Spurs' Becky Hammon first woman to direct NBA team
Becky Hammon became the first woman to direct an NBA team as a head coach during the regular season, when she took over for San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich when he was ejected during a game on Wednesday.
'It's not over': Experts fear new surge of COVID-19 infections after holidays
Many hard-hit areas of Canada have seen rapidly increasing rates in COVID-19 infections over the past few weeks, and experts are warning that the start of 2021 could include an even higher surge of cases.
California hospitals at 'brink of catastrophe' as many run out of ICU beds
U.S. health officials say California has surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood claims Epstein ‘is alive’
Lin Wood, the attorney filing suits aimed at overturning the election on behalf of President Donald Trump, sensationally claimed on Thursday that deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is still alive. A notorious conspiracy theorist who has amplified countless debunked internet rumors since Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, Wood's latest allegations came after he made similarly outrageous remarks on Wednesday regarding Chief Justice John Roberts. The Supreme Court has drawn the ire of Wood and Trump's supporters for refusing to…
Bodycam footage of Minneapolis cops fatally shooting Black man released
The Minneapolis Police Department released partial body camera footage of the Wednesday evening killing of a Black man, who has been identified as Dolal Idd, during a traffic stop. Video footage , which is only 27 seconds long, shows officers surrounding a white car at a gas station, screaming, “Hands up!” The officer, whose bodycam footage was released, goes on to fire several shots. https://twitter.com/marctwincities/status/1344766420379459589?s=21 In the video, the officer is at first seen running toward Idd’s car with a gun pointe…
Iran's foreign minister says Trump trying to 'fabricate' pretext to attack Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of attempting to fabricate a pretext to attack Iran, and vowed Tehran would defend itself forcefully.
Feds enlist IBM to help design gun buyback program
The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms.
Quebec COVID-19 cases shoot past 200,000 to end 2020 reporting a record 2,819 in 24 hours
Quebec reported Thursday that 202,641 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in the province, and 8,226 people have died due to the disease since the start of the pandemic.
Pharmacies push to join COVID-19 vaccination effort as distribution ramps up
Pharmacies are pushing to get involved in Canada's vaccination effort, pitching their expansive networks and experience with vaccine distribution as potential selling points.
Anti-diarrhea drug may treat same type of brain cancer that killed Gord Downie: study
A new study suggests an anti-diarrhea medication could be effective in treating an aggressive and deadly type of brain cancer.
Everyone’s hitting up Mitch McConnell with $2,000 Venmo requests
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has positioned himself as the primary obstacle to $2,000 stimulus checks in a new debate over coronavirus relief ignited by President Donald Trump's late-to-the-party Twitter appeals last week. McConnell declared Wednesday, according to CNN , that a House-passed bill proposing more substantial stimulus checks has "no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate." So, Americans have taken to platforms including Venmo and PayPal to directly request stimulus checks from McConnell himself. Citizens took …
Bernie Sanders brings Trump tweet to the Senate floor, spawning instant meme
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) used a tweet from President Donald Trump about raising the coronavirus relief checks from $600 to $2,000 during a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, sparking a slew of memes that used Sanders' prop as a template. Sanders was trying to force a vote on raising the checks, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has blocked without the attachment of two provisions he has pushed, likely as a way to doom any vote on increasing the checks. On Tuesday, McConnell introduced a bill that would lin…
Ontario breaks record for most COVID-19 cases reported in a single day with more than 3,300 infections logged
Ontario is reporting a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day as case numbers climb above the 3,000 mark for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
Choreographed drone display lights up Scottish skies to ring in the new year
As part of the Scottish celebration of Hogmanay, the Scots word for the last day of the year, entertainment company Underbelly has shared its spectacular drone show online.
People are shook to find out how tall Dora the Explorer is
Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer has been around for more than 20 years (feel old yet?), but people are just now figuring out how tall she is. Little has changed about Dora over time. She still wears that same pink shirt and purple backpack, sports the same hairdo, and loves adventure. She is also still 7 years old, which is part of the reason Twitter users were absolutely staggered to discover that she is 5 feet 2 inches tall, according to viral screengrabs of Google Search results this week. First of all, that is an extremely tall 7-y…
Man hospitalized after attending indoor Republican Christmas party that featured viral conga line
Indoor Christmas parties seem like a bad idea in the age of COVID-19, especially if revelers form a conga line to the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" in the middle of the party. Now, a man who attended the Dec. 9 event—which went viral via Twitter 10 days ago—is hospitalized with COVID-19. The video from journalist Matt Binder, shared from his Twitter account Dec. 21, shows attendees from the Whitestone Republican Club in close proximity to each other as the Christmas party relaxed any notion of social distancing. https://t…
Police investigate deliberate spoiling of 500 vaccine doses in Wisconsin
Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine.
Internet Person of the Year: Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd’s death
Opinion On May 25, Darnella Frazier began her day as a normal 17-year-old Black girl. By the day's end, she had recorded an interaction between a police officer and a citizen that she could not walk away from—and her life changed forever. In the video, white police officer Derek Chauvin used his knee to pin down George Floyd , who begged "please, please, please" for his life. Other officers helped to hold down Floyd's limbs, and onlookers idly watched. Frazier, however, pulled out her cellphone and began to record. Her act…
Ford to have 'tough conversation' with Ontario minister returning from Caribbean vacation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to have a "very tough conversation" with his finance minister today over a controversial Caribbean vacation.
Trump's Scottish golf course posts more losses
A golf course built by U.S. President Donald Trump in Scotland reported continued losses in 2019, accounts filed with the U.K. companies register and published on Thursday showed.
These epic Twitter self-owns prove 2020 wasn’t all bad
Analysis There's no way around it: 2020 was a shit show. The year started with an impeachment and Kobe Bryant's death, soon enough COVID-19 arrived, and that was followed by the most sustained period of civil unrest in decades. The year was so bad that murder hornets barely registered as a story. Even in the dark and stormy year that was 2020, the internet brought flashes of humorous light to remind us all that life is also beautiful. Few things bring as much joy unto others as a self-own, and this year was filled with some of the…
New year, new hope: vaccines offer optimism for 2021
We're entering January on a bleak note -- with COVID-19 transmission skyrocketing across the country -- but the month of December also brought news of two vaccine approvals, spawning hope that the end of the pandemic might be in sight.
5 things to know for Thursday, December 31, 2020
Canada has had more than 572,982 total cases of COVID-19, with more than 15,472 associated deaths.
2020 finally ending, but New Year's revelries muted by virus
This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget.
Pattie Lovett-Reid: The 5 financial rituals that drive wealth
When it comes right down to finding wealth, the financial rituals you embrace can change your financial trajectory in life.
How should provinces handle the rollout of two-dose vaccines?
When a vaccine requires two doses, how should provinces handle their shipments of vaccines -- set aside the second dose and commit to a slower rollout, or deliver shots to as many people as possible and risk a delay in shipments of the second dose?
‘SoHo Karen’ who falsely accused Black teen of stealing her phone is now claiming she was ‘assaulted’
The Staten Island woman who was captured on video falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her phone and attacking him is now claiming she was assaulted. The incident took place over the weekend at the Arlo SoHo Hotel in Manhattan. In the now-viral video, the woman accuses Grammy-winning musician Keyon Harrold's son of stealing her iPhone. Shortly after the incident, a rideshare she previously used reportedly returned the phone to her. She allegedly left it in the car and didn't apologize to Harrold or his son, Keyon Harrold Jr…
Yukon issues recall for jerky with psychoactive ingredient while RCMP launch probe
Yukon residents who purchased beef or bison jerky from a local business are being told not to eat the product because it may contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient for cannabis.
Video: Catholic priest throws hands after allegedly being asked to wear mask
In the latest addition to Reddit’s r/PublicFreakout, a video of a Catholic priest in Colombia started a fight after someone allegedly asked him to put a face mask on. The video, titled “Catholic priest starts a fight in a supermarket when asked to cover with mouth with a mask,” starts out with the man, who is dressed in Catholic priest attire, standing at the register. He seems to be irked by a masked shopper. The title suggests that the priest might have been set off by either a store clerk or shopper asking him to put a mask on. While it …
More than 14,000 vaccines administered in B.C.; 11 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours
Another 485 people in British Columbia are known to have the novel coronavirus, health officials said in an update Wednesday.
From tragedy to triumph: incredible stories told by our journalists in a pandemic year
Condensing an entire year into just one hour is a difficult task, but downright impossible in a year dominated by a pandemic. On CTVNews.ca, Executive Producer Rosa Hwang highlights some of the incredible stories told by our journalists in 2020.
‘Patients are dying like flies’: Tearful ICU nurse begs people to stop being careless about COVID-19
An ICU nurse in Southern California took to TikTok last week to express heartfelt concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impact on hospital capacity. That video's gone viral as COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. have reached record numbers and are poised to further increase. Gayana Chuklansev posted her TikTok video plea on Dec. 21, which garnered 1.4 million views and more than 400,000 likes within 10 days of being posted. It begins, "I don't know how else to say this, but I am begging you guys: Please stop…
Quebec sets new record for COVID-19 cases with 2,511, hospitalizations jump by 80
Quebec health authorities reported 2,511 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, which is the highest single-day increase the province has recorded since the pandemic began.
No need to make resolutions this new year, says life coach
Making new year’s resolutions for 2021 may seem overwhelming, considering the tremendous challenges of the past year, but some self-help gurus are advising people to take the pressure off and change the way they make their resolutions.
First reported cases of virus variant trigger questions
The new and seemingly more contagious variant of the coronavirus has been reported for the first time in the U.S., in a man who hadn't been travelling, triggering a host of questions about how it got there.
Ontario reports more than 2,900 new cases of COVID-19 for first time ever
New COVID-19 case numbers in Ontario have once again reached new heights as the province logged more than 2,900 new infections for the first time.
'This is a viral tsunami': U.S. hits record for daily COVID-19 deaths
The U.S. recorded more than 3,700 new deaths linked to the virus on Tuesday, a chilling new high, as well as the most COVID-19 hospitalizations, with more than 124,600 patients nationwide, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Iran allocates payments of US$150,000 to families of Ukraine crash victims
Iran's cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday.
Missing 26-year-old woman reportedly killed by man she met online
A 41-year-old man named Harold Haulman III has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of 26-year-old Erica Shultz. Shultz, an autistic and diabetic Pennsylvania woman, met Haulman online. Her sister reported her missing on Dec. 6 after she failed to show up for work. According to Fox56, her absence was immediately seen as suspicious, as she failed to take her medications with her and left her emotional support cat behind, without extra food. Shultz informed one of her friends on Dec. 2 that she was speaking online with a man named &quo…
How Canadian researchers are using genome sequencing to track coronavirus variants
Infectious disease researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. are using genome sequencing to track down new variants of COVID-19.
50,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Ontario today
Some 50,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in Ontario today.
Mitch McConnell: You can have $2,000 checks, but only if it destroys the internet
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill that would up the COVID-19 relief stimulus checks to $2,000—but only if it comes with a full repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act . McConnell's bill ties the increase of COVID-19 relief checks to Americans from $600 to $2,000 with a Section 230 repeal and the creation of a panel to investigate voter fraud—two provisions that he likely knows will doom it if any vote occurs. The two provisions for increased checks also seem meant to appease President Donald Trum…
Luke Letlow’s maskless campaign events surface after he dies of COVID
Luke Letlow, elected to represent Louisiana's 5th Congressional District in a runoff election earlier this month, died of COVID-19 complications in a Shreveport hospital Tuesday night. Letlow, 41, is survived by his wife and two children, and while a number of people are mourning him today, a number of people are also going online to post photos of maskless campaign events leading up to Letlow's Dec. 18 diagnosis. Letlow's own Twitter account places him on the "open the economy" side of the ongoing national debate that …
U.S. Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19 at age 41
Luke Letlow, Louisiana's incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before he would have been sworn into office. He was 41.
Turning Point USA compares annual winter conference to Coachella
Charlie Kirk's youth organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) believes it's the conservative version of Coachella, the world-famous music and cultural festival held in Southern Califonia each year. Seriously. "If you think the lame, snoozefest events that other boring organizations have been doing for decades have moved the needle & these haven’t... you’re crazy," TPUSA COO Tyler Bowyer tweeted this week. Bowyer then attached a graphic that stated Turning Point USA's 2020 winter Student Action Summit was a "Co…
With Q silent, who will become the new leader of the QAnon movement?
The supposed military intelligence team that claims to post as “Q” and sparked the QAnon conspiracy theory movement has had long periods of silence before. Q went three weeks without making a “drop,” or posting a message, on 8chan in October 2018; posted on just five days through May and June 2019; and was silent for three months as Q’s home of 8chan struggled to reconstitute itself as 8kun. So it’s not inherently unusual for Q to have only made four drops in the last two months—but these last two months have not been usual. They've s…
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