Tri-Cities News

Just over a third (38.2%) of respondents aged 15 or older reported having experienced discrimination at some point before or since the pandemic. Read more

Amazon is looking to help workers advance in their careers by focusing on language. The company is expanding its slate of language programs globally under its Career Choice program, offering English-language classes in the 13 non-U.S. countries the program operates, as well as local language classes in some countries. The new program will include English-language […]

Imagine you have a newborn, delivered in a B.C. hospital, and you face a bill for thousands of dollars. It’s not supposed to happen, not with universal health care, but as many immigrants arriving in B.C. have discovered, so-called universal coverage does not apply to them because they face a three-month wait before they are eligible […]

In the next three years, Canada will welcome more than 1.45 million new immigrants across its immigration streams—in the hopes of settling and assimilating these newcomers to strengthen the economy, demography, and culture of the country. The arrival of immigrants is crucial to the continued health of Canada. The country hopes to not just integrate newcomers as […]

Newly approved regulatory amendments will help internationally trained doctors work in the Manitoba health-care system sooner, the province announced Friday. According to a news release, changes to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba’s regulations remove the requirement for internationally educated physicians in specific membership classes to pass their Medical Council of Canada Qualifying […]