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The Provincial Nominee Program was first introduced 25 years ago to increase the settlement of economic immigrants outside Canada’s three largest cities and to address the workforce needs of employers. Over the years, the share of economic immigrants arriving through the program has risen from 1% in 2000 to 35% in 2019, when 68,000 nominees entered Canada, making it the largest selection program for economic immigrants nationally.

A new study looks at the associations between the local restaurant environment, the frequency of eating food from restaurants, and the intake of sugary drinks among Canadian children and youth living in a large city.

We’re into August, and Canadians are enjoying as much of the great outdoors as our short summers allow. For many, that means activities.

Canada is home to approximately 1 million 2SLGBTQ+ people, accounting for 4% of the total population aged 15 years and older. Previous studies have shown that 2SLGBTQ+ people face higher rates of harassment and violent victimization as well as poorer economic outcomes than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts.

In Kelowna, the number of renter households grew by over half (54.1%) from 2011 to 2021, the highest growth rate among CMAs and well above the national average of 21.5%.

According to recently released data from the Canadian Internet Use Survey, 95% of Canadians aged 15 years and older used the Internet in 2022, an increase of 3 percentage points from 2020.

You might like mustard on your hot dog, hamburger or deli sandwich, and the world can’t get enough of it either.