Canada's immigration minister says changes must be made to current rules barring potential immigrants from settling in the country if they're deemed to place excessive demand on the medical or social system.
A 27-year-old woman from Newfoundland is facing a medical bill of nearly $130,000 after she suffered a stroke in the U.S., where she was living and working without health insurance.
The U.S. Girl Scouts organization is warning parents not to force their daughters to hug relatives over the holidays, suggesting the forced physical affection sends the wrong message about consent.
A single mother who 'worked hard to provide' for her children died in hospital on Tuesday, after she was seriously injured in a Windsor, Ont., crash involving an alleged drunk driver.
Futurist Nikolas Badminton joined CTV’s Your Morning on Wednesday, to break down what may be around the corner in the scientific struggle to stave off death.
A Vancouver-area dog walker and three dogs have been found alive in the British Columbia wilderness, nearly three days after she was reported missing.
Dog walker Annette Poitras and three dogs have been found alive in Coquitlam, B.C., some three days after she was reported missing.
A dogwalker and three dogs remain unaccounted for in Coquitlam, B.C., after rescue efforts were scaled back overnight due to weather concerns.
A Wisconsin kindergartener is among the first youngsters to bag a buck under a new law that eliminates the state's minimum hunting age.
A man who was stabbed to death in a Calgary home last week has been identified as a Humberto (Robert) Panameno, a father of four who gave his life to save another, according to his family.
Ontario has passed sweeping labour reform legislation, which includes increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Cara Delevingne are among a number of celebrities championing the cause of former teen prostitute Cyntoia Brown, who at 16 was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man who paid her for sex.
A driver has been fired after a four-year-old girl was left in a parked school bus for three hours in the cold in Windsor, Ont.
A small single-engine plane crash-landed near Ottawa, dodging power lines and striking a street sign on the way down before coming to a stop at the side of a rural road.
A robotic exoskeleton is helping rehab patients at an Edmonton hospital walk again, by providing them the strength they need to stand on their own two feet.
A painting by Group of Seven founding member Lawren Harris sold for just over $3 million Wednesday night, in line with presale expectations.
A new federal audit sheds light on how often Canadians are given incorrect information by Canada Revenue Agency call centres. Plus, the much anticipated national housing strategy is expected to be unveiled today.
The federal government will unveil its highly anticipated national housing strategy today, with the Liberals looking to ease the concerns of Canadians who fear being priced out of the market.
The Liberals will create a new housing benefit to go directly to low-income tenants, spend billions to repair existing affordable housing units and find a way to build 100,000 more units as part of a housing strategy announced today.
The Liberals will announce plans today to spend tens of billions in federal dollars on a housing strategy that will provide housing benefits directly to low-income tenants, as well as repairs and renovations to some 300,000 units.
A New Brunswick city councillor has stepped down to take an unlikely gig: lifeguard in the Bahamas.
A New Brunswick city councillor has stepped down to take an unlikely gig: lifeguard in the Bahamas.
Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, was sentenced Wednesday to life imprisonment after a United Nations special court found him guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity that it labeled as some of the "most heinous" in human history.
The United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic on Wednesday of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life in prison for atrocities during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.
The United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic on Wednesday of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life in prison for atrocities during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.
