A record 14,000 international students filed asylum claims in the first nine months of this year amid Canada's crackdown on study visas and temporary residency. According to Immigration Minister Mark Miller, many students entering Canada on study permits make false claims and are advised to do so by external counsel. Federal immigration data shows that 13,660 international students attending universities and colleges filed asylum claims between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 this year, compared to nearly 12,000 asylum claims filed by international students throughout the entire year of 2023. In 2018, the

Police are responding to a derailment at a train yard in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore. Longueuil police say it does not initially appear anyone was hurt, but fire officials are dealing with a spill of hydrogen peroxide. The derailment happened at around 9 a.m. in the LeMoyne area, near the intersection of St-Louis and St-Georges streets. Police and fire officials are on site, as well as CN railworkers. Officers are asking people to avoid the sector, which is near busy Highway 116. It’s not yet clear what caused the derailment.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both summits aim to improve the multilateral institutions that have drawn skepticism from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. In Peru, Trudeau will take part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group, which largely involve resolving barriers to trade and forming better links across the Pacific Rim. On Saturday, the prime minister will leave for Brazil for the G20 summit, for discussions ranging from the war in Ukraine to artifici

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Immigration Minister, Mark Miller, has admitted that there will be tough discussions with the US regarding the issue of borders. Miller made this comment in response to remarks by Tom Homan, who was appointed by President Donald Trump as the US border minister. Homan has stated that the Canada-US border is highly sensitive in terms of national security and that it will require tough conversations with Canada. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of people entering the US illegally from Canada. Homan has labeled this as a threat to America's

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Bermuda today to give a eulogy at the funeral for businessman Peter Green. Green was a lifelong family friend to Trudeau and, as reported by the National Post, his family owns a luxury estate in Jamaica where Trudeau has stayed at no cost. Trudeau's last holiday trip to the posh Caribbean locale stirred a raft of political controversy at the start of the year, which came as Canadians were tightening their belts due to the higher cost of living. Parliament’s ethics watchdog ruled out investigating Trudeau's repeat vacations at the island villa af

RCMP federal investigators have arrested three men in British Columbia they believe are connected to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels bringing cocaine into Canada. They say officers also seized 23 firearms, several thousand rounds of ammunition and "multi-kilos of illicit drugs" from a home in Surrey, B.C. They say that on Sept. 23, police executed a search warrant at the home, which was surrounded by compound fencing, steel gates, and razor wire. Police say they arrested the men for their alleged involvement in the importation of illicit drugs, and weapo

Looks like it might be a good time for Calgarians to fuel up.The price of gas in the city has dropped to an average of 137.1 cents/litre with prices below 134 cents/litre at several stations across the city, according to GasBuddy.com. The current average price is down more than two cents from last week, and down from more than 148 cents/litre a month ago. It’s the lowest average price at the pumps Calgary has seen since February of this year. Gas prices in the city peaked in mid-July when the average price was over 160 centre/litre. Up to date average prices and the cheapest places to fil

Trump's appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada Donald Trump's second administration is starting to take shape, and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and security at Canada's border. Fen Hampson, a professor of international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa and co-chair of the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations, says there are not many friends to Canada in Trump's camp yet. The president-elect tapped Mike Waltz to be national security adviser amid increasing geopolitical instability. Waltz has re

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has given a 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post.The notice is for both the union's urban and rural bargaining units. In a release(opens in a new tab) early Tuesday morning, the union says workers will be in a legal strike position as of Friday if negotiated settlements have not been reached. However, the union says its national executive board has yet to decide if a job action will happen at the deadline, saying that will depend on Canada Post's actions at the bargaining table in the coming days. "After almost a year of bargaining, despite our best effort