COVID-19 vaccine bookings for 80-plus group fill up in under two hours
The Middlesex-London Health Unit saw tremendous response after opening up vaccinations to area residents over the age of 80.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit saw tremendous response after opening up vaccinations to area residents over the age of 80.
The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting 12 new COVID-19 cases, while Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) is reporting just three on Tuesday. No new deaths were reported.
Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) is getting set to start putting needles in arms by the middle of March.
Some colourful new Canada Post trucks will soon be zipping around cities across Canada.
With many regions still facing COVID-19 restrictions, people itching to go on vacation are wondering what options they do have for some safe summer fun.
Just a month into retirement from the Royal Canadian Navy, David Lewis knew he needed to find a new career.
A pair of recent studies looking at how health-care workers are navigating the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic show rising anxiety.
A new national study conducted by Mental Health Research Canada has found COVID-19 is having a big impact on stress, anxiety and depression among Canadians.
The story of Desmond Ryan is the story of a crime fighter turned crime writer.
The province is providing more than $550,000 to help create affordable housing for Indigenous mothers and their children in the Sault.
Starting Monday, some seniors in York Region and Hamilton will be able to start booking appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Jahmil French, who is best known for his role as Dave Turner in teen series Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died.
B.C.’s paramedics union says staffing levels across the province are now 'critical,' causing ambulances to sit empty and wait times to balloon.
Albertans aged 65 or older will not receive the newly approved AstraZeneca vaccine following new advice from a national advisory committee on who should and shouldn’t get the shot.
Quebec cancer specialists are asking the province to bump their patients up in the priority lineup, not just soon, but now, getting shots alongside the elderly.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
A 10-second video was sold for US$6.6 million last week, showing just how much the non-fungible token market is booming.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung sent a plume of ash over 11,000 feet above sea level, the country's volcanic monitoring agency, said.
A Toronto photographer is working with Ugandan girls to preserve their history in pictures.
Comedian and activist Adora Nwofor on how she uses comedy to tackle anti-racism, and what it's like 'living the racism dream' in Canada.
CTV's Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid looks at the top 5 pandemic related scams Canadians should watch out for.
Retired Ont. nurse Junghee Ahn says she is 'so happy' to help others, and coming out of retirement was entirely her decision.
A Toronto man says he found hundreds of his grandparents' touching love letters from the Second World War.
Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
As provinces and territories weigh how they'll handle administering the AstraZeneca doses after a national advisory committee cautioned against giving them to people aged 65 and up, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first 500,000 doses are set to land in Canada on Wednesday.
Despite the rise of coronavirus variants that can spread more easily, experts say the risk of surface transmission of the virus continues to be negligible.
U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May -- two months earlier than anticipated -- and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of May to hasten school reopenings.
A new poll has found that the desire among Canadians to drop the monarchy is at its highest level recorded in the past 12 years.
Two police officers being investigated after one of them was caught on video posing with a dead body are now on administrative duty, the Vancouver Police Department says.
The federal government has provided nearly $3.5 million in funding for five vending machines that will dispense medical-grade opioids in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, in order to prevent overdoses.
Local police say a Long Island, N.Y. cemetery worker was killed after a grave he was digging collapsed in on itself and buried him alive.
Thirteen people were killed Tuesday when an SUV carrying 25 people and a big rig collided on a Southern California highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said.
Dr. Ronald St. John says people aged 65 and up were not included in the initial vaccine trials.
A recently discovered bomb from World War II was disposed of during a controlled detonation on February 27 in Exeter, England.
Former Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi was arrested in Michigan over the weekend on suspicion of impaired driving, according to TMZ.