Holocaust survivors who were among those saved by a Swiss diplomat who negotiated with the Nazis to get a legal exemption from deportation for thousands of Hungarian Jews and secretly expanded it to their families want to see him honoured in the same way that men such as Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler have been.

Shakila Zareen's husband shot her in the face in 2012 in Afghanistan for reporting his abuse to the police. She survived. Six years and countless surgeries later, she arrived in Vancouver as a refugee. The story of her arrival in Canada was told for the first time to CBC News and The Current.

With the retirement of Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin, the Supreme Court of Canada now comprises three judges from Quebec, three from Ontario, one from Newfoundland and two from Alberta.

Faced with a swelling backlog and a promise to resolve five-year-old asylum claims, the chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada admits he needs more funding and more people.

The council that oversees thousands of immigration consultants in Canada is in the midst of what many describe as a crisis, beset by resignations, infighting and harsh criticism from lawmakers and lawyers.

A new five-day course organized by a B.C. veteran and his wife aims to help military families cope with post-traumatic stress disorder by involving the whole family and not just the former soldiers suffering from it.