NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2022

Chip designer Nvidia Corp said on Wednesday that U.S. officials told it to stop exporting two top computing chips for artificial intelligence work to China, a move that could cripple Chinese firms' ability to carry out advanced work like image recognition

More than 14 months after launching an investigation, Canada's military police have yet to report on what — if anything — Canadian commanders did after being confronted by videos showing alleged atrocities involving Iraqi police being trained as part

'We believe that if Elon Musk is made aware of our troubles, he will solve the situation,' the Norway hunger strike participants and Tesla owners claimed.

Two Ontario Provincial Police vehicles had their windows smashed during a car rally in Wasaga Beach, Ont. on the weekend and the town's mayor is wondering why more police resources weren't available.

When summer started, invasive European water chestnut was all over the Welland River in Ontario's Niagara Region. A team spent the summer yanking it by hand.

Hurricane season is off to a sleepy start, but don't let that fool you, say meteorologists.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying.

Police say they've seized more than 10 kilograms of drugs after shutting down an alleged methamphetamine lab at a house in Abbotsford, B.C., where numerous children were living.

The BC Wildfire Service had to shut down aerial operations fighting the province's biggest blaze Monday because people were flying drones in the area, according to a social media post.

The mayor of a small community in B.C.'s Interior is calling for flexibility around which first responders are allowed to take patients to hospital after an infant died while waiting for an ambulance.

The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous people forced to attend residential schools.

International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber.

Drinking three beers a week increases risk of developing breast or colon cancer, while drinking a daily glass of wine increases risk of developing heart disease and chance of having a stroke, according to a report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use a

A disturbing trend in attacks against female BIPOC media workers has reached a 'fever pitch,' according to the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, who described the harassment as 'organized campaign to threaten and intimidate journalists

A London, Ont., cricket factory that produces insects used as pet food is at the heart of a sweeping international conspiracy theory whose purveyors claim a global cabal of shadowy elites is trying to force people to eat bugs.

Two high-rise apartment towers in India were levelled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the country's top court declared them illegal for violating building norms, officials said. They became India's tallest structures to be razed t

Al Hickey says he spent a torturous two and a half weeks in solitary confinement at Her Majesty's Penitentiary as a young man but current legislation means he cannot join the lawsuit targeting the use of administrative segregation.

Discontent with François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec, as well as the Liberals, has English speakers exploring their voting options — or the possibility of staying home altogether.

RCMP and other agencies are investigating after an exorcism and other activity allegedly took place at a children's Bible camp near Saskatoon.

The federal government unveiled Sunday details of an action plan to support 2SLGBT communities with a $100 million investment over five years, a commitment promised in this year's budget.

Liberal MP Chris Bittle is apologizing for implying that University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist was racist during a Twitter dispute.

Politicians of all stripes are expressing support for Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland after videos of her being verbally harassed became widely circulated on social media.

It has increased in demand both because countries are more reluctant to buy it from Russia and Belarus, but also because Russia’s war in Ukraine has provoked a global food supply crisis.

Toronto has declared an outbreak of meningococcal disease after one person has died and two others remain infected. CTVNews.ca breaks down what you need to know about the bacterial infection.

Calgary police have laid 66 charges against two men who they believe were 3D printing and trafficking guns in the city.

Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier -- or even Christopher Columbus -- 'discovered Canada,' compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new survey suggests.

Eden Zebene, who escaped physical and sexual abuse in Ethiopia, is exasperated after waiting more than 16 months for her refugee claim to move forward. She finally got her work permit, giving her a glimmer of hope, only to find it expired the same day it

A 61-year old postal carrier died after being attacked by five dogs in rural northern Florida over the weekend, sheriff's officials said.

B.C. Construction Association to administer project focused on increasing, diversifying workforce

The Arctic Cowboys team weathered choppy waters, cold temperatures and logistical surprises, but decided after 17 days to call off their expedition as more bad weather loomed.

Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel's walls this past winter, during a span of a week and a half over the holidays.

Thousands of protesters in Haiti's capital and other major cities blocked roads, shut down businesses and marched through the streets Monday to demand that Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down and to call for a better quality of life.

Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to office.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five dec

The pandemic sent shockwaves through the global supply chain and the backlogs are mounting even as freight volumes fall in North America this year. Longer wait times and extra costs are being passed along to consumers.

Canada agreed to "forever discharge" Catholic entities from their promise to raise $25 million for residential school survivors and picked up their legal bill, a final release document says. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation's founding dire

Jamaican migrant farm workers in Niagara Region wrote an open letter to Jamaica's Ministry of Labour requesting more support in the face of what they call "systematic slavery," days before a migrant worker died in Norfolk County.

Pierre Poilievre is ignoring calls to clearly disavow a man identified by a federal counterterrorism organization as a national security threat after Poilievre shook hands with the far-right extremist at a meet-and-greet in Nova Scotia. During a campai

The British government says it will fix a bureaucratic snafu that led to the termination of pension payments to thousands of people in Canada. But those pensioners say the U.K. continues to discriminate against Canada by refusing to index pensions paid in

Canada agreed to "forever discharge" Catholic entities from their promise to raise $25 million for residential school survivors and also picked up their legal bill, a final release document shows.

Military law experts say they're surprised that an on-campus incident that ended with the deaths of four cadets at the Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston last spring is getting a "less robust" form of internal military investigation.

The British government says it will fix a bureaucratic snafu that led to the termination of pension payments to thousands of people in Canada. But those pensioners say the U.K. continues to discriminate against Canada by refusing to index pensions paid in

Policies were not followed during the investigation into Coun. Sean Chu’s alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl when he was a 34-year-old Calgary police officer, according to a police commission review of how the service handled the allegations.

A Dalhousie professor's observation that blacklegged ticks avoid balsam fir trees led to a three-year study about using the tree's needles to kill the insect.

Hundreds of drug cases before Canadian courts could be affected by a mistake made by the federal government when it updated Canada's drug laws and legalized cannabis several years ago, CBC has learned. The government and police are downplaying the potenti

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.

US officials say high-powered weapons illegally shipped from the US are fuelling a gang war in Haiti.

An Ottawa woman who bought her first home using a new online auction platform is now facing over $100,000 in repairs for issues that were not disclosed in the inspection report that came with the property and says the company that sold it to her was unres

Sixteen groups have joined together to pen a letter to Ontario’s chief coroner asking him to investigate whether SUVs and pickup trucks cause more pedestrian and cycling deaths than smaller vehicles.

A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its wat

Salma al-Shehab, a PhD student at the University of Leeds, was arrested on her return to Saudi Arabia and sentenced to 34 years for retweeting political dissidents who spoke in favor of women’s rights.

Surrey Mounties are investigating a string of brush fires they believe were deliberately set.

She may only have her learner’s licence, but that hasn’t held a 16-year-old Comox Valley, B.C., teen back from working towards her goal of being a professional driver. Nicole Haverda got the green light on her desire to be a professional race car driv

A Canadian writer travelling from Frankfurt to Toronto for 10 hours with Air Canada, says her vegan meal never arrived.

A stroke patient in London, Ont., was the first to receive a new medical device that rapidly removes a blood clot in 10 minutes. The procedure reverses the symptoms of a stroke and prevents permanent damage to the brain.

Canadian department store Zellers hopes to make a comeback next year, a decade after the discount chain shuttered most of its locations.

The wolves that were found outside their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo Tuesday appear to have been freed on purpose, according to officials.

The name of a prominent Vatican cardinal, who is regarded as a potential successor to Pope Francis, appears on a list made public as part of a new class action against the Quebec diocese, Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête has found.

Quebec's workplace health and safety board has ordered a food processing company to reimburse two former employees for excess rents. The company says it was only covering its costs.

A New Mexico medical investigator ruled the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, but it remains unclear why the gun was loaded with live ammunition.

For the second time in less than a month, a resident of Ashcroft, B.C., died while waiting for health care after having a heart attack mere metres from a local ambulance station.

Veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she was "blindsided" as Bell Media ended her contract at CTV National News after 35 years, a "business decision" it says will move the chief news anchor role in "a different direction."

Some buyers who years ago purchased builds in a housing development north of Toronto are calling for government intervention after they were told they would need to fork over $175,000 above what was agreed upon in contracts before their homes will finally

Move comes after a month in which retail sales, property prices and youth unemployment worsened

Exploit now provides root access to two popular models of the company’s farm equipment.

The German government on Friday issued a statement confirming the agreement will be signed Aug. 23 in Stephenville, where a Newfoundland based company plans to build a zero-emission plant that will use wind energy to produce hydrogen for export.

The U.S. Coast Guard and other American agencies are responding to a sunken vessel leaking fuel in Haro Strait, between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island.

'Tip creep' is spreading to card payment machines way beyond restaurants, bars and hair salons - prompting questions over those companies' motives and calls for a rethink of Canada's tipping culture.

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday, leaving at least 41 dead and injuring 14, the country's Coptic Church said.

After a minor dispute involving a seat change, police officers arrived and escorted Jhody Batiste and her partner Andre Henry off the plane. Other passengers on the flight are defending the couple, who are Black, accusing staff of racism, prompting Swoop

More Canadians are ending their lives with a medically-assisted death, says the third federal annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID). Data shows that 10,064 people died in 2021 with medical aid, an increase of 32 per cent over 2020.

Author Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to death threats, has been attacked onstage at an event in western New York. According to New York State Police, the author suffered an 'apparent stab wound to neck' and was airlifted to hospital.

After new reports of polio cases abroad, and virus samples in the wastewater of several other developed countries, Canada intends to start testing wastewater from a number of cities "as soon as possible," CBC News has learned.

A hostage standoff where an armed man demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings has ended with the man's surrender and no injuries. It was the latest painful episode in Lebanon's economic crisis, now in its third year as cash-strapped ba

Canadians who pay their cellphone bill via credit card could soon see an extra fee every month, if Canada's telecom regulator approves a proposal currently before them.

Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and her survival isn't expected, according to a statement from a representative.

The 3D mathematical model used for more than 100 years to describe how our eyes distinguish colours has been found to have an important math error.

The Edmonton Oilers are mourning the death of Ben Stelter, a six-year-old fan who died after a battle with cancer.

In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong-un's sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed "deadly" retaliation.

Firefighters were battling a wildfire in southwestern France on Wednesday in a region known for its pine forests that was ravaged by flames last month.

Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canadian aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban.

The Department of Transportation says they'll reassess the status of the critical supply line in the morning.

The man who claims to be one of the people seen 'surfing' on the roof of a moving subway train in Toronto is speaking exclusively to CTV News about his stunts and the looming threat of a police arrest.

Canada and Alberta have passed new laws and increased taxes, precipitating a decline in national smoking rates. But a new battle over the country's vaping laws continues, and is supported by some familiar players.

Tesla has disclosed that it is lobbying the Ontario government for a potential new factory in Canada. The new lobbying effort comes after several hints from Tesla CEO Elon Musk in regards to building a Gigafactory in the country.

Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools

A conspiracy theory about 'new world order' is not a valid argument in a recent foreclosure case involving a home in Vancouver, a judge in British Columbia ruled.

Some of the world's richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the west coast of Greenland.

Quebec police say the gun used to kill three people in the Montreal area this week was acquired illegally.

In a Dec. 29 memo, Air Canada instructed employees to classify flight cancellations caused by staff shortages as a "safety" problem, which would exclude travellers from compensation under federal regulations. Some customers have been frustrated to find th

Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to U.S. Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than U.S. President Joe Biden's original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warmin

The Ottawa entrepreneur behind Unreserved, an online home auction platform, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges over fudged car loans in 2009 is back in court as a plaintiff accusing three trade associations of trying to damage and crowd out his latest ve

Ottawa’s Montfort Hospital was the latest to close its emergency department over the weekend, suggesting the country’s health care staffing crisis is spreading to large urban centres

Air quality in the region continues to deteriorate as forest fires in the region fill the air with smoke.

The federal government is facing pushback from employees reluctant to return to government offices after more than two years working from home.

Metro Vancouver drivers dealt with a different kind of debris on the roadway during the commute in Friday morning: beer cans.

A pregnant woman who died along with her young son and three others in a fiery crash caused by a speeding car was heading to a prenatal doctor's appointment, her sister said Friday.

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured nearly 80 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban authorities said.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Canada plans to temporarily ban the import of handguns into the country without the approval of Parliament, using a regulatory measure that comes into effect in two weeks.

A B.C. family had a thrilling experience off the coast of Vancouver Island when a humpback whale spent almost an hour rubbing up against their boat, spinning around, and flapping its fins.

Earlier this week, a CBC News investigation revealed 18 former students have filed criminal abuse complaints with the Saskatoon police regarding Christian Centre Academy, now known as Legacy Christian Academy. Since that story was published, CBC News has

The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal in a high-profile Alberta case that saw a couple tried twice in the death of their sick toddler.

A Russian court sentences US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in jail on drug charges.

A 13-year-old girl is accused of "viciously" stabbing another teen girl in the playground at Strathcona School on Monday.

The former Quebec premier said a leadership candidate not showing up for the debate is like a fish who doesn’t want to swim in the ocean. The two candidates had skipped the debate over concerns about its format

Ottawa police have one person in custody after a vehicle rammed the front gates of Parliament Hill early Wednesday morning. 

Study could transform access to organs for transplant by reversing some of the damage caused after death.

A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting Wednesday, the country's meteorological authorities said -- just eight months after its last eruption officially ended.

Doctors have successfully separated a pair of 3-year-old twin boys fused at the brain after months of cross-continental planning through a virtual reality operating theatre.

Two people were found dead within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state's largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday.

An Ottawa woman who's tried for years to get approved for medical assistance in dying says the long wait has significantly reduced her quality of life, and she hopes for less barriers for others as she prepares to travel five hours away for the procedure

Hole believed to be about 200m deep appeared close to Tierra Amarilla town, Copiapo province

Investment firms are buying up U.S. homes — a development that's "just in its infancy" in Canada, but a trend that could make it harder for families to buy homes.

Grapefruit-sized hail came down near Innisfail, AB., Monday, and a researcher with Western University's Northern Hail Project believes the hailstones may break a provincial record for mass.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that "humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihil

Thunderstorm warnings are in effect for parts of Alberta as severe weather events move east across the province.

A passenger travelling from Bali, Indonesia to Australia was fined US$1,874 after a McDonald's breakfast, consisting of two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant, was found in their luggage.

Eating ultraprocessed foods for more than 20 per cent of your daily calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline, a new study revealed.

Hyperion, certified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living tree, is officially off-limits to visitors. California's Redwood National Park issued a statement last week that anyone who is caught near the tree can face up to six months in ja