“The hardship they’re having since the explosion until this date is worse than what they lived in the 20 years of the Lebanese civil war.” Lebanon has gone from bad to worse, according to New Brunswickers with family still there, as the country marked the grim anniversary of the port explosion last week.
View More New Brunswickers Keep Close Eye on Family Back Home in Lebanon
Although a mass expulsion in 1755 resulted in their dispersal, the Acadians of present day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia remained undaunted and, upon their return, revived their cultural roots. The Acadians are the descendants…
View More Acadians Contribute to Multicultural Fabric of CanadaMany immigrant women who are experiencing domestic violence require culturally sensitive support services. A new project on Canada’s east coast aims to ensure these types of services are made available. The New Brunswick Multicultural Council…
View More Understanding Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence
Conservative MP and former PMO director of communications John Williamson is apologizing for controversial comments he made Saturday about Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program. Williamson’s apology comes after he told delegates at the Manning Networking…
View More Williamson Tweets Apology for ‘Offensive and Inappropriate’ Language on TFW Program
Immigration Business Network ib2ib applauds the findings of a recent study done by the Conference Board of Canada that clearly shows immigrant entrepreneurs advance Canada’s export agenda outside of the U.S. more than non-immigrant Canadian…
View More Immigrant-owned Businesses Leverage Exports
Immigration to New Brunswick is a confusing affair. The specialty here is that it is an officially bilingual province and it has a rather dormant or quiet economy. There are thus two intertwined challenges for…
View More C’est compliqué: Francophone immigration to New Brunswick