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Canada receives record number of new permanent residents
Ottawa: The Canadian government announced that it received 431,645 new permanent residents in 2022 to fill labour shortages, the largest number of people ever welcomed in a year in the country’s history.…
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NIA registers all-time high terror cases in 2022
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered an “all-time high” of 73 cases in 2022 even as it is working to undertake a “whole of ecosystem” approach to dismantle the terrorist…
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Sikh man dies in truck accident in Canada
Toronto: A 30-year-old Sikh, who came to Canada just last month from Punjab, died on the spot after being hit by a transport truck in Mississauga. Manpreet Singh was pronounced dead at…
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Global target for pesticide reduction unnecessary: India’s environment minister
Montreal: A numerical global target for pesticide reduction in the agriculture sector is unnecessary and must be left for countries to decide, India has said at the UN biodiversity conference here in…
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Sikh youth shot dead in latest homicide killing in Canada
Toronto: The death of 24 year-old Sanraj Singh due to gunshot wounds in Alberta province comes latest in the series of Sikhs killings in Canada. Police said they responded to reports of…
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Canada’s immigration backlog shrinks to 2.2 mn: IRCC
Toronto: Canada’s immigration backlog came down to just over 2.2 million from last month’s 2.4 million, according to new data revealed by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). With this, the…
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Sikh woman stabbed to death at her home in Canada
Toronto: A 40-year-old Sikh woman has been killed at her home in Canada and her husband arrested as a suspect, according to Canadian police. Harpreet Kaur was stabbed multiple times at her home…
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Punjab-origin Rachna Singh becomes first South Asian minister in Canada
Chandigarh: Punjab-origin Rachna Singh, a postgraduate in psychology from Panjab University here, has created a history of sorts after she was sworn in as Minister of Education and Child Care of British…
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Bank of Canada hikes policy interest rate by 50 basis points
Ottawa: The Bank of Canada has increased its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 4.25 per cent. The bank’s governing council will be considering whether the policy interest rate needs…
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Sikh woman shot dead outside gas station in Canada
Toronto: In a “targeted” killing, a 21 year-old Canadian-Sikh woman died after being shot multiple times outside a gas station in Mississauga, police said. Pawanpreet Kaur, a resident of Brampton, died on…
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Canada: Spouses of open work permit holders now eligible to work
Toronto: In a bid to keep families of open work permit holders together, which include many Indians, Canada has announced that starting 2023 their spouses will be eligible to work in the…
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Canada to strengthen visa processing capacity in Delhi, Chandigarh
New Delhi: As a Pacific nation, Canada constituted an ambitious plan, which initially provides for an investment of nearly $2.3 billion over the next five years as it recognises that the Indo-Pacific…
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Indo-Canadian teen killed in stabbing outside school
Toronto: An Indian-origin teen died after being stabbed in a scuffle at the parking lot of a high school in Surrey, Canada, media reports said. Mehakpreet Sethi, 18, died in the hospital…
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Indian-origin professor appointed VC of Canada’s prestigious McGill University
Toronto: Noted Indian-origin plant physiologist Professor H Deep Saini has been appointed as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Canada’s prestigious McGill University. McGill is the home to more than 10,000 foreign students,…
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Canada widens NOC list for PR visa under Express Entry route
Canada which is struggling to address acute labour shortage has widened National Occupational Classification (NOC) list for Permanent Resident (PR) Visa under the Express Entry route as it prepares to welcome a…
