Nanaimo police say a man has been arrested after he allegedly robbed another man outside a local ATM while wielding a loaded syringe about a month ago.
Police say a man was withdrawing cash from an ATM outside the TD Bank on Nicol Street on Aug. 6 when another man approached him.
The second man brandished a "loaded syringe" and demanded that the victim hand over cash, police say.
The man was handed some cash – though less than what was withdrawn from the ATM, police say – and then left the area.
On Friday afternoon, police said the man had been arrested.
NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.
A man who stole a plane and flew it over northern Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats, authorities said Saturday.
An Ontario man says he is lucky to be alive after a driver followed him home and ran him over in an alleged road rage incident last week.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shelling in the area.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, was buried Saturday after a farewell ceremony attended by thousands of mourners but snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has led to a recall of an Enoki mushroom product in British Columbia for potential bacterial contamination.
Pakistani officials say flooding caused by an unprecedented monsoon season, and fuelled by climate change, is like nothing they have seen before. About 33 million people in villages, towns and cities were caught off guard by the swiftness and power of the floods and hundreds have died.
As southern Pakistan grapples with deadly flooding along the Indus River, residents of another country with a lengthy history of floods may be wondering if it could happen here. CTVNews.ca looks at the types of regions in Canada most likely to experience flooding.
Organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa have asked a court to unfreeze $450,000 in donations they received so they can pay for lawyers to represent them at an upcoming public inquiry into the Emergencies Act.
A wedding band has been returned to a B.C. couple for a reunion 17 years in the making.
a Vancouver woman who created a 'Hobbit Hole' in her backyard is now opening it up to anyone who needs some solitude or a brief escape.
Testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has led to a recall of an Enoki mushroom product in British Columbia for potential bacterial contamination.
Police arrested one person after a 27-year-old man was killed following an incident at a convenience store in Maskwacis on Thursday.
Strathcona RCMP are investigating after someone shot the front window of a business in Sherwood Park Saturday.
NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a collision in North York early Saturday morning involving a civilian vehicle and an OPP cruiser left a 17-year-old boy with serious injuries and resulted in three other individuals being arrested.
More than two million public school students will return to their classrooms next week for the start of what educators hope will be a much more normal academic year, with mask mandates lifted and extracurricular activities set to be revived.
Video has emerged showing a Tesla driver appearing to be asleep behind the wheel while travelling more than 100 km/h on a busy Ontario highway.
Banff RCMP are investigating after a violent altercation that left a 27-year-old man dead early Saturday.
Calgary police are investigated after a man was seriously injured in an early Saturday morning incident that took place in southwest Calgary.
One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in southeast Calgary on Friday evening.
Quebec police have arrested a suspect after CAQ candidate in Chauveau Sylvain Lévesque's election banner was photoshopped with blood dripping down it.
More than half (57 per cent) of Quebecers between the ages of 10 and 18 have experienced cyberbullying, according to a study commissioned by online protection company McAfee.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec is promising to build a pair of private medical centres that would provide services that would be free and reimbursed by medicare.
The testimony of an RCMP officer once described by another police officer as a "friend" of the man behind the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will not be publicly broadcast when he appears before the inquiry investigating the rampage.
On Thursday, Premier Blaine Higgs didn’t say no to investing more in healthcare – only that he wants to see plans for programs that work.
The financial and emotional stress of evicting tenants who are months behind on rent has made Patricia Celan into an advocate for reforming Nova Scotia's tenancy system to include an enforcement division.
Winnipeg Police are on the scene in The Maples after a serious incident overnight.
A Manitoba family is hoping their bad experience with an Airbnb host who tried to cancel their booking because of a service dog will educate others about human rights.
A new van at Siloam mission is creating more jobs for Winnipeg's most vulnerable population.
A record number of University of Guelph students will be moving into their new homes on campus over the weekend.
Waterloo regional police have arrested a Kitchener man they say assaulted an off-duty officer and three other people.
As post-secondary students move to Waterloo over the course of the long weekend, around 12 are now looking for another place to live.
The suspect who was at the centre of an August Amber Alert is facing a new charge after crossbows were allegedly seized from his home.
Peepeekisis Cree Nation is now the official owner of Temple Gardens Hotel and Spa in Moose Jaw.
Dawn Walker, the woman accused of abducting her son and faking her death and the death of her son, has been granted bail.
A community candlelight vigil is planned for Saturday at 8 p.m. at Barrie's waterfront for the victims of the car crash along McKay Road on Sunday.
Five teens escaped with minor injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in slammed into a utility pole and burst into flames in Tiny Township.
One month after an exclusive CTV News report into allegations of a coverup in the Town of Wasaga Beach following an investigation of an inappropriate sexual relationship between the town's fire chief and a female employee, Fire Chief Mike McWilliam announced he is retiring.
Dawn Walker, the woman accused of abducting her son and faking her death and the death of her son, has been granted bail.
Enrollment at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) has seen a small increase of 0.05 per cent for a total of 22,065.
The board of a Saskatchewan Bible camp says it has been "looking extensively" into an exorcism that allegedly occurred in mid-July where a boy reportedly exhibited seizure-like symptoms.
The One Red Maple app is up and running, which aims to redirect online shoppers to locally owned stores selling the same products as corporate chains, all to encourage customers to shop local.
A cheque was presented to the Northern Initiative for Social Action, also known as NISA, on Thursday. It was money raised in the Defeat Depression Walk held back in May at Bell Park.
Organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa have asked a court to unfreeze $450,000 in donations they received so they can pay for lawyers to represent them at an upcoming public inquiry into the Emergencies Act.
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