As provinces begin to loosen COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination rates increase, many Canadians can’t wait to start hugging their friends and family. But experts say if you plan on meeting up with someone and would like to hug, it’s best to ask first.
Bumble is giving its entire team a break. The dating app has shut down its offices around the world this week 'as a way to thank our team for their hard work and resilience,' it said.
A Saskatoon man has captured and shared a very Canadian video of a beaver standing underneath a Canadian flag near the city's Meewasin Trail.
The Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan says it has found hundreds of unmarked burial sites near a former residential school.
Here are a few resources available to help Indigenous peoples in crisis in Canada.
For a good many Maritimers, the latest restrictions on travel at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border affect them on a personal level.
The border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick remains blocked in both directions on Wednesday morning, as residents on both sides of the border continue to protest Nova Scotia's restrictions on travellers from New Brunswick.
Premier Doug Ford is considering moving up the second step of Ontario's economic reopening by two days and is set to make the final decision during a cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday, CTV News Toronto has learned.
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said he's made a proposal to Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin that he thinks could lead to more relaxed travel rules for people travelling from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia.
Five years ago Wednesday, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.'s unsettled relationship with its European neighbours.
Hong Kong's sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper published its last edition Thursday after five editors and executives were arrested and millions of dollars in its assets were frozen as part of China's increasing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city.
American authorities seized a range of Iran's state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading "disinformation" on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
The United States, Britain and France accused Russian mercenaries on Wednesday of operating alongside Central African Republic forces and committing human rights violations against civilians and obstructing UN peacekeeping -- charges immediately denied by Russia which denounced the Western nations for engaging in an "anti-Russia political hit job."
The owners and insurers of the giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year have reached an agreement in principle over their dispute with canal authorities, representatives from both sides said Wednesday.
Buckingham Palace has for the first time released figures on the ethnic makeup of its staff, following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's allegations of racism in the royal family.
Rachel Zegler, who will make her feature film debut in December in the long-awaited Steven Spielberg-directed 'West Side Story' has been cast to play iconic Disney princess Snow White in an upcoming live-action reimagining of the story.
After 13 years of near silence in the conservatorship that controls her life and money, Britney Spears passionately told a judge Wednesday that she wants to end the "abusive" case that has made her feel demoralized and enslaved.
Elton John has announced the final dates for his farewell tour, which includes stops in Toronto, Vancouver and big stadiums in the U.S.
Concerns about whether COVID-19 vaccines will cause long-term fertility-related issues have rekindled as more children aged 12 and over are vaccinated in Canada and elsewhere, but experts say time-tested scientific research around vaccines shows these claims are baseless.
The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) has announced positive early results from phase one trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate: COVAC-2.
Rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults is likely linked to vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 shots, a group of doctors advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a presentation released on Wednesday.
The House of Commons rose for a two-month summer hiatus Wednesday, after passing the Liberal minority government's key bills amid inflamed partisan tensions and speculation that MPs won't sit again in Ottawa before a federal election call.
An army reservist who was ordered suspended from the Vancouver Police Department for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate has been working as a military assistant to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.
The Liberal government is asking the Federal Court to prohibit disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest-security laboratory. In doing so, it is challenging the long-held principle that the House of Commons is supreme and has unfettered power to demand the production of any documents it sees fit.
A marriage of art and artificial intelligence has enabled Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to recreate parts of the iconic 'Night Watch' painting that were snipped off 70 years after Rembrandt finished it.
A U.S. civil rights group warned Uber Eats that its app profiles place transgender drivers at risk of harassment and violence, prompting the company to apologize Tuesday to a Kansas man and to resolve issues within the app that outed him.
Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, the country's state TV reported.
Statistics Canada says retail sales in April posted their largest drop since April last year at the start of the pandemic as governments moved to deal with its third wave.
Canada's main stock index suffered a small loss midweek as dismal retail sales numbers cast a shadow over what are typically quiet summer days for markets.
John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in prison, authorities said.
On CTVNews.ca, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid shares her advice for Canadians who sold their vehicles during the pandemic and are in the market for a new ride.
The experts at Edmunds are here to help you narrow your selection by naming the top convertibles for 2021.
Some turban-wearing motorcyclists in Canada have had helmet exemptions for years, but a Sikh man wants riders like his father to feel safer with his new protective turban that features bulletproof laminate and foam that hardens on impact.
As provinces begin to loosen COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination rates increase, many Canadians can’t wait to start hugging their friends and family. But experts say if you plan on meeting up with someone and would like to hug, it’s best to ask first.
Bumble is giving its entire team a break. The dating app has shut down its offices around the world this week 'as a way to thank our team for their hard work and resilience,' it said.
A Saskatoon man has captured and shared a very Canadian video of a beaver standing underneath a Canadian flag near the city's Meewasin Trail.
The Habs haven't been this close to the Stanley Cup finals in 28 years.
In the case of the cursing cheerleader, the U.S. Supreme Court notched a victory for the free speech rights of students Wednesday, siding with a high school student whose vulgar social media post got her kicked off the junior varsity squad.
Ottawa Redblacks receiver and Grey Cup champion Brad Sinopoli is retiring from professional football, but he will remain a key figure with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group.
