After making it a central part of his re-election bid, experts say Premier Doug Ford will need to be ready to implement his proposed multibillion-dollar stimulus package as his new government waits to see if Donald Trump makes good on his tariff threats. 

People who take prohibited psychedelics like psilocybin or LSD and go to the emergency department for care show a higher risk of death within five years compared with Canada's general population, a new study suggests.

A byelection is scheduled for April 14 to determine a new member of Parliament for Halifax, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday. 

Line De Matteis was one of just a few people to notice the cracks in a downtown Ottawa parking garage before its top floor partially gave out last week.

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

Palliative care has an image problem. Dr. Samantha Winemaker, who has specialized in this field of medicine for 20 years, says most people incorrectly assume the practice is some kind of “Grim Reaper service.” But it's actually about living your best life, she says.

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.