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Census 2021: A snapshot of Prairie population and dwelling data
Alberta: For the first time in years, Alberta's growth has lagged behind the national average. Its 4.8 per cent growth rate between 2016 and 2021 was slightly below the national mark of 5.2 per cent. ...
Feb 09, 2022
Census 2021: A snapshot of Ontario's population and dwelling data
Canada's most populous province grew at a faster pace than the rest of the country overall over the last five years, thanks largely to immigration. Some of the most dramatic local growth happened outs...
Feb 09, 2022
UN court orders Uganda to pay Congo $325M for violence
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in compensation to Congo for violence in a long-running conflict between the African ne...
Feb 09, 2022
Census 2021: A snapshot of the North's population and dwelling data
The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada's three territories. Yukon led the country in population growth from 2016 to 2021, increasing by 12.1 per cent and bringing its popu...
Feb 09, 2022
2nd man pleads guilty in alleged 2020 plot to kidnap Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A second man pleaded guilty Wednesday in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The plea by Kaleb Franks leaves four other men to face trial in March and ...
Feb 09, 2022
One in 10 Canadians lived in smaller urban centres in 2021: StatCan
One in 10 Canadians are calling smaller urban centres their home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada. Last year, 3.8 million people, or 10.1 per cent of Canadians, lived in smaller ur...
Feb 09, 2022
Census 2021: A snapshot of Quebec's population and dwelling data
MONTREAL - Data from the 2021 census shows that Quebec's share of the Canadian population declined for the 11th consecutive census. Quebec was home to 23 per cent of Canadians in 2021, down from 23.2 ...
Feb 09, 2022
Share of Canadians in rural areas shrinks for ninth consecutive census, StatCan says
Statistics Canada says the share of Canadians living in rural areas has declined for the ninth census in a row, dropping from 18.7 per cent in 2016 to 17.8 per cent in 2021. The agency says it counted...
Feb 09, 2022
New census figures show the Maritime provinces are growing at a rapid rate
HALIFAX - New census figures from Statistics Canada are confirming what many residents of the Maritimes already knew: the region's population has been growing at a rapid rate. For the first time since...
Feb 09, 2022
'Your world gets a little small:' chronic fatigue driving Nanaimo woman into frigid ocean water
NANAIMO - One woman's daily dip in the frosty ocean water is helping raise awareness toward an underdiagnosed condition.Cecile van Woensel suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a complicated di...
Feb 09, 2022