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A B.C. man won a $2M jackpot. Members of his workplace lotto pool took him to court.

A dispute over a $2 million jackpot among members of a workplace lotto pool has been settled by B.C.'s Supreme Court.

Live grenade found among scrap metal in Kingston, Ont.: police

Police in Kingston, Ont. say a live grenade was found in a scrap metal container at a local waste facility this weekend.

'You just don't roll over:' Doug Ford refuses to take energy threat off table as he pitches closer mineral relationship with U.S.

Premier Doug Ford is proposing a closer relationship with the U.S. when it comes to critical minerals while at the same time boasting that the province won’t 'roll over' should president-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threatened tariffs upon taking office next week.

Norovirus cases are rising in Canada. Here's advice from a doctor

Canadian health officials are reporting a rising number of cases of the highly contagious norovirus illness in Canada, warning that the elderly and young children are most at risk.

Bishop's students allege teacher uses degrading terms, university doing nothing

Students at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Que., say they're shocked and appalled by the school's apparent lack of action over a teacher they allege has been using derogatory language in her classroom for years.

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Another historical sexual assault charge laid against Beeton, Ont. man

A Beeton man is facing another count of sexual assault following an investigation by provincial police.
Huntsville school bus erupts into flames en route to school

Kids were evacuated from bus moments before it went up in flames.
Inmate assault charge stayed against man accused in Elnaz Hajtamiri murder case

Mohamad Lilo, the Montreal-area man scheduled for trial in the alleged kidnapping and murder of his former girlfriend, had his jail assault charge stayed by the Crown during a virtual court appearance Monday.

Calgary

Edmonton

Carney to start campaign for federal Liberal leadership Thursday in Edmonton: sources

A big name with ties to the city is expected to launch his bid to become the leader of the federal Liberal party, two sources tell CTV News Edmonton.
U.S. man pleads guilty to sexually exploiting Edmonton girl

A U.S. man on Monday pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting an Edmonton girl and smuggling her across the border in 2022.
And then there were 3: Vote for Edmonton's city bird in final round

Birds of a feather flock together, proven by the thousands of Edmonton-area residents who cast their vote in the first round of competition to determine the "official" city bird.

Kelowna

West Kelowna fire chief says L.A. devastation a haunting reminder of B.C. blaze

The fire chief of a British Columbia community devastated by a fast-moving wildfire in 2023 says it's "haunting" to see similar circumstances playing out in Southern California.
1 hospitalized, residents displaced after Kelowna apartment fire

Firefighters knocked down a blaze on the third floor of a low-rise apartment building near downtown Kelowna Monday afternoon.
Lost skiers rescued off B.C. mountain

Search and rescue volunteers in B.C.’s Okanagan successfully reunited two skiers with their family Friday evening.

KITCHENER

Community calls for accountability by Waterloo Region’s public school board

There are lingering questions surrounding the sudden departure of the Waterloo Region District School Board’s director of education.
Two more arrests in 2019 kidnapping and murder of Kitchener, Ont. man

Ontario Provincial Police have charged two more people with the kidnapping and murder of a Kitchener, Ont. man, bringing the total number of accused to five.
Six months into SIU investigation and still no answers into Arthur, Ont. man's death

Six months have passed since Nathaniel Schofield died in police custody and his family wants to know what happened.

Lethbridge

'Cautiously optimistic': Home sales and starts expected to rise in Lethbridge in 2025

Those in Lethbridge's real estate sector are expecting anther busy year, with both home sales and starts expected to rise in 2025.
What Alberta is doing to prevent wildfires in Canmore, Bow Valley

As Alberta nears the start of another wildfire season, there are efforts underway to safeguard against wildfires in Canmore and the Bow Valley.
'Good neighbours': Montana residents share thoughts on Trump's '51st state' threat

As U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to annex Canada, some residents in Montana are sharing their thoughts on the idea of Canada becoming the “51st state.”

LONDON

Cold weather alert in effect for Tuesday: MLHU

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) has issued its first cold weather alert of the year.
Youths allegedly assaulted after petting cat in Port Stanley

A man is facing charges in Elgin County after allegedly assaulting some youths on Saturday.
Armed robbery leads to charges for London man

Around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday, police say a man went into a grocery store in the 1500-block of Adelaide Street North and placed a number of items inside a bag and left the store without paying.

MONTREAL

N.L.

Heavy equipment used to bash into a Newfoundland bank for second time in a month

Police in eastern Newfoundland say that for the second time in less than a month thieves have used heavy equipment to smash into a bank and steal an ATM.
Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics

Liberal MP Yvonne Jones speaks to reporters before a meeting of the Liberal women's caucus, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Jones announced this morning that she will not be running in the next federal election for her seat in Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Quebec energy deal touted as new chapter for Newfoundland and Labrador heads for vote

A draft energy deal with Quebec heralded as a game-changer for indebted Newfoundland and Labrador is heading for a vote Thursday night at the legislature in St. John's, N.L.

NORTHERN ONTARIO

Two killed in Hwy. 63 crash, North Bay OPP say

Two people in a passenger vehicle were killed Monday morning in a collision with a commercial motor vehicle on Highway 63 near Highway 533,
Huntsville school bus erupts into flames en route to school

Kids were evacuated from bus moments before it went up in flames.
No injuries as abandoned building burns in downtown Timmins

Timmins firefighters responded to a call in the downtown around 4:30 Monday afternoon. Officials told CTV News that a fire broke out in the basement of a vacant building on 3rd Avenue.

OTTAWA

Four arrested after student stabbed during altercation inside Hillcrest High School

Hillcrest High School was on lockdown for several hours on Monday morning.
Nearly all of the Rideau Canal Skateway to open Tuesday morning

The National Capital Commission says more ice will be available to skaters on the Rideau Canal Skateway as of Tuesday morning.
Dr. Vera Etches gives final update as Ottawa's medical officer of health

Dr. Vera Etches has delivered her final update as medical officer of health to the City of Ottawa's Board of Health. Etches is leaving Ottawa Public Health to become the new president and CEO of CHEO.

Regina

'Exploring all options': Leaders in Sask. look to next steps as tariffs look likely

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says tariffs are coming and that its time to prepare - which has led to discussions in Saskatchewan over next steps.
Former Regina mayoral candidate Nathaniel Hewton released with conditions

Nathaniel Hewton, a mayoral candidate in the 2024 Regina civic election has been released from custody with several conditions in place.
Two charged after alleged smuggling of illegal guns into Canada south of Val Marie, Sask.

RCMP say two 19-year-old men are facing multiple weapons charges after they were discovered crossing into and out of the United States illegally south of Val Marie, Sask., allegedly smuggling guns.

Saskatoon

Sault Ste. Marie

Three taken to hospital after residential fire in the Sault

A fire Monday morning in Sault Ste. Marie sent three people to hospital and caused significant smoke and fire damage.
Mayor of Huron Shores, Ont., resigns

Council in the Municipality of Huron Shores will meet this week to declare the office of the mayor officially vacant. The move comes after Mayor Matthew Seabrook resigned Jan. 8.
Impaired drivers end up in the ditch in northwestern Ont.

Ontario Provincial Police in Atikokan say that within the last week, they investigated two impaired drivers who drove into the ditch in their community.

TORONTO

What a 6.9 per cent tax hike gets you

Toronto’s latest proposed budget is asking residents to pay a little bit more on the heels of a historic 9.5 per cent tax hike just a year ago. Here are a few things that increase will buy if the budget is approved.
Police on hunt for 4 suspects after a Markham home was invaded twice in same day

Police are on the hunt for four suspects after a Markham home was invaded twice on the same day.
Bank in Toronto’s west end robbed at gunpoint, 1 suspect outstanding: police

Police are searching for one suspect after a bank in Toronto’s Weston area was allegedly robbed at gunpoint late Monday afternoon.

Class action lawsuit nears $7.3 million settlement for Westcourt Place tenants

A class action lawsuit filed by Windsor law firm Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP is nearing the finish line and a $7.3 million payout for its members following a fire that has left the Wescourt Place highrise vacant for more than five years.
Provincial NDP leader Marit Stiles calls for focus on tariff threat instead of an early election

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles announced her party is ready to work with the Doug Ford government to push back on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports.
IRIS House calls for Windsor’s proposed budget to lift freeze on city subsidy

Management of a supportive living facility in Windsor is urging city council to increase its subsidy, saying the current funding no longer covers the rising costs of housing and caring for individuals with mental health challenges.

WINNIPEG

Murder trial begins for Manitoba man accused of running down, shooting neighbour

A trial has started for a Manitoba man accused of running down and shooting his neighbour before fleeing the province.
Survey: Nearly half in Manitoba, Saskatchewan on the financial brink

A new MNP consumer debt report done by Ipsos said in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, nearly half, 49 per cent of people, say they are $200 or less away from not being able to pay their bills or their debt payments at the end of the month.
Arrest made in Portage la Prairie double homicide: RCMP

Manitoba RCMP has made an arrest in connection with a double homicide in Portage la Prairie, Man., last month.

Politics

Liberal leadership: Freeland to announce bid within the next week

Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland will announce her intention to run for the Liberal party leadership just before the U.S. presidential inauguration, a source close to her campaign team says.
Singh calls on Canada to stop critical minerals exports to U.S. amid Trump tariff threat

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the only way to deal with 'bully' U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and his looming tariff threat is to make him feel the 'pain' of Canada's retaliatory measures.
Alberta premier talks about 'tariff-free relationship' with the U.S.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump went well, but the leader's tariff threat has not been averted.
Intelligence task force to monitor Liberal leadership race

The Liberal party's leadership race will be monitored by Canada's elections intelligence task force for signs of foreign interference.
Francois-Philippe Champagne to announce Tuesday if he's running for leader

Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal Tuesday whether he will run in the upcoming party leadership race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
'Everything is on the table': Joly won't rule out cutting off energy exports to U.S. in face of Trump tariff threat

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is not ruling out any countermeasures when it comes to dealing with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump — his threat of significant tariffs on Canadian imports, in particular.

World

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told about Soviet spy in her palace, declassified MI5 files show

Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal.
Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president's remarks in new report

The criminal charges against Hunter Biden 'were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,' the prosecutor who led the probes said in a report released Monday that criticized President Joe Biden for having maligned the Justice Department when he pardoned his son.
New Brazil law restricts use of smartphones in elementary and high schools

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations.
Traffic into Manhattan drops 7.5% in first week of new toll. That's 43,000 fewer cars a day

A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state's transit authority.
North Korea launches missiles toward eastern waters in 2nd launch of year, South says

South Korea's military says North Korea has test-fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern waters in its second launch event of 2025.
Palestinians dedicate a new West Bank olive grove to Jimmy Carter

Palestinian activists and residents planted a grove of 250 olive trees in a northern West Bank town on Monday in memory of the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter, describing him as a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause.

Climate

Hurricane-force winds cause widespread damage in Alaska's largest city

Thousands of residents across Alaska’s largest city were still without power Monday, a day after a powerful storm brought hurricane-force winds that downed power lines, damaged trees, forced more than a dozen planes to divert, and caused a pedestrian bridge over a highway to partially collapse.
Charles Darwin's grave painted with dire environmental warning: '1.5 is dead'

Environmental activists in the U.K. painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words '1.5 is dead,' referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily passed in 2024.
Soon to be out of a job, Meta's fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories

Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its U.S.-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.

Health

234 self-reported cases of gastroenteritis at the University of Guelph

The number of self-reported cases of gastroenteritis at the University of Guelph has increased to 234, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health confirmed on Monday.
Norovirus cases are rising in Canada. Here's advice from a doctor

Canadian health officials are reporting a rising number of cases of the highly contagious norovirus illness in Canada, warning that the elderly and young children are most at risk.
'He was a genius': Family remembers man who died waiting for care in Winnipeg ER

The sister of a man who died waiting for care in the emergency department of Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre (HSC) is remembering her late brother as an intelligent person with a bold personality

Entertainment

Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfires

Reality television star Heidi Montag's 2010 album 'Superficial' has hit No. 1 on iTunes' all-genre songs and albums charts — 15 years after its release and just after Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Palisades Fire.
Grammys and Oscars to proceed amid L.A. fires, but will put the spotlight on first responders

Watching well-paid stars take the stage to collect awards while thousands of L.A. families are displaced and have lost their homes runs the risk of being tone deaf, but economically, these shows also provide income for thousands of entertainment workers.
Leslie Charleson, 'General Hospital's' Dr. Monica Quartermaine, dies at 79

Leslie Charleson, who played popular character Dr. Monica Quartermaine for almost 50 years on 'General Hospital,' has died, the program’s executive producer announced on Sunday.

Sci-Tech

Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field

Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.
See the full wolf moon overtake Mars in the night sky and glimpse a planetary parade

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars.
Soon to be out of a job, Meta's fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories

Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its U.S.-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.

Business

Icelandic discount carrier Play Airlines pulls out of Canada, leaving customers in dark

Play Airlines is pulling out of Canada less than two years after entering the market.
Amazon is ending its 'Try Before You Buy' option for Prime members

'Try Before You Buy', which allowed Amazon's Prime members to try on select clothing items, shoes and accessories at home before completing a purchase, is set to wind down in the coming weeks.
Company linked to Alex Jones doubles offer to buy Infowars after failed bankruptcy auction

A company linked to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is now offering over US$7 million to buy his Infowars platforms, more than double what it proposed when it lost to The Onion satirical news outlet in a bankruptcy auction that was later voided by a judge, a lawyer in the case said Monday.

Autos

From AI assistants to holographic displays, automakers showcase in-cabin experiences at CES

Automakers pulled out all the stops to showcase their latest advances for in-vehicle experiences at CES, the Consumer Technology Association’s annual trade show of all things tech, in Las Vegas this week.
U.S. probing about 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over 'Actually Smart Summon' feature

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it has opened a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles in the United States over reports of crashes involving a feature that allows users to move their cars remotely.
Waterloo Regional Police Service helps recover 20 stolen vehicles in Hamilton, Ont.

Waterloo Regional Police Services helped recover 20 stolen vehicles in Hamilton, Ont.

Lifestyle

Ukraine's 'Bachelor' starred an amputee. He's one of many injured veterans navigating a new sex life

When 35-year-old combat medic Tetyana Tsymbaliuk regained consciousness in the hospital room, she found her boyfriend waiting with a bunch of flowers. He proposed, but she declined. After a serious injury, her leg had been amputated; she worried about being a burden as a wife.
Italy's hot spots are being overwhelmed with tourists. These hidden places offer an escape without the crowds

There’s far more to Italy than the places that usually feature on travel itineraries. Explore a little farther, and there are scores of extraordinary places where tourists are a rare site.
Hot couple from Stellarton, N.S., holds spicy world record

World champion Mike Jack from Stellarton, N.S., has 18 Guinness World Records for eating spicy foods and one he shares with his partner Jamie.

Sports

A star NFL player was seen reading a self-help book during a playoff game. It's now the top-selling book on Amazon

Over the years, cameras have caught NFL players doing some memorable non-football things on the sidelines during games. Tom Brady once hurled an electronic tablet in frustration. Three members of the Seattle Seahawks were fined for eating hot dogs during a 1995 preseason game.
Texas man charged with stalking WNBA and Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark

Authorities in Indianapolis have charged a 55-year-old Texas man with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark.
Mike McCarthy is not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones says

Mike McCarthy is not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who are going on three decades since their last Super Bowl title, owner Jerry Jones said in a statement Monday.

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