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Alberta successfully attracting immigrants

  May 17, 2011
According to the Alberta Immigration Progress Report 2011, over the past five years, Alberta has successfully implemented programs to help immigrants find jobs which meet their skills and experience. Read more

Job prospects on the rise in Canada

  May 11, 2011
Last month, Canada added more than 58,000 jobs to the workforce. According to a report by Statistics Canada, the national unemployment rate has decreased by 0.1 percent to 7.6 percent. Read more

Foreign-trained nurses get helping hand by Canadian agency

  May 09, 2011
More than 10 percent of Ontario’s registered and practical nurses have received their training from outside of Canada. Creating Access to Regulated Employment, or CARE, was created to help these nurses get accredited to work in Canada. Read more

Nova Scotia wants more immigrants

  May 03, 2011
By 2020, the province of Nova Scotia hopes to double the number of immigrants arriving in their province per year. Read more

Workers needed in Alberta

  April 28, 2011
Alberta will soon be experiencing a shortage of more than 77,000 workers within the next ten years, according to Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk. Read more

B.C. rally against fraudulent consultants

  April 26, 2011
Dozens of people gathered in Surrey, British Columbia on Sunday to speak out against immigration fraud and fraudulent consultants. Read more

British name Canada best place to live

  April 21, 2011

According to a recent study of more than 1,000 British living abroad, Canada is considered to be the best place to live and offers the best quality of life for British citizens living abroad.

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Want to become a millionaire? Canada’s the place to do it.

  April 19, 2011

Rather than inheriting money, many wealthy Canadians are now earning their fortunes on their own.

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Canadians most tolerant

  April 14, 2011

A report released by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development concluded that Canada is the most tolerant country of the 140 countries polled.

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Study: Why Canada needs more immigrants

  April 12, 2011

A recent study conducted by Tony Fang, a Canadian professor at the University of York in Vancouver, found that Canada needs to increase the number of immigrants coming to Canada in order to encourage investment in housing and to help boost the nation’s economy.

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