Saskatchewan RCMP have charged two people, after an investigation into human trafficking. Earlier this year the Swift Current Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) began an investigation, and found a woman from Bangladesh in Canada on a visitors permit, being forced to work very long hours in several restaurants. The woman answered an ad on a […]
1,221,439. That’s the population of Saskatchewan as of April 1st. The numbers were released by Statistics Canada today, showing immigration is a huge reason why the population is growing, despite thousands of people leaving Saskatchewan. “Saskatchewan continues to break population records thanks to strong and effective policies that welcome newcomers to our province,” Immigration and […]
Canada’s population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said. The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa’s promise to bring in 500,000 people a year by 2025. The 40-million mark came faster than expected, Statistics Canada said, as the country added 1.1 million people in 2022, most of […]
The Federal Court has agreed to allow the lawyer for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash to argue against his possible deportation. In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the crash that killed 16 people and […]
Immigrants who illegally cross the Saskatchewan border will no longer be detained in Saskatchewan. Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Tell announced and provided notice to the federal government that Saskatchewan is ending its agreement to hold immigration detainees for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). “We have reviewed the existing agreement and, after careful […]
The fifth flight carrying displaced Ukrainians from Europe to Saskatchewan will be arrived in Regina today. Some 4,000 Ukrainians have chosen to come to Saskatchewan to get away from the war in their country after the Russian Invasion. After they arrived at Regina International Airport there will be a slew of programs in place to […]
The Saskatchewan government says a fifth flight carrying Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion is set to arrive in the province at the end of this month. Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison says about 230 Ukranians will be on board the flight. “We will continue to stand with Ukraine and the 3,200 displaced Ukrainians who now […]
The Saskatchewan NDP says Saskatchewan is losing people to other provinces at a high rate. Leader Carla Beck notes hundreds of health care workers have left Saskatchewan in the last year for other provinces, and it needs to stop. “Anyone who grew up here knows that Saskatchewan has the potential to be the best place […]
StatCan numbers reveal the percentage of permanent residents who become Canadians has plummeted over the past 20 years. The Institute for Canadian Citizenship says Statistics Canada data points to a 40 per cent decline in citizenship uptake since 2001. The group’s CEO, Daniel Bernhard, calls the drop alarming and says it should serve as a “wake up call” […]
Two flights touched down in Regina last night carrying 167 Ukrainians fleeing their war torn country. Close to 1500 Ukrainian refugees have made their way to Saskatchewan at this point, with the expectation that more will be arriving in the future. From this point everyone on the flight will be housed temporarily in Regina. The […]
