Ontario Provincial Police credit public assistance in finding a lost child over the weekend at Sandbanks Provincial Park. The child was last seen in the water before being found.

UPDATE 6:10 p.m. Questions are being raised about the legitimacy of an announcement of the death of Vancouver social media rapper Lil Tay. The U.S. Sun is reporting that Tay’s father, Christopher Hope, has refused to confirm the death of his daughter and son. "I'm not going to comment...

With less than a month until schools reopen, a coalition of doctors, nurses, health scientists and advocates for pupils and teachers is warning the NDP government about a repeat of the so-called “tripledemic.” “In short, we are on track for a rinse-and-repeat of last year,” ...

Maven Lane is hoping to address Vernon’s childcare shortage by offering an early childhood educator bursary. The Hollie Henderson Award for Mavens in Early Learning will pay for one full year's tuition and will be available to any second year ECE student. “There is such a childcare s...

As a parent with two autistic children, Sarah Doll knows all too well the agony of being stuck on wait-lists and tangled in red tape while her children regress. Her opinion piece is part of a series of personal essays the CBC is running ahead of the Alberta election.

At this weekend's "Osoyoos Desert Classic," a number of NHL players are now hockey dads, which means mentoring and coaching a new generation of talent.

He speaks for the trees and helps plant them too. Meet the man who dresses like The Lorax in the Okanagan to teach kids the importance of Earth Day.

Andrew Berry was convicted in 2019 of two counts of second-degree murder in the brutal stabbing deaths of his daughters six-year-old Chloe and four-year-old Aubrey Berry.

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has apologized for featuring children cuddling teddy bears dressed in bondage gear in its latest advertising campaign.

UPDATE 2:26 p.m. The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40-billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child-welfare system, after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rejected the deal in late October. The tribunal's finding threw the landma...

An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tribunal found the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society's decision to take custody of the wo...

Customers are pulling back on spending at Gap and Old Navy — particularly in the baby clothing category that shows just how much families are feeling inflation's pinch.

Albert de Villiers, who lives in Kelowna and was formerly the chief medical officer for Interior Health, has been charged with invitation to sexual touching, voyeurism, and making sexually explicit material available to a child.

A new study shows that Alberta, B.C. and Ontario saw more kids hospitalized for cannabis poisonings after edibles were legalized.

The three young children of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are to start at a new school next month, his office announced on Monday, as the family prepare to move to a new home on his grandmother Queen Elizabeth's Windsor Castle estate.

The Starfish Pack Project got a big boost on Wednesday afternoon, presented with a $5000 cheque from the Elks of Canada. The National Leader of the Elks of Canada, Maurice W. Koszman of Bengough Sask, was in attendance to present the donations. The local Starfish Pack program, facilitated by the Pen...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have submitted data on the effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccine in children to U.S. regulators, clearing the way for a possible authorization by Halloween, according to a member of the company's board of directors. Canadian parents, however, could be waiting longer to secure shots for their kids.

The Federal Court today dismissed an application for a judicial review of a landmark human rights tribunal compensation order for First Nations children — leaving the federal government on the hook for billions of dollars in compensation related to the child welfare system.

While many are eager to raise awareness and make shows of support, navigating the different numbers circulating is a challenge. Records held by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation show thousands of children never made it home from residential school, but a full account will take time and effort.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE submitted initial trial data for their COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 to U.S. regulators on Tuesday and said they would make a formal request for emergency use authorization in the coming weeks.

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection says it currently has a backlog of nearly 33 million suspect images that have yet to be assessed.

The tribute was created after a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School uncovered the remains of 215 children buried in unmarked graves at the site.

For many Canadian singles, the escalation of Canada's vaccine rollout seems to have injected a long-awaited dose of passion into the dating scene

Ottawa’s controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded childcare system heads to Federal Court Monday, despite repeated calls for the cases to be dropped in the name of reconciliation. The federal gover...

Sean McQuillan, his wife, their two children and two pugs slept soundly Thursday night as two black bears rummaged through the family's SUV in Coquitlam, B.C. Despite a flurry of calls from neighbours and the police, the family knew nothing until morning.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is Canada's fault that 215 Indigenous children were buried in an unmarked, mass grave at a one-time residential school in Kamloops, B.C. He says Canadians can't close their eyes and pretend this didn't happen; they must acknowledge that the country f...

Across the country, Canadians are laying out children’s shoes, teddy bears and flowers to pay tribute to the hundreds of children whose remains were recently found on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops. The discovery of 215 children's remains in an unmarked burial site ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more supports for survivors of residential schools are coming following the heartbreaking discovery of children's remains in Kamloops, B.C.

While Canadian health authorities have approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children ages 12 and up, experts say parents shouldn’t assume their child wants the jab.

The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation says in a news release that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating rada...

Eric Carle, the beloved children's author and illustrator, has died at age 91. His classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most-cherished literary memories.

An Ontario family is receiving a year of free travel on Highway 407 after a baby was born on the side of the popular roadway.

In light of Poison Prevention Week, the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit is focusing their campaign on cannabis products and preventing children from accessing them. Most Canadian parents who use cannabis agree that its up to them to store their products safely, however only one-in-four do so...

When life is stressful, screens can be soothing. When life is busy, screens can help us feel more in control and keep kids quiet. These are not new insights, but we've all experienced more of it this year as parents struggle with impossible role overload during a traumatic time.

Britain's Prince Harry has written the foreword for a new book aimed at the children of front-line workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

Even passing racism can cause long-lasting damage when left unchecked and unchallenged, writes Tamara Miller.

What started out as a class language project about animals of the north for a group of Manitoba students is now garnering attention from an internationally known Canadian singer.

Tragically, baby Alejo died Thursday -- one day before the family learned he had been accepted into an infant cancer trial at a Boston hospital.

A man who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend and killing her two daughters in "an act of extreme violence" has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. The 31-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, pleaded guilty in Cour...

A family cat in Australia is being heralded as a 'four-legged hero' after he died fighting off a venomous snake that slithered close to two young children.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting a second child, a spokesperson for the couple tells CTV News.

TV mogul Larry King left his $2.7 million estate to his children. The veteran broadcaster died last month at the age of 87 and his handwritten will has now emerged, which is dated Oct. 17, 2019, two months after he filed for divorce from seventh wife Shawn Southwick King, and less than a year befor...

``We are still reeling from the news,'' said Shelley Allwang, director of the Exploited Children Division at National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

After making thousands off GameStop stock last week, a 20-year-old college student used his newfound riches to pay it forward to a local children's hospital by donating video games.

Olivia is the most-picked baby name for Ontario girls for 11 years in a row, as Ontario releases the most popular baby names of 2019.

Few malls will offer in-person visits with Santa Claus this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and instead, children can expect to recite their wish lists to Father Christmas virtually.

Prairie Valley Lodge in Summerland usually has over 300 kids come trick or treating through their senior care centre, but this year won’t be bringing in the costumed kids. “It is usually a highlight of our year, where the children enter our home to show off their costumes, and our delig...

While some infectious disease pediatricians say now is not the time for trick-or-treating, especially in COVID hot spots, others contend that the outdoor nature of the activity makes it fairly low-risk.

While the pandemic won't keep Santa Claus from making an appearance at the mall or at Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, don't count on touching Santa, hugging Santa, or having the kids sit on his lap this year. Some U.S. mall operators are even offering Zoom calls with Santa instead of in-person visits.

Now that students have returned to classrooms across Canada, taking a child to get a COVID-19 test is something more parents are faced with. Parenting expert Caron Irwin explains how parents can make the process as trauma-free as possible for their kids.

A mother is 'livid and outraged' a man with a history of violence was released from custody just two days before allegedly assaulting her son and another boy in a park in the Okanagan community of Kaleden, B.C.

British Columbia is introducing a new mouth rinse test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make it easier for children and teenagers to check whether they have COVID-19.

British Columbia is introducing a new saline gargle test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make it easier for children and teenagers to check whether they have COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia is one of the first places in the world to use a...

Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” was arrested Thursday with producing child pornography, three days after twin boys filed a lawsuit alleging he sent them sexually explicit photos of himself and cornered one of them in a bathroom and begged for oral sex. A...

Saskatoon's public and Catholic schools gave media a tour of classrooms and the changes students and parents can expect come Sept. 8 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The federal government has consented to the certification of two class action lawsuits over funding for First Nation child welfare services and the state of health services for children on-reserve and in the Yukon.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair must decide this week whether to allow a Canadian man serving a 14-year prison sentence for child pornography in the U.S. to transfer back to Canada — a move that would override a decision made by his predecessor, Ralph Goodale.

When B.C. students return to school in September, one Vancouver elementary teacher is planning to take the classroom outside as much as possible. Grace Ke explains.

UPDATE: 4:49 p.m. Castanet has received reports that the missing person has been found. Myrna Thompson witnessed the emergency crews returning back from Clark Lake at approximately 4:40 p.m. She flagged down one of the vehicles to ask what had happened. "It was a child and it has been found,&qu...

As part of its back-to-school policy, the UCP recently announced students would have to wear masks - so the government is buying 1.7 million reusable masks for children, the vast majority of which will be made outside of Canada.

The YMCA of Okanagan's August kids camps and September preschool opportunities are back to help get kids thinking and moving. The activities include camps with active swim times and preschool opportunities to help get kids ready for kindergarten. “It is more important than ever to equip k...

Children born to mothers who used cannabis while pregnant are more likely than other children to have autism, according to a new Canadian study believed to be the largest of its kind.

Author Joanna Cole, whose Magic School Bus books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75.

A Vernon man with a long history of charges and probation breaches has been fined $500 and spent one night in jail after his most recent arrest. And his neighbours fear it is only a matter of time before someone is hurt. Richard Slobodian was arrested June 6 for taking photographs at the Coldstream ...

Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe Mountains, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing amid protection efforts.

B.C.’s Court of Appeal says the province’s director of child and family services doesn’t have the authority to order a Vancouver man to supervise his children on public transit.

A letter sent to various government ministries signed by over 100 individuals and organizations calls for a collaborative approach to mitigate the long-term effects the COVID-19 pandemic could have on children and families.

If your children are reverting to old behaviours during the pandemic, you're not alone. CTVNews.ca has advice for parents who fear their children may be regressing.

Parents, children and teachers are reporting mixed experiences with how the return to in-class learning has gone so far. One thing most can agree on is that it's been a teachable moment for everyone, with hints of what may come this fall. 

Nicki Minaj fans are convinced the rapper is expecting her first child after she shared a revealing new photo of herself online. The Starships hitmaker wed beau Kenneth Petty last year, and has since been the subject of pregnancy rumours, with her loyal followers hoping for a new arrival. The late...

It started as a passion project, and before long Daniela Rumeo had a published children’s book on her hands.

Désiré Buna Ivara was in the final stages of his doctorate, caring for his five children while his wife, Amoti Furaha Lusi, worked at a long-term care home in Dorval. Furaha Lusi struggles with her grief and her guilt over Ivara's death from COVID-19, blaming herself for bringing home the virus.

As many health services turn to using teleconference and online contact because of COVID-19, Iqaluit’s child advocacy centre is finding some work is best done in person.

The death of George Floyd in police custody and subsequent global protests has sparked a huge anti-racism movement. Tanya Hayles, founder of Black Moms Connections, explains how parents can use this as an opportunity to have conversations with children about race.

Baby gets a kick out of watching her eyebrows move while mom records....

Her family says 26-year-old Chantel Moore, a Vancouver Island woman who was shot in New Brunswick by police early Thursday, was kind, gentle and bubbly and making a fresh start to be closer to her mother and five-year-old daughter, Gracie.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, charitable organizations had to adapt to continue providing for those most vulnerable as they're essential for communities across the country. "Our role and the roles of our partner organizations during this pandemic hasn’t changed, except that the needs...

Kids across the province now have access to free, live online coding workshops through the Ministry of Education website Keep Learning BC. "Students need programs that will lead to 21st-century careers," said Rob Fleming, Minister of Education. "With new access to live, weekly worksho...

Katy Perry's new album will be a "gift" to fans dancing in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown, while she prepares to hunker down again as a mom. The Roar singer's new release will drop in August, and Katy admits she's being so active virtually at the moment because she...

Children's camps across the country are being cancelled or curtailed this summer amid the fallout from COVID-19, leaving parents and counsellors alike pondering the effects on youth.

Lost in West Vancouver in January, Florence the doll was found on tiny Wise Island months later. "To see the smile on the child's face when she saw the doll, that made it worth it."