BREAKING Canada will cut its permanent immigration levels by at least 20 per cent
Canada will lower the number of permanent immigrants it allows into the country by at least 20 per cent from its previous target of 500,000, 愛污传媒 confirmed Wednesday.
Although he may not be on the front lines of the war, Ukrainian paramedic Vselovod Dorofeev knows the work he is doing 鈥 training civilians how to save a life 鈥 is just as important.
A member of the , Dorofeev was in Kyiv recently training civilians in combat first-aid prior to their deployment to the front lines of Ukraine's fight against Russian forces.
The organization has helped train hundreds of people since Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Speaking to CTV National News' National Affairs Correspondent Omar Sachedina, Dorofeev acknowledged that while he may not be in the fight at the moment, he still has an important role to play.
"If I was in the front line, who will teach this person? And I think it's important too," he said.
With the war now more than two months in, Russia has redeployed much of its forces from major centres such as Kyiv to Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, where separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk have been fighting Ukrainian troops since 2014.
Western officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press, say Russia has made slow progress in the Donbas, achieving only "minor gains" by capturing villages and small towns.
They say some Russian soldiers have moved from the besieged southeastern port city of Mariupol, located along the Sea of Azov, to other parts of the Donbas.
About 2,000 Ukrainian forces and 1,000 civilians remain holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the city's last stronghold.
Dorofeev told CTV National News the biggest hope he has for his country is that citizens stand their ground, and that other countries help by aiding Ukrainian refugees or supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Watch the full video with CTV National News' National Affairs Correspondent Omar Sachedina at the top of the article.
Canada will lower the number of permanent immigrants it allows into the country by at least 20 per cent from its previous target of 500,000, 愛污传媒 confirmed Wednesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Liberal party is 'strong and united,' despite efforts from within his caucus to oust him as leader.
The Bank of Canada made a sizable cut to its key lending rate Wednesday from 4.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent as the global economy continues to expand. The half percentage point cut is the fourth rate cut in a row by the central bank as inflation dropped from 2.7 per cent in June to 1.6 per cent in September.
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