
A Nigerian woman has managed to stave off deportation from Canada by arguing that she feared a powerful businessman in her homeland who wanted to make her his mistress. Amina E-Osmund Ekpo was slated to report for removal from Canada earlier this week. But a Federal Court judge granted her an urgent stay Tuesday while the 47-year-old waits to see if another judge will grant a review of an immigration officer’s refusal to give Ekpo a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) — her last-ditch bid to stay in Canada. “She had alleged to fear a powerful businessman who was interested in her to...
June 21, 2026 - 08:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
After the Sixties Scoop took her from her family and home in Buffalo Narrows, Darlene Petit grew up learning little about her Métis and Indigenous heritage. That changed when she met Mervin Petit. They now share their love of the land, hunting and fishing with others.
June 21, 2026 - 08:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A stateless man who was ordered deported a year ago is still in Canada and has won back the income support Ontario had cut. The Ontario Social Benefits Tribunal granted his appeal in a decision issued April 15, finding he qualified for a narrow exception to provincial rules that bar income support for people under deportation orders. His Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments were stopped July 30, 2025, after an ODSP caseworker received a deportation notice saying he no longer had legal status in Canada and was under an enforceable removal order. An internal review upheld...
June 21, 2026 - 07:00 | Mason Kossak | National Post
Fertility Inc. is a multi-part series by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that delves into the Wild West of the egg-freezing industry, its aggressive marketing, the high cost and the chances of an eventual successful pregnancy . The largely unregulated, private fertility clinics that offer egg freezing to women in Canada need stronger safeguards around transparency, advertising and counselling, say many experts who have studied or worked in the field. Over eight months, the Investigative Journalism Bureau analyzed how egg freezing is marketed and sold to women. It found several...
June 21, 2026 - 06:30 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post
It’s been some time since a laundry soap bar that was widely used by hide tanners in their brain paste recipes was discontinued. But the loss of the product has left some having to go back to the drawing board to find something to take its place.
June 21, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
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June 21, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
