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International students struggle with COVID, rising food prices

International students are not only more vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic but they are also excluded from most government support and financial relief programs, which is why food banks are seeing more of them needing their services

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

BC needs one million new workers in 10 years

Immigration and temporary foreign workers alone won’t fill the gap states a new government report

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