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Although the pace of increase has come down ever so slightly, the price of rental accommodation in Canada continues to go up, with the average new tenant now being asked to pay $2,117 a month. That’s according to a new report from Rentals.ca and real estate consulting and data firm Urbanation, which tabulates the data every month from their database of the largest single group of rental listings across the country. The $2,117 figure is an increase of 9.6 per cent from the average rent in August of last year. That’s down from an all-time high of 12 per cent…

Canada is gripped by a surge in homelessness that has seen tens of thousands of people priced out of the rental and real estate markets and left to live in the streets of the wealthy nation. Researchers warn government data is vastly underestimating the number of homeless across the country, as the social ill spreads from major cities to small towns. In Quebec, one in two homeless people can be found in rural parts of the eastern province, instead of mainly in Montreal as had been the case in the past, according to a new report published in September. Danny…

The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament’s Speaker, Hon Sidie Tunis has disclosed that the key components of the 2024 Parliament’s budgetary allocations will be directed towards supporting women and youth development. Tunis disclosed this in his speech while declaring open the Second Extraordinary Session of the Community Parliament of the fifth Legislature in Winneba, Ghana on Tuesday which is dedicated to the consideration and adoption of the 2024 Draft Budget of the Parliament. At the session, Hon. Mohamed Bangura and Hon. Sarah Emmerson Lamina, parliamentarians from Sierra Leone were sworn in by the speaker.…

The election was triggered by the resignation of Anthony Rota, who stepped down last week after he invited — and honored — a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke before the Canadian parliament last month, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Rota drew attention to him. Rota introduced Hunka as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division. Menu AP Logo Show Search Morgan State shooting McCarthy out Emergency Alert test Champions League Italy bus crash WORLD NEWS Canada’s House…

Agriculture and Agri-Food is one of five occupational sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. In an attempt to aid key employment sectors with some of the largest labour market gaps in this country, IRCC introduced category-based selection draws for Express Entry earlier this year. These draws, the first of which took place on June 28, are designed to attract immigration candidates with work experience in these particular sectors* to come to this country. This is because the government has identified a need for workers in these sectors…

India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, according to The Financial Times newspaper. Ties between India and Canada have become strained over Canadian suspicion that Indian government agents had a role in the June murder in British Columbia of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who India had labelled a “terrorist” because of his advocacy for Khalistan, an independent Sikh state. India has dismissed the murder allegation as absurd. The Financial Times, quoting people familiar with the Indian demand, reported on Tuesday that India had threatened to revoke the diplomatic…

When Nazmush Shahadat arrived in London from Bangladesh he had nowhere to stay. He had been accepted on to a course to study law, but found university accommodation too expensive and he couldn’t find a house to live in. Mr Shahadat said things “turned dark really soon”, and he ended up sharing a two-bedroom flat with 20 other men. “I never expected to live in a place like that – I still have my scars,” he said. With multiple bunk beds crammed into a room and shift workers coming and going, he said it was impossible to sleep and he…

More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year. More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year. The number of arrivals peaked this month on the small island of Lampedusa off Italy’s southern coast, with 4,800 people arriving on a single day, the agency noted. According to news reports,…