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Downtown road closures planned for Victoria Chinese New Year parade

Road closures are planned for downtown Victoria on Sunday as lion dancers take to the streets to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Hundreds of people gathered in Victoria's Chinatown on Sunday to celebrate the second day of the Lunar Year with a traditional lion dance. Jan. 29, 2017 (CTV Vancouver Island)

Victoria nurse reprimanded for drinking on the job, encouraging others to do so

A Victoria nurse who drank alcohol at his workplace and encouraged subordinates to do the same has been reprimanded by his professional college.

A medical stethoscope is seen in this undated image. (Shutterstock)

Plush monkey inspires Olympic swimmer to write children's book

Before we can appreciate the important role a plush toy named Monkey Guy has played in Elaine Tanner’s life, we need go back to when people started calling her Mighty Mouse.

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Canadian police chiefs speak out on death of Black man beaten by U.S. officers

Canadian police chiefs condemned on Friday the death of a Black man who was savagely beaten by police during a traffic stop in the United States, saying the officers involved must be held accountable.

Protesters march Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

How to get over the 'mental hurdle' of being active in the winter

When the cold and snow have people hunkering down, these outdoor enthusiasts find motivation in braving the Canadian winter through community and sport.

Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols

The Memphis police chief on Saturday disbanded the unit whose officers beat to death Tyre Nichols as the nation and the city struggled to come to grips with video showing police pummelling the Black motorist.

Listening to personal testimonies may deter students from vaping, study finds

According to a new study, showing university students the health risks of vaping through experts and personal testimonies can help deter them from using e-cigarettes.

Health Canada sticks with Evusheld despite U.S. FDA dropping the COVID drug

Health Canada says it will continue to recommend COVID-19 prevention drug, Evulsheld, despite U.S. FDA pulling back its emergency use authorization due to concerns around its efficacy against Omicron subvariant 'Kraken.'

Germany won't be a 'party to the war' amid tanks exports to Ukraine: Ambassador

The German ambassador to Canada says Germany will not become 'a party to the conflict' in Ukraine, despite it and several other countries announcing they'll answer President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's pleas for tanks, possibly increasing the risk of Russian escalation.

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W5 EXCLUSIVE | Interviewing a narco hitman: my journey into Mexico's cartel heartland

W5 goes deep into the narco heartland to interview a commander with one of Mexico's most brutal cartels. W5's documentary 'Narco Avocados' airs Saturday at 7 pm on CTV.

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OPINION | Selling a home? How to know if you qualify for a capital gains exemption

When selling a home, Canadians may be exempted from paying capital gains tax on a residential property -- if it's their principal residence. On CTVNews.ca, personal finance contributor Christopher Liew explains what's determined as a principal residence, and what properties are eligible for the exemption.

What we know -- and still don't know -- about what led to Tyre Nichols' death

Tyre Nichols was hospitalized after he was pulled over on January 7, police have said. Five Memphis Police Department officers, who also are Black, were fired after an internal investigation and are facing criminal charges, including second-degree murder.

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Plush monkey inspires Olympic swimmer to write children's book

Before we can appreciate the important role a plush toy named Monkey Guy has played in Elaine Tanner’s life, we need go back to when people started calling her Mighty Mouse.

Message in a bottle found in B.C. inspires international friendship

While it's not unusual for Lisa Amorim to spot wildlife while paddling her kayak, seeing a bottle bobbing about beside her is.

Countless acts of kindness allow parents with terminal cancer to attend Sooke woman's wedding

When Shannon Alce said yes to Clayton Taylor's proposal, she never could have imagined how challenging it would be to say "I do."

Wendy's lets husband surprise wife by being first customers at new Parksville, B.C., location

It’s been said "men are from Mars and women are from Venus," but in this couple’s case, Thomas is a McDonald’s man, while Ellie is a Wendy’s woman.

80-year-old Esquimalt man maintains decades-long friendship with parrot

If you ask Barry what it’s like being out and about with his bird, he’ll tell you it's no big deal.

79-year-old retired B.C. logger becomes professional artist

Robert Burke is in the midst of an unexpected journey that began with a childhood he describes as "violent and chaotic."

B.C. volunteer's handmade 'merry mailbox' inspires 3-year-old to send first letter to Santa

A pair of festively decorated mailboxes have popped up on a Colwood Street. One says, "Mail your letter to Santa here." The other says, "Check in here for your letter from Santa Claus."

Nanaimo family pays glowing tribute to late father with Christmas display

After the accident this spring, after they were told Rohn Brown wouldn’t make it, his family felt lost. “I turned to the kids and said, ‘We have to do the decorations for dad this year.”

Nanaimo, B.C., senior crochets more than 10,555 toques for charity

89-year-old Kathleen Remple has always been a positive person, even when she was growing up on the Prairies during the Great Depression. Today, she is focusing her enduring positivity and unwavering work ethic on crocheting multi-coloured toques.

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Ice Age relic found by Alberta woman out walking her dogs

A chance discovery by an Edmonton area woman who was walking her dogs has turned out to be a massive fossilized bone that likely belonged to an Ice Age mammoth.

A closeup of the shoulder blade Stacy Long found while walking her dogs west of Devon, Alta. (CTV News Edmonton/Darcy Seaton)

Vancouver Island sasquatch researcher recognized in new book

The question of whether Bigfoot exists has been the subject of speculation, fierce debate and even some ridicule, but now the topic is back in the minds of some Vancouver Island residents.

Residents in one Montreal neighbourhood told they can't park in their own driveways

An old bylaw has come back to haunt a neighbourhood in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Some residents have been notified that they can no longer park in their own driveway.

'A survival problem': Canadian-Armenian woman describes life in blockade amid Armenia-Azerbaijan unrest

Huri Zohrabyan is among 120,000 people living in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a landlocked enclave populated mainly by ethnic Armenians but recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan. In December 2022, the only road connecting the region to Armenia and the outside world was blockaded. As a result, food, medicine and gas are in dangerously short supply.