This could have been a good week for Donald Trump, in which the U.S. president could have chalked up a political win over the Democrats with the end of the government shutdown. But any gloating time was short-lived, overshadowed by the spectre of Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s past connection to the late convicted sex offender.

A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.

Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51.

Vancouver Rise are the first-ever Northern Super League champions after a 2-1 win over AFC Toronto at BMO Field on Saturday.

A large protest against insecurity and government corruption turned violent in Mexico City on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with riot police outside the National Palace.

Premier David Eby has faced criticism within his party for his promise to fast-track resource projects and for the eight-week strike by the B.C. General Employees Union. Despite that, New Democrats backed his leadership with 82 per cent support at this weekend's NDP leadership convention.

Transportation Safety Board investigators have been dispatched to the scene of a fatal mid-air plane crash southeast of Ottawa that claimed the life of one pilot.

A pair of B.C. Ferries employees met, fell in love and now have been married on board the vessel where they both work in northern B.C.

Mu’ayyad Ajjour and his neighbour Mohamed Zaida have searched every day among the ruins of a building, hoping to find the remains of five-year-old Masa, Ajjour's cousin, so they can give her a proper burial. Her body is one of thousands thought to be buried in the debris of the war in Gaza. On Saturday, her remains were located and her body was taken to be buried.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to the United Arab Emirates next week, as both that country and Canada face questions over alleged links to actrocities in Sudan.

A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But the items will be returned to Canada on Dec. 6 after Pope Leo on Saturday gifted them to a delegation of Catholic bishops.

Attempting perhaps to turn a story about his own leadership into a story about whether the media have unfairly focused on Conservative dissent, Pierre Poilievre challenged reporters to pay as much attention to criticism levelled against the federal budget by Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith.

Gary Chown was a two-time Grey Cup champion with the Montreal Alouettes. While mourning his loss, his daughter Hayley Chown has been coming to terms with the sacrifices he made to the sport and her complicated feelings about football.

U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, referring to Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene as "Wacky Marjorie" and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year's midterms "if the right person runs."

Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labour shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford. It’s pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — and fierce debate on how to solve the island's affordable housing crisis.

Enbridge is pursuing several expansions to export oil through its pipeline system, which should meet the needs of the oil industry. So what does that mean for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's lobbying for a new pipeline?

A pair of Saskatchewan products are ready to play in their first Grey Cup.

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here's a selection of the week's top images.

The owners of a mansion in Toronto's Rosedale neighbourhood are being ordered to tear down a wall built around part of their property — less than a year after the city allowed them to build it.

More Indigenous communities across Canada are reuniting with items that were taken or given away generations ago. The Vatican and the Canadian Catholic Church are reportedly working on an agreement to return about 100,000 Indigenous items Catholic missions sent to Rome in the 1920s.