Coronavirus in Northern Ontario | COVID-19

Sudbury's health unit reports 62 new COVID-19 cases, almost half in Manitoulin district

Public Health Sudbury & Districts reported 62 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 28 cases in the Manitoulin district.

And an outbreak has been declared at Finlandia Hoivakoti Long Term Care Home, one of about a dozen active outbreaks in the health unit's coverage area. (File)

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

Northern COVID-19 Video Reports

COVID-19 cases are up the northeast

Infectious disease specialist weighs in with Tony Ryma on rising cases of COVID-19 in northeastern Ontario.

Sudbury Silver Stick to proceed amid COVID spike

The Sudbury Silver Stick Tournament will be going ahead this week after an absence last year.

More recent public exposures to COVID-19

Northeastern Ontario health officials are warning of several recent public exposures to COVID-19 to be aware of.

Your Finances During the Crisis

Extended COVID-19 pandemic benefits to cost feds $873M: PBO

Extending both the sickness and caregiving benefits into next spring – as proposed in Bill C-2 – will cost the government approximately $873 million, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimates.

Parliament's budget watchdog Yves Giroux on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on March 10, 2020. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Pattie Lovett-Reid: What investors need to know about market reaction to the new COVID-19 variant

CTV's chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid discusses the global market sell-off over fears of a new COVID-19 variant. Read her analysis on CTVNews.ca.

Some CERB recipients set to get notices that they owe feds some of the aid

Some Canadians who received a pandemic jobless benefit are set to receive notices that they have to repay some of the aid they received last year.

Liberals introduce new targeted pandemic aid bill for businesses, workers

The Liberal government introduced a new pandemic aid bill Wednesday afternoon that would maintain some financial supports for businesses and workers until at least the spring of 2022.

Will gas prices in Canada be affected by Biden tapping into U.S. oil reserves?

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday authorized the release of oil reserves with the hopes of curbing high energy costs, but one Canadian expert says it won't be enough to turn around rising gas prices and may in fact be followed by a small increase.

CTV News Northern Ontario Top Stories

How to watch the 73rd annual CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon

The stage is set in Sudbury for the 73rd annual CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon on Dec. 4 from 2 to 11 p.m. Here is everything you need to know.

The stage is set and ready for the 2021 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon. Dec. 3/21 (Louise Petitclerc/CTV Northern Ontario)

Science North animal ambassador passes on after life educating visitors

Science North said goodbye to one of its most iconic ambassadors on Friday. Saunders the striped skunk passed away yesterday after almost a decade in Sudbury.

(Science North video image) Saunders the skunk

'Historic' meeting between northern First Nations and politicians wraps up in Timmins

Delegates from seven area First Nations and their Mushkegowuk Council met with the province's Indigenous affairs and environment ministers to discuss matters like treaty rights and the economic potential of the James Bay coast.

'Feels like I'm being punished': Confusion over ArriveCAN app forces Canadian travellers into quarantine

Several fully vaccinated Canadians have been forced to quarantine for two weeks after returning from day trips to the U.S. and failing to pre-register on the ArriveCAN app, a requirement for re-entry.

Bond set at combined US$1M after parents of Michigan school shooting suspect enter pleas

A judge imposed a combined US$1 million bond Saturday for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School, hours after police said they were caught hiding in a commercial building.

Scenes from week one of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-abuse trial

The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand to give emotional testimony accusing the British socialite of coaxing her -- at just 14 -- into sexual encounters with financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Federal minister to provide money to fight aquatic invasive species in mountain parks

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce funding Saturday to fight aquatic invasive species in five mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.

'This is mandatory': Ottawa reminds Canadian travellers ArriveCAN app required for re-entry

The federal government is reminding that Canadian travellers must use ArriveCAN app for re-entry into the country after reports of vaccinated citizens being forced to quarantine as a result of confusion at the Canada-U.S. land border.

'Exciting opportunity' for ministers of housing, mental health to join forces: Expert

There is an 'exciting opportunity' for the new housing minister and mental health and addictions minister to work together at the intersection of homelessness and mental health, says an expert.