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Doug Schmidt Sep 12, 2022   Windsor Star

It’s supposed to be an expedited process for the types of potential immigrants Canada is targeting to help address talent, skills and entrepreneurial shortfalls in the domestic economy.

“If Canada’s international education strategy is…

Thousands of international students hoping to have been in Waterloo region for the start of the fall semester are still back in their home countries waiting to hear about the status of their study permits.

Talia Ricci · CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2022

As welcome signs were hung and orientation activities echoed across Canadian post-secondary campuses last week, thousands of international students were still back in their home countries, waiting to hear about the status of their…

CBC News · Posted: Sep 08, 2022

Ukrainian children who escaped Russia's war in their home country began school in Sudbury this week.

To help incoming Ukrainian students adjust to their new schools, the Rainbow District School Board, in partnership with the YMCA of Northeastern…

Tyler Dawson The National Post Sep 08, 2022  

Those taking their oaths of citizenship on Thursday got the honour of becoming the first round of new Canadians to swear allegiance to a new monarch, King Charles III, the first people to do so in seven decades, according to a viral…

Alexander Cornwell and Jonathan Landay Reuters September 8th 2022

Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been held for months in a makeshift refugee centre in the United Arab Emirates awaiting resettlement to the United…

Jane Sims London Free Press Sep 09, 2022  

Statistics Canada is predicting the influx of new Canadians and their children will drive the country’s population growth during the next two decades and will bring dramatic demographic changes to urban areas, including London and…

CityNews Ottawa September 8, 2022

The YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region is expanding a skilled trades program in five additional regions across Ontario, the organization announced on Sept. 7.

'Power of Trades' is a program that prepares immigrants for opportunities in…

Star Editorial Board Wed., Sept. 7, 2022

They live and work in Canada’s shadow economy where their uncertain status makes them among the most vulnerable workers.

It was encouraging then to hear news that the federal government is examining ways to provide permanent residency to…

Ray Spiteri The Star Tue., Sept. 6, 2022

Local dignitaries gathered Tuesday to open a temporary housing facility on Victoria Avenue to help combat chronic homelessness.

The City of Niagara Falls declared the former Carnegie Library building as surplus to its needs and transferred…