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Immigration panel calls for deeper temporary-resident cuts…
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada’s immigration reset is entering a harder phase. After Ottawa sharply reduced planned arrivals of international students and temporary workers, the head of a prominent immigration-policy council is arguing the country should go further. Parisa Mahboubi, who chairs the CD Howe Institute’s Immigration Targets Council, says the federal goal of bringing non-permanent…
The push to turn Canada’s shuttered churches into housing
Photo credit: Global News When a house of worship closes its doors, a sense of emptiness and melancholy can inflect the final services. By then, the congregation is often reduced to a greying trickle, easing into a quiet coda that follows a decades-long period of decline. For the Lutheran Church of the Criss, west of downtown Winnipeg,…
Guinea-Bissau junta puts new constitution to referendum as opposition urges boycot
Military-run Guinea-Bissau will hold a referendum on Sunday on a constitutional change that would give the president more powers ahead ofc a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year. Euro News reports that this new constitution was presented by transitional, unelected bodies that emerged from the military coup d’etat last November. Bubacar Toure, who heads…
Mutiny in Niger Republic
Photo credit: Leadership Newspaper Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts. The Associated Press reports that it was the culmination of nearly 24 hours of unrest that appeared…
Canadian officials consider naming street ‘Obama Ave’ to troll Trump
Photo credit: the independent A city council in Canada is taking a page from the US playbook and plans to rename its street honouring Donald Trump – and to troll him with its new name. The Independent reports that the Ottawa City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to rename Trump Avenue, a residential street in its…
Hundreds of migrants enter UK after 10-day lull
Photo credit: Yahoo News Nearly 500 migrants have arrived in the UK in one day, in the first boats to successfully cross the Channel in 10 days. The BBC reports that the seven vessels that made the crossing were the first since 17 August, when 250 people arrived in the UK. Dinghies arrived in British waters…
Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new heath zines…
The Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo, with a total of 60 now affected, according to the latest government figures published on Friday. The Associated Press reports that the two new zones affected are Biena and Manguredjipa in Congo’s North Kivu province, where the case fatality rate…