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First launched in September 1982, Live at 5 introduced the news magazine format to Canada. Today, CTV News at 5 is the Maritimes' most popular news and current affairs program.

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Saving Sophia: Community rallies to support 10-year-old girl from Lower Sackville, N.S., with inoperable brain tumour
‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty’ is making it theatrical debut
Speaking out in support: a Moncton woman shares her transition story
Warm Recognition: Second World War and Korean War Veteran gifted Quilt of Valour for military service
Step onto the set of 'Harry Potter' by visiting this mall in Bridgewater, N.S.
'We would love to call Halifax home': Chad Michael Murray on his made-in-the-Maritimes drama series 'Sullivan's Crossing'
Fighting could soon be banned by the QMJHL

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One dead, six remain missing as police search for victims of fire in Old Montreal

One person has been confirmed dead and six people remain missing as police continue to search for victims after a fire swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday.

A makeshift memorial is shown at the scene following a fire in Old Montreal, Sunday, March 19, 2023, that gutted a heritage building. Several people are still unaccounted for. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Woman suing Tim Hortons for $500K after hot tea spill left her 'disfigured'

An Ontario woman has launched a lawsuit seeking $500,000 from Tim Hortons after she suffered major burns from an alleged ‘superheated’ tea. The company has denied all allegations and said she was ‘the author of her own misfortune.'

5 Connecticut children dead after crash in New York

Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were killed in a fiery early morning crash Sunday on a New York highway, police said.

Poilievre calling for national standardized test to license doctors, nurses trained outside of Canada

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a national standardized testing process to be created in order to speed up the licensing process for doctors and nurses who are either immigrants or were trained abroad.

Trails of human bacteria from sneezing and coughing preserved on Mount Everest: study

Even at one of the tallest natural peaks on Earth, humans have left their mark in a trail of bacteria as researchers have found germs from coughing and sneezing that have been potentially preserved for centuries on Mount Everest.