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Aging Aboriginals pose new fiscal, social challenge for government: census
OTTAWA - The number of Aboriginal seniors is set to skyrocket in the next 20 years, Statistics Canada warned Wednesday as it released new census numbers that suggest the Indigenous population will soo...
Oct 25, 2017
Indigenous Peoples paradox: Aboriginals younger, but getting old, census finds
OTTAWA - A high fertility rate and a growing sense of self are fuelling an explosion in the ranks of Indigenous Peoples, according to fresh census numbers that lay bare the demographic challenges faci...
Oct 25, 2017
Latest census numbers showcase Canada's ever-evolving ethnic diversity
OTTAWA - A decade ago, the CBC series “Little Mosque on the Prairie” won international acclaim for its depiction of Muslims trying to make their way in a rural Saskatchewan town. At the ti...
Oct 25, 2017
2016 census highlights: Indigenous Peoples, immigration and housing
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada released the latest findings from the 2016 census Tuesday, this time focusing on Indigenous Peoples, immigration and housing. Some selected highlights: - The census counted ...
Oct 25, 2017
More and more, 'average Canadian' is anything but, says latest 2016 census
OTTAWA - Increasingly, the face of the average Canadian is anything but average. There was plenty of diversity on display in Wednesday’s deposit of Statistics Canada census data, including 250 d...
Oct 25, 2017
New Brunswick unveils plans for Crown-run marijuana stores, plus home delivery
FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers will buy their legal marijuana at a subsidiary of the province’s liquor commission - and have sommelier-like staff to guide them. The province also announced Wedne...
Oct 25, 2017
Gender gap in manufacturing won't narrow without more training for women: report
OTTAWA - Recruitment efforts to get more women working in manufacturing will fail unless girls get the education and training needed for those jobs, says a new report. “Businesses are actively l...
Oct 25, 2017
A lonely rebellion: GOPers fighting Trump find themselves on the outs
WASHINGTON - This week provided overwhelming evidence that Donald Trump is ensconced in the driver’s seat of the Republican party, steamrolling internal competition, making political casualties ...
Oct 25, 2017
Muslim FBI agent who helped Canada wants to reclaim his religion from jihadis
OTTAWA - A Muslim FBI agent who helped Canadian authorities foil a terrorist plot says his religion is being desecrated by violent jihadis - and he wants the public to hear a different story. The keys...
Oct 25, 2017
U.S. groups threaten Canadian snow crab imports over whale deaths
OTTAWA - An alliance of U.S. environmental groups is preparing to ask Washington to ban imports of Canadian snow crab unless Ottawa steps up its efforts to save the endangered Atlantic right whales. A...
Oct 25, 2017