Third COVID-19 outbreak declared at St. Paul's Hospital; 63 infected
Three outbreaks have been declared at St. Paul's Hospital, where 63 patients and staff have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.

Three outbreaks have been declared at St. Paul's Hospital, where 63 patients and staff have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.
B.C. health officials have announced 508 more cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths from the disease in their final update of the week.
On Friday morning, British Columbians began learning how, when and where they would be vaccinated against a virus that upended their lives and led to the isolation and deaths of seniors in their communities.
Predatory sand worms up to two-metres long were striking at prey from beneath the ocean floor near Taiwan some 20 million years ago, according to new research from Simon Fraser University.
A Kelowna woman is $3 million richer after she won the largest instant-ticket prize the B.C. Lottery Corporation has ever given.
Volunteers showed up all day long at a community-based command centre in Port Moody’s Heritage Mountain neighbourhood, as a large local search effort continued for missing woman Trina Hunt.
CTV News Vancouver has learned B.C.'s Ministry of Health quietly commissioned an independent report into the deadly impact of COVID-19 on care homes in the summer of 2020 and that they have received the final document, but not made the findings or recommendations public.
A B.C.-based Indigenous artist drew inspiration for one of his latest pieces from a worldwide pandemic.
A French bunker was decommissioned in the 1990s. Since that time, it's found a new use as a unique, subterranean research laboratory.
It’s been called the "COVID 19" – not the virus, but the weight we’ve gained during the pandemic. If that’s you, you’re not alone. A recent survey found many people have gained weight since March of last year. If you’ve resolved to get back into shape, there are a few smartwatches that can help.
Mass-screening technology could be coming to school buses as part of a new effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
If your vehicle has a safety problem or defect you could get it fixed for free, but you need to stay on top of it. McLaughlin On Your Side looks into what you need to know to make sure your vehicle is safe.
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.
Baseball legend and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron has passed away. Aaron rose to fame when he broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record.
A photo of Bernie Sanders in his coat and mittens, bracing against the cold, is now popping up in some unexpected places thanks to some creative edits.
For most autistic kids, it hasn't been an easy year. But for one boy at a Montreal special-needs school, it's at least been a great week, after he took the Internet by storm.
Doubts Tokyo Summer Games will take place in 2021
Staff at a Vancouver Value Village were shocked to find thousands of dollars when looking through recent donations.
Legendary TV host and media personality Larry King has died at age 87.
Fear that Quebecers will catch a new variant of COVID-19 on vacation is what's driving demands by the Quebec premier for Ottawa to ban non-essential flights to the country. Legal experts, however, say a ban on non-essential travel would violate the mobility rights guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian officials have met online with former diplomat Michael Kovrig, who has been held in China for more than two years in a case related to an executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
Joe Biden's White House has a lot in common cause with Canada, Justin Trudeau said Friday as he urged people to look past the new U.S. president's decision to kill off the Keystone XL pipeline project.
Russian police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure.
A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases.
New cases of COVID-19 have steadily dropped over the last 12 days, a downward trend that experts say offers reason for hope even as the second wave pushes hospitals dangerously close to capacity.
Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office.
The federal government is mulling a mandatory quarantine in hotels for returning travellers as the country's top doctor warns that easing COVID-19 restrictions too quickly could cause case numbers to shoot up again.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the new variant, which data shows is more infectious, may also be more deadly.
Biden will speak with Trudeau on Friday: WH press secretary
Democracy Watch's Duff Conacher says that Julie Payette should lose her government pension and perks after resigning as governor general.
WHO says the doses will be delivered to its COVAX partners, which include countries that would otherwise not be able to gain access to vaccines.
The new U.K. coronavirus variant is being blamed for the deadly outbreak at a long-term care home in Ontario. Avis Favaro reports.