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Photo credit: Citynews Toronto Toronto’s Centennial College says it’s suspending a number of programs as it deals with the fallout of the federal government’s cap on international study permits. CBC reports that the college is putting 49 programs on hold. This includes areas of study like fashion business and management, tourism, construction project ,=management, journalism…

There used to be a saying that there’s no space for Apala music abroad. For those who didn’t know “apala” is a traditional music of the Yoruba. In Oba Orin, a Nigerian movie starring Musiliu Haruna Ishola, Saheed Osupa, Lateef Adedimeji, Bimpe Adedimeji, Aishat  Lawal, to mention a few, the message is passes vividly that…

Photo credit: AP News An emboldened Trump administration will likely be more effective in border crackdowns and immigration enforcement, threatening a new wave of irregular migration to Canada – and a further shift to the right when it comes to immigration debates in Ottawa, experts have warned. Toronto Star reports that US President Donald Trump…

Photo credit: Facebook Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba, South Sudan, called for restraint and compassion, as the alleged killings of South Sudanese refugees in the war-torn Sudan sparked retaliatory attacks across the country. UCA News reports that according to local reports, 16 Sudanese people were killed in South Sudan and scores were injured…

Photo credit: Global News President Donald Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday. CBS News reports that Trump tasked the military with border enforcement, moved to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shut down asylum and refugee admissions and attempted to terminate birthright citizenship. He…

Photo credit: All Israel news A delegation from the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People has commenced a visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps and state institutions. Sahara Press service reports that the delegation which includes parliamentarians representing various political parties will lead a visit to the Sahrawi legislative institution, where they…

Photo credit: Archdiocese of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago reassured migrants in his archdiocese that reports of a possible mass deportation by a new administration in Washington that would target the Chicago area “Wound us deeply.” OSV News reports that priests in Chicago’s St Rita of Cascia Parish in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighbourhood…