Should a police officer be able to pull you over without a reason? The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a Quebec case that deals with exactly that. Proponents of random police traffic stops say they're important to stop drunk drivers. Detractors say they open the door to racial profiling.

As Toronto and Vancouver gear up to co-host FIFA World Cup games this summer, an emergency doctor worries that Canada’s overburdened health-care system won’t be able to handle the extra demand from possible infectious disease outbreaks or weather-related illnesses. 

An Ontario woman who regularly shared her experiences as a sexual assault survivor at police training courses says she’s ending her relationship with the Ontario Police College and is raising concerns about what she and several experts say are harmful biases among some officers and a lack of accountability from the college.

Under Canadian laws, drivers must accommodate service animals. But CBC’s Go Public interviewed several customers in Ontario who say they’ve been denied rides by Uber drivers within the past few months, because of their service dogs.

The parent company of Winnipeg spa Thermea is pulling a guest experience survey that asked what one customer says were «highly inappropriate» questions, including one asking if immigration is a threat to «the purity of the country.» 

After years of seemingly unlimited growth for the craft beer industry, the party is winding down. Sales are down and the number of breweries in Canada has started to decline, a shift driven by a mix of cost pressures and changing consumer tastes and social habits. 

Even from a few kilometres away, Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira is able to perform a critical diagnostic procedure, thanks to an internet connection and a remote-controlled robot. It’s still early in its development, and the robot necessary is expensive, but Pereira says it could provide greater access to surgeries for patients who live in remote parts of the country.

The federal government has unveiled the next steps in its national gun buyback program — and Canadians will have about two months to declare their interest in participating in order to receive compensation for turning in outlawed firearms.

Construction on approved wind and solar projects in Alberta is on hold as developers await to see how planned changes to the province's power market would affect their business models. Rural politicians discuss the implications of potentially billions in lost investment.

Ten Air Canada passengers left the Ottawa airport without clearing customs Sunday night, after arriving on an international flight from Cancun, Mexico.

Hundreds of Kashechewan First Nation evacuees have arrived in Niagara Falls, one of the Ontario cities taking in people from the Cree community as it endures a water crisis. With 1,700 expected in the Niagara Region city alone, authorities and local Indigenous groups are doing everything they can to help them feel at home.

Despite widespread concern about declining levels of trust, Canadian analytics firm Environics finds that overall levels of trust in many of the institutional pillars of this country's democracy — elections, the prime minister, Parliament, the Supreme Court — have been relatively stable over the last 10 to 15 years.

An Alberta government pledge to bring so-called “triage liaison physicians” back to some emergency rooms could help ensure sick patients are better prioritized, some doctors say.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon praised Legault for his commitment to the province. But he said his departure signals it is time for a change in government, and an independent Quebec.

One thousand RCMP employees, past and present, allege as part of a class-action lawsuit headed to Federal Court this month, that they were subjected to «improper and invasive» breast, genital and rectal exams during mandatory medical screening, CBC News has learned.

Large crowds of people lined up around the block outside a pair of packed community halls in central Alberta on Wednesday night, to attend town meetings focused on the idea of the province seeking independence from Canada.

The Federal Court of Appeal is expected to give its decision Friday morning on whether the Liberal government unlawfully invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital and border points in 2022.

One thousand RCMP employees, past and present, allege as part of a class-action lawsuit headed to Federal Court this month, that they were subjected to “improper and invasive” breast, genital and rectal exams during mandatory medical screening, CBC News has learned.

The Alberta government has announced a judge-led fatality inquiry to learn more about what happened when a man died waiting for care in an Edmonton hospital.

Making traffic tickets go away for people was «an unwritten rule» in the Winnipeg Police Service, a disgraced officer said in a psychological report, released Wednesday, that was prepared for his sentencing.

National home sales in Canada declined by 1.9 per cent in December compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, capping a year that saw lower interest rates but heightened economic anxiety.

Join CBC Montreal's Daybreak for live coverage and discussion of what's next after the Quebec premier announced he would be stepping down.

City staff in Sault Ste. Marie will determine how much it costs to hire private contractors to help clear windrows at the end of residential driveways

Another sawmill in northwestern Ontario is being shut down indefinitely. Domtar announced Tuesday that the Ignace sawmill will be idled once its existing log inventory has been processed. It comes as the industry continues to contend with hefty U.S. tariffs.

Jack and Lilly Sullivan disappeared from their home in rural Nova Scotia more than eight months ago.

The Thames Valley District School Board, a London, Ont., board taken over for financial mismanagement, is refusing to fully disclose its publicly owned art collection, citing legal exemptions to Ontario's freedom-of-information laws that prevent disclosure because of potential risks to staff safety. Experts say secrecy around public assets increases risk and undermines accountability.

Customer complaints about their phone, internet and television services rose 17 per cent in the 2024-25 reporting year, a report by the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services said Wednesday.

One of three Manitoba high school students airlifted to Winnipeg after the school bus she was travelling on slid off the highway and rolled multiple times, says she thought she was dreaming.

Bonnie Crombie has formally announced her resignation as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, effective immediately. The move comes months after Crombie first announced her intention to resign.