasingly convinced that the pace of price increases will continue for the foreseeable future.
As the pandemic stretches inexorably on, experts say the never-ending demands on business leaders are pushing some to the brink of burnout.
The family of an Amazon.com delivery truck driver in Illinois who died in December when a warehouse was destroyed by a swarm of tornadoes that killed six people there, filed a lawsuit against the online retailer on Monday over his death.
At the age of 19, teenage pilot Zara Rutherford is set to land her single-seater Shark sport aircraft in Kortrijk, Belgium, on Monday, more than 150 days after setting out to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the world solo.
Last month, a Qatar Airways jet landed with an extra passenger on board — a baby who was delivered by a Canadian doctor mid-flight.
A 555.55-carat black diamond -- believed to have come from outer space -- was shown off on Monday to journalists as part of a tour in Dubai and Los Angeles before it is due to be auctioned off in February in London.
Novak Djokovic arrived in his native Serbia on Monday after being deported from Australia because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19, ending his hopes of defending his Australian Open title.
Olympic champion Ted-Jan Bloemen and world champion Laurent Dubreuil lead a Canadian long-track speedskating team chosen without trials into Beijing's Winter Olympics next month.
Former NBA great Yao Ming said Monday he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose disappearance after making a sexual assault allegation against a former government official raised international concern.
Tatiana Calderon will drive for AJ Foyt Racing this season as the first woman to compete regularly in the IndyCar Series since 2013.
Before he was known as Barto Built, sharing his backcountry 4x4 adventures on YouTube, Bart Sutherland was known as a 'rock-crawler,' driving his truck over seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
Ottawa paramedics say the driver declined treatment after being rescued from the Rideau River after a car crashed through the ice.
A winter storm is battering southern Ontario and parts of Quebec Monday, with anywhere from 15 to 60 centimetres of snow expected to fall across the provinces.
From cars buried in snow to ambulances scrambling through barely visible streets, CTVNews.ca has collected images showing the extent of the snowfall across Toronto and parts of Ontario.
When it comes to fighting climate change, a Toronto-based architect says personal actions, such as driving less or limiting red meat consumption, can go a long way.
New Zealand and Australia were able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation.
In this week's Riskin Report on CTVNews.ca, Dan Riskin looks at how we can thank ancient climate change for the shape of our teeth.
Talk of mandatory vaccinations and a tax on the unvaccinated are putting politics ahead of serious policy, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
As Canadians enter the third year of the pandemic, our fragile health system is beginning to buckle under the weight of the unvaccinated, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
There’s plenty of blame ahead for how the federal and provincial governments have handled the pandemic, but provinces desperately need more funding to help save Canada’s broken health-care system, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
Justin Trudeau faces a bleak Omicron beginning to his seventh year in power while confronting a major personal decision to stay or go, writes Don Martin in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
It's been five months since Justin Trudeau declared the fall election to be a critical referendum on new political directions for Canada at 'a pivotal moment in our history.' But since that unconvincing win, the only discernable pivot has been to dither on Justin Time, writes Don Martin in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
