Canada Weekly News Digest

We report on the most important events of the past week.

Immigration news

There were three immigration selections in a week in Canada:

In the Express Entry drawing, luck smiled 671 lucky people — those who participated in provincial programs received invitations;
BC sent 95 invitations to IT workers;
Saskatchewan selected 248 candidates from a stream of qualified individuals.

More and more immigrants are choosing to go to small cities instead of settling in metropolitan areas. On this occasion, we recommend looking at top small cities for living in Canada.

There's some not-so-happy news, too. The pandemic is forcing immigrants to leave Canada and return home. However, for those who have permanent residency status and are abroad involuntarily, Canada is giving them a chance to return as soon as the restrictions are relaxed.

By the way, if you have been thinking about working in Canada, then do it! Canada appeared in two ratings at once and was named the most popular place to work in the world and the best country for telecommuters.

Vaccination

Canada is on track to meet its plans to immunize most of its population by September. Earlier this week, a fourth vaccine for COVID-19 was approved, and the government has already contracted a major shipment.

But all is not well with the AstraZeneca vaccine, approved a week earlier, not smoothly. European countries are rejecting it because of reports of blood clots in those vaccinated. Canada, however, is not yet ready for such hasty action. In more sad news, there was an outbreak of COVID-19 in a home for the elderly in British Columbia. The strangest part is that all the residents and staff were already vaccinated.

Under such circumstances, it's not surprising that provincial governments are doing everything they can to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. Toronto will soon open three major vaccination centres. Another measure is pharmacy vaccination, which has already been launched in Montreal and some parts of Ontario. The Ontario government, by the way, has included pregnant women as a priority group for vaccination. Perhaps other provinces will follow suit.

Protests

Everyone is tired of the pandemic, and it seems that many Canadians are tired of tolerating restrictions. There was a demonstration in Quebec City demonstration that was caused by closed sports centres. How far will this go? There has even been talk already that Canadians are not happy with the monarchy.

Studying in Canada

For those who do not have enough points for immigration or who are not sure about the relevance of their profession, I have prepared something interesting. ILAC, Canada's top language school, is now partnering with Geogian College in Toronto. They are offering 12 free weeks of English for incoming students and other cool perks. Be sure to check out video on this topic!