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Watch the leaders of Canada’s main federal political parties face off on April 16 in the only French-language debate of the election campaign. Leaders meet in Montreal at 6 p.m. ET, just one day before they debate in English.

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Breaking: The Bank of Canada has held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent, its first pause after seven consecutive cuts.

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The Leaders' Debates Commission, which is tasked with organizing the French and English debates, has removed the Green Party from federal leaders' debates for failing to meet participation requirements.

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The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year — easily one of the worst year-over-year drops recorded outside of the COVID-19 health crisis.

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The start time of Wednesday's French-language debate has been changed from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. after two federal party leaders requested it not clash with a potentially consequential Montreal Canadiens hockey game.

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The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States.

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The Fifth Estate has learned of a massive breach of employees' personal information — including social insurance numbers — from the B.C. government's Interior Health authority, which runs hospitals and medical facilities in the eastern part of the province.

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The Fifth Estate has learned of a massive breach of employees' personal information — including social insurance numbers — from the British Columbia government's Interior Health authority, which runs hospitals and medical facilities in the eastern part of the province.

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A report from a Japanese news outlet that Honda is considering moving some of its production out of Canada to the U.S. is not accurate, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a spokesperson for federal Minister of Industry Anita Anand said.

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Liberal staffers who planted Trump-style buttons at conservative networking conference 'reassigned' within campaign, Carney says

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A Toronto woman received a text message transcript of her conversation with her roommates during their Lyft ride home. The company says it is investigating.

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The Trump administration says it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs. That means they won't be subject to the current 145 per cent tariffs levied on China, or the 10 per cent baseline tariffs elsewhere.

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Tariff pressures are forcing some sellers in China to hike their prices for U.S. markets. Some retail experts say Canadians shopping online could potentially feel the ripple effects on everything from electronics to socks.

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CBC News’s visual investigations team investigated Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney rallies and found that the actual crowd sizes were significantly smaller than reported.

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Analysis: Conservatives have placed strict controls on media access to Pierre Poilievre during this campaign. But some analysts question whether this strategy provides Poilievre with any political advantage.

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The number of return trips among Canadians travelling to the U.S. has plummeted. Some travellers are cancelling plans due to concern over beefed up border security following the Trump administration's pledge to crackdown on immigration.

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U.S. stock index futures fell sharply after China announced more levies on U.S. goods, striking back against President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs that took effect earlier in the day.

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The escalating trade war between the U.S. and nearly every single one of its major trading partners has sparked a flurry of predictions and concerns that a global recession could be around the corner.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to crack down on the use of offshore tax havens and recover as much as $1 billion a year in lost revenues.

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A current RCMP officer and retired Vancouver police officer say the RCMP used controversial spyware technology on them when they were identified as witnesses in a foreign interference case that is still before the courts.

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U.S. retail groups have warned that tariffs on Asian countries, where most American clothing is made, will mean a steep uptick in prices ahead of the back-to-school season. And Canada is not immune.

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Federal security officials say they've found an online information operation linked to the Chinese government that has targeted Liberal Leader Mark Carney.

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The S&P 500 was down 3.8 per cent in early trading Monday, coming off its worst week since COVID began crashing the global economy in March 2020.

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U.S. President Donald Trump says foreign governments will have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterized as "medicine."

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Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record Sunday when he bagged his 895th career goal.

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Israel's military says it's reviewing evidence after changing its account of the killing of 15 Gaza emergency workers. Video from the Palestinian Red Crescent showed medics in emergency vehicles, with their lights on, being fired on.

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After Monday, political parties will have an additional problem if they decide to remove someone from their ticket — they won't be able to put forward a backup contender.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has unveiled his party's plan to improve Canadians' access to primary health care with a strategy designed to retain and hire more doctors, nurses and other health-care workers.

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Jasmine Mooney's smile went viral after the 35-year-old Canadian was taken into U.S. custody at the Mexican border in March, but her story is now whispered in fear.

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The federal government has quietly updated its online travel advice to remind Canadians to "expect scrutiny" from border patrol officers if they travel to the United States.

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The federal government has quietly updated its online travel advice to remind Canadians to "expect scrutiny" from border patrol officers if they travel to the United States.

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U.S. President Donald Trump rattled markets and more Wednesday by announcing a baseline of 10 per cent tariffs on imports into the U.S. — and far higher on goods from some places. His list includes some of the world's most remote, smallest territories.

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Reform Party founder Preston Manning wrote that if Liberal Leader Mark Carney wins the election, he would be "the last prime minister of a united Canada." Carney called that "dramatic."

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What we learned from Radio-Canada's 'Cinq chefs' party leader interviews

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Global stock markets were wiped out by more than $2 trillion US on Thursday as investors reacted to Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promoted national unity and downplayed former Reform leader Preston Manning's argument that a vote for Mark Carney's Liberals is a vote for Western secession during a campaign stop Thursday.

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Canada is retaliating against Trump’s trade policy with a 25 per cent tariff on vehicles imported from the U.S. that are not compliant with CUSMA.

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Automaker Stellantis confirms it's shutting down its assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., for two weeks, largely because of U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles.

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Analysis: After spending a few weeks pounding on Canada and Mexico, Donald Trump turned his attention Wednesday to a whole new target: the rest of Planet Earth.

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The federal government has ended its carbon pricing for consumers, and that's expected to lead to savings at the gas pump. But what did the carbon tax and rebate actually do for the climate?

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Liberal Leader Mark Carney's assets have been in the spotlight in this election, but what assets do Canada's other political leaders have, and what rules must they follow?

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard very little about Agnes Benn, a residential school student who died in 1930, and the multiple sex abuse charges faced by the school's principal. The federal government failed to transfer records about her case.

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We asked four AI chatbots about the net worth of the federal party leaders to see what answers they gave. The figures they cited came from articles that were themselves AI-generated.

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A Burlington, Ont., woman says her husband faces drug charges the Dominican Republic and can't leave the country after a piece of luggage was mistaken for being his.

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Liberal candidate Paul Chiang is dropping out of the race just hours after the RCMP told CBC News it's looking into whether he broke the law by suggesting people turn a Conservative candidate in to the Chinese consulate to collect a bounty.

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Analysis: CBC News has obtained video of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's onstage discussion with podcaster Ben Shapiro.

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Analysis: The so-called middle class is the prized demographic for Canada's politicians, pandered to at every opportunity in election campaigns, as the voting bloc most Canadians see themselves belonging to.

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Canada's health-care system could stand to benefit from the political upheaval unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump as American physicians look to move north and Canadians forgo opportunities south of the border.

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Election live updates: Carney calls candidate's China bounty comment a 'lapse of judgment' but says he'll stay on the ballot

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's response to a U.S. podcaster's quips about Canada as the 51st state last week was to say that conservatives would regret having tens of millions of progressive Canadians voting for the U.S. president.

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