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Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said Wednesday the federal government stands ready to introduce back-to-work legislation if striking employees and the Canadian Pacific Railway can't reach a deal.
The Quebec government appeared to send mixed messages to raging students Wednesday, as the strike over post-secondary tuition passed the 101-day mark.
Facebook's relationship status with investors appears to be getting complicated, as a class-action lawsuit has been launched following the social network's hyped initial public offering last week.
After years of Canadians hearing that they need to take in more calcium, a new study suggests calcium supplements might increase their risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
Organ donation advocate Helene Campbell was awarded with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal Wednesday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, spent the final day of their whirlwind Canadian tour in Regina, honouring those who have "selflessly served" their communities.
A Kingston, Ont.-based artist's painting of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the nude has been sold.
The Alberta Crown is appealing the manslaughter conviction of an Australian woman who drowned her two young sons in the family bathtub. Allyson McConnell was originally charged with second-degree murder, but was convicted last month of the lesser charge.
A close friend of Shriya Shah-Klorfine says she still isn't sure what happened to the Canadian climber on Mount Everest, but is content knowing that she died in pursuit of her dreams.
Members of the iconic Royal Canadian Mounted Police are really living up to their name today, as they stand guard over the Queen at her London residence Buckingham Palace.
A Conservative MP says plenty of government backbenchers share opposition concerns about the wide array of controversial measures crammed into the massive budget implementation bill.
POM Wonderful, perhaps the best-known purveyor of pomegranate juice, has failed to prove that its tangy thirst-quencher can prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction, a U.S. judge says.
Prosecutors in the United States have released the names of two Toronto women stabbed to death in New Jersey earlier this week.
The deadly earthquake that struck northern Italy is expected to impact food prices around the globe after an estimated 400,000 wheels of Parmesan cheese were destroyed during Sunday's 6.0-magnitude quake.
Google Doodle pays an intriguing tribute today to Robert Moog, the American electronic music pioneer who changed the industry in the 1960s with his invention of the Moog Synthesizer.
For the first time scientists have succeeded in taking skin cells from heart failure patients and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says that when she tore a strip off a UN right-to-food envoy last week, she never meant to imply there were no hunger problems in the North.
The U.S. lawmaker leading an inquiry into the Secret Service prostitution scandal reported dozens of "troubling" episodes of past misbehaviour Wednesday as investigators try to determine whether a culture of misconduct took root in the storied agency tasked with protecting the president.
Comedian Mike MacDonald has never been one to ask for help. But after being diagnosed with hepatitis C and seeing his condition worsen in just a few months, he's taken his search for a living liver donor public.
A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan.
After a lifetime of being told who will rule them, Egyptians dove enthusiastically into the uncertainty of the Arab world's first competitive presidential election Wednesday.
More than two decades ago, Canadian Paralympian Rick Hansen brought his original Man in Motion tour to an end in 1987. That event changed the world's perception of what life could be like for those living with spinal cord injuries. Twenty-five years later, Hansen celebrated that change in Vancouver with the completion of his Man in Motion anniversary relay.
The secretary of a retired Quebec judge says she was ready to move in with him just days before he was arrested for his wife's murder.
Opponents of a proposed pipeline designed to carry crude oil from Canada under the Great Plains filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Nebraska's new oil pipeline review law.
The 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, a U.S. special forces contingent, has become the first non-Canadian recipient of the country's highest citation for military units.
Canada's youth are more likely to be working or seeking an education than many of their counterparts in other G7 nations, the country's leading statistical agency suggested Wednesday.
Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.4 per cent in March to $39.1 billion, more than offsetting the decline recorded in February.
A woman arrested in the daytime stabbing deaths of two Canadian tourists near an Atlantic City casino laughed, frowned, grimaced and repeatedly asked where her lawyer was Tuesday as she was charged with murdering the women, one of them 80 years old.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale says she believes a military Cormorant helicopter should have been dispatched to aid in the search for a boy who went missing while snowmobiling in coastal Labrador.
The parents of a teen struck and killed by a Toronto bus say their son would be alive if the TTC and police had been doing their jobs properly.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois has become one of Quebec's most famous faces in the 100 days since the student uprising began over proposed tuition hikes.
African Union and Somali forces captured new territory outside Mogadishu that has long been controlled by militant fighters, officials said Wednesday.
A 20-year-old college student who told investigators he was merely trying to get a reaction from President Barack Obama's supporters pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting threatening messages against the president on Facebook.
Syria's oil minister acknowledged the heavy toll international sanctions have taken on the country's oil sector, saying Wednesday that they had sucked about US$4 billion from the economy.
A U.S. woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon was sentenced Wednesday to the nearly two months she has already served in jail.
The leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union are to meet in Brussels on Wednesday to try and find a way to keep the debt crisis in Europe from spiraling out of control and promote jobs and growth.
WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is to find out next week whether his bid to block extradition to Sweden has been successful.
Iran and six world powers exchanged dueling proposals Wednesday in a tug of war over Tehran's nuclear program that pits international concerns about the Islamic Republic's potential to build atomic weapons against enforcing crippling sanctions on its people.
The Philippines accused China on Wednesday of sending more government and fishing vessels to a contested shoal in the South China Sea despite ongoing talks to resolve a 2-month-old naval standoff.
It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.
China's Cabinet says the economy is slowing further and has promised to boost growth by encouraging private investment in energy and other industries.
A western Indian state has declared war on animal poaching by sanctioning its forest guards to shoot hunters on sight in an effort to curb rampant attacks against tigers, elephants and other wildlife.
Pregnant women in Ontario who received a flu shot during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic were less likely to give birth to a very preterm baby or to lose their baby shortly after birth, a new study shows.
An Australian doctor accused of infecting 56 women with hepatitis C while trying to conceal his own drug use has been ordered to stand trial.
Michael J. Fox, Rick Hansen, Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Louise Arbour are being honoured in a series of "difference maker" stamps.
If an expectant mother hopes to limit her chances of giving birth to an abnormally large baby, new research suggests her wisest course of action would be to control her own weight both before and during her pregnancy.
A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, recommendations likely to be followed by many of the U.K.'s medical centres.
Routinely screening men for prostate cancer with PSA tests can result in far more harm than good, says a U.S. expert panel in a recommendation against the practice that is sure to fuel continued debate over the issue.
As more avid runners and casual athletes experiment with barefoot running, doctors say they are treating injuries ranging from pulled calf muscles to Achilles tendinitis to metatarsal stress fractures, mainly in people who ramped up too fast.
A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds.
Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.
More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said Tuesday.
With his much-anticipated new disc "Believe" about to drop, Justin Bieber has announced an extensive North American tour that will include seven Canadian dates.
He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the "Dancing with the Stars" mirrorball trophy to his awards collection.
Snooki is pregnant with her first child with fiance Jionni LaVelle and although the couple is looking forward to welcoming a son, the 'Jersey Shore' star has admitted she was hoping for a little girl.
Kevin Costner hopes Bobbi Kristina Brown has made a "good decision" to star in a reality TV show.
Fifty-five years after its publication, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finally burned on the big screen, making its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia.
Robin Gibb's family is planning a memorial service for him at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving fragrant skewered meat served throngs of locals and foreigners.
After moving across an ocean to rural England, Lisa Marie Presley found herself as close as she's ever been to her father, at least musically.
Chace Crawford has admitted he used to be a 'geek' when he was at school.
Ryan Gosling is not ready to move in with Eva Mendes, according to reports.
The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
Adam Levine's life is 'beautiful' because he doesn't watch reality TV shows like 'Keeping up with the Kardashians.'
Matthew Morrison thinks Adele would be a great addition to the 'Glee' cast and is hoping she gets a cameo role in the musical TV series.
Jennifer Lopez has sold a TV show about her boyfriend Casper Smart following his work as choreographer on her forthcoming tour.
Movie boss Harvey Weinstein wants Lana Del Rey to be in a movie because she has "what it takes."
It's a family affair at the upcoming BET Awards: Kanye West has the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z, earned five, and Jay-Z's wife, Beyonce, received six.
Steven Tyler is mum on whether he or Jennifer Lopez will return to the judging panel on 'American Idol' next year, but the rocker says he has loved the experience of sitting next to her.
Hate-watching is a sport that used to fall under the broad term 'guilty pleasure,' but now seems retrofitted for the age of social media. It goes something like this: You watch a show you wouldn't choose to watch for any reason other than to mock it for its awfulness.
Organizers say the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum has found a home in Manhattan. And its awards show will return to television this year after more than a decade.
Brad Pitt has arrived in Cannes with a hardboiled crime film featuring heavy doses of U.S. President Barack Obama and a backdrop of the economic crisis.
Justin Bieber announces tracklist for upcoming 'Believe.' The album, hitting stores June 19, will kick off with the Ludacris collaboration "All Around the World."
Britain's judiciary says that a 21-year-old sentenced last week for hacking into a U.S.-based Facebook account accessed the page belonging to teen actress Selena Gomez, who is the girlfriend of pop idol Justin Bieber.
The author of a self-published diet book that advocates skipping breakfast and taking cold baths has agreed to lucrative deals with British and U.S. publishers.
We all have nagging worries -- did I turn off the stove? Did I lock the door? But for Canadians with obsessive-compulsive disorders, these thoughts get stuck, playing over and over in the mind like a broken record.
When it comes to shopping for a second-hand vehicle most buyers are wary of smooth-talking used salespeople who may try to sell you a lemon. So what can you do to ensure that you and your hard earned money aren't being taken for a ride?
Buying a used vehicle? Have it inspected first, and make it clear to the dealer that no pre-purchase inspection means no sale.
For this year's investigation, the APA mystery shoppers visited 20 used car sellers in the Greater Toronto Area. The shoppers were accompanied by an expert mechanic and all visits were recorded on W5's cameras.
Resident-to-resident abuse in long-term care is far more common than you might think. Through access to information, W5 obtained the number of resident-to-resident assaults in Ontario nursing homes. There were 1,788 incidents in 2010.
Statistic provided under W5's access request by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term care show that there were 1,788 reported incidents of resident-to-resident abuse in 2010.
Are you looking for a nursing home or other long-term care facility for a loved one? Follow these important tips before making a decision.
Even casual news viewers will recognize CTV's chief political correspondent when he appears this week on W5. Craig Oliver's commentaries out of Ottawa bring novel insights and crackle with enthusiasm and good humour. He's a man who takes his work seriously, but never himself.
A lot has happened since Sue Rodriguez, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease, took her fight to legalize assisted suicide all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1993. Now, the debate has been re-ignited in British Columbia.
At an age when many might think the richness of their lives was found in collected experience and savoured memories, William Shatner disagrees.
For a fee, travel clubs offer discounts on everything from hotels and flights to meals and car rentals. But a W5 hidden camera investigation has found the only thing some of them may really be selling is broken promises.
The baffling disappearance of Mariam Makhniashvili sparked an unprecedented police search and left many lingering questions about her family. We may never know exactly how long the remains of the 17-year- old lay undiscovered in a ravine beneath a Toronto highway overpass.
W5 investigates cases where brand-new HVAC systems aren't working properly, with some homeowners finding that their homes are freezing on one floor and feeling tropical on another.
W5 takes on the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) with a special investigation. Victor Malarek exposes questions about how effective the Ontario agency really is in 'Above the Law.'
They are disturbing images: police officers kicking, hog-tying, maiming suspects and, sometimes, innocent citizens. Captured on surveillance videos and by cellphone cameras. CTV's W5 looks at cases in Victoria, where it seems no matter how damning the evidence, the officers involved get off with few penalties.
If Trevor Greene and Debbie Lepore had never met, you wonder if he would have had the will to recover from a devastating injury to his brain.in 2006.
When you hear about human trafficking in the sex trade, most people have an image of women being smuggled into Canada from abroad and forced to work in seamy brothels. But there's a thriving trafficking trade right here at home.
W5 reveals shocking tax horror stories faced by hard-working, ordinary Canadians who came up against the Canada Revenue Agency.
This Saturday on W5, Into Thin Air: What happened to Mariam Makhniashvili?
Newfoundland and Labrador being a small province, I'd heard of Zita Cobb, and knew she was doing some extraordinary things in her birthplace of Fogo Island. I didn't realise just how extraordinary until I arrived there with W5.
Lloyd Robertson on the twists and turns of a real-life drama on Saturday's W5: the story of a Saskatchewan man who took up arms to protect his daughter from a drug dealer.
Hassan Rasouli, an electrical engineer, brought his family to Toronto from Iran, in the spring of 2010. Five months later, what was supposed to be routine surgery for a benign brain tumor, left Hassan unconscious. Bacterial meningitis had infected his brain.
The killing of the ocean's most graceful creatures -- dolphins, whales and seals -- motivates many animal lovers to object but few are willing to go to the lengths of Canadian environmentalist Paul Watson.
W5 goes undercover to investigate risky laser treatments and exposes misleading sales pitches and questionable training. As these high-tech treatments have become more prevalent, so have patients' horror stories.
Stare into the eyes of a chimpanzee, meet the intelligent gaze that stares back at you and you will recognize a link with human beings that stretches back millions of years. Now that link has become the centre of a heated and often emotional debate.
In Pictures: W5 investigates the hidden dangers of cosmetic laser treatments.
On W5: A Calgary man, defrauded of millions, goes to extreme measures in his quest for justice after the law fails to help him.
W5 tells a harrowing ordeal that residents of a quaint family-filled neighbourhood in Toronto's west end had to endure, at the hands of a neighbour who decided to make their lives a living hell.
It's too easy to think of this famine - one of the worst in our history - as being too big, too foreign, too obscure for us to grasp. But seen through K'naan's eyes, it became very real and very human.
In "Murder Most Forgotten," W5 investigates the murder of Leah Souza 20 years ago. Her mother, Lora, saw her daughter's killer but can't remember a thing.
W5 investigates the Navy's floundering submarine program. Nearly $1 billion was paid for the boats, and Canadians can expect to spend even more in the future for a program that still isn't fully operational, 15 years after the purchase.
W5's 10-month investigation of Caron Oderbien, a grifter who has left a trail of broken hearts and empty wallets across five provinces and two countries.
Families of loved ones who've gone missing for years tell W5 their stories of hope and suffering, with the federal government unlikely or unwilling to make changes to the DNA database that could bring them closure.
W5 joins an underwater archeology mission to solve a 160-year-old mystery that lies at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
This Saturday on W5, Frozen in Time: The quest to solve a 160-year-old mystery that lies at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
Gloria Steinem is an American writer, a lecturer, and co-founder of MS magazine. She's one of the leading figures of the women's movement and helped bring feminism into the mainstream consciousness thanks to her good looks and popular writing.
Gloria Steinem is the co-founder of MS magazine, a best-selling author, and a leading figure in the women's movement. Here on W5, she comes face-to-face with the founders of "Slutwalk."
On W5: Canadian soldier Trevor Greene recounts his remarkable journey of recovery since that fateful day in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan in 2006 -- when he was the victim of an axe attack during a meeting with village elders.
From the report: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada (Background Paper, National Library of Canada)
W5 investigates Toronto-based lender, Sandy Hutchens (aka Moishe Alexander), and reveals how he collected millions of dollars in fees from desperate borrowers.
W5 tells the incredible story of two soldiers -- Corporal Andrew Knisley and Master Corporal Jody Mitic -- who refuse to let their horrendous injuries slow them down from taking part in an endurance rally race for a good cause.
When Genie and Helmut Vollmer's accountant introduced them to a new investment opportunity, they had no reason to doubt their financial advisor and friend of 30 years.
It's not often you meet the mayor of a city who is as popular in other cities across Canada as he is on home turf.
W5 tells the amazing story of 48 students, plus 8 teachers and 8 crew members, who survived the sinking of the tall ship Concordia, 500 kilometres off the coast of Brazil February 17, 2010.
The Conservative government has cut off the flow of key employment data to the public just as it is about to present new, stricter rules on Employment Insurance.
Federal Treasury Board President Tony Clement used a speech in the heart of Canada's oil and gas sector to launch an attack on NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and his dim view of Canada's resource industry.
The chief commissioner of a long-awaited public inquiry into allegations of corruption within Quebec's construction industry promises a thorough and "totally impartial" probe.
Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she wants solutions within six weeks on ways to fast-track twinning on the notorious high-density highway to the oilsands.
Greece's caretaker prime minister will convene a meeting of Cabinet members ahead of this week's summit of European Union leaders that's expected to look into spurring economic growth across the continent.
West Africa's regional bloc said Tuesday it will impose sanctions on those it finds responsible for allowing an attack on Mali's president at his office.
China's Defense Ministry has accused the Pentagon of hyping Chinese military power and its threat to Taiwan in a depiction that will ultimately undermine ties between the two militaries.
From their M16s to 'inferior' equipment, soldiers in the Afghan National Army say they're struggling for respect.
Canada will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan in March 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Monday as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Chicago wrapped up.
