Weekend update: 1,344 cases of COVID-19, 26 deaths in B.C.
British Columbia recorded another 1,344 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and 26 more deaths from the disease.

British Columbia recorded another 1,344 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and 26 more deaths from the disease.
A Vancouver medical technology company has developed a touchless control system for elevators called HoverTap, that can be retrofitted onto traditional elevator button panels.
The CEO of Great Canadian Gaming has resigned after allegedly flying to the Yukon to jump the COVID-19 vaccine queue.
Two Metro Vancouver residents are now millionaires after winning big prizes in Saturday night's Lotto 6/49 draw.
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has added a dozen flights to its list of COVID-19 exposures over the last few days.
Four out of five residents who describe themselves as Christian believe the government made the right decision in putting a pause on in-person worship.
As dentists in B.C. advocate to be included in a priority group for the COVID-19 vaccine, they are also offering to help administer immunizations to residents.
British Columbians eager to know when it'll be their turn to get a COVID-19 vaccine were given a full immunization schedule on Friday.
Big parties and international travel will likely remain unsafe for British Columbians this summer, despite the province's plans to administer millions of COVID-19 doses over the coming months.
The survival mantra for small businesses during the pandemic is ‘go digital,’ but many do not have the expertise or the resources to do that. Now a Vancouver company has offered help.
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Mass-screening technology could be coming to school buses as part of a new effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
A new report on housing shows rental prices have dropped in Vancouver year over year in late 2020, but the city topped the country when it came to high prices.
The price of an average home in Metro Vancouver increased at the end of 2020, the most significant jump being in the detached home category.
A B.C. realtor who subleased a home without the owner's consent has been ordered to pay a disciplinary penalty of $25,000.
Montreal’s Shina Novalinga is keeping her Indigenous culture alive by throat-singing with her mom on TikTok.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong reported dead at 90. Armstrong lead the team to win four Stanley Cups in the 1960s
Thousands of businesses apply for new emergency funding
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travellers returning from non-essential trips abroad.
U.S. House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.
Ontario has officially extended the province's state of emergency and all orders associated with it, including the stay-at-home order, for an additional 14 days.
MP Ramesh Sangha has been removed from the Liberal caucus over allegedly 'baseless and dangerous accusations against a number of his caucus colleagues,' according to Liberal Whip Mark Holland's office.
Filipina front-line workers in Canada are relieving built-up stress and anxiety by writing about their pandemic experiences, and their words have been turned into a new art installation.
Who should be Canada's next governor general? In his latest column for CTVNews.ca, Don Martin gives a Top 10 list of names who represent the calibre of individual Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should consider.
As some companies are offering luxury overseas vacations for the ultra rich to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, at least one expert in the fields of luxury travel and medicine has serious ethical concerns about these trips.
Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who led the former president's efforts to spread baseless claims about the 2020 election.
One year since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Canada, two of CTV's dependable infectious disease experts reflect on a year that felt more like '20 dog years in one.'
Toronto's Medical Officer of Heath, Dr. Eileen de Villa says the U.K. variant is in Ontario and it is likely to spread.
Bodycam footage captures the dramatic rescue as police officers pulled a woman from icy waters in Wisconsin, on January 15.
Impeachment Managers presented the article of impeachment of Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate.
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