Special Air Quality Statement | Wildfire smoke blankets Ottawa for a third day
Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Ottawa, with the air quality at 10+ "very high risk" at 8;30 a.m.

Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Ottawa, with the air quality at 10+ "very high risk" at 8;30 a.m.
The Ottawa Fire Service says a plug-in air purifier is to blame for a fire on Craig Henry Drive Tuesday.
CTV's Kimberley Johnson, pregnant in her third trimester, shares her experience of staying safe while her home of Kingston, Ont. is blanketed by wildfire smoke.
World Wrestling Entertainment legend The Iron Sheik has died. He was 81.
Family and friends gathered at the spot Haven Dubois's mother pulled his body from the water eight years ago, ready to embark on a cross Canada journey in his honour.
Being a 'sleep procrastinator' might not only make you grumpy the next day, it can put your health at risk. A sleep expert shares tips for making sure bedtime is shut-eye time.
A photo taken from NASA show what the wildfires burning in Quebec look like from up above.
A wrong turn landed a U.S. driver in jail after she accidentally ended up on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls and officers discovered she was in a stolen car.
Residents of Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec helped make the 40th CHEO Telethon the biggest one yet, raising a record $12.3 million to support life-saving care and research at the children's hospital.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five stories to watch in Ottawa this week.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories in Ottawa this week.
Quebec provincial police say an Ottawa man has been arrested in connection with a pimping investigation in Montreal.
Ottawa police officers targeted several locations across Ottawa last weekend to address dangerous and aggressive driving.
Shots were fired on Kerry Crescent, near Clyde Avenue and Merivale Road, at around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Gatineau police arrested an 18-year-old man in connection to the investigation into a hidden camera discovered in the washroom at an elementary school.
Ottawa police have laid hate-motivated charges against a 54-year-old man following an incident on Preston Street earlier this month.
The city of Ottawa is looking to hire 120 new paramedics over the next three years, as the service deals with a record number of 'Level Zero' events, paramedics wait longer to transfer patients in hospitals and the service sees "unprecedented increases" in call volumes.
The Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital says the emergency department will be closed from 3 p.m. on Sunday until 7 a.m. on Monday.
Patients and visitors at CHEO are no longer required to wear a mask in public areas and non-clinical areas, such as hallways, elevators and cafeterias.
With the forecast predicting the hottest day of the year so far, the risk of heat-related illnesses is high. After a long winter, it's natural to want to get outside and enjoy hot, sunny weather, but there are ways to do so safely.
Ottawa Hospital emergency physicians will be covering shifts in the Kemptville hospital's emergency department this summer, to ensure the community will continue to have access to emergency care.
Photos show smoke-filled skies in cities across Canada and the U.S. as air quality warnings were issued in wake of the hundreds of wildfires from Quebec and Ontario.
With the latest hike bringing Canada's key interest rates to levels not seen since 2001, one mortgage broker is warning that it may be 'the last straw' for some homeowners with variable mortgages.
Some flights into the New York City area on Wednesday were delayed and some briefly halted because of reduced visibility from wildfire smoke from Canada.
Canadians are twice as likely to support a formal inquiry into foreign interference, as opposed to public hearings, according to new polling from Nanos Research for CTV News.
It's been a busy, tumultuous few days for Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex as he took his place on the witness stand in his trial against the Mirror Group Newspapers. Here are royal commentator Afua Hagan's top takeaways from his two-day grilling.
The man who was found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five people at a house party in Brentwood more than nine years ago is seeking more freedoms.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is showing no interest in compromising with Meta and Google over a Liberal bill that would make them pay for Canadian journalism that helps the companies generate revenue.
The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase since pausing hikes in January.
World Wrestling Entertainment legend The Iron Sheik has died. He was 81.
Prime Minister Trudeau and federal officials give an update on wildfires across Canada. Watch LIVE here.