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Given the situation in Haiti now, advocates believe the Canadian government should grant the asylum seekers in Canada permanent residency status on humanitarian grounds.

Guy Philippe, who helped lead a 2004 coup in Haiti and returned to the Caribbean island last year after serving a prison sentence in the U.S., said Friday he wants to be president. He also demanded that the current prime minister step down as gang violence and protests threaten the country's stability.

She is being recognized for her columns for the Gazette and La Presse and Radio-Canada Sports, where her focus is on marketing, image and messaging through sports.

Quebec says it's getting record numbers of asylum seekers requesting social assistance. Groups for people without status say housing and delays are to blame.

Applicants must plan to live outside Quebec, as the province ‘has chosen not to participate in the program,’ IRCC said

The US-Canada border has seen a staggering surge of more than 6,000 migrants from 76 countries detained so far this fiscal year.

Kicha Estimé says the shelter she operates in Montréal-Nord is forced to turn down five to 10 people every day. As the housing crisis worsens and demands for help rise, she says she wishes she could get more money from authorities to run the shelter.

Kicha Estimé, who operates La Traverse, says now she has to turn away between five and 10 asylum seekers every day, and hers is the only shelter of its kind in Montreal North.

Frantz André isn’t a lawyer – but he spends his days helping hundreds of people tackle the immigration system, free of charge

The Manoir Outremont had its power restored, days after elderly residents with limited mobility lived without a functional generator and elevator.