Tri-Cities News

By BC Gov News | Refugees and immigrants, including children and youth, will have access to more free and affordable mental-health supports, such as counselling services. The Province is providing $375,000 over three years to support child and youth counselling services at the Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees, which provides low-cost counselling […]

By Canadian Immigrant Magazine | On June 12, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced that Canada has launched two new Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) streams to provide Canadian employers with the opportunity to access a talent pool of skilled refugees and other displaced people from around the world.  This allows Canada to not only increase its economic […]

By CIC News | Canada has passed a new law that emphasizes the importance of the French language in Canada by prioritizing francophone immigration and minorities outside Quebec. Bill C-13 introduces, for the first time, immigration into the Official Languages Act (OLA). The OLA is the federal statute that made English and French the official languages of Canada. […]

By Tri-Cities News | The federal government has revised more than two decades of immigration data, saying that “technical difficulties” led to bloated figures for a subset of temporary foreign workers. Slightly more than one million people held work permits through the International Mobility Program at the end of last year, an increase of 48 […]

By CIC News | Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day. It is a day recognized around the globe that celebrates the success of refugees in their new lives. More importantly, it also recognizes how much must be done to offer support and a high quality of life to people who have fled their homes, […]