immigrants – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:22:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg immigrants – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Four seeking asylum, make refugee claims https://www.akcanada.com/four-seeking-asylum-make-refugee-claims/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:06:41 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=501 Four people who entered Canada as Olympic spectators have sought to stay in the country as refugees, Canadian immigration officials said yesterday. Just who the asylum seekers are and where they came from has not yet been made public. But Johanne Nadeau, spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, said the four arrived from countries whose […]

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]]> The Canadian Century? https://www.akcanada.com/the-canadian-century/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:24:52 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=491 In 1904 Canadian Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier made this prediction: “The 19th century was the century of the United States. I think we can claim that it is Canada that shall fill the 20th century.” Maybe Laurier was just a man 100 years before his time. As the world assembles in Vancouver for the Winter […]

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]]> Iqaluit handles summit without a hitch https://www.akcanada.com/iqaluit-handles-summit-without-a-hitch/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:10:50 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=473 Iqaluit pulled it off, with ease. The financial world’s biggest power brokers – from World Bank President Robert Zoellick to U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner – came and went during the two-day G7 finance ministers’ summit without a hitch. Other than a slight slowdown in their Internet speed, most of the residents in this small […]

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]]> Jason Kenney: The ‘Smiling Buddha’ and his multicultural charms https://www.akcanada.com/jason-kenney-the-smiling-buddha-and-his-multicultural-charms/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:54:44 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=469 A roast pig, resplendent from hoof to snout, is being paraded for auction by a phalanx of young men. Beer glasses overflow and dancers in traditional white dress twirl for several hundred guests. The church hall, alive with the clatter of plates and Slavic speech, evokes a corner of old Skopje. It’s Saturday night and […]

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]]> New rules help draw foreign students https://www.akcanada.com/new-rules-help-draw-foreign-students/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:08:19 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=466 Until nine months ago, prospective students from India had to wait up to eight months for a visa to study in Canada – with many of them being rejected after a long delay or missing the course deadlines. But a pilot program to fast-track applicants by Citizenship and Immigration Canada has dramatically reduced the visa-processing […]

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]]> Be wary of Haiti immigration scams: officials https://www.akcanada.com/be-wary-of-haiti-immigration-scams-officials/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:14:11 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=358 Canadian immigration officials are warning members of Montreal’s Haitian community to be wary of companies promising to help accelerate the immigration process for their loved ones affected by last week’s earthquake. For a second day in a row, hundreds of Montrealers have queued in front of the Montreal offices of immigration consulting firm Immigration International […]

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]]> Solid growth predicted for T.O.’s economy in 2010 https://www.akcanada.com/solid-growth-predicted-for-t-o-s-economy-in-2010/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:01:22 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/solid-growth-predicted-for-t-o-s-economy-in-2010/ Toronto is poised to have one of the fastest-growing city economies in 2010, says a new study from the Conference Board of Canada. In a report released Wednesday, the private think tank projected 3.5 per cent growth in Toronto’s economy, mainly led by a rebound in construction and manufacturing. “Manufacturing output is expected to increase […]

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]]> Wife of minister given Order of Ontario https://www.akcanada.com/wife-of-minister-given-order-of-ontario/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:26:39 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=345 Seven medical doctors top the list of inductees into this year’s Order of Ontario, including the wife of a freshly minted cabinet minister. Dr. Samantha Nutt, a co-founder of the charity War Child Canada, received the honour Monday just one week after her husband, Dr. Eric Hoskins, was sworn in as Ontario’s minister of citizenship […]

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]]> A ‘happy day’ as Haitian orphans arrive in Canada https://www.akcanada.com/a-happy-day-as-haitian-orphans-arrive-in-canada/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:51:49 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=340 OTTAWA-Twenty-four Haitian orphans stepped off an Air Canada A330 on Sunday into frigid cold to begin new lives in Canada. The children, ages 9 months to 11 years, were wrapped in blankets and whisked into the Canada Reception Centre. They are the first wave of some 180 expected to be approved for adoption by Canadian […]

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]]> First wave of evacuees from Haiti headed to Canada https://www.akcanada.com/first-wave-of-evacuees-from-haiti-headed-to-canada/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:51:00 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=313 OTTAWA — The federal government is evacuating Canadians from Haiti and may institute a humanitarian immigration program to allow hundreds or thousands of Haitians into Canada. The first 100 Canadians evacuated from Haiti by this country’s military are en route to Montreal via the Dominican Republic and are scheduled to arrive at 11:30 p.m. ET […]

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