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Ottawa - A government crackdown on asylum seekers who enter Canada at “irregular” border crossings has refugee advocates crying foul.

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OTTAWA - Refugee advocates are welcoming a federal budget pledge to spend $1.8 billion over five years to accelerate the processing of asylum claims, but concerns are being raised about how funds will be allocated.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:21:47 -0400 Nick Volk was a housing champion for people in need /item/25898-nick-volk-was-a-housing-champion-for-people-in-need /item/25898-nick-volk-was-a-housing-champion-for-people-in-need

Nick Volk was a fighter who chose sides in the battlefield of TorontoƵapp pricey real estate market. The Harvard-educated gentleman who began his career in the American foreign service chose the side of the poor.

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WASHINGTON - An Associated Press survey of abortion in the United States this decade has revealed that the number of abortions has gone down by 12 per cent since 2010.

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