A special three-day ritual unfolds every year in my hometown. It’s called the Vancouver Folk Music Festival or, as it’s lovingly referred
Thousands of Canadians originating from Eastern Europe were imprisoned within the barbed wire fences of internment camps across Canada between 1914 –
Increasingly, immigrants are learning what many of us already know. Life can be better in the smaller centres of Canada. It takes
Activists from ethnic communities in Canada said they will fight a new law that changes the Citizenship Act which gives government the
“We follow everything Canadians do; we follow their schedule, follow their holidays, take out OSAP, go to Canadian schools, pay taxes. I
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Stephen Harper signed a free-trade agreement between the two countries Tuesday. Meeting in Chelsea, Quebec, the
They come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Palestine, Somalia, Eritrea, Libya and even West Africa. They walk many thousands of miles, traversing every
After months of intense negotiations, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations (the United States, China, France, Russia and
Susan* felt lucky to land her first job as an interpreter a few months after settling in Ottawa. But the rollercoaster ride that
With October’s federal elections inching closer, there will be a steady stream of coverage in mainstream newspapers across the country of the