TORONTO – Thousands of international students who were supposed to study in Ontario will miss the fall semester, after Ottawa announced cuts to study permits in Canada, due to “excessive pressures on public services” and a “shortage of accommodation”, both due to “too many presences” of foreigners in the country (this is the main justification given by the federal government). →
OTTAWA – The federal government will increase the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers, in hopes of encouraging employers to hire more Canadian staff in their place. →
TORONTO – The exhibition “La superficie introvabile – The Unfindable Surface: The Explorations of Anna Romanello and Mario Martinelli” was inaugurated in the presence of a large audience.
TORONTO – Historically, relations between France and Italy haven’t always been hunky dory – to put it mildly – and whether it began with Caesar’s beheading of their Gallic Hero Vercingetorix in 49 BC, or with Napoleon’s French Campaign to loot and transport all of Italy’s art masterpieces to Paris, one thing remains clear: the two nations are always up for a good spat, no matter the cause.
VANCOUVER – Sikh representatives in British Columbia – where one of their leaders, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot dead in June 2023 – say their communities will not feel safe as long as the Indian Consulates in Vancouver and Toronto – which they define as “houses of terror” – will not be closed. →
