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Rural Canada needs more cash to attract immigrants

Governments are trying to attract newcomers to rural and small-town Canada, but are the nation's settlement services up to the task of helping integrate them into these less-diverse settings? Fabian Dawson reports

Asia braces for Ukraine crisis fallout

Ukraine crisis will see winners and losers throughout Asia according to economic analysts

Canada eyes 1.3 million immigrants to ease critical labour shortages

Ambitious new three-year immigration levels plan does little to address immediate needs of Canadian employers looking for workers, say critics

Hate incidents on the rise in BC since start of pandemic

One in four people in B.C. have experienced or witnessed a hate incident since the start of the pandemic

Sikh temples struggle with new visa rules

Tighter visa policies have effectively barred the entry of Sikh religious workers to Canada for the past two years, says the World Sikh Organization

International students help ease Canada’s labour crunch

Experts push for expansion of Post-Graduation Work Permit Program as Statistics Canada shows the number of international students entering the labour market has markedly increased in Canada

Asia’s strongmen fuel a new kind of corruption

From India to the Philippines to China, authoritarian leaders are limiting freedoms to portray themselves as more effective than state institutions, fuelling a new kind of corruption in the region

Tycoon vows Vancouver condos for local buyers first

Oei Hong Leong has vowed to offer his new condo units to local buyers based in the Lower Mainland

What Canadians think about Asian immigration

Even as India, China, Philippines, Pakistan and South Korea consistently top the list of source countries for newcomers, more than 60 percent of Canadians think Asian immigration will positively impact the country, states a new poll

Canada’s bio-economy needs new immigrants

Canada’s bio-economy will require about 65,000 additional workers by the end of this decade and the sector is looking at new immigrants and international students to fill the labour shortage