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Pregnant people in Ontario are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the provincial government announced Friday. The decision comes days after the Ministry of Health said it was reviewing vaccine eligibility criteria for pregnant people following a surge in severe COVID-19 symptoms among expectant individuals. “In response to emerging...

More than two-thirds of Ontarians disapprove of the job Premier Doug Ford is doing handling the pandemic and a plurality of residents now believe that his government should shoulder most of the blame for the devastating third wave that has brought our healthcare system to the brink of collapse, according...

As part of an original Citytv documentary, VeraCity: The Gun Chase, reporter Cristina Howorun examines the causes behind and source of Toronto’s gun problem and the impact the violence has on victims and their families. Below is the first of five stories in our news series. The documentary premieres Tuesday,...

For the second year in a row the City of Toronto will be installing social distancing circles at Trinity Bellwoods Park.The circles were first introduced last summer as a means to encourage physical distancing for parkgoers.City crews plan to begin painting the circles next week, though it will be entirely...

OTTAWA - The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. The idea, known as the right to disconnect, first came up as a proposed addition...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto will mark the third anniversary of the van attack today with remarks from the mayor. The city says John Tory will deliver a commemoration this morning via livestream due to the pandemic. Around 1:30 p.m. on an unusually warm, bright day three years ago,...

Toronto and Peel Region could begin to order the temporary closure of some businesses today to control workplace COVID-19 outbreaks. The orders from the top doctors in both regions were expected to come into effect today, a measure they both said was designed to protect tens of thousands of essential...

OTTAWA - The woman at the heart of sexual misconduct allegations against Canada's former top military commander says retired Gen. Jonathan Vance believes he owns the military police that are investigating him. Maj. Kellie Brennan told a House of Commons committee Thursday that the former chief of the defence staff...

OTTAWA - The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries. “Effective 11:30 p.m. Eastern time tonight, I am suspending all commercial and private passenger flights arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan for 30...

Has the pandemic convinced you to get out of the city?A recent survey from BMO found that nearly 50 per cent of first-time homebuyers want more space, which is why they intend to purchase their first home in the suburbs.According to the findings, 44 per cent of respondents believe purchasing...

The Section 22 order from the City of Toronto requiring workplaces where there are five or more COVID-19 cases to close, with some exceptions, will take effect at midnight on Friday.A news release from the city says investigators from Toronto Public Health will have additional capacity to respond to workplace...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be receiving a COVID-19 vaccination on Friday after the eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine was lowered to 40 years of age and older in Ontario.Trudeau shared the news in a tweet in which he said his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau would also be getting the shot.I’ve...

Pregnant women will soon be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as the province plans to move pregnancy from the at-risk category of health conditions to the highest risk category for vaccine eligibility, a source has confirmed to 680 NEWS.The change will be effective April 23. The majority of health...

TORONTO - Health-care workers from other provinces and non-hospital settings could be deployed to Ontario's overburdened intensive care units as early as next week, the health minister said Thursday as the government issued emergency orders to pave the way for those transfers. Christine Elliott said the moves are meant to...

Renata Ford, the widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in legal fees for work on his estate. Court documents obtained by CTV News Toronto say that Renata Ford entered into a retainer agreement with Aird & Berlis LLP in February 2018.  "The...

With much of the country grappling with a third wave of COVID-19, many Canadians have become more frustrated than angry.With several regions still facing harsh restrictions—Ontario remains in a province-wide lockdown and will until at least late May—many are growing frustrated with the governments, all levels, handling of the pandemic.According...

An increase in COVID-19 infections and restrictions in the Toronto area have resulted in a dramatic reduction in traffic on the Highway 407 toll road.The company that operates the freeway, 407 International Inc., says a 44 per cent drop in traffic volumes in the first quarter of the year had...

Are you financially covered in the event of a health emergency?A recent survey from Medavie Blue Cross found that 82 per cent of Canadians currently employed with health benefits are concerned their finances would be significantly impacted by a critical illness or major injury to themselves or a family member,...

Amazon has been selected by the province as one of the first three workplaces that will run vaccination clinics in hot spot neighbourhoods in Peel Region. Peel Public Health announced Thursday that it is expanding its vaccination strategy to more settings in the coming weeks, including at select workplaces. Maple...

An Ontario woman who was eight months pregnant has been left paralyzed from the waist down and will likely never walk again after a horrific car crash earlier this week. Jessi Rate was airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after she was involved in a crash in Lindsay, near Highway...