Donations for Ottawa sledding accident victim’s family surpass $25,000
A fundraiser for the family of an 11-year-old girl who died in a sledding accident has raised more than $25,000 in just one day.
A fundraiser for the family of an 11-year-old girl who died in a sledding accident has raised more than $25,000 in just one day.
The head of a Canadian travel and tourism coalition is calling for a change in the country’s COVID-19 testing requirements following a recently announced policy shift in the United Kingdom.
With health-care capacity stretched 'too thin' in the face of an unrelenting wave of COVID-19 infections, Canada's health minister says provinces and territories should be considering mandating vaccinations. 'What we see now is that our health care system in Canada is fragile, our people are tired. And, the only way that we know to get through COVID-19, this variant and any future variant, is through vaccination,' Duclos told reporters on Friday.
The federal government says 27 of the approximately 130 passengers from a Sunwing plane to Mexico, who are now the subject of intense criticism for disobeying public health and aviation rules, faced interrogation upon their return to Canada this week.
With Omicron now the predominant COVID-19 variant rapidly spreading across the country, the average daily case count has increased 65 per cent from last week and hospitalizations are up 91 per cent but severe illnesses are not rising at the same 'explosive rate,' according to Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam.
The B.1.640, or 'IHU' coronavirus variant that made headlines recently has been a 'variant under monitoring' since November 2021, according to the World Health Organization, but is currently not circulating widely. Five cases from Canada have been reported on GISAID.
The head of Ontario’s science table has revealed what the province’s health-care system would look like if everyone had at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A shipment of rapid tests is expected to arrive on the West Coast late next week, and many of those tests are already earmarked for a specific group.
Honda is investigating a potential problem with clock displays on some older Honda and Acura car models that may be showing incorrect dates and times.
The fifth wave is starting to look very much like the first for seniors across Canada living in homes like Lakeside Long Term Care Home in Toronto, where despite most residents being triple vaccinated, COVID-19 cases are keeping residents isolated in their rooms, where some are deteriorating.
Ray Dagg was just 19 when he became the police officer who forced the Beatles to end their last live performance ever. Now, more than 50 years later, he’s finally opening up about the moment in music history in his first TV interview.
As the Omicron variant fuels an unprecedented wave of COVID-19, a growing number of Canadians, including those who are fully vaccinated, are falling ill. CTVNews.ca looks at how you can take care of yourself at home if you are mild to moderately sick with COVID-19.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said he believes all those in uniform should be vaccinated against COVID-19, after the Federal Court rejected a request by some military members for exemption from a vaccine mandate order.
Two children in Ontario, one under the age of four and another under the age of 10, have died after testing positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, health officials say.
People who received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day compared to those who were unvaccinated, according to a new study.