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Canadian Press newsmakers of the year since 1946
Children who didn't come home from residential schools have been chosen as the 2021 newsmaker of the year in a survey by The Canadian Press. Here is a list of past newsmakers as chosen in an annual po...
Dec 15, 2021
Annual inflation rate in November holds steady at 4.7%
OTTAWA - A 43.6 per cent jump in gasoline prices fuelled a 4.7 per cent increase in the annual inflation rate in November. Statistics Canada reports last month's inflation rate matched October's incre...
Dec 15, 2021
Tearful Aguero announces retirement for health reasons
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Fighting back tears, Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero announced his immediate retirement on Wednesday for health reasons. The 33-year-old Argentina striker underwent heart tests...
Dec 15, 2021
Russian convicted of killing that posed diplomatic issues
BERLIN (AP) - A Berlin court has convicted a Russian man of a killing in Germany's capital two years ago that prosecutors say was ordered by Russia. The 2019 slaying of a 40-year-old Georgian citizen ...
Dec 15, 2021
North Korea escapees say executions continue, including for viewing banned videos
OTTAWA - North Koreans who have escaped from Kim Jong Un's regime say public executions for offences, including watching South Korean videos, are still taking place, some in front of crowds of spectat...
Dec 15, 2021
Statistics Canada to release November inflation report today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading for inflation this morning when it publishes its consumer price index for November. The report comes after the annual inflation rate for Octo...
Dec 15, 2021
'Something out of nothing': Carvers in Nunavut community shaped by family
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A metallic shrill rings out over the Arctic Ocean on the shores of Gjoa Haven in western Nunavut. It's the sound of Leo Uttaq's die grinder, a tool he uses to sand down a piece o...
Dec 15, 2021
Military members challenge vaccine requirement in Federal Court
OTTAWA - The Federal Court is scheduled to hear arguments today from four Canadian Armed Forces members facing disciplinary action for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Chief of the defence...
Dec 15, 2021
Quebec, Ontario, P.E.I., introduce new measures in hopes of slowing Omicron spread
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has consulted the premiers on additional border and travel measures that could help slow the community spreading of COVID-19. In a call late Tuesday the first ministers d...
Dec 15, 2021
Ottawa intends to fill charging-station deserts to encourage EV adoption: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - When Wilf Steimle makes the 600-kilometre drive from his home near Barrie, Ont., to board meetings in Montreal, he can get there in under seven hours with three 12-minute stops to repower his...
Dec 15, 2021