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Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- Daily Mail
'Rocket City' bounces back from the abyss after Trump nearly destroyed it... as thousands flock from major metro
Locally known as the 'Star of Alabama,' Huntsville is quietly becoming one of the South's most surprising success stories. From moon missions and ghost walks to cigar box guitars and lush botanical gardens, this once-overlooked city is now firmly on the map - and many visitors are choosing to stay for good.
Washington Post
a day ago
- Washington Post
Turns out, you are never too old to go to Space Camp
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The spinning was getting intense. I was strapped into a cagelike seat and gripping bars above my shoulders while fighting to keep my head back and my eyes open. As my allotted 30 seconds in a multi-axis trainer ended, I flipped head over feet 16 times in a row.
CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Fraud suspect in northern Ont. charged with impersonating police
A 21-year-old man from Huntsville is facing more charges in connection with a February fraud in which a northern Ontario resident was scammed out of $74,000. (File) A 21-year-old man from Huntsville is facing more charges in connection with a February fraud in which a northern Ontario resident was scammed out of $74,000. The Temiskaming Shores victim was the target of online and in-person scams, Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Wednesday. The suspect was initially arrested March 11, with the help of the Provincial Operational Intelligence Bureau and charged with fraud over $5,000. He was rearrested last month and charged with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000 and impersonating police. Const. Martin Thibault told CTV News in an email that the suspect was charged with more offences as a result of the investigation into the original occurrence. 'It is alleged that the accused impersonated a police officer in order to carry out the fraud,' Thibault said. He declined to get into specifics of what fraud the suspect is suspected of committing. However, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has an A-Z list of popular schemes fraudsters use. The accused is scheduled to reappear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury on Oct. 3.
National Post
2 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Geoff Russ: Doug Ford walking back initiative allowing asylum seekers to work was right choice
If Canada's leaders will not put young Canadians first, they should not be surprised when those same people abandon a country that abandoned them first. Article content After a meeting in Huntsville, Ont., on July 24, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the rest of the premiers made it clear that they want greater powers over immigration. Article content Article content Ford specifically mentioned that his government was examining Section 95 of the Constitution Act to find a way to bypass Ottawa and unilaterally grant work permits for Ontario. Section 95 allows the provinces to make immigration decisions, 'as long and as far only as it is not repugnant' to any federal law. Article content Article content On Monday, however, Ford announced he was walking back that initiative, and this is a tiny spot of good news for young job seekers in the province. Article content Article content There are nearly 100,000 unemployed asylum seekers currently housed in hotels in Etobicoke. Prior to his retreat on the policy, Ford wanted to put them to work, even though the unemployment rate of Ontario residents aged 15 to 24 stood at 16.4 per cent, higher than the national average of 14.2 per cent. Article content During the short time he considered the initiative, Ford's elbows were up, displaying a willingness to throw them at his province's youngest and most vulnerable adult citizens. Article content Trying to add another 100,000 people to the workforce would have been a cruel strategy when youth unemployment is rampant in the Greater Toronto Area. Between January and July of 2024, it spiked from 13.2 per cent to 19.8 per cent. Article content The Ontario government would not be helping by pushing for even more cheap foreign labour, which has already likely already suppressed wages and worsened housing affordability for Canadians. Article content Article content This combination has grown alongside a national immigration policy that saw an average of 612,000 permanent and temporary residents admitted to the country yearly between 2016 and 2023. The policy of mass, low-wage immigration had a considerable effect on the Canadian economy, according to Michael Bonner, a former policy advisor in the Harper government and later Director of Policy for the Government of Ontario. Article content Article content 'The consequences are structural underemployment, stagnant wages, and a climate in which businesses are rewarded for failing to invest in hiring, training, and retaining a domestic workforce,' wrote Bonner. Article content Despite his modest promised reductions in yearly immigration, Prime Minister Mark Carney is still planning to admit 400,000 permanent residents annually by 2027, far more than the average during the years of the Harper government. Article content Housing unaffordability is a crippling fact of life for those under 40. During the spring election, the Liberals pledged to deliver a housing plan that was the 'most ambitious since WWII' and build 500,000 homes per year.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Doug Ford walks back pledge to issue work permits to asylum seekers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during the meeting of Canada's premiers in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has walked back last week's pledge to wrestle some control away from the federal government to issue work permits to asylum seekers. He did not explain why he changed his mind. 'I don't want to take the responsibility off the federal government, but in saying that, if you have a pulse and you're healthy, you need to be working,' Ford said Monday. Ford and the rest of the country's premiers said at their gathering last week they wanted more control over immigration, usually a purview of the federal government. The Ontario premier pointed to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who cited Section 95 of the Constitution that they believed gave provinces the power to make decisions on immigration. 'We will be issuing our own work permits,' Ford said last week when all the premiers met in Huntsville, Ont. He said the federal government was taking up to two years to issue work permits to asylum seekers. But Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said work permits are usually processed within 45 days of an asylum claimant submitting a completed application that includes a medical examination and an updated address. 'The Government of Canada will continue to work collaboratively with provinces and territories to achieve our shared economic immigration objectives,' said Jeffrey MacDonald, a spokesman for the department. He said immigration is within both federal and provincial jurisdictions and Ottawa enters into legally binding agreements with each province and territory to administer, co-ordinate and implement federal legislation on immigration. MacDonald said the department is still in the midst of planning immigration levels from 2026 to 2028 with input from all provinces and territories. Despite Ford's change of mind, he still said the federal government is taking far too long to issue work permits. He said 70,000 work permits were issued to asylum claimants last year, but there were 90,000 such claimants in the province and he wants the backlog cleared. New Democrat Leader Marit Stiles said Ford needs to focus on the problems he can control. 'He wants to talk about a whole bunch of stuff that is not his responsibility in the first place,' Stiles said. 'I think that the premier needs to start actually showing up for work for the people of this province and that means showing up to fix our health-care system, showing up to address the crumbling infrastructure in this province, showing up for the post-secondary institutions.' —With files from Sarah Ritchie in Ottawa This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2025. Liam Casey, The Canadian Press
