There is a need to reduce Canada’s immigration levels as the country faces what National Bank of Canada economists are calling a “population trap,” where the country is finding it difficult to absorb the number of new arrivals. In the report published Monday, economists Stéfane Marion and Alexandra Ducharme say they agree immigration is good for the gross domestic … Read more
Tobacco use is on the decline in Canada and globally, the World Health Organization said in a new report Tuesday. An estimated 1.25 billion people aged 15 and older — or one in five people on the planet — used tobacco in 2022. This was down from 1.36 billion people or one in three in … Read more
Former premier Rachel Notley, the leader of the Alberta NDP and Official Opposition, is stepping down. The Canadian Press reported Tuesday that in a recent interview, Notley said there will now be a race to replace her, and she plans to stay in the job until a new leader is picked. Notley said she may … Read more
Palestinian-Canadians and permanent residents are in a race against time to submit applications for Ottawa’s new program offering three-year visas for extended family members to take refuge in Canada. Those who have completed the process are anxiously waiting to hear whether their relatives have been approved, with no guarantee whether they’ll be accepted or how … Read more
Federal officials were wary of creating a chill within ethnic communities and rattling Canada’s bilateral relations as they fleshed out next steps to secure vital scientific research, internal documents show. The federal government has been working for months to prepare a list of sensitive research areas and the names of labs and institutions considered a … Read more
Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he supports the idea of tying the of number of immigrants to Canada with the number of homes built; something Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is also proposing. But he suggests Poilievre’s pledge to link immigration and homebuilding in response to the country’s housing shortage doesn’t focus enough on where Fraser … Read more
Canadians may be in the thick of winter, but the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recently unveiled guidelines for an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming spring. On Friday, NACI released updated guidelines on the COVID-19 boosters for spring 2024. “A sufficient supply of XBB.1.5 vaccine has already been federally purchased … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 15, 2024 7:27 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nearly 500 civilian workers on Canadian military bases in Ontario and Quebec began a strike Monday over wages and job security. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Union of National Defence Employees say members … Read more
A vigil was held in Montreal on Sunday for a 33-year-old woman who died trying to cross the border from Canada to the United States last month. Ana Karen Vasquez Flores was a young woman living in Mexico who was looking for a new life in the U.S. where her husband was waiting for her. … Read more
As Canada’s health-care system grapples with yet another season of respiratory illnesses, doctors are raising the alarm over its ability to stay afloat. Emergency departments across the country are overwhelmed with patients waiting many hours to receive care due to a mix of factors including staffing shortages, overcrowding and a surge of viruses at this … Read more
