Nova Scotia’s New Immigrant Small Business Loan Financing Pilot Program is set to receive an additional $3 million in funding announced Nova Scotian Minister of Economic and Rural Development Percy Paris.

Edmonton filmmaker Kenda Gee explores the Chinese-Canadian experience in Lost Years, a two-part documentary that will air this weekend in the CBC.

Children of immigrants are among 13 high school students in the GTA at the top of their class, graduating with near-perfect averages.

Gazing out over a throng of Wongs on the Queen’s Park lawn Saturday afternoon, Ming Wong volunteered a nugget of advice. “The good thing about this is if you don’t know somebody’s name, you just say, ‘Mr. Wong!’” he joked. Wong, a delegate of the Wong Association of Ontario, was one of around 300 individuals [...]

Family members of most temporary foreign workers in British Columbia will be able to work for any employer in the province, thanks to a pilot project launched today. The announcement was made by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and British Columbia Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell. “Since I became minister, [...]

Family members of most temporary foreign workers in British Columbia will be able to work for any employer in the province, thanks to a pilot project launched today (Aug 12 2011). The announcement was made by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and British Columbia Minister of Jobs,... Read more

As more than a million people wait in the immigration queue, Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has said that applicants with experience in key occupations and those with job offers from Canadian employers will go to the front of the line. Currently, about 30% of Canadian immigrants are economic migrants... Read more

About 72 per cent of Canadians say they're holding some form of debt, according to a new poll by CIBC. The bank found that of those debt-holders, four in 10 say their current debt level is an obstacle to reaching future financial goals. Broken down by age, the survey found that 35- to 44-year-old Canadians are... Read more

About 72 per cent of Canadians say they're holding some form of debt, according to a new poll by CIBC. The bank found that of those debt-holders, four in 10 say their current debt level is an obstacle to reaching future financial goals. Broken down by age, the survey found that 35- to 44-year-old Canadians are... Read more

The Canadian economy added 7,100 jobs in July, about half of what economists had expected, but the scant gain was enough to build on three consecutive months of growth. Statistics Canada said Friday the country's unemployment rate fell last month to 7.2 per cent as fewer people entered the workforce. There were... Read more