Canada’s ‘Maple Dream’ loses shine: Student arrivals down by 60%; India feels the squeeze

Canada’s long-celebrated education boom has entered its first real winter. According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), new international student arrivals between January and August 2025 fell by an extraordinary 59.7 per cent...

Canadian gov steps up anti-fraud efforts including new financial crimes agency

Canada’s government is to introduce the first cross-government national anti-fraud strategy and set up a new agency to tackle financial crime. The moves – which aim to tackle what is described as ‘an ever-growing threat to the financial wellbeing...

Canada PM Mark Carney Throws Shade At Trump’s America While Announcing Massive Economic Pivot

LOADINGERROR LOADING OTTAWA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said his government’s first budget will reduce economic and security reliance on the United States and cut wasteful spending. Carney, who was elected...

Canada's Carney unveils immigration plan to attract workers in US hit by H-1B visa costs

In an unusual live prime-time address, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that his government’s upcoming budget will unveil a new immigration plan designed to align intake levels with the country’s economic and social capacity. The...

Canada’s opposition parties need to think bigger, not smaller

Hub AI Hub AI At the same time, though, Trump wasn’t just de-woke-ifying D.C. and fixing cost of living, he was threatening territorial annexation and reconfiguring global finance. So, even though Poilievre’s policy agenda won the argument,...

Canada records 60% drop in international students: Latest govt data shows

Canada’s international education and temporary workforce landscape is undergoing one of its sharpest declines in years. According to official data released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the country recorded a nearly 60%...

CMU offers free residence for students

Canadian Mennonite University will provide incoming students with free on-campus housing, starting in 2026-27. The new incentive for first-year undergraduate students is valued at $3,000. The faith-based school is touting the registration bonus as...

‘Total chaos’: Cap on international enrolment created havoc for students and schools

Ameera Ali Khan had dreams of becoming a doctor. She chose to study in Canada for its quality education and safety. But, after her first year in life sciences at McMaster University, she began to worry she wouldn’t get into medical school or be...

Trent University & Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board create new Indigenous Studies dual credit program

Agreement enables high school students to earn university credit in Indigenous Studies while completing high school diploma Trent University & Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board create new Indigenous Studies dual credit program. –...

Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement

With one guiding question, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand a movement and ignite a national conversation. “How do we restore the North? ” Jivani asked roughly 50 people at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) last Friday. “How...

Letters: The troubling dichotomy of N.B. education

Breadcrumb Trail Links New Brunswick TJ Comment Letters Published Oct 23, 2025 • Last updated 42 minutes ago • 3 minute read Having students spend fewer days in classrooms does not achieve educational goals, states a letter-writer. PEXELS The...

No $100,000 fee for F-1 to H-1B visa status change. Should Indian students relax?

When the White House rolled out a proclamation on September 19, attaching a USD 100,000 (roughly Rs 88 lakh) fee to certain H-1B petitions, it set off immediate panic: inboxes flooded, hiring plans were revised and students reconsidered travel....

Why World Series is personal for Canada in the age of Trump

Blue Jays are in World Series for first time since 1993 with the chance to deliver a title to Canada. Since President Trump's new term began, he has floated the idea of making Canada the 51st state. For some Canadians, the 2025 World Series 'means...

Alberta students face stress, uncertainty as legislation looms to end teachers strike

EDMONTON – As legislation looms ordering striking Alberta teachers back to work, Jennifer Black is bittersweet about returning to class to teach English to dozens of anxious Grade 12 students while feeling hopeless herself. “I’m happy to return...

UK High Potential Visa lets top university graduates work freely — No job offer needed

The UK High Potential Individual visa permits skilled graduates with an approved university degree within the last five years to reside and work, even without a job offer. Skilled graduates who have earned a degree from an approved university...

Ex-NDP education ministers on separate sides of byelection battle

A second retired education minister is getting involved in a school board byelection — to back a candidate running against her former NDP cabinet colleague. There are three contenders for the trustee opening in Ward 3 of the Louis Riel School...

In the news today: Justice minister to talk tougher bail, Canada-China revisited

By Canadian Press on October 23, 2025. Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Liberals set to introduce bail reform bill today The Liberal government is expected to pitch tougher bail and sentencing...

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (Oct. 23, 1874): First intercollegiate rugby-style football game in Canada was played at McGill

The week marks the 151st anniversary of Canada's first intercollegiate rugby-style football game, held on October 23, 1874, between Harvard and McGill University at the Montreal Cricket Club. This historic match was significant as touchdowns were...

Lake Superior State University launches accelerated fisheries and wildlife management master’s program

Dr. David Travis, President at Lake Superior State University | Lake Superior State University Dr. David Travis, President at Lake Superior State University | Lake Superior State University Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has introduced an...

Abenaki in Canada say new report proves VT tribes are illegitimate 

Abenaki leaders in Canada released genealogical research claiming that leaders of Vermont-recognized Abenaki tribes are of mostly European descent. The report alleges that prominent Vermont Abenaki figures are at least 96.9% European and that...