Nova Scotia has decided to stop giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as the first dose effective immediately. Health officials also reported 149 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the province's total number of active cases to 1,621.
A civil liberties group says Nova Scotia's decision to close provincial boundaries to non-essential travel is unconstitutional.
New Brunswick is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including two travel-related cases involving New Brunswick residents who are isolating outside of the province.
Nova Scotia is launching a new COVID-19 sick leave program for residents who must take time off work.
Two weeks after being soundly criticized on social media for helping to organize a so-called "freedom rally" on Citadel Hill, Halifax Regional Police are now warning the organizers there could be consequences for the gathering.
RCMP in New Brunswick continue to investigate a suspicious fire in Kedgwick, N.B. and are asking anyone with information that could assist with the investigation to come forward.
Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday and announced new restrictions for an area of the province's southwest.
COVID-19 has been tough on a lot of us – businesses, patients, but also medical professionals. Nurses, especially, are exhausted.
Despite a reduced schedule and far fewer passengers, a growing list of possible exposures involving Halifax Transit buses has the driver's union deeply concerned.
A judge has denied the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP's request for a recount in a tight race in the province's pandemic-delayed election.
A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of settling such disputes.
Halifax District RCMP is investigating an alleged armed robbery at a business on Highway 7 in Sheet Harbour, N.S. on Tuesday evening.
Provincial parks in Nova Scotia won’t allow campers until at least June 1, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
A 51-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after a car crashed into a cemetery in Midgell, P.E.I. on Monday night.
Police in Halifax continue to investigate the murder of David Robert Boyko 25 years after his death.
Forty-nine-year-old Krista Blaikie Hughes spent two weeks in intensive care with COVID-19. She says her experience was one many people need to know could happen to them. "What it made me realize," she says in a video chat from her Fall River home, "is that no two COVID cases are the same."
A New Brunswick family says they can't bury their loved one who passed away earlier this year, because someone else is already buried in their family plot.
The province of New Brunswick is looking for volunteers to serve as mission staff members for Team New Brunswick at the 2022 Canada Summer Games and the 2023 Canada Winter Games.
Halifax police have charged two men with stunting on a Dartmouth, N.S. highway during a 15 minute span on Monday morning.
A teenager with roots to Nova Scotia who is battling a rare condition at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is looking for an assist from her favourite hockey star to help boost her spirits.
Atlantic.CTVNews.ca has everything you need to know about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Atlantic Canada, including locations, how to register, and who is next in line.
Nova Scotia Health continues to identify potential COVID-19 exposures throughout the province. CTV News has compiled a list of the latest exposures in Nova Scotia.
New Brunswick Health continues to identify potential COVID-19 exposures throughout the province. CTV News has compiled a list of the latest exposures in New Brunswick.
Jayson Baxter, producer and co-host of CTV News at 5, shares part three of the personal story of Saving Sammy, his family's beloved racehorse.
Whether it's inspiring gratitude in others by doing a good deed, or finding something in your life that you're thankful for right now, it's important to express gratitude to get through a pandemic.
Nova Scotia's top doctor has launched a social media meme with his comments imploring residents to cease shopping for non-essential items, including Birkenstock sandals offered at sale prices.
A Cape Breton Mother's Day tradition lives on, in memory of a grandmother well-known for her generous spirit.
Mothers are among the most stressed during the pandemic. Many of them juggling many types of work, on top of working from home. Here are a few tips from a psychiatrist who specializes in mental health for mothers.
COVID-19 has been tough on a lot of us – businesses, patients, but also medical professionals. Nurses, especially, are exhausted.
A teenager with roots to Nova Scotia who is battling a rare condition at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is looking for an assist from her favourite hockey star to help boost her spirits.
Many Maritime hopeful homeowners are being priced out of the market, as properties across the region continue to go well over asking.
Evan Graham’s bright future was cut short, and now his former classmates in Woodstock, N.B. hope a scholarship fund in his memory will light the way for others.
Whether it's inspiring gratitude in others by doing a good deed, or finding something in your life that you're thankful for right now, it's important to express gratitude to get through a pandemic.
A group of high school students in Riverview, N.B. are giving back to their community by getting their hands dirty.
With less to do in lockdown some Nova Scotians are cleaning up their communities and they're also throwing down the challenge for others to pick up the litter too.
A new program at Royal Oaks Golf Club in Moncton, N.B. is providing children with the opportunity to hit the green free of charge.
Many Maritime hopeful homeowners are being priced out of the market, as properties across the region continue to go well over asking.
The second of four new bridges sailed into Toronto’s harbour Tuesday making the long trek from Halifax.
A court date has been set for a Calgary pastor and two rodeo organizers have been ordered to appear in court after they were all accused of violating public health orders in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Ontario will no longer offer first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to an increase in reports of rare blood clots.
Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu has apologized for comments made on social media saying the opposition NDP and federal Liberals, along with the media, want the province's health-care system to collapse from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Montreal man has made a complaint to the Quebec Human Rights Commission after he was denied an apartment because the building management found his emotional support dog to be too big.
A video game, which is currently being developed, will let you skirt provincial stay-at-home orders while wandering the streets as a raccoon.
A bee removal expert in Georgia removed 2,000 bees from one home and more than 100,000 from another.
Seven Calif. siblings have found their forever home three years after their parents died in a crash.
Vanessa Lee has the story of a life-changing journey to Canada for 19 dogs found abused or abandoned on the streets in Lebanon.
A huge section of a new bridge has arrived at its home in Toronto after making a week-long journey across the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario.
While the purchases couldn't be refunded, a GoFundMe was started and helped his mom get her money back.
After receiving his first shot in April, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his doctor's latest advice to him is to take a second shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, should it be offered to him when the time comes.
Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as Manitoba limited use of the shot and Ontario said it was deciding how it would use an incoming shipment reserved for second doses.
The province is now expecting to receive 250,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine next week, a shipment that will be reserved for second shots as the province has suspended use of the vaccine until further notice.
The federal government's planned private sector privacy law reforms, promised to give Canadians more control over how companies handle their personal information online, need to be amended or privacy protections will take 'a step back,' according to Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien.
Police in Prince Albert, Sask., have arrested a RCMP officer in connection to the death of a 26-year-old man on Tuesday evening.
Doctors in India have identified a rare case of haemolacria, or bloody tears, caused by 'vicarious menstruation' – a diagnosis the 25-year-old patient was able to control using oral birth control pills.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to halt arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in the region.
The body mass index (BMI) cutoffs used to determine obesity and diabetes risks are not appropriate for diagnosis and treatment of people of colour and could be putting their health at risk, a new study suggests.
The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline is causing serious disruptions in the eastern United States. As a result, experts say motorists in some parts of Canada could be paying more at the pump.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole sparred over the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Canada.
A seafront balcony in Malibu, Calif., collapsed on May 8, sending several people to the hospital with serious injuries.
Seven Calif. siblings have found their forever home three years after their parents died in a crash.
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