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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

CP NewsAlert: Residential school victims named newsmaker of the year: CP poll

Children who didn't come home from residential schools have been chosen newsmaker of the year in a survey by The Canadian Press. News editors say the discovery of unmarked graves at the former schools...

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

Concern over Omicron, StatsCan releases inflation rate : In The News for Dec. 15

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

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

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

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

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

Foghorns cherished part of Atlantic Canada soundscape, but do they serve a purpose?

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The silencing this year of a familiar mournful howl at the mouth of Halifax harbour has ignited a debate about Atlantic Canada's dwindling number of foghorns. For over 120 years, th...

Dec 15, 2021