
Migrants living in Canada are facing longer waits to renew paperwork that would allow them to keep working legally, as growing backlogs and changing rules stymie efforts to maintain legal status, according to interviews and data obtained by Reuters.Losing status means people who have paid taxes cannot work or access medical care and other services in a country that has long prided itself for its universal health care. Canada is trying to reduce the number of migrants in the country as they have been blamed for straining services – a sharp change after years of growth – and is relying on...
April 21, 2025 - 06:47 | Anna Mehler Paperny | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday. The Globe’s European bureau chief Eric Reguly looks at Francis’s legacy and world leaders are expressing their condolences.
April 21, 2025 - 06:36 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
On March 9, when Mark Carney became the Liberals’ new leader and the prime minister–designate, it was easy to get lost in the day’s big-ticket headlines. There was his stunning 85.9 percent sweep of the vote. There was his full-throated attack on US president Donald Trump. There were the uncomfortable facts that he is not a sitting member of Parliament, has never held elected office, and speaks halting French. His highest-profile announcement was probably his plan to eliminate the consumer carbon tax. But just as important, even if it flew under the radar, was another change:...
April 21, 2025 - 06:30 | Drew Nelles | Walrus
Pope Francis has died, the Vatican confirmed to the public on Monday, capping the end of a tenure seen by some as one of the more progressive in the Roman Catholic Church.
April 21, 2025 - 06:27 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
The Globe is visiting communities across the country to hear from Canadians about the issues affecting their lives, their futures and their votes in this federal election.Living by the fertile banks of the Seine and Red Rivers more than a century ago, the tight-knit people of St. Boniface were determined to retain their francophone identity. After Manitoba stripped away their language rights, they taught themselves French in secret for decades.
April 21, 2025 - 06:00 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
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April 21, 2025 - 05:17 | Eric Reguly | The Globe and Mail