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Aug. 18, 2022 | A ride-along with Ottawa paramedics shows a health care system in crisis. Plus, a pandemic hobby helps a Regina senior heal after loss.

A boy is in critical condition after being struck by the driver of a vehicle in Mimico.

Day 2 of a court hearing on the Alberta government’s abrupt decision to remove a mandatory mask mandate for schoolchildren heard Thursday from a government lawyer who rejected a suggestion the decision was fuelled by growing tensions at the Coutts border in February.

Toronto police are searching for a missing woman after she was abducted in Scarborough on Thursday afternoon.

Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.

Angela Parker-Brown may be unable to speak but that hasn’t stopped her from using her voice. The mother from Truro, N.S., who is unable to speak due to ALS, recently published a memoir using technology that tracks her eye movements to form words and sentences.

As rent prices rise, CTVNews.ca heard from a number of Canadians struggling to afford their homes. The surge in rent prices over the last few months has forced many to cut back on spending, with some having to relocate or move in with their parents.

A Peel Regional Police officer has been charged following an investigation into an alleged incident that occurred while he was off duty.

The Greater Vancouver Zoo says one of the wolves that escaped its enclosure this week, after the perimeter fence was deliberately cut, has been found dead on a roadside, and another wolf is still missing.

Westjet says that a technical issue that exposed the personal data of some of their online users to other customers affected only a small number of people, and that they will be following up with them.

A month after an Ontario intensive care unit temporarily closed due to a “significant staff shortage,” the hospital has no timeline for when the ICU will re-open its doors.

Ontario is reporting a total of 56 more COVID-19 deaths from a week ago as the province’s health-care system continues to cope with staffing shortages and burnout amid a seventh wave of the virus.

York Regional Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a female jogger in Markham earlier this week and may be connected to another incident last year.

A month after an Ontario intensive care unit temporarily closed due to a “significant staff shortage,” the hospital has no timeline for when the ICU will re-open its doors.

While successive interest rate hikes and broader global uncertainties have cooled the housing market, the demand for properties in some sought-after neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto and Vancouver areas continues to hold steady and even increase, according to a new report.

A new study has found an increased risk of certain long COVID-19 symptoms up to two years after an original infection.

Provincial police discriminated against migrant workers based on their race when they conducted a DNA sweep as part of a 2013 sexual assault investigation, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has found.

Pharmacists and health care professionals are asking the public to only buy what they need and to be up to date on all their essential immunization shots to help with Tylenol, Advil shortages.

CTV’s parent company says Lisa LaFlamme was given the opportunity to say farewell to viewers before being unseated from the anchor’s chair of the network’s nightly newscast.

The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a minimum sentence for the offence of child luring.

A U.S. judge on Thursday said he is leaning toward releasing some of the evidence presented by the U.S. Justice Department to justify its search of Donald Trump’s Florida home last week, in a case pitting news organizations against federal prosecutors.

A new report says the total value of commercial real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area in the second quarter rose 43 per cent compared with a year ago.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered what they describe as a “weak spot” in all major variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 — a revelation they believe could open the door for treatments to fight current and future mutations.

The raises the province is offering education workers in a proposed four-year deal aren’t enough to keep up with the cost of living, the union representing public high school teachers said Thursday.

Ontario’s nursing college is proposing to register internationally educated nurses on a temporary basis, a move that could allow nearly 6,000 applicants to practice in the province’s hospitals amid a nurse staffing shortage that has led to temporary emergency room closures.

A Michigan judge has ruled in favour of Enbridge Inc. in its long-standing dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline.

Ontario health-care workers, advocates and politicians say they are “deeply troubled” by the slew of health-care and long-term care announcements released Thursday.

One of the wolves that were released during an apparent break-in at the Greater Vancouver Zoo this week has been found dead, and another remains on the loose.

The news that the shuttered Zellers discount retail chain was making a comeback — in the form of an e-commerce site as well as a physical presence in existing Hudson’s Bay locations — generated a lot of emotional responses from Canadians who recalled shopping there. Here’s a sampling of what CBC readers had to say.

The Calgary Flames have signed forward Nazem Kadri to a seven-year, $49-million US deal. The Flames have also traded forward Sean Monahan and a conditional 2025 first-round pick to the Montreal Canadiens for future considerations.