It’s been a year! Although 2020 has emerged in history books, many people still forget it.
At the end of each year, CTVNews.ca collates the numbers to view the stories most clicked by readers. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated many of our headlines, many other topics have also caught the attention of readers.

On January 8, tragedy occurred. When Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by Iran shortly after taking off from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran, 57 Canadians and about 80 people who were heading to Canada were killed. In a subsequent statement, the cause of the crash was “human error” because commercial flights were mistaken for “hostile aircraft”
On January 12, during a training exercise conducted at the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant, a nuclear warning was falsely issued to all residents of Ontario.
On January 26, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven other people were killed in a helicopter crash in California. The sports world was hit hard.
In January, the story we read the most involved Hussien Mehaidli of British Columbia, who said he was fired because he complained on Twitter that he received 6 bottles of barbecue sauce as a holiday gift. 10,000 interactions on Facebook.

After the RCMP forcibly banned the Wet’suwet’en hereditary leader and his supporters from imposing the ban, the nationwide pipeline protests began from January 7 to March across the country, which prevented the construction of the coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline, which was 40%. The U.S. dollar is an important part of the Canadian LNG export project of Canadian dollars. Blockades across the country caused Via Rail to cancel all services on the Canadian CN track.
A couple from Victoria, British Columbia, were picnicking and hiking on New Year’s Day. When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle helped them take pictures, they were surprised all their lives.
It feels like it’s been a long time, but January 25 is the date when Canada’s first “presumptive positive” COVID-19 case was discovered in Ontario. A Toronto man from Ontario recently traveled to Wuhan, China.
In many other industries, this year has undoubtedly been a tough year for the retail industry, but we have closed the latest list of some of the major chain stores in Canada to close all their business premises, close their business locations or in the past two years Hit by bankruptcy. It is one of the most popular articles in 2020.
At the same time, in the health news, due to concerns that impurities in prescription drugs may be related to cancer, Health Canada has expanded the scope of national recalls for certain types of diabetes drugs. After the death of the 26-year-old Canadian, there was also a dengue fever problem in the Caribbean. A story about survivors of the disease that we published on February 13 said that travelers were not warned.

The good news is that it has been a month for a 22-year-old Quebec grocery worker, Gregory Mathieu, who has won the incredible $70 million Lotto Max. This story was shared 6,500 times on Facebook and received 23,000 likes.
Eventually, the first report about the unreadable Ontario new license plates at night became well known. More than 400,000 people read this story, and three months later, the province decided not to continue to adopt the blue license plate design.
When COVID-19 began to spread in Canada and infected hundreds of people, a 51-year-old Ontario man died of the disease. His widow urged Canadians to listen to health officials. This painful story resonated with readers.
The editorial team of CTVNews.ca has opened a daily live blog to get the latest updates on the global coronavirus outbreak. You can still follow all the latest COVID-19 news here. We have also launched a daily tracker so that readers can track every COVID-19 case in Canada-interactive graphics have become the main content for Canadians in 2020.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the announcement of international flight restrictions and the decision to close the border between the United States and Canada. This was a major news in March. Canadian scientists have made breakthroughs in COVID-19 research in isolating the virus. The news is also welcome.

The stories of the people who realized during the pandemic surfaced, including the Vancouver couple, who reselled $100,000 worth of cleaning products purchased at Costco.
Just as some people figured out how to make money in the early stages of a pandemic, more people worry about how to pay in the event of widespread layoffs. Our article explains the Canadian Emergency Response Fund (CERB) and how to apply.
On the evening of April 18, the killer Gabriel Wortman (Gabriel Wortman), dressed as a mounted police, drove a vehicle that looked like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser, set fire to several houses and killed North Carolina. 22 people in Portapique, the state, this is the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.
One of the Prime Minister’s daily briefings outside Rideau Cottage is the most read story in April. He announced that part-time and seasonal workers are eligible for Canadian emergency relief of $2,000.
The manufacturing giant 3M stated that the White House requested that the export of US-made N95 masks to the United States be stopped, thus starting the PPE acquisition and mask battle.
Questions about the COVID-19 lockdown rules for this query are beginning to surface-can I drive during a global pandemic? – Among the most popular books in April. In other COVID news, pediatricians warned that children infected with the virus will have “COVID toes.”
The protest started with a massive protest. Americans protested against the death of George Floyd on May 25 and protested against police issues and systemic racism in Canada.
Just when you think that 2020 will not get worse again, we have a bumblebee with weird eyes and a viper-like sting, making this year’s worries more serious. They are called “killer bumblebees”, first found in the United States and then in parts of British Columbia

To boost morale during the pandemic, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds conducted a cross-country tour. However, the disaster ended in tragedy on May 17, when an airplane, later named Captain Jennifer Casey, died after an airplane crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia.
It is said that after 17 years of living underground, millions of cicadas appeared in parts of the United States and Canada.
A story suggested that Canadians who work from home permanently in Canada should expect salary changes, which caught the attention of readers of CTVNews.ca.
A mother and three young daughters were killed in a serious car accident in Brampton, Ontario. The trial of 20-year-old Brady Robertson will begin in July 2021. He was charged with four counts of dangerous operations leading to car deaths and four counts of driving damage.
The 21-second silence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on US President Donald Trump’s response to the racial unrest became the headline news on June 2 and the most read this year. One of Don Martin’s columns.

The police reported that two Americans were fined for violating Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine regulations after being repeatedly found in a Canadian town because the US Congress pressured Canada to reopen the common border. Express opposition
In a story in Florida, a father was hospitalized for COVID-19 after his son met with friends against the wishes of his family. This shows the cruelty of COVID.
As the weather warmed, people found stories of many people gathering on the beaches of British Columbia and Ontario, including the Canadian National Day event from Wasaga Beach, where “human behavior is in the worst situation.”
Cross-border, COVID-19 cases continue to soar, because the United States is much less restricted. The Niagara Falls Cruise highlights this point, which has become a symbol of COVID-19 contrast.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s younger brother Robert Trump, a businessman known for his even keel, seemed almost inconsistent with his last name. He died after being hospitalized in New York. He was 71 years old.
As the U.S. president continues to take shape in 2020, American historian Allan Lichtman made an early prediction. He correctly predicted the winner of every US presidential election since 1984, and this year, he predicted that the Democratic nominee Joe Biden will become the next president-we now know this to be true.
In other news, the popular pasta sauce brand Ragu announced that it will no longer sell its products in Canada, and NASA scientists said that the magnetic anomaly above the earth will split in half.
As the pandemic continues to fundamentally change the way Canadians spend money, experts say that the second wave of COVID-19 may plague consumers with shortages-but this time because of “lifestyle changes”, not because of Panic buying heaters such as stationary bicycles and terraces.
The mother of a two-year-old girl was distraught. Three days after she was told by the doctor that her daughter had the flu, she died of sleep for three days. She said that she felt that the health care system had failed her.
This news has caused Canadians to start talking about what US President Donald Trump said that Canada wants to see the border between Canada and the United States reopen on September 18, even though the Canadian federal government said it would follow public health recommendations. Decided.
In an exclusive interview with Lisa LaFlamme of CTV National News on September 9, WE Charity announced that it was selling its assets, laying off employees and closing its Canadian operations. A few months later, the company was involved in a federal ethics investigation. Watchdog in political scandals.
As COVID-19 restrictions continue, people are always looking for answers and solutions. This story shows that more than 80% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients suffer from vitamin D deficiency, which has attracted people’s attention.
In ultra-local news, stories about two Ontario homebuyers were shared hundreds of times on Facebook. They were scared after the hot tub was removed and then closed.
Trudeau’s minority government survived a vote of confidence passed by a vote of 180 to 146 in the House of Commons to defeat the establishment of a new committee to investigate suspected Liberal Party corruption involving government COVID-19 spending, allegations of conflict of interest and WE charity disputes motion.
Netflix Canada has raised the price of its monthly standard, premium package, and with the advent of autumn, it urges Canadians to “holiday” alone, because experts say this is good for the environment. Canada also announced that it will ban the use of disposable plastic bags, straws, cutlery and other items by the end of 2021.
A man from British Columbia filed a lawsuit, arguing that Canadian dry ginger ale has medicinal value, and finally settled at a price of 200,000 US dollars.
This month is dominated by the U.S. presidential election, because CTVNews.ca continuously reports on journalists in Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles every day, capturing every twist and turn. Our real-time blog is the most read content, followed by Donald Trump’s speech after the election results.
When Trump’s team confused the location of its “Four Seasons” press conference with a similar beautification business nearby, it caused a huge online response.
The Canadian dollar hit the highest level in more than two years and established the first such intersection in PEI, but it requires 11 instructional videos for drivers.
As health officials announced a province-wide lockdown from December 26, many people in Ontario ended most of their spending lives at the end of the year-living under COVID-19 restrictions.
Since the wording of self-employment income has been adjusted to “net” self-employment income, some Canadians applying for Canadian Emergency Relief (CERB) are required to repay the full amount by December 31. The original application.
With the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine, many people asked a question: “How will I feel after being vaccinated?” Canada first approved Pfizer’s BioNTech injection and then approved the Moderna vaccine.
Scientists around the world have responded to the news of the COVID-19 mutant strain. First in the UK, and then in many other countries, flights between the UK and Canada were suspended, and efforts were being made to understand the threat. The first new case in Canada was a couple discovered in Durham, Ontario on December 26. More cases have also been detected in Ottawa and Vancouver Island.