Immigrant unemployment: The more education, the bigger the gap

Jan. 10, 2014 –  Global News

Friday’s employment numbers may’ve been lacklustre. But the job search is far bleaker for new Canadians: Years after the recession officially ended, you’re still more likely to be out of a job if you’re an immigrant.

And the gap between immigrants and Canadian-born workers is biggest for those with the most educationUniversity graduates who’ve been in Canada five years or less are more than four times more likely to be unemployed than their Canadian counterparts.

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Undercover FBI agent helped investigate VIA terror plot suspects: Court documents

Dec. 20, 2013 –  Global News

Hundreds of pages of warrants investigating VIA terror suspects were released Friday – but much of their contents remain under publication ban.

Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were arrested last spring, accused of plotting to attack a train.

The newly released documents indicate officers investigating Jaser and Esseghaier worked with an undercover FBI agent who was in communication with the suspects.

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Deputy Mayor: Rob Ford needs a council-approved driver ‘so he’s always with someone’

Nov. 4, 2013 –  Global News

Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly is ok with Rob Ford’s decision to stay on as mayor amid cascading revelations around an alleged crack video – but not without some strings attached.

“He’s made a pact with the residents of Toronto: ‘I will be on my best behaviour; I will do everything I can to stay the new course,’” Kelly said. “And I think that Torontonians will strictly hold him to those standards.”

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Are you in Canada’s cyberspy data banks? Maybe. But good luck getting that info

Oct. 26, 2013 –  Global News

Canada’s cyber-surveillance body isn’t allowed to target Canadians. But it keeps information banks with Canadians’ personal details.

A spokesperson for the Communications Security Establishment said in an email the “vast majority” of personal information kept indefinitely in the digital surveillance agency’s information banks belongs to non-Canadians. But if they have information on you, chances are slim you’ll get to see it.

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Pop quiz: How much is Toronto actually paying for its Scarborough subway?

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Oct. 25, 2013 –   Global News

What’s the difference between Oakville and Mississauga gas plants, scrapped mid-campaign 2011, and Scarborough light-rail transit, scrapped mid-campaign 2013?

This time, the province isn’t on the hook for the costs of the last-minute switch: Toronto is. And we still don’t know how much that’ll be.

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