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Northern Ontario reaction to vaccine travel requirement ending

The Canadian government is dropping the requirement that domestic and outbound international travellers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, effective June 20.

Terry Bos, the president and CEO of the Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation, on the feds dropping the COVID-19 vaccine travel mandate. June 14/22 (Eric Taschner/CTV Northern Ontario)

Coronavirus: What you need to know

VACCINES EXPLAINED

A healthcare worker gets ready to administer a COVID-19 vaccine in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Pool Photo via AP)

COVID-19 IN CANADA

People receive their COVID-19 vaccination at the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto on Tuesday May 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

AROUND THE WORLD

People wait to receive vaccine for COVID-19 outside a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

HOW IT AFFECTS ME

Mother putting a face mask on her daughter. (August de Richelieu/ Pexels)

Virus & Vaccine Trackers

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Unvaccinated travel workers can return to work

As the federal government drops the vaccine mandate for domestic and outgoing international flights, unvaccinated travel workers can return.

Public health partners with Capreol clinic

Public Health says over 18 thousand people under the age of 18 in Sudbury are over due for routine vaccinations

Calls to continue masking in high-risk settings

Ontario health care officials are calling on the province to extend its mask mandates in high-risk settings. Christian D'Avino reports.

Your Finances During the Crisis

Almost half of Canadians are doing worse financially than the previous year: survey

As inflation rates soar to the highest they've been in Canada in nearly forty years, nearly half of Canadians say that right now, they're doing worse financially than they were at this time last year.

Gas prices are displayed in Carleton Place, Ontario on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Here's how to save on your next grocery order, according to Canadian couponers

As Canada’s inflation soars, two ‘extreme couponers’ offer their advice on how to save at the grocery store.

4 things Canadians can do to save money on their groceries during inflation

With Statistics Canada reporting a 9.7 per cent increase in food costs over the last year, Canadians are being pushed to find ways to pinch pennies at the grocery stores. Here are some ways to save.

Is it time for a 'gas tax holiday' in Canada?

As fuel prices reach record highs and drive inflation, there have been growing calls for governments to temporarily suspend or reduce gas taxes. CTVNews.ca spoke with experts on whether a gas tax holiday makes sense in Canada.

Canada's inflation nears 40-year high as gas prices soar

Soaring gas prices helped the annual inflation rate in May soar to its highest level in nearly 40 years, as the rising cost of living for Canadians squeezed household budgets and bolstered expectations the Bank of Canada will opt for a supersized interest rate hike next month.

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WATCH: Puppy escapes bald eagle after getting snatched from B.C. backyard

A doorbell camera captured the moment a puppy was scooped up by a bald eagle from a B.C. backyard. The dog returned moments later after escaping the bird's talons.

This spit image shows the moment an eight-month-old puppy named Coco miraculously escaped the claws of a bald eagle

Ottawa parents demand answers after boy, 11, not dropped off by school bus

An Ottawa family is demanding answers after their son went missing for five hours following his pickup from school on Monday.

Eleven-year-old Nathan was missing for nearly five hours on Monday after his school transportation didn't drop him off at home. His parents are demanding answers from the school transportation operator. (Dave Charbonneau/CTV News Ottawa)

Toronto Police pitch licence plate scanners as a way to close parking ticket 'loophole'

The Toronto Police Service are eyeing ways to add more technology to the city’s parking system in a way that could give drivers more options to avoid tickets — and close what one self-styled parking vigilante calls a “loophole.”

A licence plate scanners takes a pictures of a licence plate and scans it into a database.

Mummified baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon 'most complete' find in North America: officials

Miners working in a gold field in Yukon have uncovered what is being called the 'most complete' mummified woolly mammoth found to date in North America, officials announced on Friday.

'It feels so good': Alberta MP celebrates overturning of Roe v. Wade

A Member of Parliament from rural Alberta went live on Facebook Friday to celebrate a United States Supreme Court vote to end constitutional protections for abortion.

Ottawa police warn officers will soon start issuing $110 fines for expired licence plates

Ottawa police are reminding drivers to renew their vehicle licence plate, saying officers will soon begin issuing $110 fines for expired plates.

St. Jean Baptiste Day kicks off with a Franco-Ontarian flag raising in Greater Sudbury

June 24 is St. Jean Baptiste Day, a day when francophone culture and history is celebrated.

Glencore Onaping Depth project to rely on electric vehicles

Work is progressing on Glencore's Onaping Depth Project, a new ore body deep underground that will replace two other mines coming to the end of production.

Sault Canal Visitor Centre opens

A new visitor centre at the Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site is officially open.

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Protesters at U.S. Supreme Court decry abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade

Hundreds of protesters descended on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the justice's decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women's constitutional right to abortion.

People protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Tear gas used to disperse protesters outside Arizona Capitol building, officials say

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion, protesters and supporters of the ruling gathered at the high court's building in Washington, D.C., and in other cities nationwide.

Biden signs landmark gun measure, says 'lives will be saved'

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

Conservative MPs free to attend 'freedom' protests this summer: Bergen

With the nation's capital bracing for anticipated anti-mandate 'freedom' movement protests during Canada Day weekend, interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen says her MPs are free to attend.

Indigenous conservation Canada's way of the future, environment minister says

Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Columbia wilderness.