It took dozens of people using binoculars, telescopes, drones and snowmobiles to get Rex back to his Lakeshore, Ont., home on Thursday. 

The real debate, if there is to be one, is about what Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre would spend money on — and what they wouldn’t.

Five years after the pandemic began, Quebec's curfew remains controversial — more than half the fines are unpaid, legal battles continue and health experts still debate whether the benefits outweighed the costs.

While Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives' third majority win was obviously the most significant development of this week's Ontario election, it had other political ramifications. Here are some of the other key takeaways.

Large numbers of public servants working in the federal government's three biggest departments aren't following Ottawa's three-days-per-week office work rule, federal data shows.

Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh has decided to make a coaching change to help in her pursuit of five gold medals at the next Olympics.

Myrna Abraham, whose sister disappeared more than 20 years ago, has supported the search of the Prairie Green landfill for the remains of two women slain by a serial killer. She says news of the discovery of possible human remains there is deeply emotional for her.

Professor Andrew Leach, an economist at the University of Alberta, says Premier Scott Moe's comments are likely just political theatre.

PreVenture, a drug prevention program that began in Montreal, has been found to reduce the risk of substance use disorders in teens by offering them tools and strategies to cope with personality traits like impulsivity and anxiety.

Political tensions have opened up space to talk more favourably about new pipelines in Canada. But does building new oil infrastructure make sense as the world transitions to clean energy?

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we get some tips to buy less and save money (and the climate), look at the impacts of PFAS exposure, find out how fossil fuel companies are influencing climate change education in schools.

Marketplace investigates the murky world of home heating deals to reveal how consumers who sign up for savings are getting surprises instead, locked into onerous loans that come with broken promises of rebates, energy savings and free service — as calls grow for better consumer protection.

Janko Kolosnjaji collapsed in a Saskatoon courtroom and had to be revived by a defibrillator after a judge declared him guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in a church.

CBC News joins scientists aboard HMCS Margaret Brooke on a mission to Antarctica to unlock climate clues from the southern pole that they hope will shed light on what’s happening in the Arctic.

Andrea Hancock, whose daughter has been charged with the attempted murder of a 6-year-old boy, says her daughter is severely unwell, and she warned police, social workers, doctors, shelter workers, therapists – even the neighbours – that her daughter was dangerous.

Alberta is forecasting it will end the next fiscal year with a $5.2 billion deficit but that could soar to $8.7 billion under a worst-case tariff scenario outlined in Thursday’s provincial budget.

A Prince George, B.C., high school teacher is on leave after he used the N-word multiple times in the presence of a Black student.

Snowmobiler Blake Nicholson, 28, died on Friday night in Collingwood Corner, N.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump is voicing his support for hockey legend Wayne Gretzky while suggesting the former NHLer isn't keen on the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state.

Buffy Sainte-Marie has been scrubbed out of an exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights because of questions surrounding the folk singer and activist's claims of First Nations identity.

Potential human remains have been found at the Prairie Green landfill, according to experts on site who have been searching for Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, two of the four women murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibicki in Winnipeg in 2022.

The former head of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos, tried to caution the government about the potential impact of chartered surgical facilities on the provincial health-care system months before she was fired, CBC has learned.

Potential human remains have been found at the Prairie Green landfill, according to experts on site, the province of Manitoba said in a news release Wednesday.

The Labrador South Health Centre in Forteau no longer has a doctor on site, for an unknown period of time, while a doctor is recruited. It has Dorman Fowler worried for his son's life, as he regularly requires urgent medical care.

Several Windsor, Ont., police employees — including a staff sergeant and superintendent — witnessed or were told about disturbing allegations of internal sexual assault years before the service said it became aware of them, according to claims in new documents obtained by CBC News.

A political scientist says Premier Andrew Furey's resignation serves as a bombshell in provincial politics that might be felt across the rest of Canada.

There were 25 fatalities on northwestern Ontario highways last year, according to the local provincial police branch. Highway safety has been a major concern in the region for years, as single-lane highways surrounded by trees, rocks and water aren't so forgiving during a wrong move behind the wheel. Here's what local leaders and advocates want addressed by the next provincial government.

Karla Ghartey, a community health nurse who helped pioneer many of Sudbury's supervised consumption initiatives, says the opioid crisis will be top of mind when she heads to the polls this week. Yet, the crisis was only touched on for 10 minutes during the recent 90-minute debate northern issues debate of the major parties' leaders. Here's where they stand on the issue.

The son of Darren Stevenson, a Winnipeg man who was severely injured in a suspected gas explosion at a beachside resort in Hawaii late last week, says it's a miracle his father is even alive.