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Photo credit: Toronto Today A fire burned warmly outside the Toronto City Hall to warm the cold temperatures on Saturday morning as veterans, service members and Indigenous people from diverse backgrounds gathered to observe Indigenous Veterans Day. Toronto Today reports that every November 8 honours the thousands of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people who have served in Canada’s…

Photo credit: News.rthk The US Supreme Court has said the Trump administration does not have to immediately pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits defunded during the government shutdown, a temporary order that leaves millions in limbo. RTHK reports that in a ruling on Friday, the court came after a lower court had ruled that the government…

Photo credit: Get in Canada The federal government is cutting the number of spots available in its refugee, humanitarian and permanent residency streams. CTV News reports that the updated immigration levels plan released this week shows 49,000 spaces available for refugees seeking permanent residency in 2016, down from about 58,000 this year.  The Canadian Council for Refugees…

Photo credit: infomigrants Amnesty International has slammed Tunisia for committing “widespread human rights violations”  against irregular migrants, including rape and torture, and condemned the EU’s “cynical” cooperation with Tunis to curb irregular migration.  Asharq Al-Awsat reports that in a new report based on research between February 2023 and June 2025, Amnesty said it had interviewed…

Photo credit: ABC News The German government has on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values. The Canadian Press reports that raids were also conducted against two other Muslim groups. According to the Interior Ministry, Muslim Interaktiv represented a threat to the country’s constitutional order by promoting antisemitism…

Photo credit: Reuters The African Union’s observer mission has declared that Tanzania’s election failed to comply with democratic standards. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the landslide winner of the election, while opponents accused the government of fraud. There were protests over the exclusion of her main challengers. The mission said, “At this preliminary stage, the Mission concludes…

Photo credit: the Hill Canadians will learn how the federal government is revising its immigration strategy in Tuesday’s budget. CBC reports that public support for immigration is changing and Ottawa has already lowered its targets last fall. Prime Minister Mike Carney said, “We are getting immigration under control. “To match immigration levels with our needs and…