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July 14, 2022 | Ottawa, ON | Public Health Agency of Canada

Keeping Canadians safe has been our number one priority since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Canada set up entry restrictions, testing, and quarantine requirements to manage risks at the border…

Raffy Boudjikanian · CBC News · Posted: Jul 14, 2022 5:06 PM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Less than halfway to its goal of bringing 40,000 Afghans to Canada, the federal government is no longer taking new referrals for the special immigration program meant to prioritize former…

By Morgan Sharp |  Canada’s National Observer| July 14th 2022

Jad Jaber worked hard before getting to Canada, and he’s worked hard since arriving just before the pandemic hit, but it never seems to be enough. Or else it’s too much.

The 31-year-old has two postgraduate…

When Gina Athanasiou's father died in 2016, she realized her mother, who bounced between Canada and Greece for most of her life, didn't have a pension large enough to cover the soaring costs of a Toronto home.

The solution? Athanasiou, a real estate agent, invited her mother to…

Meera Bains · CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2022

A new report entitled The Road to Safety says Indigenous women and gender-diverse people in B.C. have been enduring a significant increase in domestic violence during the pandemic, highlighting the need for culturally appropriate…

By Sara Goulet | Canada’s National Observation | July 13th 2022

As a child, I travelled to Inuit and First Nations communities in Nunavut and northern Manitoba with my father Lorne, a legendary bush pilot. He showed me the beauty of Indigenous people and their land and taught me…

By Tim Sargeant  Global News Posted July 12, 2022

Solidarity Across Borders is calling on the federal government to do more to protect temporary foreign nationals and undocumented migrants.

The advocacy group wants the Immigration Minister to grant temporary residents and…

CBC · Posted: Jul 12, 2022

The federal government says it is now prioritizing temporary travel visas for people seeking to attend the International AIDS Conference in Montreal at the end of July.

The move comes as the head of the African Alliance health rights organization slams…

Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2022

After waiting almost two years for her mom's Canadian visitor visa, one Ottawa woman is asking why her application fell through the cracks and is pleading with Canada's immigration department to speed up the process.

Charlo…

As Windsor prepares for a new electric vehicle battery plant, and the federal government pushes to end the sale of all gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, Canada's labour minister says the country needs more skilled workers, and more diversity among them.

Seamus O'Regan said in a…