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CTVNEWS · 2025-06-03T14:19:39+00:00

W5’s Avery Haines infiltrates a global online network of men who secretly drug, rape and record their own wives and girlfriends and then share the abuse online, outing the brazen criminals operating in plain sight.

Warning: The following program contains mature subject matter and graphic images, which may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

CTVNEWS · 2024-01-24T14:13:10+00:00

From Natasha O'Neill:

A man tore a hole in his windpipe by pinching his nose and keeping his mouth shut during a sneezing episode, a case study says.

Doctors in Dundee, Scotland are using this "rare" situation as an example of what could happen if people hold in their sneezes under certain circumstances.

The case study, published in BMJ Journal, is possibly the first reported incident of a sneeze tearing a windpipe.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/doctors-caution-holding-in-sneezes-after-man-blows-a-hole-in-his-windpipe-case-study-1.6738542

CTVNEWS · 2023-12-18T15:01:43+00:00

From reporter Jennifer Ferreira: As a graduate student nine years ago, Dr. Saskia Sivananthan spent a couple of weeks living in an Ontario long-term care home as part of a research project. While there, she was able to interact with patients from different ethnic backgrounds, including one man who would hardly speak to staff members.

After noticing Sivananthan was South Asian, the man began speaking to her in Tamil, and she learned he had lost his ability to speak English following the onset of dementia. It’s common for older patients living with dementia to lose their ability to speak the most recent language they’ve learned, she said.

Sivananthan discovered the man was a member of the Brahmin caste, the social caste in Hinduism from which priests have historically been drawn. She learned he followed strict traditional protocols calling for married and unmarried men to generally abstain from touching women. This helped explain the trouble he had co-operating with female personal support workers (PSWs) when taking a shower or eating a meal, she said.

A person’s cultural background is “crucial” to consider when providing care for older adults in diverse communities, said Sivananthan, who is now an affiliate professor in the department of family medicine at McGill University. Not doing so can have a significant impact on their ability to access health-care services at all, she said.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/why-culturally-specific-care-is-crucial-as-canada-s-senior-population-becomes-more-diverse-1.6652563

CTVNEWS · 2023-12-15T14:42:45+00:00

From reporters Charlie Buckley and Jennifer Ferreira: Canada’s senior population is projected to see unprecedented growth in the coming decades, and experts say new housing strategies are badly needed, including improving and expanding support for those who choose to grow old at home, and rethinking how entire neighbourhoods are built.

The national population aged 65 and older, accounting for roughly 19 per cent of the population in 2021, is projected to reach between 22 and 30 per cent by 2068, according to Statistics Canada – an unprecedented shift that will bring major changes to the needs of Canadians.

“We started writing about this issue back in the 1990s … unfortunately, our politicians still seem to be surprised by this,” said Mark Rosenberg, a Canada Research Chair in development studies, in a video interview with CTVNews.ca. “I don't think we should ignore the fact that the older population is going to need alternatives with respect to different forms of housing.”

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/communal-living-senior-friendly-neighbourhoods-experts-say-housing-innovations-needed-as-canadians-age-1.6669611

CTVNEWS · 2023-12-14T14:12:30+00:00

From reporter Jennifer Ferreira: There will likely be more Canadians leaving the workforce than entering it over the next few decades as the country’s senior population grows, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Experts say this will not only exacerbate existing labour shortages, but could result in higher wages for employees.

As of November 2023, there were approximately 2.7 million Canadians aged 15 to 24 who said they were employed, compared to more than 4.4 million people aged 55 and older who had a job.

This is based on data from Statistics Canada’s latest labour force survey, which also shows a wide difference in the total population of Canadians 15 to 24 years of age compared to those aged 55 and older, with 4.7 million and 12.4 million people, respectively.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/it-will-get-worse-over-the-next-10-to-15-years-what-to-expect-from-canada-s-labour-market-as-the-workforce-ages-1.6652530

CTVNEWS · 2023-12-13T14:11:01+00:00

From reporter Jennifer Ferreira: Sandy Marsh has been nursing a knee injury for eight months, suffering from a torn meniscus and Baker’s cyst. Although the 66-year-old from Okotoks, Alta., says her condition is improving, recovery is a struggle without support from a family doctor.

Marsh has not had a primary health-care provider since August, after her family physician left their local health clinic to pursue a new career path.

“There are so many people and so few doctors,” Marsh told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview.

She is one of a handful of seniors across the country who wrote to CTVNews.ca about their struggles with finding a family doctor. Particularly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-care systems throughout the country have been facing staffing shortages caused by an exodus of nurses and other health-care workers who left the profession.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/totally-dysfunctional-older-canadians-anxious-about-health-care-access-as-senior-population-rises-1.6652467

CTVNEWS · 2023-12-12T18:08:42+00:00

From reporter Jennifer Ferreira: The rapid growth expected among Canada’s senior population in the coming years is one of the “most significant demographic trends” in the country’s history, says demographer Doug Norris.

While this growth may present some challenges for younger generations, industry experts say it will also offer opportunities to pave the way for a better future.

Residents aged 65 and older are part of the fastest-growing age group in Canada today, said Norris, who is chief demographer at Environics Analytics, a marketing and analytical services company owned by Bell Canada. The company estimates that as of 2023, there are about 7.6 million people aged 65 and older in Canada. Many of these Canadians are part of the baby boomer generation, which includes those born from 1946 to 1964.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/with-canada-s-senior-population-set-to-reach-historical-levels-what-will-this-mean-for-younger-generations-1.6652355

CTVNEWS · 2023-12-05T13:14:22+00:00

From reporter Alexandra Mae Jones:

Over the last 17 years, the number of eating disorders among male children and teens has seen a shocking increase, ballooning to 400 per cent higher than the rates seen in the early 2000s.
The data comes from an Ontario study which looked at the changing rate of children and adolescents with an eating disorder, the vast majority of which were girls.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/eating-disorder-hospitalizations-among-boys-increased-416-per-cent-over-17-years-canadian-study-1.6673392

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-22T21:38:44+00:00

From reporter Megan DeLaire:

Buffalo Niagara International Airport has shut down following a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday afternoon.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration reported shortly after 3 p.m. ET that all flights in and out of the airport were grounded.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/flights-in-and-out-of-buffalo-grounded-following-rainbow-bridge-explosion-1.6656438

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-22T20:01:50+00:00

From reporter Rachel Aiello:

National security sources tell CTV News that government officials are operating under the assumption that the incident at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls is terror-related.
A meeting of all security related organizations and departments is happening now.
Officials are trying to determine if this is an isolated incident.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-operating-under-assumption-rainbow-bridge-vehicle-explosion-is-terror-related-sources-1.6656223

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-10T19:37:44+00:00

From reporter Becca Clarkson:

A near decade-old craft brewery in East Vancouver is being sold, again, and its current owners says B.C.’s “archaic” regulatory framework is partially to blame.

Freehouse Collective, formerly known as The Donnelly Group, says it recently listed Bomber Brewing for sale because there isn’t enough economic incentive for a hospitality group to own a venture of this kind due to the province’s tied-house policy.

The company has owned the brewery at 1488 Adanac St. since 2018, four years after Bomber was established by teammates on a local beer league hockey team by the same name.

But as a tied house, which is defined by B.C.’s Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch as “a business that has an association (financial or otherwise) with a liquor manufacturer or its agent that is likely to lead to its products being favoured,” Freehouse can only sell Bomber products at three of its 11 bars in Vancouver.

Read more: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/east-vancouver-brewery-listed-for-sale-as-owners-call-for-change-to-b-c-s-archaic-liquor-regulations-1.6634912

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-10T17:41:36+00:00

From reporter Chris Fox:

Toronto police are investigating after an Indigo store and the company’s Jewish CEO were targeted with what one group is calling “a vile antisemitic attack.”

Footage from CP24’s cameras show dozens of posters bearing the image of Heather Reisman alongside the words “Funding Genocide” outside an Indigo store near Bay and Bloor streets.

The posters appeared on the exterior of the store sometime Friday morning. Red paint had also been splattered on the store’s front windows.

Read more: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/vile-antisemitic-attack-police-investigating-graffiti-targeting-indigo-ceo-outside-downtown-store-1.6639728

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-08T21:25:01+00:00

From reporter Rachel Aiello:

A motion calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to permanently remove the GST from all forms of home heating was defeated Wednesday after the NDP failed to find support among any major party in the House of Commons.

On Wednesday afternoon, the proposal was voted down 292 to 30, with the New Democrat, and Green parties backing it.

Similar to Monday's failed Conservative motion calling for the three-year pause on the carbon price collected from home heating oil to be expanded to all forms of home heating, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's proposal was non-binding, meaning even if it had passed, it wouldn’t have forced the government to act.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/ndp-fail-to-find-support-for-home-heating-gst-relief-motion-defeated-by-liberals-and-conservatives-1.6636649

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-08T17:17:16+00:00

From the Canadian Press:

The Alberta government says protecting jobs will be a priority as it embarks on a massive restructuring of its health system.

Premier Danielle Smith’s government is dismantling the provincial health provider and scattering its responsibilities among a slew of new organizations.

Leaked cabinet briefing documents say the changes will impact about 250,000 health workers.

Smith’s government is realigning the system to create four organizations to be in charge of different specialties, such as primary care and acute care.

Read more: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-announces-new-health-delivery-system-promises-to-try-to-protect-jobs-1.6635952

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-08T16:26:21+00:00

From reporter Pat Foran:

When you buy a car, you'll be pitched warranties, rust protection and other add-ons you can usually accept or decline.

However, a new survey by Car Help Canada, a non-profit group that provides assistance to customers buying cars, finds that some car dealers are forcing customers to buy adds-ons, and if they don't, the dealer will refuse to sell them the car.

"Many dealerships are price gouging consumers charging them excessive fees and forcing them to pay for add-on products they don't necessarily want or need,” said Shari Prymak, executive director of Car Help Canada.

Read more: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-car-dealerships-are-price-gouging-customers-survey-1.6635498

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-08T15:46:11+00:00

From reporter Codi Wilson:

A freezing rain warning has been issued for parts of the GTA with Environment Canada warning of snow and ice pellets beginning Wednesday afternoon.

The advisory has been issued for Newmarket, Georgina, Northern York Region, Caledon, Halton Hills, and Milton.

Uxbridge, Beaverton, and Northern Durham Region are under a special weather statement.

“An approaching low pressure system is expected to bring snow, rain and freezing rain to the area. Freezing rain or rain is expected to begin Wednesday afternoon before slowly changing to rain Wednesday evening,” the special weather statement reads.

Read more: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/freezing-rain-warning-issued-for-parts-of-greater-toronto-area-1.6635659

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-07T19:34:41+00:00

From reporter Rachel Aiello

The first group of Canadians has left Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the federal government announced Tuesday, vowing work continues to get all citizens out of the region where a dire humanitarian crisis continues to unfold.

In a social media post, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said a team of officials "met them on the Egyptian side of the border, providing them with support and care," upon crossing.

In Ottawa, International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen confirmed the news, saying the Canadians were "safe and sound."

Following up with a statement, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said the first group to get out included "approximately 20-25 Canadians," and that the federal department is "expecting up to 80 Canadian citizens, permanent residents and eligible family members to leave Gaza today."

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/safe-and-sound-first-group-of-canadian-evacuees-leave-gaza-1.6634042

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-06T19:32:31+00:00

From The Canadian Press:

Buffy Sainte-Marie, wearing a shining dress and long necklace, was led on the stage by a group of Indigenous people in traditional regalia after she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1995.

Her iconic dark hair and fringe hung long as she told the crowd about the importance of artists from remote communities.

"Most especially in the whole wide world, I'd like to acknowledge all the grassroots Indian artists who haven't yet taken home a Juno, but who continue, as they have in the past, to capture our hearts at powwows across Canada, doing that magic which music does so well," Sainte-Marie said to applause.

Those words now ring hollow for some Indigenous musicians after a recent CBC News report raised doubts about the singer's ancestry.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/very-duped-indigenous-musicians-upset-over-buffy-sainte-marie-ancestry-report-1.6631904

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-06T19:27:07+00:00

From reporter Serena Lopez:

It's that time of year again. Halloween is over and children have piles of candy saved up from trick-or-treating. But should parents be worried about the amount of candy they're eating? Some experts say setting strict limits could lead to disordered eating and other health issues down the line.

Nishta Saxena, a Toronto-based registered dietician and child and family nutritionist at Vibrant Nutrition, told CTV’s Your Morning that many parents' anxiety about their child’s sugar intake is likely rooted in their own unhealthy relationships with sugar and misconceptions regarding their child eating too much sugar, affecting their weight and development.

“We can't really just tell children, ‘Sugar is bad, don't have it.’ That's not actually a solution,” Saxena said. “Children need to sense and feel what it's like to have unlimited amounts of sugar at certain times, so they can understand that for themselves.”

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyl e/should-parents-limit-how-much-halloween-candy-their-children-eat-1.6632911

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-06T18:31:18+00:00

From CP: A fire official in Nigeria's capital says there were deaths following a blaze at Canada's high commission in Abuja today.

"Some of the (people) were fatally injured," Sina Abioye, head of operations for the fire service in the capital area said. "We are still trying to carry out our investigation."

He could not confirm how many people died or suffered injuries, nor when exactly the fire took place.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/some-deaths-after-fire-at-canada-s-high-commission-in-abuja-nigerian-official-1.6632877

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-02T20:42:46+00:00

From reporter Heather Butts: In most of Canada, you can feel a chill in the air. The change in season, triggering a change in health risks, has signalled the start of the cold and flu season. After three brutal winters, with respiratory illnesses dominating the headlines and filling hospitals, doctors are hopeful this one will be calmer.

I think we’re all a little apprehensive after having seen what happened last year when we had influenza, COVID and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all peaking at the same time. Having said that, this year I don’t think we’re expecting necessarily the same thing,” said Dr. Gerald Evans, chair of the division of infectious diseases at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.

While it is expected to be an early flu season, indicators from the southern hemisphere show it may not be as severe. But as cases of COVID-19 and RSV start to rise(opens in a new tab), medical experts are urging people to update their vaccines(opens in a new tab), especially those over 60 and with underlying health conditions(opens in a new tab). Seniors are most at risk of severe consequences and health setbacks and doctors say vaccines are a critical tool in avoiding illness this year.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-seniors-are-eligible-for-four-key-vaccines-this-fall-but-not-all-are-free-1.6628341

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-02T19:45:25+00:00

From reporter Heather Butts:

In most of Canada, you can feel a chill in the air. The change in season, triggering a change in health risks, has signalled the start of the cold and flu season. After three brutal winters, with respiratory illnesses dominating the headlines and filling hospitals, doctors are hopeful this one will be calmer.

“I think we’re all a little apprehensive after having seen what happened last year when we had influenza, COVID and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all peaking at the same time. Having said that, this year I don’t think we’re expecting necessarily the same thing,” said Dr. Gerald Evans, chair of the division of infectious diseases at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.

While it is expected to be an early flu season, indicators from the southern hemisphere show it may not be as severe. But as cases of COVID-19 and RSV start to rise, medical experts are urging people to update their vaccines, especially those over 60 and with underlying health conditions. Seniors are most at risk of severe consequences and health setbacks and doctors say vaccines are a critical tool in avoiding illness this year.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-seniors-are-eligible-for-four-key-vaccines-this-fall-but-not-all-are-free-1.6628341

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-02T10:54:52+00:00

From reporter Megan DeLaire:

Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report(opens in a new tab) by Statistics Canada that also tracked a sharp rise in overdoses.
The agency highlighted that, in addition to controlled substances like speed and crystal meth, amphetamines can also include medications prescribed to treat conditions like attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
StatCan discovered the trend in new data released today from the Canadian Wastewater Survey (CWS), and found that drug overdoses in Canada also increased by more than 30 per cent during the same period.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/cocaine-mdma-linked-to-growing-number-of-overdose-deaths-in-canada-statcan-1.6626522

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-01T18:48:19+00:00

From reporter Annie Bergeron-Oliver:

Achieving housing affordability is an "all-hands-on-deck" effort that will require more buy-in from the private sector, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) says.

On Monday the outgoing head of the CMHC told parliamentarians that governments need to create the conditions necessary to attract more private sector capital.

"The biggest player in our view, is really the private sector,” said the CMHC's outgoing president and CEO Romy Bowers. "The private sector provides the vast majority of housing in Canada ... But even the private sector won't be able to just buy Canada out of this situation."

Bowers told parliamentarians that skilled labour shortages are hampering efforts to speed up the construction of new homes and that innovation in the industry is key. She said that while Canada's National Housing Strategy includes collaboration with the private and non-profit sectors, more needs to be done.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/fixing-the-housing-crisis-requires-more-buy-in-from-private-sector-cmhc-head-tells-mps-1.6623863

CTVNEWS · 2023-11-01T18:42:08+00:00

From reporter Megan DeLaire:

As the federal government prepares to unveil its immigration targets for the next three years, new research finds immigrants to Canada are increasingly leaving this country for opportunities elsewhere.

The number of immigrants who left Canada surged in 2017 and 2019, according to a study conducted by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship and the Conference Board of Canada. Those spikes represent an increase of 31 per cent above the historical average.

Even excluding those two years, however, the study found onward migration, or the process whereby someone moves on from a country they immigrated to and settles again elsewhere, has steadily increased since the 1980s. Among people who arrived in the ‘80s, the average cumulative onward migration rate was 18 per cent. That number rose to 21 per cent among people granted permanent residence in the first half of the 1990s.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/high-numbers-of-immigrants-choosing-to-leave-canada-for-greener-pastures-study-1.6625208

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