Northerners were hit worse by the pandemic than rest of Ontario, study finds
Northern Ontario was disproportionately affected by the pandemic, according to the Northern Policy Institute.

Northern Ontario was disproportionately affected by the pandemic, according to the Northern Policy Institute.
Northern Ontario was disproportionately affected by the pandemic, according to NPI. Timmins Chamber of Commerce's, Cameron Grant, agrees.
With inflation rising at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years, the cost of everything from food to gas has skyrocketed. Canadians across the country are feeling squeezed, but big families with multiple children are at times shouldering much of the higher costs — and changing demographics and consumer patterns have left some of them more exposed to inflation than in previous generations.
Following a series of interest rate hikes, Canada's housing market is now facing a 'historic' correction. CTVNews.ca wants to hear from Canadians looking to buy or sell homes in a changing market landscape.
For millennial and gen Z Canadians, owning a home in this real estate market might seem like a pipe dream. In an exclusive column for CTVNews,ca personal finance contributor Christopher Liew offers some strategies to consider if you can’t afford the housing market yet.
The Canadian Association for Retired Persons is raising alarms about the increase in old age security only being made eligible for those 75 and above.
The rising cost of living is exacerbating the challenge for many Canadians living on fixed disability income to pay for food and housing.
An outreach program that focuses on Sault Ste. Marie's main drag could be expanding its borders.
Fringe North is returning to Sault Ste. Marie this summer. Last year’s festival was a virtual one due to COVID-19, but for Fringe North 2022, organizers are holding a hybrid festival with in-person and virtual performances.
A program at Cambrian College is helping prepare Indigenous students as they consider post-secondary education.
It was a moving moment outside the Sudbury Jail on Wednesday morning as advocates gathered to commemorate this year's Prisoner's Justice Day.
For the past few weeks, some people who are living rough in Timmins have set up camp in a high profile area: underneath the overpass on Algonquin Boulevard at the Spruce Street intersection.
A new mural at the YMCA in North Bay was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. It's on the front of the building on Chippewa Street and it's called 'Better Together.'
Several groups came together in Sudbury on Wednesday to bring some colour to a housing co-op in the city and provide an opportunity for the children who live there to use their imagination and play.
A murder-suicide was behind two people who died from gunshot wounds Aug. 5 at a residential fire on Goulais Avenue, Sault police said Wednesday.
A 37-year-old from Toronto has been charged in connection with a two-vehicle crash Aug. 8 on Highway 69 in Servos Township south of Greater Sudbury.
A Saskatoon mother who stands accused of faking her own death, as well as her son's, and illegally entering the U.S. is defending her actions.
A well-known real estate agent and media personality in Brampton, Ont. was viciously attacked in broad daylight in his own driveway by three men, two of whom appeared to be wielding an axe and a machete.
A Canadian Armed Forces veteran has been charged with murder in connection to a mass shooting in Belize that left two people dead and eight others injured.
The ongoing protests in the Netherlands, by farmers opposed to their government’s plan to slash nitrogen oxide emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, have drawn attention to Canadian farmers’ concerns over an emissions reduction target set by the Canadian government. But the policies set out by the Dutch government and the Canadian government are fundamentally different, experts say.
Doctors are among those calling for tighter regulation of sodium nitrite as a growing number of Canadians are dying after intentionally ingesting unsafe quantities of the common food preservative in its pure form.
Health-care advocates are disappointed by the lack of detailed solutions from the Ontario government’s throne speech.
U.S. Arctic Research Commission's Mike Sfraga explains how climate change has sparked a 'treasure hunt' in Greenland for mineral deposits.