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A family of four was rescued by the RCMP after wandering for hours in the woods and becoming lost as they were crossing the border into Quebec from the United States.

Leader John Rustad says Brodie mocked and belittled testimony from survivors in podcast appearance.

Researchers are newly documenting a community of algae that hang around just under the ice surface using samples collected by divers. But climate change might threaten the algae — and the new collection method.

Authorities are set to reveal more information about an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered last month at their home in New Mexico.

Authorities on Friday revealed the causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, saying the couple are believed to have died a full week apart at their home in New Mexico from two different diseases.

Authorities are revealing more information about an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered last month at their home in New Mexico.

A man hired to kill former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 20 years.

If you feel like parenting is harder today than it used to be, you're far from alone. But given the state of, well, everything these days, some people are wondering if it's really the parenting that's so challenging, or if we're just raising kids in an impossibly intense time.

A Six Nations man killed in Buffalo, N.Y., this week in a double homicide is being remembered as "an amazing artist" whose death marks "a terrible loss" for the arts as well as the 2SLGBTQ+ community. "He was just one of the best people that I knew," says a close Toronto friend of Jordan Celotto.

A Six Nations man killed in Buffalo, N.Y., this week in a double homicide is being remembered as "an amazing artist" whose death marks "a terrible loss" for the arts as well as the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Jordan Celotto was from Six Nations of the Grand River, a  Haudenosaunee First Nations reserve in Ontario.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is proposing to drastically change financial disclosure rules for leadership candidates, even if they don't hold public office — part of the party's ongoing attacks on Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney.

Both the Juno Awards and the Polaris Music Prize announced Friday they were rescinding the honours Sainte-Marie had received over the years.

The Ottawa Senators have acquired centre Dylan Cozens, defenceman Dennis Gilbert and a second-round draft pick from the Buffalo Sabres for centre Josh Norris and defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline.

An Israeli drone strike killed two people in Gaza on Friday, local Palestinian medical authorities said, underscoring the uncertainty surrounding a fragile ceasefire deal that has halted fighting in the enclave for weeks.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says his proposal for a long-term contract with the Toronto Blue Jays was for less than $600 million US.

Quebec's energy board announced that residential Hydro-Québec clients will see the same 3.6 per cent rate increase as its commercial clients, despite a three per cent cap promised by the premier last year.

Quebec's energy board announced that residential Hydro-Québec clients will see the same 3.6 per cent rate increase as its commercial clients, despite a three per cent cap promised by the premier last year.

Most provinces and territories have signed onto a new federal child-care agreement that will see them split nearly $37 billion in funding from Ottawa from 2026 through 2031. Alberta and Saskatchewan have yet to sign.

Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country's new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday.

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but it lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.

The Supreme Court of Canada has found an Ontario law that limits spending on third-party election advertising violates the constitutional right to vote. The country's highest court dismissed the Ontario government's appeal with a split 5-4 decision and struck down that part of the law.

The Supreme Court of Canada has found an Ontario law that limits spending on third-party election advertising violates the constitutional right to vote. The country's highest court dismissed the Ontario government's appeal with a split 5-4 decision and struck down that part of the law.

The Supreme Court of Canada has found an Ontario law that limits spending on third-party election advertising violates the constitutional right to vote.

Canada's unemployment rate was unchanged in February, holding steady at 6.6 per cent while the economy added few jobs, Statistics Canada said on Friday. 

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that depriving Ukraine of potential additional defensive support would test its willingness "to settle" an unprovoked invasion of its borders by Russia that has entered a fourth year.

Russian forces targeted Ukraine's energy and gas infrastructure in their latest drone and missile attack, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said talks with the U.S. on ending the 3-year war will take place next week.

University of Calgary researchers are leading a national surveillance system, tracking respiratory virus trends among Canadian children who seek care in hospitals.

Cuts to the U.S. agency responsible for weather forecasting and climate science have left scientists on this side of the border concerned about the reliability of data Canada needs to predict dangerous events, conduct accurate flood forecasts and understand broader changes to the climate.

RCMP in Richibucto continue to investigate how 40,000 pills with an estimated street value of $200,000 ended up in a wooded area, but suspect they were left there for pick up and doubt they were dropped by a drone.

When some hot water pipes burst at the rental property they own, a Nova Scotia family was shocked to learn insurance wouldn't cover the expected $100,000 in repair bills. The reason? An insurance concept that isn't widely known to most consumers.

Eurostar trains to and from London and other trains heading northward from Paris were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded bomb dating back to World War II near tracks serving the French capital's busy Gare du Nord station.

The discovery of a huge unexploded Second World War-era bomb near the tracks severed Paris's high-speed rail links with London and Brussels on Friday, affecting weekend getaway plans and causing cascading travel disruptions.

The sister of a 34-year-old man who died in the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre says the team who conducted the inquest was "fabulous," but it was a "kick in the face" it took nearly eight years to finally hold it.

Niagara is famous for its peaches, which could be under threat from a virus detected in the area for the first time since 2013. In response, the the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expanding an area where restrictions are in place to help prevent the spread of plum pox virus.

In B.C. and Ontario, there’s been public chatter about doing away with time changes for years. In Saskatchewan, most people have never changed their clocks. Here’s a primer on where each of the provinces and territories stand.

Several Sunwing passengers say the airline needs to be held accountable after many flight cancellations and delays last month, including cases where it abruptly cancelled vacations with no rebooking offers or delayed return flights for days.

Canadian military planners are laying the groundwork for a restructuring of the army in the face of demands for more troops and equipment both at home and overseas.

A Marketplace investigation has pulled back the curtain on how some mobile games, which seem to attract children, use loopholes in rules protecting kids’ data — allowing marketers to build advertising profiles tailored to them, which can then be more effective at influencing their behaviour.

The sister of a 34-year-old man who died in the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre says the team who conducted the inquest was "fabulous," but it was a "kick in the face" it took nearly eight years to finally hold it.

A woman captured on the parking lot camera of a Super 8 motel in Cornwall, Ont., picking up a Romanian-Canadian family days before their deaths on a human smuggling run pleaded guilty Thursday before a U.S. Federal Court to five counts of alien smuggling. 

A judge has dismissed a court challenge that sought to overturn the current suspension of Parliament.

Another case of measles has been identified in B.C., this time within the Fraser Health region. The case comes as Canada's chief public health officers warns of the danger posed by a rise of infections at home and abroad, coupled with a declining vaccination rate.

Roughly 140,000 people a day are expected to pass through Toronto's Pearson airport during the busiest days of March Break, but some Canadians who were planning to travel to the U.S. have changed their plans.

A local parent whose child has not been able to get fully vaccinated yet says she’s worried after public health officials confirmed a case of measles in the community.

An Ontario court has approved a historic $32.5 billion settlement that will see three major tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers in Canada.