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Education Crisis Leaves Foreign Students Stranded
Canada Urged To Defend Global LGBTQ+ Rights
Canada’s Hidden Health Workforce Is Ready To Serve

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Education Crisis Leaves Foreign Students Stranded

Decades of underfunding and a bet on high‑ fee foreign enrolment have pushed British Columbia’s public colleges and universities to the brink, derailing the migration dreams of thousands of students from Asia

Canada Urged To Defend Global LGBTQ+ Rights

Rights groups say Ottawa must back its global LGBTQ+ commitments with more funding and clearer diplomacy as queer communities in Asia and Africa face criminalization, violence and shrinking support

Canada’s Hidden Health Workforce Is Ready To Serve

A new ICC report says Canada could add nearly 16,000 doctors and 27,000 nurses and related professionals by closing the immigrant overqualification gap, while 6.5 million Canadians remain without a family doctor

Immigration Cuts Deepen Canada’s Labour Crunch

RBC Economics warns Canada’s workforce is heading into a structural squeeze, with retirements running near record levels, younger worker numbers falling and Ottawa’s immigration cutbacks set to tighten the labour market again

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TELUS empowers Canadian businesses with $1M recommitment to #StandWithOwners

Business owners across Canada can apply to receive $25,000 in funding, advertising and technology to help their business thrive

Extinction Rebellion’s cult-like threat to society

Ultimately, they want nothing short of a transfer of democratic power to oligarchies of frantic enviro-zealots

Independent elementary schools take 80 of top 102 spots in annual report

Fraser Institute releases annual ranking of 946 BC public and independent elementary schools

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s spending is projected increase debt by five per cent

Trudeau is one of three prime ministers who have increased per person federal debt over their tenure

Regional news

Western Union honours all moms

Mother’s Day is one of the most popular days for brunches, lunches, dinners, and activities

Chinese netizens heckle Indian PM Modi

One of the top comments is “Hello Indian brother! Tibet belongs to China.”

Start on a path toward your life in the U.S. - Southport Hotel

Over the past 10 years, the number of EB-5 visas issued to Asian investors has grown from 16 in 2005 to 6,895 in 2013.

Vancouver International Dance Festival

Fang-Yi Sheu and friends headline the Vancouver International Dance Festival from March 12-21

 

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