Canada

The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year: from 1946 to 2023

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in ...

Dec 19, 2023

NewsAlert: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre voted CP's 2023 Newsmaker of the Year

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2023. Just over one-quarter of the editors who took part in the annual survey picked Poili...

Dec 19, 2023

Statistics Canada reports record population growth in Q3, population grows by 430,000

OTTAWA - Canada's population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter, marking the fastest pace of population growth in any quarter since 1957. Statistics Canada released its population esti...

Dec 19, 2023

In the news today: Thousands without power across Atlantic Canada due to strong winds

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Heavy winds knock out power on East Coast More than 100,000 people were without...

Dec 19, 2023

Carols, poems and partisan cheer in the House of Commons as Christmas approaches

OTTAWA - "Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau's Canada?" That's how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre greeted his caucus, and ...

Dec 19, 2023

Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there's hope

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION AND THUNDER BAY, ONT. - Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go t...

Dec 19, 2023

'Water apocalypse' demands return to nature for flood, drought resilience: experts

Norm Allard knows he may never see the full impacts of his efforts to restore wetlands and floodplains in southeastern British Columbia, but he takes a"generational view"of the work that exemplifies a...

Dec 19, 2023

Guilbeault to outline plan today to phase in electric-vehicle sales mandate

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will outline today the details of his plan to eventually phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles in Canada. The electric-vehicle sales mandate regula...

Dec 19, 2023

Heavy December rainfall across Quebec leads to flooding fears, evacuations

QUEBEC - Heavy rain across Quebec has officials monitoring rising water levels in the provincial capital region and ordering evacuations in some areas. Quebec City police say about 20 homes were evacu...

Dec 18, 2023

Ottawa youth accused in alleged terror plot now also facing explosives charges

OTTAWA - An Ottawa youth facing terrorism charges for an alleged plot against the Jewish community is now also accused of having explosives in his possession. The youth, who cannot be identified, was ...

Dec 18, 2023