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Honest immigration officer returns $10K to Canada-bound Filipino

akcanada — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:27:00 +0000

Overcoming the temptation to use the money for his cancer-stricken mother’s hospital bills, an airport immigration officer returned the $10,000 left on his desk by a Canada-bound Filipino passenger. Immigration officer Amando Amisola admitted in a radio interview Monday he was tempted to keep the <span>money</span> but eventually decided he had to do the right thing. “Honestly […]

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Refugee wannabe wants more time.

akcanada — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:06:28 +0000

Randy Quaid needs more time to review bulging Canadian government files on him that are already eight-centimetres thick, an immigration hearing was told Tuesday. Quaid’s Vancouver lawyer, Catherine Sas, said the number of pages is growing so rapidly she can’t keep up. “The government’s disclosure has been voluminous,” said Sas. The government, which wants to […]

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Illegal Migrant Ship Heading for British Columbia

akcanada — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:19:31 +0000

Canadian Immigration Officials are monitoring a ship that may be headed to British Columbia. According to a Sri Lanka newspaper the ship is carrying Tamil migrants. According to the newspaper, the Colombo Observer, the ship is carrying 200 migrants, some of them Tamil Tigers. The Colombo Observer reported that the ship was last spotted in […]

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Canada Immigration extends Canada – Ontario Immigration Agreement

akcanada — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:24:12 +0000

Recently, Canada Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Dr Eric Hoskins the Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration signed an extension to the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement (COIA). “In extending the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, we signal our commitment to continue to collaborate to attract, retain and integrate immigrants into communities in Ontario while exploring new ways to […]

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Irish job-seekers hope for greener pastures in Canada

akcanada — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:27:39 +0000

Like the many Irish migrants who arrived years before, Seamus Blake left his tiny coastal village in Ireland five weeks ago in search of greener pastures in Toronto. No potato famine or decades-long political conflict drove him here. Instead, a steady influx of young Irishmen and women like Blake, 24, is arriving here in desperate […]

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Trinity Bellwoods no longer official G20 protest site

akcanada — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:08:11 +0000

Summit officials have abandoned Trinity Bellwoods Park as the G20’s official demonstration area, but at least one group still plans to rally there in June. In an about-face Thursday, the G20’s Integrated Security Unit announced it will be moving the protest zone, explaining the change as a response to complaints from area residents and consultations […]

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Victims Duped by Immigration Fraudster

akcanada — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:28:00 +0000

The law firm of Abrams & Krochak, Canadian Immigration Lawyers, is licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada (province of Ontario) to provide legal services for persons wishing to immigrate to Canada. Please be aware that there are some immigration consultants that claim to be a legitimate provider of such legal services, but who […]

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British Columbia Becomes One Step Easier to Immigrate to Canada

akcanada — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:01:24 +0000

Recently Dr. Alice Wong, Parliamentary Secretary to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, and Moira Stilwell, B.C. Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, signed the new Canada-British Columbia Immigration Agreement. Immigation Minister Kenney had the following to say: “The signing of today’s agreement with British Columbia will support the integration of newcomers, helping to ensure […]

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Vulcan (Alta.) rolls out grand homecoming for Spock

akcanada — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:30:38 +0000

VULCAN, Alta. — Despite a spell of unwelcoming hail, rain and snow, Mr. Spock finally arrived in the small Alberta town of Vulcan on Friday, ending what some say has been a 10-year quest to bring the half-human, half-Vulcan home. Dressed casually in a grey sweater and black pants, a beaming Leonard Nimoy arrived without […]

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Nepal adoption suspension riles Canadians

akcanada — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:29:59 +0000

A group of Canadian couples hopes to convince the federal government to overturn a recommendation last month to suspend all adoptions from Nepal. Ottawa resident Adrian Gollner and his wife are among 11 couples who had started the process of adopting children in Nepal in the hopes of bringing them to Canada in 2009. But […]

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