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Betty White's assistant shares one of her final photos
Betty White would have celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday and her assistant commemorated the day by sharing one of the final photos taken of the beloved late actress.
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'America's Funniest Home Videos' to pay tribute to Bob Saget
'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.
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Celebrated Greek painter Alekos Fassianos dies at 86
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.
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Canadian leg of Offspring, Simple Plan tour cancelled due to COVID-19
The bad times continue to roll, at least when it comes to COVID-19 shutting down live music productions.
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Jordan Cashmyer, '16 and Pregnant' cast member, dies at 26
Jordan Cashmyer, whose struggle as an unhoused, young, expectant mother was documented on MTV's '16 and Pregnant,' has died, according to her family.
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Netflix raises monthly subscription prices in U.S., Canada
Netflix Inc has raised its monthly subscription price in Canada and the United States, the company said on Friday, to help pay for new programming to compete in the crowded streaming TV market.
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Cineworld argues judge 'erred' in decision to award damages to Cineplex
Cineworld Group PLC is appealing an Ontario court decision that ruled the U.K. theatre giant was not justified in walking away from its $2.18-billion deal to buy Cineplex Inc.
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Ralph Emery, famed country music broadcaster, dies at 88
Ralph Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, his family said. He was 88.
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Britain freezes BBC funding as reviews TV license fee future
Britain will freeze funding for the BBC for two years and debate whether a universal license fee should continue, the government said on Monday, sparking accusations of "cultural vandalism."
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Birju Maharaj, legend of India's kathak dance form, dies
Birju Maharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country's most well-known performing artists, died Monday. He was 83.
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'Scream' scares off 'Spider-Man' with US$30.6-million debut
After a month at No. 1, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has finally been overtaken at the box office. Paramount Pictures' "Scream" reboot debuted with US$30.6 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Jeff Goldblum, Kyle MacLachlan bookend Prada menswear show
Jeff Goldblum infused Milan Fashion Week with some levity on Sunday as he shimmied down the Prada runway in a dark overcoat that cast a dramatic silhouette.
Entertainment Videos
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SPCA donations surge in Betty White's memory on her birthday
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Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet split after 16 years together
![Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet have confirmed their split in an Instagram post. The pair were together for 16 years and married for five.]()
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Prince Charles dodges reporter’s question on Prince Andrew
![Prince Andrew has been stripped of his military links and royal patronages due to the sexual assault lawsuit against him. Paul Workman reports.]()
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Juno award-winning musician Vince Fontaine dies at 60
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Halifax's Alicia McCarvell talks about her TikTok success
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UBC buys rare, first-edition Shakespeare book from 1623
![A first edition of one of the most valuable books in the world has been purchased by the University of British Columbia.]()
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Canadian celebs virtually visiting students during classes
![Teachers are accepting pop-up visits from some well-known Canadians during online classes to engage with students. Todd Battis reports.]()
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Young Sask. boy with brain tumour meets his hero, The Rock
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Beware of scams that use fake celebrity endorsements
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From the archive: Remembering comedian Bob Saget, dead at 65
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Doctor becomes viral TikTok star with his comedic stylings
![Dr. Will Flanery is an eye specialist who also has a social media following for his comedic stylings. Avis Favaro reports.]()
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Why the 2022 Golden Globes won't be on TV this year
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A look at trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier's career
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Movie Reviews
NEW | Movie reviews: 'The Tender Bar' is an understated winner
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'The Tender Bar,' 'The Lost Daughter,' and 'June Again.'
Movie reviews: Richard Crouse's best and worst of the year
Film critic Richard Crouse offers his list of best and worst movies of 2021.
Movie reviews: 'The Matrix Resurrections' is a self-aware film, but lacks ambition
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'The Matrix Resurrections,' 'Licorice Pizza,' 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' and 'The King's Man.'
Movie reviews: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is a mix of exhilaration and exhaustion
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home,' 'Nightmare Alley,' 'Red Rocket,' and 'Flee.'
Movie reviews: 'West Side Story' is Spielberg's most compelling film in years
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'West Side Story,' 'Don't Look Up,' and 'Being the Ricardos.'
Movie reviews: Music takes centre stage in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Tick, Tick… BOOM!
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'Tick, Tick... Boom,' 'This Game's Called Murder,' 'Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road' and 'The Souvenir Part II.'
Movie reviews: 'House of Gucci' knows how to keep its audience coming back for more
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews six new movies: 'House of Gucci,' 'Encanto,' The Beatles: Get Back,' 'C'mon C'mon,' 'Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City,' and 'Bruised.'
Movie reviews: Despite stand out performances, 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' is a ghost of the original
This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife,' 'King Richard,' 'The Power of the Dog,' and 'Jagged.'
Canada
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Alberta justice minister to 'step back' from duties during conduct review after traffic ticket: Kenney
Premier Jason Kenney has asked Alberta's justice minister to "step back" from his ministerial duties until an independent review into his conduct following a distracted-driving ticket he received in 2021 is completed.
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Winter storm blasts across Ontario, parts of Quebec
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.
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Ottawa boy, 8, saves man nearly buried in snow
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.
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These images show scale of snowstorm in Toronto and parts of Ontario
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.
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Iqaluit sets up filling station with river water after complaints of fuel smell
The City of Iqaluit has set up a water-filling station after traces of fuel were found in the Nunavut capital's drinking water last week for the second time in recent months.
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'Highly improbable': Experts dispute claim Beijing Omicron case from Canadian mail
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 CTV News that the claim doesn't add up.
World
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North Korean missile tests signal return to brinkmanship
Grappling with pandemic difficulties and U.S.-led sanctions over his nuclear ambitions, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be reviving his 2017 playbook of nuclear and missile brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and his neighbours.
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Satellite photos show aftermath of Abu Dhabi oil site attack
Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday appear to show the aftermath of a fatal attack on an oil facility in the capital of the United Arab Emirates claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
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Blinken to visit Ukraine as U.S.-Russia tensions escalate
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of its neighbour, the State Department said Tuesday.
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China cites coronavirus on packaging, despite doubts abroad
Chinese state media say parcels mailed from overseas may have spread the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Beijing and elsewhere, despite doubts among overseas health experts that the virus can be transmitted via packaging.
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Twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan kill at least 22
Two earthquakes rattled Afghanistan's western Badghis province along the border with Turkmenistan on Monday afternoon, killing at least 22 people, a local official said.
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Vatican No. 2 and deputy both positive for COVID-19
The Vatican secretary of state and his deputy have both tested positive for the coronavirus, Vatican officials said Tuesday.
Lifestyle
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Once, twice, sold? Rome villa with Caravaggio up for auction
A Rome villa containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio is set to go on a court-ordered auction block Tuesday, thanks to an inheritance dispute pitting the heirs of one of the Italian capital's aristocratic families against their step-mother, a Texas-born princess.
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U.S. Football coach cancels weightlifting, tells players to shovel driveways, help neighbours instead
While a number of activities were cancelled due to winter weather throughout the Pittsburgh region, one local high school football coach found the snowfall as an opportunity to allow his players to give back.
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'It gets better': Roberta Bondar reflects on being first Canadian woman in space
Saturday will mark 30 years since Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman in space. Bondar's 1992 mission aboard the shuttle Discovery took eight days to complete.
Sports
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No Leylah Fernandez fairytale at Australian Open after Canadian's first-round exit
There will be no Australian Open fairytale for Leylah Fernandez this year after a bad opening day saw the Canadian teenager bundled out in the first round by Maddie Inglis on Tuesday.
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Kyrie Irving not wavering on vaccine stance with Kevin Durant injured
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving doubled down on his decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in postgame comments Monday, cutting down any possibility that he might return to Nets home games in New York before season's end.
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Exiled artist calls Beijing Games stadium a 'fake smile'
Ai Weiwei, one of China's most famous artists, helped design the Bird's Nest Stadium, the centerpiece of Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics. He now lives in exile and says the openness he hoped the stadium would symbolize has yet to come to fruition in China.
Business
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Netflix price hike renews questions for Canadian streaming subscribers
Another year, another Netflix price increase as the global streaming platform announced last week it's inching up the cost of its most popular subscription packages once again by a dollar or two per month.
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Bank of Canada survey suggests businesses, consumers expect high inflation for longer
Canada's central bank says businesses and consumers are increasingly convinced that the pace of price increases will continue for the foreseeable future.
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'I'm out of gas:' Leadership burnout on the rise as pandemic takes mental health toll
As the pandemic stretches inexorably on, experts say the never-ending demands on business leaders are pushing some to the brink of burnout.
Autos
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Calderon joins IndyCar as 1st woman to drive for AJ Foyt
Tatiana Calderon will drive for AJ Foyt Racing this season as the first woman to compete regularly in the IndyCar Series since 2013.
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4x4 enthusiast turns 'hero' driving snowed-in health-care staff to work on Vancouver Island
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.
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Neighbours use kayak to rescue driver after car crashes through ice in Manotick, Ont.
Ottawa paramedics say the driver declined treatment after being rescued from the Rideau River after a car crashed through the ice.
Entertainment
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Betty White's assistant shares one of her final photos
Betty White would have celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday and her assistant commemorated the day by sharing one of the final photos taken of the beloved late actress.
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'America's Funniest Home Videos' to pay tribute to Bob Saget
'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.
Health
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Study suggests Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care
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.
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'We're getting through this': Nunavut hamlet fighting COVID-19 and TB at same time
The community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut is fighting the latest wave of COVID-19 as well as a tuberculosis outbreak.
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'A cockroach moving in my head': Insect removed from man's ear after three days
When 40-year-old Zane Wedding went swimming last week, he left with more than he bargained for -- a cockroach, which burrowed inside his left ear and stayed there for three days.
Politics
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Documents give glimpse of Finance Department's outlook, warnings on inflation
Newly released documents show the Finance Department last year warned that the pace of price increases could gain speed, even as the Liberal government and central bank maintained that inflationary pressures were temporary.
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First at-home COVID-19 antiviral prescription drug authorized by Health Canada
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.
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Small group of Canadian special forces sent to Ukraine, sources confirm
A small group of Canadian special forces has been deployed to Ukraine, a country on the brink of an armed conflict with Russia, CTV News has confirmed.
Sci-Tech
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European study finds action video games can help a child's reading ability
A team of researchers in Italy and Switzerland found that children can achieve long-term reading improvements by playing as little as two hours of action video games per week.
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Meteorite that crashed through B.C. ceiling diverted to that path about 470 million years ago: scientists
Scientists studying a meteorite that landed next to a British Columbia woman's head last year say it was diverted to that path about 470 million years ago.
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Ancient life may be just one possible explanation for Mars rover's latest discovery
In the search for life beyond Earth, NASA's Curiosity rover has been on a nearly decade-long mission to determine if Mars was ever habitable for living organisms.