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Feb 3, 2026 3 min read

Poilievre vows to cap immigration, calls for ‘no more hyphens’

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre devoted considerable attention to the topic of immigration in his 45-minute speech at the party convention in Calgary Friday night, underscoring that a government led by...

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Feb 3, 2026 6 min read

Sudanese Canadians waiting years to bring family from war-torn home country

Sumaya was just one of dozens of people waiting in western Sudan for a simple notification from Canada’s immigration officials welcoming her to Canada. She died in Darfur in western...

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Feb 3, 2026 3 min read

Iranian rescue dog awaiting flight to meet adoptive family in Canada

A West Vancouver woman is struggling to find volunteers to fly her rescue dog from Iran to Canada due to the federal government’s travel restrictions amidst political unrest and violence....

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Feb 3, 2026 3 min read

Owner of Vancouver’s only Persian hookah lounge fighting to keep his business

Vancouver’s last hookah lounge has six months before its doors must close, but the owner of Ahwaz Hookah House is determined to continue his business, which serves as a late-night...

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Feb 3, 2026 5 min read

Driving Canada: A front seat view of immigration

Like many newcomers, Anam Zakaria and Haroon Khalid found themselves navigating the Canadian healthcare system after becoming new parents. Their daughter’s recurring ear infections led to frequent hospital visits, long...

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Jan 19, 2026 5 min read

Iranian Canadians step in to share information during the internet blackout in...

When the internet goes dark in Iran, the Iranian diaspora knows what often follows: Arrests, violence, massacres and silence. As of this report, Iran has been under a nationwide digital...

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Jan 19, 2026 5 min read

Mississauga becomes second city in Canada to recognize “anti-Hindu hate”

Mississauga city council has voted to formally recognize “anti-Hindu hate,” becoming the second municipality in Canada after Wainwright, Alberta. The motion formally condemns anti-Hindu hate “in all its forms” and...

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Jan 19, 2026 5 min read

Syrian immigrants fear for their non-Muslim relatives facing sectarian violence

Every time Sana Barouki’s phone rings, she answers with a pounding heart. It has  been the rhythm of the 50-year-old’s life in Vancouver since Abu Mohammad al-Julani — now interim...

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Jan 7, 2026 4 min read

North Vancouver entrepreneur honoured for leadership and contribution

Amir Hosh says being named to Business in Vancouver’s Forty Under 40 list is an honour, but not one he sees as his alone. The president of Ayoub’s Dried Fruits...

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Jan 7, 2026 3 min read

Newsroom diversity is improving in Canada, but news agenda still set by...

Newsrooms across the country continue to make progress in representing their audiences, but 83.7 per cent of supervisors identify as white, which skews the news agenda, according to the Canadian...

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Jan 7, 2026 2 min read

Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program frozen, ending work permit pathway

After years of delays documented across multiple investigations, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has announced changes to the Start-Up Visa (SUV) program, effectively freezing new intake and cutting off a...

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Jan 7, 2026 6 min read

Writing a new immigration story for Canada

For most of the past few decades our country has been welcoming large numbers of immigrants — both permanent and temporary — with the support of most Canadians. But then...

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Jan 7, 2026 4 min read

South Asian spirits get a destination store — and the diaspora wants...

Ontario’s liquor board has opened a new destination store in Brampton that specializes in Indian and South Asian alcohol brands, but consumers, importers and producers say the province has a...

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Nov 26, 2025 6 min read

Zohran Mamdani: An inspiration for immigrants

In Kurdish myth, Kawa Asinngar, a blacksmith, lived under the rule of the tyrant King Zahak, who carried two serpents on his shoulders.  A court physician advised Zahak that the...

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Nov 26, 2025 5 min read

Why do we need Temporary Foreign Workers?

Arriving in Canada 20 years ago, one of the first things I tried to master was placing an order for a “double-double” at Tim Hortons. It was an unnerving experience...

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Nov 26, 2025 3 min read

Scams and deepfakes put newcomers at risk as Canadians struggle with digital...

The scale of digital deception targeting would-be immigrants to Canada is “really scary,” says Simon Fraser University professor Ahmed Al-Rawi, who studies misinformation.  “There are a lot of fake websites...

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Nov 26, 2025 5 min read

How “Big Canada” went bust

Review: Borderline Chaos, by Tony Keller (Sutherland House, 2025) The federal budget presented to Parliament Nov. 4 included a section on annual immigration targets, a rather unusual addition given the...

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Nov 26, 2025 4 min read

North Vancouver MP says diplomatic sponsorships keep Iran’s detained activists in spotlight

International attention may not change how Iran treats its political prisoners, but it may keep individual political prisoners in the spotlight – and alive, says North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson....

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Nov 25, 2025 3 min read

Niles man gets 25 years for sexual assault of minor

NILES — A packed courtroom witnessed a Niles man being sentenced to 25 years in prison for molesting a minor child between 2020 and 2022. Family and friends of the...

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Nov 25, 2025 3 min read

Dowagiac man gets prison time for violating probation

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man is going to prison after violating his probation from a 2024 second degree criminal sexual conduct conviction. Trent Aaron Conrad, 23, homeless and formerly of...

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