CTV NATIONAL NEWS Unveils the Top 10 Stories of 2016, Beginning Dec. 23

TORONTO (December 20, 2016) – Over the final 10 days of 2016 beginning Wednesday, Dec. 23, CTV NATIONAL NEWS features its yearly, in-depth reports on each of the top news stories from the past year, airing nightly at 11 p.m. ET on CTV and CTV News Channel. Canada’s most-watched newscast takes a nightly look back at 2016 with a countdown of the Top 10 news stories of the year, culminating on Sunday, Jan. 1 with the top news story of 2016. Selected by a panel of the country’s top journalists led by CTV News’ Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme, the U.S. Presidential Election is the top news story of 2016, with the Syrian Civil War at #2, and the Fort McMurray fires taking the #3 spot. “Choosing the Top 10 stories of the year is always a hard choice and a responsibility we take very seriously,” said LaFlamme. “This year it was unanimous. Donald Trump’s improbable campaign and stunning, surprise victory was clearly the top story of 2016. The repercussions for Canada and the world make the next four years equally unpredictable.” Delivering the latest updates on the Top 10 stories that caught the world’s attention throughout 2016, CTV NATIONAL NEWS provides comprehensive analysis of the impact each will have on Canadians heading into 2017. The complete CTV News Top 10 list of news stories and events that have significantly shaped the world in 2016 will countdown as follows: 10. The Year the Music Died (Dec. 23) 9. The Zika Threat (Dec. 24) 8. The Warmest Year Ever (Dec. 25) 7. First Nations Affairs (Dec. 26) 6. Brexit (Dec. 27) 5. Assisted Death Legislation (Dec. 28) 4. A Year of Terror (Dec. 29) 3. The Fort McMurray Fires (Dec. 30) 2. The Syrian Civil War (Dec. 31) 1. The American Election (Jan. 1) CTV News’ Top 10 news stories can also be viewed at CTVNews.ca, where visitors can find a web-exclusive treatment of each of this year’s top news stories by LaFlamme as the coverage rolls out through Jan. 1. Viewers across the country overwhelmingly made CTV NATIONAL NEWS their #1 destination among Canadian broadcast news outlets in 2016, garnering an average audience of 1.1 million viewers a night and outperforming its two closest competitors with the most total viewers, and winning the key adult advertising demographics (25-54, 18-49, and 18-34).