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A look at some key figures Statistics Canada has released from the 2016 census
OTTAWA - Key figures Statistics Canada has released to date from the 2016 census: 35,151,728: Canadian population on census day 2016. 5: Percentage increase in the population between 2011 and 2016. 16...
Oct 23, 2017
IS came with a hit list, left Syria town in a trail of blood
BEIRUT - The Islamic State militants came into the Syrian town with a hit list. By the time they left three weeks later, more than 70 civilians had been killed - shot or beheaded, their bodies dumped ...
Oct 23, 2017
Even as long-form census data returns, Statcan readies for day without it
OTTAWA - As a political brawl played out on Parliament Hill seven years ago over the cancellation of the long-form census, Statistics Canada quietly kept the mandatory survey on life support, waiting ...
Oct 23, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, Oct. 23
Five stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 23 --- STATS CANADA TO RELEASE CENSUS DATA THIS WEEK Statistics Canada will release data from the 2016 census on Wednesday, the first details from the resurre...
Oct 23, 2017
N.B. premier short-circuits election speculation,
lists priorities for session
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant has ended speculation about an early election, and is modifying his government’s language about whether his mandate has been completed. After a ...
Oct 23, 2017
U.S. not 'dictatorship,' time for Congress to commit on NAFTA: Liberal MP
OTTAWA - Donald Trump needs to butt out as a hovering presence over the North American Free Trade Agreement talks and U.S. lawmakers must come clean about what they really think of the deal, says a ve...
Oct 23, 2017
Travel startup for DIY bookers shuts down in Ont. over regulator concerns
A new website that lets travellers bypass travel agents and pocket commissions has ceased operations in Ontario after the province’s travel regulator claimed the site violates provincial laws. T...
Oct 23, 2017
New chemical cocktails found in Hudson Bay polar bears
New tests have found a wide range of previously undiscovered contaminants in polar bears around Hudson Bay. The new study complicates our understanding of the complex cocktail of chemicals the bears a...
Oct 23, 2017
Missing Ontario woman killed for role in love triangle, court hears
TORONTO - A Toronto woman who vanished five years ago was murdered - and her remains burned - for being the odd woman out in a love triangle, court heard Monday. Crown attorney Jill Cameron laid out t...
Oct 23, 2017
Al Hurricane, 'Godfather of New Mexico music,' dies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Al Hurricane, known as the “Godfather of New Mexico music” for developing a distinct sound bridging the state’s unique Hispanic traditions with country and rock, ...
Oct 23, 2017