Nicholas Keung
Immigration Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
@TorontoStar 🇨🇦 Immigration Reporter. Can find me at @nicholaskeung.bsky.social also. Please email story suggestions to [email protected]
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5 days ago |
thespec.com | Nicholas Keung
From Chinese chow mein in Newfoundland to California rolls in Vancouver to recipes that survived the Holocaust, food has often been overlooked as part of Canada’s immigration history. While Canadians’ taste buds have benefited from diverse cuisines introduced by generations of immigrants, stories about food and immigration can be lost. Yet food is a key ingredient that connects people to the past, to places, and to other people.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Nicholas Keung
The RCMP has identified a new spot along the U.S. border in Ontario, which unauthorized foreign nationals are using to enter Canada. The Niagara-on-the-Lake RCMP Border Integrity Unit has arrested several people attempting to enter via the Fort Erie train bridge since April 13, when three foreign nationals were spotted crossing to a waiting vehicle on the Canadian side.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Nicholas Keung |Ghada Alsharif
Ottawa is not renewing or replacing an immigration program that has been lauded by the agri-food industry for securing a stable and permanent workforce for employers while helping to protect vulnerable workers. The Agri-Food Pilot, launched in 2020, offered a permanent residence pathway for full-time, year-round temporary foreign workers in the meat processing, mushroom and greenhouse production, and livestock-raising industries to fill ongoing labour needs.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Nicholas Keung
Air Canada has been ordered to pay $4,100 in damages to a Venezuelan woman, after she and her three children had their visas abruptly cancelled, leaving them stranded in Panama for 33 days. In 2017, Paula Mejias, her two sons and daughter were on their way to visit the kids’ father, an international student in Toronto, when they stopped over at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City. Their Canadian visas were cancelled after they presented themselves at the airline’s check-in counter.
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1 month ago |
thestar.com | Nicholas Keung
According to Statistics Canada, almost all American immigrants to Canada n the early 1980s were U.S. citizens. The last decade has seen big changes.
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Trump administration is aiming to bring first group of white South Africans to the US via its refugee program as soon as next week, sources said, a divisive effort given that Trump has been blocking refugee admissions from the rest of the world. https://t.co/iWWwcMCh8U
As hundreds of thousands of Canadians turn away from vacations and day-trips to the U.S., those who work for companies with cross-border operations are finding themselves in a tough spot. https://t.co/eQJH1Hl3zJ
A national standard for migrant worker housing has not yet been implemented — despite a study by the federal government that found “gaps in the housing inspection process” and an “extremely wide variation of what is deemed an acceptable housing standard.” https://t.co/EnbjGYrozN