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Host family backlog leaves Ukrainians scrambling to find homes
Host family, staff shortages force Ukrainians to find housing through social media
Katarina Szulc · CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2022 8:00 AM MT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Some Ukranian newcomers are struggling to find accommodations in Edmonton due to a backlog on the main host…
Published August 11, 2022
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Waiting for our death': Afghan military lawyers beg Canada for help to escape
Time running out for applicants and their families, retired major warns
Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
A former Canadian military legal officer says a group of Afghan lawyers and other staff who helped his mission…
Published August 11, 2022
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Canadian government unfairly changed standards for immigration cases, judge rules
Canadian government unfairly changed standards for immigration cases, judge rules
A lawyer who represented 108 applicants said there are hundreds of others in a similar situation and she expects many may now ask for a review of their rejection
Author of the article: Ryan Tumilty
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Published August 11, 2022
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Data of immigrants at peril as Canada discovers massive security breach
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) sent emails containing names, application numbers and unique client identifiers to the wrong addresses. IRCC claimed that it became aware of the privacy breach on August 3, a day after announcing the extensions.
Updated Aug 09…
Published August 10, 2022
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Restaurateurs decry Canada's declining appeal to skilled workers
Scarlett Liu, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Richard Liu owns One Shot BBQ. He says the wages of local workers are too high to afford and the process of recruiting skilled workers, especially chefs, from overseas is long and complicated, resulting in a shortage of back-of…
Published August 10, 2022
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Foreign-trained nurses frustrated with delays in being recognized
Shara Buenaventura became so frustrated while trying to have her ICU nursing credentials recognized in Ontario, she returned to the Philippines for nine months — mid-pandemic — to keep her skills sharp.
“I went back as an ICU nurse and I came back here again with the hope that I…
Published August 10, 2022
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Iranian-Canadians feel like '2nd-class citizens' as many continue to be stopped while travelling to the U.S.
'Am I not Canadian enough?' says man turned away at border
Pratyush Dayal · CBC News · Posted: Aug 08, 2022 9:45 AM CT
Amir Abolhassani sold his house in Saskatoon when his U.S.-based employer asked him to relocate to North Carolina. But at the Calgary airport this January, his…
Published August 10, 2022
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Canada continues to fuel environmental racism by letting it fuel us
August 9 marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. As per tradition, governments, companies and institutions across Canada are showcasing their ability to use nice words and make enticing promises of a better tomorrow for Indigenous people.
Yet, their talk about…
Published August 10, 2022
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Major immigration backlog in Canada leaving thousands of trained health-care professionals on the sidelines
Annie Bergeron-Oliver
CTV National News Parliamentary Bureau Reporter
As hospitals across the country struggle under the weight of major staffing shortages, an immigration backlog described by lawyers as the worst they have ever seen is leaving qualified health professionals…
Published August 5, 2022
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Doctors say racism in global health responses needs to be confronted
Montreal AIDS conference told current approach mostly benefits wealthy, majority white nations
CBC News · Posted: Aug 03, 2022 3:41 PM ET | Last Updated: August 3
A man wearing surgical gloves, a toddler on his father's knee. All three are African.
It's time for richer nations to…
Published August 5, 2022
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