A (former) Montrealer in the White House: Kamala Harris becomes vice president
For the first time in history, a Westmount High alum was sworn in as vice president on Wednesday, and residents of her (possibly) favourite province were watching.

For the first time in history, a Westmount High alum was sworn in as vice president on Wednesday, and residents of her (possibly) favourite province were watching.
Quebec could change its vaccine strategy based on discouraging new data out of Israel about the efficacy of the first dose, on its own, of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says a top advisor in the province.
Today is CTV Montreal’s 60th anniversary! First called CFCF, and then Pulse News, gathering news and being a part of the community is a fulfilling challenge for the whole team.
Johnny Watt is a recipient of the Order of Nunavik and helped deliver the measles vaccine, by dog team, in the 1950s. On Sunday he became the first Nunavimmiuk to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The presidency of Donald Trump will come to an end on Wednesday, an expert told CTV News she believes the conspiracy theories he inspired and sometimes encouraged will likely continue to spread.
The head of Quebec's Institute of Public Health is urging Quebecers not to avoid the province's hospitals, saying the risk of catching COVID-19 while receiving needed care is low.
Many Montrealers were clearing piles of snow off their cars this weekend, but a Mirable man managed to turn that chore into a good deed on Saturday morning.
Quebec is pursuing yet another strategy to bolster its dangerously understaffed nursing ranks. It will speed up foreign-trained nurses' authorization to do vaccination and testing, Quebec’s professional order of nurses has confirmed.
Children and teenagers have been paying more visits to the optometrist's office lately, the Quebec Association of Optometrists says, and it's because of increased screen time.
With fresh blankets of snow covering Montreal, an army of snow people have taken over the city.
Teachers at Westmount High School are wearing black to, among other things, “mourn the inevitable deaths that will occur due to the increased transmission caused by school reopenings.”
With thousands of Canadian businesses permanently closing because of the pandemic, many people are out of work and struggling to figure out how to make a career change.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced Wednesday that a curfew will begin Saturday with no one permitted out of their homes from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. with some exceptions. Here's a breakdown of how it will work.
Canada has administered more than 696,000 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far, in a landmark effort against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Experts say there’s a critical public health reason why people should always wear their masks in the cold weather if they can’t distance properly.
The recent Quebec Government’s extension of lockdowns and implementation of curfews to limit the spread of COVID-19 will have more harmful effects on the health and welfare of the population than benefits.
Filing taxes this year may be more complicated than in years past for Canadian small business owners who received government aid during the pandemic, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her blog for CTVNews.ca.
Quebec's healthcare system is under enormous pressure. Lawyers Brigitte Brabant and Nathalie Johnson argue the province needs a public consultation on the government's proposed triage system to answer the unanswerable question of who deserves care.
Nearly one year into this pandemic and we are at it again: sending children back into the classroom during a lockdown while society debates whether this is the right decision. There will be no winner in this discussion, and the ideal solution will likely never be known.
Former Equality Party (EP) leader Robert Libman’s call last month for the creation of a new “single-issue party” that anglophones “can count on” also speaks indirectly to the unhealthy predicament community members and other minority groups face by not having the comfortable election choices that anglophones in other provinces enjoy.
A COVID-19 variant has been identified in six swab tests done at Roberta Place in Barrie, Ont., where an outbreak has claimed at least 19 lives.
Nearly three years after losing his son Evan in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Scott Thomas has written a letter in support of the semi-driver who was responsible, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.
A new Regina-based podcast is aiming to connect Indigenous youth with their culture by sharing the success stories of other First Nations people.
A B.C. care home nurse who used a Tensor bandage to trap a resident in their room last year has been handed a three-day suspension and ordered to take remedial courses.
For the first time in history, a Westmount High alum was sworn in as vice president on Wednesday, and residents of her (possibly) favourite province were watching.
Vancouver police are condemning a risky stunt involving a downtown bridge that was recorded and posted online.
A confrontation between Lyft driver and passenger ends with hate-filled rant.
A Toronto woman says the numbers she used to win a $60M lottery jackpot came to her husband in a dream two decades ago.
Each day is expected to be a fraction of a second shorter in 2021. One theory blames climate change for this phenomenon.
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that 'democracy has prevailed' and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation's historic confluence of crises.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s first call to a foreign leader will be to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this Friday, the White House has announced.
His presidency over, Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked the permit needed to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline (KXL), dashing Ottawa's hopes of salvaging the $8 billion project that the struggling Canadian crude sector has long supported.
Snowbirds hoping to skip the line in Canada by flying to Florida for COVID-19 vaccines now face a tougher set of rules aimed at snuffing vaccine tourism.
Controversial MP Derek Sloan was kicked out of the Conservative caucus Wednesday, a move party leader Erin O'Toole said was due to a 'pattern of destructive behaviour' that had become a distraction.
The inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden doesn’t just mark the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, it also signals a new direction in the effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic in America.
The cabinet of the Biden administration could be one of the most diverse in American history but it remains to be seen if the U.S. president will deliver on his promise that his nominees will advocate for the vast interests of the country.
Joe Biden's inaugural address was the wordiest from a U.S. president since 1985, longer than Donald Trump’s by more than 1,000 words.
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46 President of the United States, inheriting a nation divided and struggling to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Watch CTV News special coverage of the inauguration of Joe Biden hosted by CTV News Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme.
The Atlantic's David Frum and former Obama official Chris Lu discuss the challenges facing U.S. President Joe Biden as he takes office.
At least four provinces have announced changes or delays to their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in response to reduced Pfizer shipments.