300 x 100 telethon

Thanks to you, the 2019 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon

raised over $283,561!

Your generous contributions helped over 16,000 children have something to unwrap at Christmas.

You can still donate online


2019 Telethon Performances

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    Sudbury Blues Brothers performs Mustang Sally for the 2019 CTV Lion's Children's Christmas Telethon.

    Sudbury Blues Brothers performs Mustang Sally

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Sudbury Blues Brothers performs Jailhouse Rock at the 2019 CTV Lion's Children's Christmas Telethon.

    Sudbury Blues Brothers performs Jailhouse Rock

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Lyndsay Aelick sings What are you doing New Years Eve? by Kacey Musgraves for the 2019 CTV Lion's Children's Christmas Telethon.

    Lyndsay Aelick sings a Kacey Musgraves song

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Serge Sauve performs at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Serge Sauve performs at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Karson Mackie sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Karson Mackie sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Cindy Thornton sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Cindy Thornton sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Marc Serre and Celine Tellier sing

    Marc Serre and Celine Tellier sing at the Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Jessica Crowe sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Jessica Crowe sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Dominica Frometa sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Dominica Frometa sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Christy Hemmer sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Christy Hemmer sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Nickel City Blue Grass Band Christmas performance

    Nickel City Blue Grass Band Christmas performance

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Northern Lights performs at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Northern Lights performs at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Angel Scott performs Hallelujah with a choir

    Angel Scott performs Hallelujah with a choir

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Samara Daout sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Samara Daout sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Yes Theatre performs for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Yes Theatre performs for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Jacinthe Trudeau, Isabelle and Natasha Seguin

    Trudeau and Seguin Fiddle Telethon performance

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Maryn Tarini sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Maryn Tarini sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Katie Harper sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Katie Harper sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Ellie Rajotte sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Ellie Rajotte sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Marc Aubin sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Marc Aubin sings for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Jason and Marty Lytle perform for the Telethon

    Jason and Marty Lytle perform for the Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Outsider perform at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Outsider performs at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Robbie Shawana sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Robbie Shawana sings at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Brianne Demers performs for the CTV telethon

    Brianne Demers performs for the CTV telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    JoPo performs at the CTV Telethon

    JoPo performs at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    St. Charles College Dance group

    St. Charles College Fresh Prince of Belair Dance

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Cameron O'Daiskey tap dance routine

    Cameron O'Daiskey Telethon tap dance routine

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Seth Goudreau performs The Beatles

    Seth Goudreau peforms The Beatles for the Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Sudbury Secondary School Dancers performance

    Sudbury Secondary School dancers performance

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Tyson Kirk Great Balls of Fire dance routine

    Tyson Kirk Great Balls of Fire dance routine

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Ellie Maxwell sings at the CTV Telethon

    Ellie Maxwell singing at the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Daniel Paquin peforms a Roy Orbison song

    Daniel Paquin peforms a Roy Orbison song

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Ella Koskela singing for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Ella Koskela singing for the CTV Lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Lwnnon and Maisy from Kind Folk

    Kind Folk perform A Life That's Good

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Rihanna Grant sings a Bing Crosby Classic

    Rihanna Grant sings a Bing Crosby Classic

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Jenny Massicotte performs at CTV lions Telethon

    Jenny Massicotte performs at CTV lions Telethon

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    Gianna Scott performs Mary Did You Know

    Gianna Scott performs Mary Did You Know

    Air Date: January 20, 2020
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    10-year-old Elayna Skaraba sings I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas on the 2019 CTV Lion's Children's Christmas Telethon.

    Elayna Skaraba sings Hippopotamus for Christmas

    Air Date: December 24, 2019
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    The Barontones, from R.L. Beattie Public School, performs Christmas at the Hop on the 2019 CTV Lion's Children's Christmas Telethon.

    The Barontones perform Christmas at the Hop

    Air Date: December 24, 2019
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    Students in the Chelmsford Public School Choir perform A Million Dreams on the 2019 CTV Lion's Children's Christmas Telethon.

    Chelmsford Choir sings A Million Dreams

    Air Date: December 24, 2019
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    WATCH: Local kindergarten teacher Ashley Nodwell returns to the CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon in 2019 to sing Step into Christmas.

    Ashley Nodwell sings Step Into Christmas 2019

    Air Date: December 13, 2019
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    WATCH: Andrew Arth performs a rocking rendition of Run, Run Rudolph in his CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon debut in 2019.

    Andrew Arth sings Run, Run Rudolph 2019 telethon

    Air Date: December 13, 2019
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    WATCH: Grade 12 student Brady Fex makes his CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon debut in 2019 singing I'll Be Home.

    Brady Fex sings I'll Be Home on 2019 telethon

    Air Date: December 13, 2019

2019 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon is Saturday, December 7 from 2 - 11 p.m.

Telethon preparations mobile

READ and WATCH: The finishing touches are being added in preparation for the 71st annual CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon.


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Sam Khoury, chair of CTV Lions Children's Christmas telethon. December 5, 2019 (CTV News Northern Ontario)

Preparations underway for 2019 CTV Lions Telethon

WATCH: CTV Northern Ontario's Tony Ryma talks to CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon Chair Sam Khoury about this year's big event.


 

Memories from 2018 Telethon


 

More behind the scenes of 2018 Telethon

Flashbacks to past telethons

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    Northern Lights 1991 telethon performance with Joan Kennedy, Rodie Lafantasie, Diane Beaudry, Gary Di Salle, Marnie Delwe, and Anita Perras.

    TELETHON FLASHBACK VIDEO: Northern Lights 1991

    Northern Lights 1991 telethon performance with Joan Kennedy, Rodie Lafantasie, Diane Beaudry, Gary Di Salle, Marnie Delwe, and Anita Perras.

    Air Date: December 19, 2018

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    1991 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon with Tamara Ischenko, John Walton, Carol Bond, Jennifer Gates, Peter Mallette, and SSS dancers.

    TELETHON FLASHBACK VIDEO: 1991 hosts

    1991 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon with Tamara Ischenko, John Walton, Carol Bond, Jennifer Gates, Peter Mallette, and SSS dancers.

    Air Date: December 19, 2018

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    2004 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon with Caroline Barghout where André Corbeil sings a French song for a challenge.

    TELETHON FLASHBACK VIDEO: André Corbeil sings

    2004 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon with Caroline Barghout where André Corbeil sings a French song for a challenge.

    Air Date: December 19, 2018

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    2008 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon when Darcy Seaton and Sacha Novack stop by the LCBO for a drink and run into Sharon Bowes.

    TELETHON FLASHBACK VIDEO: drinks at the LCBO

    2008 CTV Lions Children's Christmas Telethon when Darcy Seaton and Sacha Novack stop by the LCBO for a drink and run into Sharon Bowes.

    Air Date: December 19, 2018

Northern Ontario News Articles

  • taxes

    Reminder: Monday is the extended deadline day for filing 2019 tax returns

  • Dr. Prabhat Jha demonstrates how to use the home kit that will be sent to participants in the study. (Unity Health Toronto)

    10,000 Canadians to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies in hopes of understanding immunity

  • A large group gathered outside Sudbury's courthouse calling for racial justice (Bradford Bourque/CTV Northern Ontario) UPDATED

    'We hear your call for justice and transparency': Sudbury police after Sunday's protest

  • North Bay Transit (2013) NEW

    Transit fare and parking enforcement set to resume in North Bay on June 15


CTV National News

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    Extended: Semi truck goes through crowd in Minneapolis

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    CTV National News: The power of love

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    Montreal’s Nicholas Johnson

    First black valedictorian at Princeton delivers speech

Around Ontario

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    Demonstrators take part in a rally protesting the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in downtown Toronto, Saturday May 30, 2020. Korchinski-Paquet, 29, fell from the balcony of a 24th-floor Toronto apartment while police were in the home. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to rally in the aftermath of high-profile, police-involved deaths in both Canada and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

    Toronto: Thousands march seeking justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet

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    2nd employee at Ottawa care home dies

    Ottawa: Second employee at care home dies

    Air Date: May 30, 2020
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    Migrant workers

    Windsor: COVID-19 protections for migrant workers

    Air Date: May 29, 2020
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    Payments for summer camp prompt tug of war

    London: Payments for summer camp prompt tug of war

    Air Date: May 29, 2020