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Today — 10 December 2025Main stream

Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive

10 December 2025 at 05:58
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.

© Wa Lone/Reuters

The University of Toronto, one of the world’s best-ranked academic institutions, picked up several top professors from Ivy League schools this year, including two from M.I.T.
Yesterday — 9 December 2025Main stream

Canada’s Northwest Territories Diamond Mines Are Closing

After decades of growth driven by diamond mining, Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing the closure of three major mines and wondering: What’s next?

© Pat Kane for The New York Times

The A418 pit at the Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories was closed to mining activity in 2022 and is being filled with processed kimberlite and water as part of Diavik’s agreement to remediate the landscape back to as close to its original form as possible.
Before yesterdayMain stream

China Tightens Controls on Fentanyl Precursors After Summit

10 November 2025 at 19:57
China will require licenses for export of 13 chemicals used to make the deadly drug, another indicator of thawing tensions between the world’s two largest economies
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