Two people from Ottawa who returned from a trip to Nigeria have tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant of concern that was first detected in southern Africa, Ontario health officials reported Sunday.
The Nooksack River in Washington state has overtopped its dike, and the City of Abbotsford is expecting floodwaters to cross the U.S. border, Mayor Henry Braun said Sunday afternoon.
The federal government is preparing to table a new, tougher bill today in its latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada.
B.C. officials urged residents to avoid all non-essential travel as the province deals with the second in a string of three storms and prepares for the final one.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today.
The world's first electric tundra buggy is now being used to take tourists to see polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba.
Portuguese health authorities said Monday they have identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant believed to be more contagious, among team members of a professional soccer club.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that it is not yet clear if the new omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants or if it causes more severe disease.
As Barbados prepares to form a republic and remove the British queen as its sovereign, some residents in the capital Bridgetown on Sunday acknowledged they remained confused about what the change means and how it will affect them.
Travel bans implemented on seven southern African countries in a bid to keep the new omicron COVID-19 variant out of Canada must be backed up with more stringent testing and tracing at the border, according to an expert in the field.
With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
The mayor of Port aux Basques, N.L., says work to repair portions of a vital highway in the community are progressing as more rain and harsh winds loom.
The City of Merritt is urging everyone under an evacuation order to leave the area by 3 p.m. Sunday as rain and snowmelt prompt river levels to rise.
Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders even as scientists cautioned that it's not clear if the new variant is more alarming than other versions of the virus.
Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.
As COVID-19 continues to spread, CTVNews.ca is tracking new variants of the novel coronavirus in Canada.
As the world reacts to the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant first detected in southern Africa, questions are being asked about what this means for the vaccine's effectiveness — and whether access to boosters should be expanded.
The community in B.C.'s Sumas Prairie have pulled together to begin the cleanup process after floodwaters forced many of them to evacuate their homes, as a new storm threatens additional flooding.
Getting shopping done early and having back-up gift ideas are key to navigating the ongoing supply chain issues this holiday season, David Soberman, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, says.
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.
The federal government introduced a new bill Friday that, if passed, would impose new criminal sanctions for people who threaten health-care workers, impede access to medical facilities, or intimidate people accessing health services. The legislation also would update federal labour laws to provide 10 days of paid medical leave.
Some Canadians who received a pandemic jobless benefit are set to receive notices that they have to repay some of the aid they received last year.
More than 4,000 years ago, one of the most advanced societies in ancient China, referred to as ‘China’s Venice of the Stone Age’ for its complex water management system, disappeared suddenly.
One of the Afghan women who escaped the country with the help of Britain's Baroness Helena Kennedy is waiting for confirmation she can reach her final destination: Canada.
Omar Khan, assist. professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, explains how boosters work and how they help fight against the newer COVID-19 variants.
The royal residence of Queen Elizabeth II has decked the halls with dazzling decorations. ABC's Julia MacFarlane reports.
Take a look at the fascinating phenomenon that was spotted on Lake Manitoba.
An Indigenous-owned company fights racism in hockey with by incorporating First Nations culture into its apparel. CTV’s Creeson Agecoutay reports.
Two contestants on 'Jeopardy!' didn't know where the Rideau Canal was located. CTV's Dave Charbonneau with reaction from Ottawa residents.
A Christmas ad in Norway showing Santa Claus with a boyfriend is celebrating the 50-year milestone of homosexuality being decriminalized.
The Nooksack River in Washington state has overtopped its dike, and the City of Abbotsford is expecting floodwaters to cross the U.S. border, Mayor Henry Braun said Sunday afternoon.
The community in B.C.'s Sumas Prairie have pulled together to begin the cleanup process after floodwaters forced many of them to evacuate their homes, as a new storm threatens additional flooding.
The mayor of Port aux Basques, N.L., says work to repair portions of a vital highway in the community are progressing as more rain and harsh winds loom.
Travel bans implemented on seven southern African countries in a bid to keep the new omicron COVID-19 variant out of Canada must be backed up with more stringent testing and tracing at the border, according to an expert in the field.
The Quebec City Police Department (SPVQ) announced Saturday evening that it has opened an investigation into a violent arrest involving young Black teenagers. The video of the event circulating on social networks shows police officers hitting and forcing snow into the face of minors.
The City of Merritt is urging everyone under an evacuation order to leave the area by 3 p.m. Sunday as rain and snowmelt prompt river levels to rise.
Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.
Portuguese health authorities said Monday they have identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant believed to be more contagious, among team members of a professional soccer club.
The emergence of the omicron variant hasn't changed New Zealand's plans to ease restrictions in Auckland and move the nation into a new, more open phase of its pandemic response, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
Can the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers be restored? As Iran and six global powers gather in Vienna Monday to discuss the tattered treaty, the answer appears to be no.
Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that declared a nationwide right to abortion, is facing its most serious challenge in 30 years in front of a court with a 6-3 conservative majority that has been remade by three appointees of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Malaysians working in Singapore held joyful reunions with their loved ones after returning to their homeland on Monday following the partial reopening of a land border that has been shuttered for nearly two years due to the pandemic.
Ross Alderson spoke out about illegal cash pouring into B.C. casinos in 2019. Three years later, he received an anonymous veiled threat.
W5 speaks to the mother of Reed McGregor, a promising university student who died of a fentanyl overdose in her Toronto home.
A piece of pottery found by a U.K. farmer led to the discovery of a unique Roman mosaic and villa on the family's land.
Scientists captured stunning video of Australia's Great Barrier Reef as it spawned in a colorful explosion on Nov. 23.
Meet some of the craftspeople that are giving Big Ben a facelift as the four-year restoration project comes to an end.
The U.S. space agency will attempt to deflect an asteroid in a test that could one day be used to protect the Earth.
When her family dairy farm, the Dykman Cattle Company, flooded nearly two weeks ago, it was the worst Cynthia Dykman had ever seen in her two decades on the western edge Sumas Prairie. But it was far from the first time.
Environmentalist and TV host David Suzuki apologized Thursday for comments he made about exploding pipelines.
The mayor of a small Ontario town defended its decision to keep a famous weather-prognosticating groundhog's death a secret for about a year, saying she was protecting the 'Wiarton Willie brand.'
Walmart says it will remove sexually explicit toys placed in the children's section of its website after a woman shopping for a gift for her young nephew came across the graphic products.
Two Jeopardy! contestants who were stumped by a clue about Ottawa have been offered an all-expenses-paid trip to the capital.
From ice balls to now ice pancakes, water in Manitoba is showing the unique shapes it can make.
Three Ontario friends are now $21 million richer after winning the Lotto 6/49 jackpot after playing together for 16 years.
The string of deaths in a tight-knit community in Laval is exactly the kind of scenario that Montreal-area public health officials have been trying to avoid, for months, by finding and swaying groups with high vaccine resistance around the city.
Dozens of B.C. travellers who legally entered the United States to get gas and groceries were mistakenly fined Monday following a delay in relaying new travel rules to frontline border staff.
Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says government spending and stimulus are not to blame for increased inflation.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today.
The federal government is preparing to table a new, tougher bill today in its latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in late-stage cancer diagnoses, with restrictions preventing or discouraging many from getting screened early. But an Ontario company has developed a new cancer screening test that uses blood samples, which could make it easier to detect cancers earlier.
BioNTech SE said on Friday it expects more data on a worrying new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa within two weeks to help determine whether its vaccine produced with partner Pfizer Inc would have to be reworked. Meanwhile, Moderna Inc said in a statement it is working to advance a booster candidate tailored to the new variant.
Eating a lot of dark green, leafy vegetables with your meals could be the key to relieving severe, chronic headaches, according to a case study reported by doctors that successfully treated a man who suffered from intensely debilitating migraines for more than 12 years.
Faced with rising competition from startups, higher expectations from consumers and the increased digital demands of COVID-19, experts say Canada's banks are speeding up a monumental shift of operations to the cloud from legacy computer systems.
A team of archeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch.
NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.
Actor Matthew McConaughey announced Sunday in a video message on Twitter that a future in political leadership is not in the cards -- right now.
The actress announced she is engaged to Bader Shammas in a series of cuddly Instagram photos on Sunday morning.
Jussie Smollett goes to trial Monday on charges that he lied to Chicago police when the former 'Empire' actor and R&B singer reported being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack nearly three years ago.
From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fuelled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide.
Canada's big banks are set to report earnings this week and Statistics Canada is scheduled to release gross domestic product figures for September and the third quarter. Here are five things to watch out for in the Canadian business world this week.
Nissan said Monday it is investing 2 trillion yen (US$17.6 billion) over the next five years and developing a cheaper, more powerful battery to boost its electric vehicle lineup.
With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
The overall prize for the 2021 Historic Photographer of the Year contest went to Steve Liddiard for his photograph of the Whiteford Point Lighthouse in Wales.
Therapy dogs are being brought to COVID-19 vaccination clinics to help people -- including children -- who are nervous about getting their shots.
Jennifer Jones will be returning to the Olympics after she skipped her team past Tracy Fleury at the Canadian trials on Sunday in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, winning 6-5 to secure a spot in next year's Beijing Olympics.
Novak Djokovic is unlikely to play at the Australian Open if rules on COVID-19 vaccinations are not relaxed, the world number one's father, Srdjan Djokovic, said.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are heading to the CFL Western Final after beating the Calgary Stampeders in overtime.
Nissan said Monday it is investing 2 trillion yen (US$17.6 billion) over the next five years and developing a cheaper, more powerful battery to boost its electric vehicle lineup.
A man in Germany has discovered the hard way that it’s best to get a driving license first before trying to use it.
Those travelling in and out of B.C.'s flood-stricken Fraser Valley could be turned around or even face a fine if they fail to comply with the current travel order.
University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.
Several thousand people rallied in Belgrade on Sunday in another environmental protest, a day after demonstrators blocked bridges and roads in different parts of Serbia and scuffled with riot police who formed cordons to try to stop them.
The world's first electric tundra buggy is now being used to take tourists to see polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba.
The mayor of Port aux Basques, N.L., says work to repair portions of a vital highway in the community are progressing as more rain and harsh winds loom.
A new study has found that the extinction of ancient grassland grazers -- such as the woolly mammoth, giant bison and ancient horses -- may have contributed to an increase in grassland wildfires worldwide.
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.
The friendliest MP has become Erin O'Toole's deadliest foe as Marilyn Gladu steps forward as the personification of internal caucus sympathy, if not support, for anti-vaccination forces, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Language issues have always been a part of the Canadian political fabric. Mostly dormant in recent years, the issue of bilingualism, or lack of it, just came roaring back into the news as the president of Air Canada stumbled into a quagmire of his own making, writes former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
W5’s upcoming documentary ‘Death Penalty,’ airing on Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV, 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.
