Author: Maplestime Staff

Even without a provincial nomination, it’s possible for foreign nationals aged 40 and older to get permanent residence through the Express Entry system. If you’re a foreign national aged 40+ and not a good PNP candidate, you can still get PR through a Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draw or category-based draw, provided that you have a high enough Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score. In this article, we will provide you with a few fictional profiles of candidates aged 40 or older who would have been selected in previous CEC and category-based draws, as well as tips and tricks for increasing…

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 4,500 ITAs in a draw for candidates with proficiency in French. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 446; and Created an Express Entry candidate profile before 7:21 a.m., Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) on 16 June 2025. See how competitive your Express Entry profile is Summary of Express Entry draws in 2025 Date Draw Type Number of ITAs Cut-off CRS score September 3 Canadian Experience…

Saskatchewan has received an increase of 1,136 nominations under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) for 2025. This brings the total allocation for the year under the SINP to 4,761. Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams In a phone call to CIC News, a representative confirmed that 25% of the new nominations will go toward jobs in trucking, accommodation, food service, and retail trade. These are sectors that reached their 25% nomination cap in June, after which the SINP began returning applications in these sectors. With the increase in allocations, processing for some applications in these sectors will…

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Ontario’s “As of Right” framework lets out-of-province workers in regulated professions start working in as little as 10 days from Jan 2026.

An ATIP report reveals IRCC’s Express Entry invitation schedule: 2,000 education, 500 healthcare and 3,300 trades ITAs left to issue in 2025. See the plan.

Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce is admitting no liability in the proposed settlement of a 2021 class-action lawsuit alleging it misrepresented financial reports. The proposed settlement will see the defendants, which include Lightspeed, some of its leaders, and its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, pay out $11 million without any admission of liability. Settlement follows the dismissal of a similar case against Lightspeed in the Eastern District of New York earlier this year.  The settlement was proposed in June and is subject to the approval of a Superior Court of Québec judge at a Nov. 21 hearing in Montréal. The class-action’s lawyers will also…

White Star Capital launched a $50M USD seed fund to fix Canada’s early-stage funding gap, anchoring by Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

Vancouver’s Klue is acquiring San Francisco’s Ignition for its agentic AI, months after laying off 40% of staff to go AI-first. Details of the deal.

Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) scaleup Cohere has promoted staff research scientist Marzieh Fadaee to head of its non-profit research division, Cohere Labs, replacing outgoing leader Sara Hooker. “It’s an honor and a responsibility to lead such an extraordinary group of researchers pushing the boundaries of AI research,” Fadaee wrote in LinkedIn and X posts announcing the news. Fadaee thanked Hooker for shaping Cohere Labs and said she looks forward to working with Joelle Pineau, Cohere’s new chief AI officer, to write the AI research lab’s “next chapter.” “I’m looking forward to this next chapter, and to the discoveries we’ll…