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Ritika Dubey Spectator Reporter Thu., Oct. 13, 2022

If your English or French is weak, you might be earning 57 per cent less than Hamiltonians with better linguistic skills, according to the latest census data.

The fluency of official languages in Hamilton strongly reflected on…

Nazim Baksh, Lisa Ellenwood, Mark Kelley, Satbir Singh Aulakh · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2022

Dilpreet Kaur's parents were worried it would be difficult for her to find a job in her home state of Punjab, India, where her father toils long, lonely hours as a rice and wheat…

Bill Kaufmann Oct 11, 2022 

Refugees, primarily those from Afghanistan, are being stranded in Calgary hotels due to skyrocketing rents, limits to assistance and racism, says an advocate helping newcomers.

“We’re seeing factors of systemic racism . . . When people are asked,…

 Laura Osman | National Observer | October 12th 2022

A new pilot project to lift the cap on the number of hours international students can work should be made permanent, say advocates who have spent years asking for the change.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced last…

Cindy Sherwin CTV News Oct. 11, 2022

Even though Canada's prime minister has repeatedly shut the door, Francois Legault keeps on knocking, intent on winning more control over immigration from the federal government.

As with many past leaders in Quebec, it's been a regular refrain…

CBC News · Posted: Oct 08, 2022

Post-secondary students in Calgary say a one-year pilot project that will lift the cap on off-campus hours international students are allowed to work is good news. 

But it's a short-term fix that does not address bigger problems, they said. 

On Nov…

Andrea Huncar · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2022

When a deportation order was issued to Halima Abdi three months ago, the Edmonton woman went into hiding — living apart from her husband and three Canadian-born children — in hopes of avoiding a more drastic separation.   

Sali…

CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2022

The federal government is aiming to create a program that will provide a path to permanent residency for up to 500,000 immigrants who are working in Canada but do not have official standing. 

The program would have unprecedented scope and apply to…

Kenneth Armstrong Soo Today October 4th 2022

Years of work developing a program welcoming students new to Canada has paid off for the Algoma District School Board as it continues to experience an exponential increase in the number of new English language learners.

The term…

Jeremy Nuttall & Nicholas Keung The Star Sun., Oct. 2, 2022

VANCOUVER—At the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, Indigenous Elders Al Houston and Travis Angus are taking centre stage.

The pair walk into the full meeting room and smudge it, with the ritual burning of sacred…