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Feds announce two-year cap on international student admissions
MONTREAL – Immigration Minister Marc Miller is announcing a two-year cap on international student admissions. The minister hopes the cap will give the federal and provincial government time to curb a system that he says is taking advantage of high international student tuition while providing, in some cases, a poor education. The cap will mean ... Read More »
CP NewsAlert: Feds announce two-year cap on international student admissions
MONTREAL – Immigration Minister Marc Miller is announcing a two-year cap on international student admissions, which will see a 35 per cent reduction in new study visas this year. More coming. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 22, ... Read More »
Gildan and Browning West fight over special shareholder meeting request
MONTREAL – Gildan Activewear Inc. has accused a U.S. investment fund of breaking U.S. antitrust rules in increasing its stake in the company and raised concerns about its ability to request a special shareholder meeting to replace of majority of its board. Browning West is seeking the meeting to replace eight of the company’s 11 ... Read More »
Chinese rescuers retrieve 9 bodies after landslide in mountainous southwest buries 47
BEIJING (AP) – Rescuers in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province retrieved nine bodies after a landslide buried 47 people in a remote village on Monday, state media said. Two people were rescued. By evening, about 500 people were evacuated from the area amid freezing temperatures and falling snow. Rescue crews continued to try and find ... Read More »
Relatives of Israeli hostages storm parliament committee meeting to demand action on captives
JERUSALEM (AP) – Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza stormed into a Finance Committee meeting at Israel’s parliament on Monday, yelling “you won’t sit here while they are dying there!” On Sunday night, family members set up a protest tent in Jerusalem and vowed to stay there until the government ... Read More »
In the news today: Canadian MPs warn against “constant humiliation” of Palestinians
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… MPs who visited West Bank urge action against “constant humiliation” of Palestinians Ps returning from a visit to the West Bank argue Canada needs to do more to prevent escalating tensions ... Read More »
Immigration minister expected to unveil new plan for student visas today
MONTREAL – Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to outline a plan today to reduce the number of international students issued permits to study in Canada. The move comes as the federal cabinet is in the midst of a three-day retreat in Montreal preparing for the upcoming sitting of Parliament. It also comes five months ... Read More »
Saskatchewan inquest into mass stabbing enters second week
MELFORT, Sask. – The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner’s inquest enters its second week. The inquest is scheduled to hear information today about the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the province’s warrant suppression team. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people ... Read More »
Montreal police cite new strategies for homicide drop, but critics say there’s a cost
Montreal police say a year-over-year drop in the number of homicides in the city is a sign that violence-prevention and crime-fighting strategies are paying off. But those strategies, which include a greater police presence in certain neighbourhoods, and the monitoring of people showing high-risk behaviour, have critics complaining that police are focusing more on repression ... Read More »
Alberta farmers face growing risk of soil erosion events as drought persists
CALGARY Nearly a century after the mass agricultural disaster known as the Dirty ’30s, drought conditions on the Prairies are once again raising the risk that farmers’ valuable topsoil will go blowing in the wind. Across southern Alberta, severe erosion events have been increasing in frequency and severity in recent years. In Lethbridge County, dry ... Read More »
India’s Modi opens a controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya in a grand event ahead of national polls
AYODHYA, India (AP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historical mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, delivering on a crucial Hindu nationalist pledge his ruling party hopes will catapult him to a record third successive term in upcoming elections. The inauguration ... Read More »
