8+ mon, 3+ week ago (300+ words) As the network's Senior Correspondent, award-winning investigative journalist Rick Westhead breaks news and creates original content for TSN properties. In writing for TSN.ca and reporting on SPORTSCENTRE, Westhead takes on controversial issues in sports and sports business, uncovering the latest details and offering his own unique perspective. Prior to joining TSN, Westhead served as a foreign affairs writer for the Toronto Star, where he also covered sports business. Throughout his 20-year career, Westhead has reported on a variety of sports issues " including exposing the inner-workings of the KHL and the renewed unionization attempts in the CHL. As the network's Senior Correspondent, award-winning investigative journalist Rick Westhead breaks news and creates original content for TSN properties. In writing for TSN.ca and reporting on SPORTSCENTRE, Westhead takes on controversial issues in sports and sports business, uncovering the latest details and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago (195+ words) Andy attended the Applied Communications Program at Camosun College in 1999 and became hooked on producing videos. He started his broadcasting career in 2002 at CHAT TV in Medicine Hat as a news photographer. In 2004, he started moving west and worked for CityTV and Global News in Calgary. After having his first child, Andy and his wife wanted to be closer to family on the island and in 2008 he accepted a job at the Nanaimo bureau for /A\ News Vancouver Island, now know as CTV New Vancouver Island. Since his time here, Andy has been recognized for his work behind the lens and has been apart of several stories that have won RTDNA awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. After several transitions, Andy is now a multi-skilled journalist, or jack of all trades in the television media world, and covers stories from…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago (416+ words) Five people are in critical condition in hospital, including one child, after an early-morning fire tore through a multigenerational family home in Richmond Hill on Labour Day. York Regional Police, paramedics and Richmond Hill Fire were called to the home near Skywood Drive and Rollinghill Road " in the area of Yonge Street and Gamble Road " shortly after 3 a.m., York Regional Police said. Four people were found inside the home, police said. York Regional Paramedic Services said they assessed five patients at the scene and four were found lifeless. All five patients were transported to hospital, paramedics said. York Regional Police later confirmed that one of them is a child under 12 years of age, while another is in their mid 20s. Those transported also include a 70-year-old, a 59-year-old and a 42-year-old, police said. Speaking with reporters at the scene, Jim Kettles with…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago (333+ words) Ontarians will elect a new provincial government on Thursday following a snap 28-day campaign. Here is how you can stay on top of everything having to do with the Ontario election: The CTV Ontario Election Special begins at 7 p.m. EST and will air on CP24, CTV News Channel, BNN Bloomberg and iHeartRadio talk radio stations in Ontario. It will also be streamed on CP24.com, the CP24 App, CTVNewsToronto.ca and the CTV News App. The special will be hosted by CTV News Toronto's Michelle Dub" and CP24's Leena Latafat, with CP24's Nick Dixon providing frequent updates from the results desk. CTV News Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos will be providing analysis throughout the special alongside a panel of special guests. We will also have LIVE coverage from the campaign headquarters of all four major party leaders as well as battleground ridings across the…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago (508+ words) A male victim has died following a daylight shooting in Brampton on Tuesday. Peel Regional Police said they were called to the area of Bramalea Road and Dewside Drive, north of Sandalwood Parkway East ... Peel police are urging anyone with information to contact them after a man was fatally shot inside a vehicle at shopping plaza in Brampton on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened in the middle of the parking lot at the Bramalea Business Centre near Bramalea Road and Dewside Drive, north of Sandalwood Parkway East. Peel Regional Police (PRP) said they were called to that area just after 1 p.m. for reports of a victim who had been shot "multiple" times. Speaking with reporters at the scene late Tuesday afternoon, Const. Mandeep Khatra said patrol officers arrived on scene and found a male with "obvious signs of trauma." "The officers…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago (206+ words) Ontarians are set to elect a new provincial government today and you can stay on top of all the results as they come in with the CTV News live election map. Here is how to use the CTV News Live Election map Ontarians are set to elect a new provincial government today and you can stay on top of all the results as they come in with the CTV News live election map. The map will have up-to-the-second results from all 124 ridings across Ontario shortly after polls close at 9 p.m. EST. You can filter by key races to see how party leaders and current cabinet ministers are faring by expanding the notable candidates list on the right. If you want to see results from your riding, you can simply enter your postal code or use the "Geolocate" feature by clicking the…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago (216+ words) An unoccupied truck that was engulfed in flames at the side of the Gardiner Expressway appeared to explode live on air during a CP24 traffic update on Friday. The incident took place in the eastbound lanes of the highway near South Kingsway at around 10:30 a.m. In the footage broadcast on CP24, the truck is shown shrouded in flames on the shoulder of the Gardiner while vehicles pass it by on the left. A police cruiser can also been seen in the footage forcing vehicles out of the lane next to the truck, though traffic continues to pass by in the other two lanes. Seconds later, something appears to explode, sending flames shooting out from underneath the truck. "It's a very dangerous situation obviously developing as we speak," traffic specialist Lisa Morales says. "You do not want to take the Gardiner right now." Police…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago (445+ words) A suspect wanted in connection with an "unprovoked" assault on a man who was later found dead on the University of Toronto's downtown campus on Thursday morning has been arrested. A suspect wanted in connection with an "unprovoked" assault on a man who was later found dead on the University of Toronto's downtown campus on Thursday morning has been arrested. The victim, police said Friday, has been identified as 60-year-old Mario Ferreira, who is believed to be an unhoused individual with no association to the university. Ferreira was found outside the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building at 144 College St., just west of Queen's Park Crescent, at around 8:20 a.m. on Thursday. But the attack allegedly occurred about three hours before, as Det.-Sgt. Trevor Grieve said surveillance footage captured Ferreira on a bench at around 5:20 a.m. He adds that the suspect was seen allegedly…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago (470+ words) A young child has died after being found in the water at Mississauga's Erindale Park late Saturday afternoon, police say. In an email to CTV News Toronto on Sunday, Peel Regional Police (PRP) said they were contacted at 3:36 p.m. on Saturday about a missing child in a body of water the area of Erindale Park, on The Collegeway, east of Mississauga Road and north of Dundas Street West. "The young child was located by first responders and was taken to a local hospital in critical condition," they said. Despite life-saving efforts, the child, whose age is unknown at this time, was pronounced dead in hospital, PRP said. "Due to the sensitive nature of this investigation, there is no further information to provide," they wrote. In a previous post on X, police said they received a medical assist call just after 3:30 p.m. on…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago (119+ words) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on the first day of U.S.-Canada tariffs action, LIVE here @ 10:30 a.m. EST. LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on the first day of U.S.-Canada tariffs action, LIVE here @ 10:30 a.m. EST. LIVE @ 12 EST: B.C. Premier David Eby addresses U.S. tariffs during the Budget 2025 lockupOpens in new window LIVE4 Digital ChannelOpens in new window LIVE5 Digital ChannelOpens in new window LIVE: CTV News Special Coverage as Trump launches trade warOpens in new window LIVE7 Digital ChannelOpens in new window LIVE10 Digital ChannelOpens in new window...