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A three-year-old boy has been found dead a day after he went missing in a park in Mississauga, Ont., Peel police say.
Time magazine has named Taylor Swift its "Person of the Year" for 2023, describing the singer as "transcending borders" and a "source of light."
The esteemed title is given to a person, group, concept or object that has influenced the events of the year. It is a tradition that dates back to 1927, and a title given "for better or for worse," the magazine's editor-in-chief said.
Time magazine editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote that more often than not, the annual choice has been a man.
"'He' is very often a politician or a titan of industry," Jacobs' article reads.
Previous winners include U.S. presidents, world leaders, popes and other high-powered individuals.
This year's selection bucks the trend, with editors selecting not only a woman, but an artist.
There are good and bad things that happen each year, Jacobs wrote, but 2023 in particular had "significant shares of darkness."
This is part of the reason why the magazine named Swift "Person of the Year," as opposed to making a more traditional choice, he said.
"In a divided world, where too many institutions are failing, Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source of light," he writes. "No one else on the planet today can move so many people so well."
Swift is also the first person to have this recognition for success in the arts, which played a role in the selection.
"She did it by embracing what she does better than anyone, entertaining and writing songs that connect with people," Jacobs wrote. "Swift is also a symbol of generational change: she is only the fourth solo Person of the Year born in the past half century."
Swift has the "Midas touch," according to Jacobs, who used the term to describe her success. She spent 2023 at the top of the charts by re-releasing her albums, which set new streaming records.
An advocate for owning the rights to her music, Swift started re-recording albums released before 2017 because they were made under her former record, and the label wouldn't give her the rights, she said.
Her re-released albums "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" and "1989 (Taylor's Version)" had multiple songs dominate the Billboard Hot 100 this year — for a second time.
Her Eras Tour is on track to become the highest-grossing global tour of all time, the Time shortlist article said, and her concert film of the tour is the most successful concin history.
"This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been," Swift told Time in an interview.
A three-year-old boy has been found dead a day after he went missing in a park in Mississauga, Ont., Peel police say.
Against the rainy Paris night sky, Celine Dion staged the comeback of her career with a powerful performance from the Eiffel Tower to open the Olympic Games.
Premier Danielle Smith said Friday afternoon in Hinton while weather conditions are cooler, the Jasper fire is still considered out of control and that Jasper residents can expect to be away from their homes 'for several weeks.'
An Irish museum will withdraw a waxwork of singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor just one day after installing it, following a backlash from her family and the public, it told CNN in a statement on Friday.
A Winnipeg senior is getting soaked with a six-figure water bill.
Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump's near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president's ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president's injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally.
Orillia OPP arrested and charged a driver with impaired driving after flashing their high beams.
The lawyer for a former judge whose claims to be Cree were questioned in a CBC investigation says his client is not considering legal action against the broadcaster after the Law Society of British Columbia this week backed her claims of Indigenous heritage.
Scotiabank says it has fixed a technical issue that impacted direct deposits on Friday morning.
As fire threatened people in Jasper National Park, Colleen Knull sprung into action.
Video posted to social media on Thursday morning appears to show the charred remains of a Jasper, Alta., neighbourhood.
A Saskatchewan-born veteran of the Second World War was recently presented with France's highest national order.
A local First Nations elder and veteran is helping to bring the Ojibwe language to a well-known film for the first time.
A cat who fled her Montreal home nearly a decade ago has been reunited with her family after being found in Ottawa.
A woman in Waterloo, Ont. is out thousands of dollars for a car crash she wasn’t involved in.
A swarm of bees living in a lamppost in Winnipeg’s Sage Creek neighbourhood has found a new home for its hive.
Around 100 acres of Manitoba Crown Land near the Saskatchewan border is being returned to the Métis community.
Nova Scotia is suspending the licensed Cape Breton moose hunt for three years due to what the province is calling a “significant drop” in the population.