WATERLOO, Ontario, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The Canadian government announced a new immigration "class" Tuesday, making it easier for skilled non-citizens to gain permanent resident status.

TORONTO, June 10 (UPI) -- There is a shortage of foreign exotic dancers in Canada and strip club owners in Ontario are shopping for a consultant to help on the immigration front.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 20 (UPI) -- The Canadian government used the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to announce it will double the number of Iraqi refugees it accepts this year.

OTTAWA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A legislative report recommends citizenship for the "Lost Canadians," people affected by wrinkles in the 1947 Citizenship Act.

OTTAWA, March 26 (UPI) -- A dispute exists over the number of Canadians who lost their citizenship through obscure sections of the country's 1947 Citizenship Act.

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LYLETON, Manitoba, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- New U.S. government regulations require passports for Canadians to enter the United States have travelers in a bind over their birth certificates.