Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced that as of August, first-time buyers of newly built homes will be able to take out insured mortgages with a 30-year amortization period. cbc.ca/news/politics/… .

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he feels it's part of his job to question and call out what he referred to as 'contradictions' in intelligence prepared for the federal government. cbc.ca/news/politics/… .

As excitement builds around the fourth Bridget Jones movie, many fans of the series want to know: will the fat-shaming finally stop? cbc.ca/news/entertain… .

#Analysis : Alberta's premier loathes red tape.
She also doesn't think it will be bureaucratically burdensome to start requiring the provincial government's stamp of approval on any federal deals with municipalities or other entities. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca… .

O.J. Simpson, the football star, actor and pitchman whose shocking arrest for double murder and subsequent acquittal at trial shone a light on American race relations, has died. cbc.ca/news/world/sim… .

Canada's health minister is promising 'hundreds of thousands' of seniors will receive subsidized dental work next month, despite a low sign-up rate among the dentists who are expected to provide that care. cbc.ca/news/politics/… .

#Analysis : Doubt and suspicion about the democratic process thrive without clarity and information.
So, it's a shame we didn't have Justin Trudeau's testimony on foreign interference earlier. cbc.ca/news/politics/… .

More than 140 Bank of Montreal customers from across the country plan to sue the bank after, they say, cybercriminals stole a total of $1.5 million from their accounts. cbc.ca/news/canada/to… .

Members of Parliament voted to kill a bill that would have allowed parliamentarians to opt out of swearing an oath of allegiance to King Charles. The vote keeps Canada's Constitution as originally written in Section 128. cbc.ca/news/politics/….

The federal government says Canada is at risk of another devastating wildfire season. Much of the country, including southern Quebec, eastern Ontario and western Canada, faces early and higher than usual fire risk in April. cbc.ca/news/climate/c….

More than 200 chemical plants in the U.S. will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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They were hiking when an earthquake hit Taiwan.

'I just said to myself: 'There you go, it's April 3rd. Tomorrow I'm supposed to turn 34 but I won't. It all ends now.''

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World Athletics says it's setting aside $2.4 million to pay gold medallists across the 48 events on the track and field program for this year's Paris Olympics.

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An Ontario man currently in a U.S. jail awaiting sentencing for running a fraudulent allergy testing company was also a key employee in a Canadian DNA laboratory that a CBC News investigation found has a history of producing wrong paternity results. cbc.ca/1.7167672

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Boeing whistleblower's claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of 787 and 777 jets. cbc.ca/1.7169114

Police forces in northwestern Ontario have paid an estimated total of at least $3.4 million to 15 suspended officers since 2013. Two-thirds were suspended with pay for over a year, according to the exclusive database compiled by CBC News. cbc.ca/1.7168254

Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 US to gold medallists in Paris. cbc.ca/1.7169068 cbc.ca/1.7169068

Ontario is in the process of shifting the cost burden of trash away from municipalities and onto companies that make and sell products that generate waste. Companies are seeing their blue box fees shoot upward exponentially. cbc.ca/1.7168813 cbc.ca/1.7168813

#BREAKING : The Bank of Canada has held its key interest rate at 5 per cent for the sixth consecutive time since July. cbc.ca/1.7169183

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a handful of cabinet ministers will take questions today about what they were told about — and how they responded to — allegations of foreign interference in the past two federal elections. cbc.ca/1.7168665 cbc.ca/1.7168665