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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 Jameel Haqmall, a former Canadian NGO employee who fled Afghanistan in May with his family after months of living in hiding.
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 reflected on learning English from television, particularly the famed show, Cheers.
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 — first, middle and last — shown as Safa Jamaluddin Khan printed in the surname field. Her first name on the official document reads XXX.
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 costs.
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.
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 behind.
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 said. “We need more boots on the ground.” Joly also announced that Canada will be appointing a new ambassador to the African Union based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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 per cent more than the 3,857 it approved to settle in Nova Scotia in 2021.
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 resettle here under a special immigration program, with advocates saying they’ve been told that all the spots are expected to be filled by this summer.
Robert Fife & Janice Dickson The Globe and Mail June 15, 2022
Humanitarian and veterans’ groups trying to evacuate people who worked for Canada’s military and diplomatic mission in Afghanistan face major hurdles because Ottawa is strictly enforcing anti-terrorism law.