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A mystery that has plagued residents of a small Alberta town for weeks — vehicle key fobs that suddenly stopped working in a grocery store parking lot, leaving drivers unable to unlock or start their vehicles and setting off the alarms — has been solved.

Canada and its Lima Group allies will use their Monday meeting in Ottawa to find new ways — including financial — to support the Venezuelan opposition and ease the refugee crisis in neighbouring Brazil and Colombia.

A Manitoba woman says she was denied access to her bank account because of the tone of her voice and its taken days to get the issue resolved.

There is finally an answer to the question that captivated Canadians this week: How a giant snow bear got its belly button.

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The Ontario government is trying to quell speculation about its stance on full-day kindergarten, saying it is committed to keeping "full-day learning" in place for four and five-year-olds.

Alberta's lottery regulator is investigating the legality of a contest run by a woman trying to give away her $1.7-million home, but she says she did nothing wrong.

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence, working to ramp up pressure for the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, told a rally Friday that the time for dialog had ended and all options were on the table to replace Maduro's government.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse.

Empire actor Jussie Smollett says he has been "consistent on every level" with the police during their investigation into what he says was a racist and homophobic attack on him in downtown Chicago earlier this week, disputing assertions he has been less than co-operative and changed his story.

Empire actor Jussie Smollett is disputing rumours circulating on social media that he has been less than co-operative with the investigation into a racially-charged attack in downtown Chicago.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has dismissed a complaint by one of the companies that was competing for the job of designing and helping to build the navy’s next generation of warships.

Quebec Premier François Legault clarifies his controversial comments about Islamophobia, saying such discrimination exists but that it is not widespread.

Ron Joyce, a former policeman who turned Tim Hortons coffee into a billion-dollar empire, has died.

A well-known policy analyst and lawyer believes it's likely Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will be deported.

York Regional Police are searching for a man who smashed the front window of a law office in Vaughan, Ont., doused the entrance in gasoline and set it on fire.

Eyewitnesses say driver pulled a weapon out of car after he crashed and forced man out of pickup before driving truck into an Irving station in Lower Sackville, N.S.

The chief executive of cannabis company Weekend Unlimited Inc. says winning the POT stock ticker lottery was a 'wonderful surprise' for the small company which is hoping the catchy symbol will help it stand out in the sector.

An official with the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says that a fatal plane crash in the Northwest Territories was 'not survivable' and that both pilots died on impact, according to an initial assessment of the crash site.

Will Hayworth and Zach McKillop were the pilots who died in an Air Tindi crash on Wednesday near Behchoko, N.W.T., CBC has learned.

Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers says he is retiring next month as Canada's ambassador to Ireland, potentially setting himself up for a bid to become New Brunswick Liberal leader.

Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime was arrested in November 2012 on charges including fraud, conspiracy and forgery related to a $1.3-billion contract to build a super hospital in Montreal. Today, he pleaded guilty to breach of trust, avoiding a trial that was to start Monday.

Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime was arrested in November 2012 on charges including fraud, conspiracy and forgery related to a $1.3-billion contract to build a superhospital in Montreal. Today, he pleaded guilty to helping a public servant commit breach of trust, avoiding a trial that was to start Monday.

This week, a Google search result listing Omar Khadr as a Canadian soldier gained a lot of traction online, inciting anger from many people, including Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer.

The Trump administration has announced it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centrepiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some analysts worry could fuel a new arms race.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that the U.S. is suspending its obligations to a treaty with Russia that's been a centrepiece of arms control since the Cold War.

Groundhog Day is Saturday, and Wiarton Willie will spend his Friday getting ready with a visit to the vet. Festival officials are happy to see the weather is set to improve in time for Willie's weather prediction.

Over the last few months, health providers have been left scrambling to deal with supply gaps in blood pressure medications, antidepressants and vaccines for travellers.

At least three students are dead after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, a South African official said Friday.

A 33-year-old woman was arrested at a lottery office in St. John's, and now faces fraud charges, after trying to cash in a winning ticket bought with a stolen credit card.

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision on Thursday that energy companies must clean up old wells even in bankruptcy won't do much — if anything — to ease farmers' frustrations with the thousands of inactive and orphan wells in Alberta.

Canada watches from the sidelines as Trump extends deadline, but there's a lot more than trade riding on the current round of negotiations as China faces Trump's tariff deadline.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what Canadians are saying about government's role in fighting climate change - and we take another spin on road salt.

CBC's Marketplace went undercover to find out what life was like for staff and residents at a busy long-term care residence north of Toronto and found an overstretched staff struggling to provide patients the care they need.

The RCMP have had to bolster their Access to Information process after two instances of very personal information being leaked.

The RCMP have had to bolster their Access to Information process after two instances of very personal information being leaked.

Thinking of coming down with something the day after your Super Bowl party? The boss may have seen that move before, new survey results suggest.

Researchers have discovered an iguana-sized dinosaur cousin that roamed Antarctica 250 million years ago.

It is theoretically possible that there is nothing more to the millions of dollars in suddenly available funds, the unexplained coincidences and the curious and enduring lack of disclosure trailing the activities of the now-independent MP.

CBC's Marketplace went undercover to find out what life was like for staff and residents at a busy long-term care residence north of Toronto and found an overstretched staff struggling to provide patients the care they need.

Democratic candidates vying to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in next year's presidential election are struggling with issues of name recognition.

A Rwandan woman who illegally entered B.C. and applied for refugee status in Canada was allegedly brought here by a network of people in Rwanda, the U.S. and Alberta, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

Justin Trudeau says he's not just concerned about possible cuts Premier Doug Ford could make to Ontario's education system as Canada's prime minister — he's also concerned as a father with children in the province's schools.

Proceedings this week revealed that Sidhu had committed 70 provincial and federal logbook violations in the 11 days leading up to the crash.

Two MPs are calling for a criminal probe into cases of forced sterilization of Indigenous women across the country.

No one has taken credit for drawing the bear, but photographic evidence gives us some hints.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes his national town hall tour to Milton Ontario, taking questions in the riding of Deputy Conservative Leader Lisa Raitt.