National News

OTTAWA — Canada's housing shortage, widely recognized as a national crisis and the catalyst of significant immigration cuts, is The Canadian Press News Story of the Year.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of the vote.

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035.

OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has "reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada estimates the country's population grew by 176,699 people between July 1 and Oct. 1, marking the slowest pace of growth since the first quarter of 2022. Canada’s population is estimated to have reached roughly 41.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in November, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in November, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.2 per cent (1.1) — Prince Edward Island: 1.8 per cent (1.

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LANGLEY, B.C. — In another blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, the federal Conservatives have won a byelection in the British Columbia riding of Cloverdale-Langley City.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped his top fixer in cabinet, Dominic LeBlanc, to replace Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland after she suddenly tendered her resignation from cabinet Monday morning in a fight over the nation's finances.