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Elderly northern Ont. woman turns heads at Grammy Awards

A 78-year-old woman from Sudbury, Ont., -- a Harry Styles superfan -- has become internet famous after announcing the 2023 Grammy Award for Album of the Year on Sunday night.

Harry Styles fan, Reina, center, from Ontario, presents Harry Styles, right, with the award for album of the year for "Harry's House" at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Host Trevor Noah looks on from left. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Two arrested in Kapuskasing accused of threatening pedestrian with a gun

Two men in their 30s from Kapuskasing have been arrested and face several firearms-related charges after allegedly threatening a pedestrian Sunday evening, police say.

The Town of Kapuskasing sign. (CTV Northern Ontario file photo)

Sudbury police officer cleared of sex assault accusation

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has cleared a Sudbury police officer who was accused of sexual assault during an October 2022 arrest.

Special Investigations Unit (file image).

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Sudbury

Electric vehicles will drive northern prosperity, Fedeli tells Sudbury chamber

Addressing members of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli said the electric vehicle revolution would help drive economic development in the region for years to come.

Addressing members of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli said Monday the electric vehicle revolution would help drive economic development in the region for years to come.

Elliot Lake to wait until appeal is heard before deciding fate of newly elected mayor

The City of Elliot Lake has agreed to wait until an appeal is heard before deciding whether to replace Mayor Chris Patrie.

Sudbury police officer cleared of sex assault accusation

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has cleared a Sudbury police officer who was accused of sexual assault during an October 2022 arrest.

Family dispute in Elliot Lake almost ends in head-on collision

A suspect from Levack has been charged after a family dispute boiled over in Elliot Lake last weekend when a vehicle ran another vehicle off the road.

Sudbury-area boy becomes 'TikTok famous' with mom's snowmobile video

A Sudbury-area boy is now 'TikTok famous' after his mother shared a video of him receiving his new snowmobile that resonated with viewers on the popular app.

North Bay

North Bay's Main Street getting a facelift

Main Street in North Bay is getting its first major facelift since the 1980s and there's plenty of work to be done.

Sudbury-area boy becomes 'TikTok famous' with mom's snowmobile video

A Sudbury-area boy is now 'TikTok famous' after his mother shared a video of him receiving his new snowmobile that resonated with viewers on the popular app.

Northern Ont. fire services stress the importance of having an escape plan

Officials with fire services in northern Ontario are reminding residents of the importance of creating and practicing an escape plan in case of a fire.

‘It’s a big debut’: North Bay metal band records first album, gearing up to jam at the Capitol Centre

Elsey was relaxing on a beach in Cuba when the COVID-19 pandemic began and be began to think about what he would do in his spare time in lockdown. Cherishing his love of 80s metal music, he decided to form his own band.

'We are all connected': First Nations communities celebrate culture and tradition in North Bay Pow Wow

To the beat of the drum, dancers, young and old, took the centre stage inside the Canadore College gym to perform a spiritual dance. As they danced, they said a prayer of thanks to the ancestors and for healing.

Sault Ste. Marie

Elliot Lake to wait until appeal is heard before deciding fate of newly elected mayor

The City of Elliot Lake has agreed to wait until an appeal is heard before deciding whether to replace Mayor Chris Patrie.

Two people in Sault hospital with gunshot wounds

Two people are in hospital with gunshot wounds following an incident on Wellington Street East, Sault Ste. Marie Police said Monday.

Sault suspect makes false 911 call while at the courthouse

A 41-year-old man is facing charges following a confrontation at the Sault Ste. Marie Courthouse on Feb. 2.

Sudbury-area boy becomes 'TikTok famous' with mom's snowmobile video

A Sudbury-area boy is now 'TikTok famous' after his mother shared a video of him receiving his new snowmobile that resonated with viewers on the popular app.

Zonta Club in Sault Ste. Marie celebrates the return of its 'Bon Soop' fundraiser

The Zonta Club of Sault Ste. Marie is celebrating the return of one of its key fundraisers.

Timmins

Fire leaves several seniors homeless in northwestern Ont.

A weekend fire at a seniors complex in Sioux Lookout left almost a dozen people in need of a new home.

Timmins man wins $50K on a scratch ticket

Robert Aikens of Timmins is celebrating after winning a $50,000 top prize with Instant Crossword.

Sudbury-area boy becomes 'TikTok famous' with mom's snowmobile video

A Sudbury-area boy is now 'TikTok famous' after his mother shared a video of him receiving his new snowmobile that resonated with viewers on the popular app.

Two arrested in Kapuskasing accused of threatening pedestrian with a gun

Two men in their 30s from Kapuskasing have been arrested and face several firearms-related charges after allegedly threatening a pedestrian Sunday evening, police say.

Best U18 curlers in Canada are in Timmins this week

Forty-two curling teams, representing every province and the Northwest Territories are competing this week at the McIntyre Community Centre in Timmins in the National U18 Championship.

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First-year university student from northern Ontario wins $48M in lottery, making history

Canada's newest millionaire, an 18-year-old university freshman from northern Ontario, has achieved a lot of firsts with a recent lottery win. Here is her story.

Juliette Lamour of Sault Ste. Marie hold cheque for her $48 million lottery win. Feb. 3/23 (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation)

Poor oral health could affect the brain later in life: early study

An early study has shown keeping your gums and teeth healthy may have added benefits for your brain health.

Charles Kimbrough, best known for role in 'Murphy Brown,' dies at 86

Charles Kimbrough, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who played a straight-laced news anchor opposite Candice Bergen on 'Murphy Brown,' died Jan. 11 in Culver City, California. He was 86.

Five things to know about upcoming health-care talks between Trudeau, premiers

On Tuesday in Ottawa, Canada's 13 premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit around the same table in person for the first time since COVID-19 hoping to find a path toward a new long-term health-care funding deal.

Extreme cold can bring frostbite and hypothermia. Here are the symptoms to watch for

Canadians will continue to bundle up in the country's east this weekend as a recent bout of extreme cold persists in much of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. CTVNews.ca looks at the signs and symptoms for frostbite and hypothermia to watch for if exposed to extreme cold.

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As E-bikes rise in popularity, concerns over battery fires grow

Electric bikes, or e-bikes, have spiked in recent popularity, and with that popularity is a growing number of battery fires – some of them fatal.

A food delivery worker rides an electric bike in downtown Vancouver, on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

ServiceOntario making it 'faster, easier' to get driver's licences, health cards

Premier Doug Ford announced new ServiceOntario changes to make it 'faster' and 'easier' to get driver’s licences and health cards.

Service Ontario office in Kingston, Ont., on March 23, 2016. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)

Many Canadians consider turning to part-time jobs if finances worsen, new survey says

A new Consumer Debt Report by the Canadian Counselling Society has found that many Canadians are pessimistic about their 2023 finances.

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Survivors scream as desperate rescuers work in Turkiye, Syria

Rescue workers and civilians passed chunks of concrete and household goods across mountains of rubble Monday, moving tons of wreckage by hand in a desperate search for survivors trapped by a devastating earthquake.

Emergency team members search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkiye, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP / Khalil Hamra)

Rescuers scramble in Turkiye, Syria after quake kills 3,400

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,600 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.

New details emerge ahead of Trudeau-premiers' health-care meeting

As preparations are underway for the anticipated health-care 'working meeting' between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers on Tuesday, new details are emerging about how the much-anticipated federal-provincial gathering will unfold.

The world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkiye and Syria on Monday, killing thousands of people. Here is a list of some of the world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000.

Quebec minister 'surprised' asylum seekers given free bus tickets from New York City

Quebec's immigration minister says she was 'surprised' to learn the City of New York is helping to provide free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada.

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opinion | Don Martin: Alarms going off over health-care privatization? Such an out-of-touch waste of hot political air

The chances Trudeau's health-care summit with the premiers will end with the blueprint to realistic long-term improvements are only marginally better than believing China’s balloon was simply collecting atmospheric temperatures, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca, 'But it’s clearly time the 50-year-old dream of medicare as a Canadian birthright stopped being such a nightmare for so many patients.'

'Buildings are broken': Calgary man in Turkiye describes disaster scene post-earthquake

Calgarians at home and abroad are reeling in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck a war-torn region near the border of Turkiye and Syria.

U.S. 6-year-old who shot teacher allegedly tried to choke another

A 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher constantly cursed at staff and teachers, chased students around and tried to whip them with his belt and once choked another teacher 'until she couldn't breathe,' according to a legal notice filed by an attorney for the wounded teacher.