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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — It's been one year since a wildfire devastated parts of the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray. Here is a look at the rebuild by the numbers: 1,595: Number of buildings and structures destroyed in the fire.

TORONTO — Scott White, who served as editor-in-chief of The Canadian Press for 16 years, has been appointed to lead The Conversation Canada. It's a national non-profit journalism start-up expected to launch this spring.

OTTAWA — Some highlights from Wednesday's release of Statistics Canada's latest tranche of census data, this one focused on age, sex and dwelling types: — The inexorable march of baby boomers towards retirement resulted in a 20 per cent increase in t

OTTAWA — After nearly four decades in the workforce, 64-year-old Louise Plouffe is looking ahead to retirement. But Tristan Plummer, 23, is looking for work.

TORONTO — Janis Isaman makes no apologies for raising her six-year-old son in a two-bedroom condominium — and for eschewing the once-coveted trappings of a life in the suburbs.

OTTAWA — Canadian women continue to make up the majority of the overall Canadian population, albeit just by a bit.

TORONTO — Superheated housing market notwithstanding, 81-year-old Ashley Anthony says he has no plans to give up the detached three-bedroom suburban house he has lived in for the past 43 years.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on Tuesday bowed out of an annual fundraising event originally set up for veterans of the war in Afghanistan, an event whose main beneficiaries include military personnel returning from combat.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is expected to set the stage Wednesday for the Liberals' much-anticipated defence policy by casting a glaring light on what senior defence sources say is a massive "hole" in military spending.

OTTAWA — The Senate ethics committee has recommended that the upper house take the unprecedented step of expelling disgraced Sen. Don Meredith for engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.