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Bill Graveland

The Canadian Press

Published Aug. 11, 2022 1

CALGARY - A new report says Canada needs to change its federal visa policy to speed up the admission of Ukrainian refugees, which has slowed to a trickle.

The study by the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy…

'The (Canadian) government is just ambiguously silent to the vast majority of these people. No one is getting any kind of answer back'

Author of the article:Tom Blackwell

Publishing date:Aug 11, 2022 

Somewhere in southern Afghanistan, a former employee of Canada’s armed forces…

Economist Min Hu's research is based on self-reported health data from StatsCan's Aboriginal People's Survey

Winston Szeto · CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2022 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Indigenous women across Canada living off-reserve tend to have poorer physical and…

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…

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…

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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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…

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…

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…

'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…