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  • Canada-bound Afghans left in the dark after two charter flights from Islamabad are cancelled

    Raffy Boudjikanian · CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2022

    Two charter flights scheduled to leave Islamabad for Canada carrying Afghan refugees failed to depart Pakistan this week, CBC News has learned. 

    "That was quite disappointing; to find out that the flight was cancelled," said…

    Published June 30, 2022

  • New immigrant service centre opens to help newcomers

    Joseph Quigley Bradford Today June 29, 2022

    Alfred Lam, the executive director of the Centre for Immigrant and Community Services, is eager to share his experience as an immigrant in Canada.

    Celebrating the grand opening of the organization’s new facility in Newmarket, Lam…

    Published June 29, 2022

  • Ethno-racial minorities in Canada have less access to affordable housing than white people

    The Conversation June 27, 2022  Kate Choi & Sagi Ramaj  

    Canada is grappling with a housing affordability crisis. Housing prices and rent have increased dramatically over the past few years. Families are increasingly spending 30 per cent or more of their pre-tax income on housing…

    Published June 28, 2022

  • Why Indian immigrants' 1st names sometimes end up as XXX on Canadian passports

    Rebecca Zandbergen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 28, 2022

    Safa Khan didn't think her Canadian passport would prove to be such a hassle when she first moved from Delhi to London, Ont., nearly 10 years ago.

    Khan received her Canadian passport earlier this year, with her full name —…

    Published June 28, 2022

  • Discrimination can make smaller communities unappealing to immigrants, racialized and Indigenous people

    The Conversation June 23, 2022 Victoria Esses, Alina Sutter and Mamta Vaswani

    The populations of smaller communities in Canada have been shrinking because of low birth rates, youth and working professionals moving away and a failure to attract and retain new residents.

    In an…

    Published June 24, 2022

  • Thousands of Afghans who helped Canadian Forces could be left behind: MPs, NGOs

    By Marie Woolf The Canadian Press June 23, 2022

    Members of Parliament and charitable groups are warning that two immigration programs for Afghans who helped Canadian Forces and those at special risk from the Taliban are almost full and thousands living in peril could be left…

    Published June 24, 2022

  • Canada will open embassy in Rwanda to combat Russian and Chinese influence

    Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced during a news conference in Kigali, Rwanda on Wednesday that Canada will be opening an embassy and assigning an ambassador in Rwanda’s capital city for the first time ever. “More than ever, Canada’s voice needs to be heard,” Joly…

    Published June 23, 2022

  • The Kyiv Home Project': Building a safe haven in Cottam

    Michelle Maluske CTV  June 16, 2022

    A brand new home is being built, for free, in the Essex County community for two Ukrainian refugee families.

    “We really feel like we've got a lot of people behind us,” said Jennifer Baggio, one of the project organizers. “It's really inspiring…

    Published June 20, 2022

  • With thousands of Afghans still desperate to flee the Taliban, is Canada set to close its doors?

    Nicholas Keung The Star Fri., June 17, 2022

    Fears are mounting that Canada will soon stop accepting applications from Afghans looking to escape the Taliban and resettle in this country.

    The federal government is believed to be inching toward its goal of inviting 40,000 Afghans to…

    Published June 20, 2022

  • Nova Scotia able to welcome hundreds more immigrants this year Social Sharing

    CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2022

    The Nova Scotia government has announced a huge jump in the number of allocations to the provincial nominee and Atlantic immigration programs.

    The province said in a news release Thursday it can approve a total of 5,430 applicants this year — 40…

    Published June 20, 2022

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