The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday.
Some experts say Canadians might want to consider upgrading their face masks, doubling up mask layers, or wearing masks while outdoors as more contagious COVID-19 variants continue to spread.
In a split-second decision, a Winnipeg police officer said he made eye contact with a teen driving a stolen Jeep and fired his gun two times – striking and fatally wounding Eishia Hudson. Manitoba’s police watchdog has determined the officer will not face any charges.
New modelling data released by Ontario health officials suggests that while COVID-19 cases are declining, the new highly-contagious U.K. variant poses a significant threat and will likely be the dominant strain of the disease in the province by March.
A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
When Karandeep Gill was 15, she started having panic attacks, something she had never heard discussed in her Punjabi community in Brampton, Ont. — now, she works to spread mental health awareness to the South Asian community in order to help others.
The unprecedented resignation of Julie Payette has demonstrated the necessity and importance of a thorough and well-considered process for selection of the governor general, writes CTV’s royal commentator Richard Berthelsen, who worked at Rideau Hall for a decade.
In a report released on Tuesday from Orkin Canada, bed bug sightings dropped by 20 per cent in 2020, marking the first decline in the five-year history of its annual report.
Dozens of staffers in the Governor General’s office described a 'toxic' and 'poisoned' work atmosphere that included allegations of screaming, demeaning comments and public humiliations, according to a report obtained by CTV News that prompted Julie Payette’s resignation.
For nearly three weeks, a long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., has been battered by a devastating and deadly COVID-19 outbreak that has now claimed 49 lives and infected 214 residents and staff.
