Emma Jacobs

The sun sets over the Toronto skyline during the opening ceremony for the Pan Am Games

Canada’s soaring housing prices leave potential homeowners with limited choices. Local and federal govts are trying to help.

Since the start of the pandemic, housing costs in many areas have climbed at a pace well ahead of income growth, with the average price up more than 50% in two years. Canada’s local and federal governments are now pursuing measures to try and rein in prices.

Canada’s soaring housing prices leave potential homeowners with limited choices. Local and federal govts are trying to help.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a media statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. 

As Canada prioritizes expedited arrivals for Ukrainians, at-risk Afghans remain trapped abroad

As Canada prioritizes expedited arrivals for Ukrainians, at-risk Afghans remain trapped abroad
People walk while vehicle move through historical Khyber Pass in Jamrud, the main town of Pakistan's Khyber district bordering Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.

Canada promised to resettle 40,000 Afghans. Many are still waiting for answers.

Canada promised to resettle 40,000 Afghans. Many are still waiting for answers.
In this image provided by the US Army, Spc. Alejandro Haro, military police, Task Force Ever Vigilant, scans documents as he checks-in Afghan evacuees at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on Sept. 20, 2021.

The spotlight has faded on Afghanistan, but not the urgency for Afghans seeking safety

The spotlight has faded on Afghanistan, but not the urgency for Afghans seeking safety
Taraf Syriana at Montreal’s Moroccan Centre.

In Québec, musicians play for seniors as pandemic restrictions ease

In Québec, musicians play for seniors as pandemic restrictions ease
In this Aug. 21, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Air Force, US Airmen and U.S. Marines guide evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. 

Canada faces criticism for its slow evacuation of Afghans who helped the government

Tanya, a naturalized Canadian citizen, has been trying to get her family relocated to Canada, or the US, for years. Unfortunately, her story is all too familiar for Afghans trying to get their family members out of Afghanistan.

Canada faces criticism for its slow evacuation of Afghans who helped the government
With Canadian and Haitian flags hoisted, marchers take part in demonstration in support of asylum-seekers working in Quebec's long-term care homes in Montreal, Canada, in June.

Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care

Earlier this month, Canada’s immigration minister Marco Mendicino announced that the country will grant permanent residency to some asylum-seekers who have been working in institutions hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic: hospitals and long-term care homes.

Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer announces to a group of asylum-seekers that they will be crossing illegally into Canada as they wait in line to to enter at the US-Canada border in Champlain, New York, August 7, 2017.

Canada judge rules sending asylum-seekers back to the US violates their rights

A Canadian judge ruled the bilateral agreement between the US and Canada violates asylum-seekers’ rights because of what happens after people are turned back to the US.

Canada judge rules sending asylum-seekers back to the US violates their rights
Two people look at Notre Dame

How researchers hope to restore the unique sound of Notre Dame

An acoustic map of Notre Dame made before the fire could inform its reconstruction. 

How researchers hope to restore the unique sound of Notre Dame
Three siblings in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, wave to their their grandmother in Haifa as she joins their Passover Seder via Zoom application as Israel takes stringent steps to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) April 8, 2020. 

For this year’s Passover Seder, to Zoom or not to Zoom? 

It's an added question for the holiday this year as social-distancing measures in place all over the world are preventing big, in-person gatherings.

For this year’s Passover Seder, to Zoom or not to Zoom? 
Sandra Morales speaks at Dec. 19 action in front of Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger’s office.

What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?

Since the 2016 election, Canada has seen a rise in requests for asylum from mixed-nationality families with US-citizen children. For those rejected, deportation threatens to separate them.

What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?
line of asylum-seekers

Canadian court weighs whether the US is safe for asylum-seekers

The lawsuit concerns a “safe-third country” agreement that the US and Canada signed shortly after 9/11, in 2002.

Canadian court weighs whether the US is safe for asylum-seekers
A man holds a sign that says "Let my peoplegault into the public service"

In Québec, teachers return to school under new religious symbols ban

Québec's new religious symbols ban is now in effect as teachers return to school under the new regulations. For many, they're unsure how to navigate the law that says they may keep wearing headscarves and other religious headwear — but only if they don't change jobs.

In Québec, teachers return to school under new religious symbols ban
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'Straight-up debunking': How a fact-checker vets fake news

Facebook and others are stepping up to stop the spread of disinformation online in advance of Canada's federal parliamentary elections.

'Straight-up debunking': How a fact-checker vets fake news
an illustration of a child in the car with her father

Bataclan survivor’s graphic memoir tells the story of his recovery

In "La Morsure," or “The Bite,” Dewilde leans on the idea that the attack on the 2015 Bataclan in Paris was like a snake bite, “to poison me in my mind and in my heart in my body."

Bataclan survivor’s graphic memoir tells the story of his recovery