The medical officer of health for one of Ontario’s hardest-hit regions explains why he’s enacted some of the strictest measures in the province throughout the pandemic and what he expects to happen in the coming weeks.
The most affordable cities in Ontario to buy a home have been revealed.
Catholic schools in Toronto will raise the Pride flag next month for the first time ever.
York Regional Police have charged three Brampton men accused of tricking an 80-year-old woman into sending thousands of her savings in a scam using the Canada Revenue Agency.
A Hamilton police officer has been charged with assault after a video surfaced which appears to show him lunging at a woman while responding to a reported dispute between a landlord and their tenant.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his minister of long-term care and accepted responsibility for the future of the sector, after a report detailed the government’s missteps when COVID-19 ravaged the province’s nursing homes where nearly 4,000 residents died.
The Ontario Liberals are pledging to provide universal child care for all families and create $10 a day licensed child care if elected next year.
The federal government is edging closer to waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, as it faces increased pressure from members of Parliament of all party stripes.
With COVID-19 vaccine demand declining in the United States, some Canadians facing third-wave lockdowns are flying south to get inoculated, perhaps months earlier than they would be able to at home.
Researchers have recovered a treasure trove of World War I artifacts from a cave shelter in northern Italy revealed by the melting of a glacier.
The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice.
Makeshift homeless shelters have again popped up on city property in Sudbury. This time in the underground parking lot of the YMCA in the downtown core.
Rescuers and the family of a seven-year-old girl who nearly drowned May 2 are sharing their dramatic story of how a tragedy was narrowly averted.
Few have been hit harder during the pandemic than long-term care homes. Now, Sudbury's St. Joseph's Villa is looking for community support to help raise money for its Caring Beyond Capital Campaign.
The province is trying out a new, 911 model of care for palliative care patients in northeast Ontario. Eligible patients now have the option of getting the treatment they need at home by qualified paramedics.
Makeshift homeless shelters have again popped up on city property in Sudbury. This time in the underground parking lot of the YMCA in the downtown core.
Health Sciences North has now taken in six COVID-19 patients from southern Ontario, and expects to receive more.
Despite massive cuts to programs and faculty, Laurentian University reported Thursday that enrolment for the spring semester is similar to that of 2020.
An early morning fire at a North Bay senior's facility has sent two people to hospital and claimed the lives of two pets.
Clarity is emerging regarding a police search in North Bay on Wednesday afternoon that saw an area of the city cordoned off.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is reviewing a North Bay arrest where officers discharged an anti-riot weapon at a vehicle.
In a statement Wednesday, Canadore College and Nipissing University announced it was reversing its earlier decision that gave 200 nursing students "unsatisfactory" or "in progress" grades for their clinical courses.
North Bay is launching a survey to ask people what issues are important to them when it comes to community safety and well-being.
A lull in the live music scene is not stopping local bands in Sault Ste. Marie from coming together to raise money for the Sault Area Hospital Foundation.
The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service say they have charged three people with stunt driving, including two who were travelling almost 100 km/h over the speed limit.
Two men in Sault Ste. Marie were charged with sexual assault this week, in two separate cases.
In what is being hailed as the largest project in PUC's 100-year history and a potential game-changer for public utilities across Canada, the 'Sault Smart Grid' project in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. is being given the green light by the Ontario Energy Board.
The Missanabie Cree First Nation has received 1 of 24 grants from the Invasive Species Centre, as part of the centre's 10th anniversary celebration.
Rescuers and the family of a seven-year-old girl who nearly drowned May 2 are sharing their dramatic story of how a tragedy was narrowly averted.
The Porcupine Health Unit reported 14 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, including 13 in Timmins. One of the cases is in the area of Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam and Fauquier-Strickland.
After receiving multiple complaints, police in Timmins are warning ATV drivers to stay off city streets.
The Timmins Police Service has charged nine people following raids Tuesday of residences on Rea Street South and James Avenue.
During a virtual meeting with the Timmins news media, the medical officer of health for the Porcupine Health unit expressed her grave concerns about climbing COVID-19 case numbers and variants of concerns.
An Alberta man is refusing to admit defeat even though his glasses have been under a frozen lake for three months.
Prince William and Duchess Kate have launched their own YouTube channel in a push to modernize the monarchy. CTV’s Joy Malbon reports.
An unexpected wave crashed on the shore of a popular park in Richmond, B.C., last week, sending one person to hospital.
Dashcam footage shows how the driver of an armoured truck reacted during an attempted hijacking on a highway in South Africa.
Today is World Password Day, a day to encourage everyone to create more secure passwords to protect their personal information.
Video shows an unexpected wave crashing on the shore of a popular park in Richmond, B.C., last week and nearly drowning a woman.
A Canada goose got a new lease on life after it was found walking around with an arrow lodged in its wing.
A three-year-old boy from Oakbank, Man., decided he had a hankering for some Tim Hortons, so he jumped in his battery powered Jeep and went through the drive-thru.
The former homestead of one of Canada’s most notorious cults is up for sale. The historic island property is largely unchanged since the 1920s, when it served as the reputed 'Ark of Refuge' for spiritual leader Brother XII and his Aquarian Foundation.
A virtual choir on Manitoulin Island -- The Island Singers – perform beautiful versions of 'Over the Rainbow' and 'What a Wonderful World.'
Watch the full performance of Albert Theriault and Marie-Jeanne Vezina singing 'Une Fleur a ma Boutonerre,' as seen on CTV News at 6.
Canadian Armed Forces members helping COVID-19 patients inside the field hospital at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have arrived.
High schools in Wasaga Beach, Collingwood and Stayner are all part of a regional solution to the population growth.
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Statistics Canada says the economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a new rise in COVID-19 cases led to renewed public health restrictions that closed businesses.
Emergency room doctors and nurses in Canada are growing increasingly frustrated that many of them have yet to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
A wildfire in the vicinity of Tomahawk, Alta., west of Edmonton, forced nearby residents from their homes Thursday.
The military general leading the logistics of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout says that even with the number of Canadians who are now eligible to be immunized expanding, the country is expecting to have enough doses arriving to offer vaccines to everyone who wants them in the months ahead.
Two decades after a provincial language law was passed, a certain provision will finally come into force next year. All Quebec companies and government bodies will be getting only French communications from the province, at least in writing.
A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said.
Researchers in Saskatchewan, along with others around the globe, are working to create a universal vaccine that might be able to work against all future coronavirus-related viruses.
The author of a new study that cast doubt on the early efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNech coronavirus vaccine against variants of concern says he believes the data is not applicable to the situation in Canada where doses are being spaced out by up to four months.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Biden administration to release a detailed plan explaining what rules and health-related benchmarks will guide the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border to non-essential travel, in an effort to provide clarity 'to a confusing and frustrating process.'
Nova Scotia's premier warned he might impose tougher restrictions to reduce the rapid spread of COVID-19. CTV's Todd Battis reports.
Experts say the location where the Chinese rocket will land is only going to be known within hours of its re-entry.
Questions over player safety have led to growing calls for the NHL to tone down the aggression. CTV’s Genevieve Beauchemin explains.
