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5 Practices That Can Get You Deported From Canada

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1 year ago

April 2, 2025

Canada has certain rules that apply to both temporary and permanent immigrants and the violation of these rules could lead to deportation.

Extra penalties could also be implemented; like denied access back into the country for a certain number of years.

Here are five ways you can become inadmissible in Canada and get deported:

1. Security Reasons
This is a broad topic and has a lot of law jargons attached to it, but in this article we would try to oversimplify it so as to make sense to the lay man. There are a couple of activities that make you inadmissible to Canada just by being linked to them, even if you haven’t committed a crime. Activities such as:

i. Spying (espionage) – Secretly gathering information for another country or group.
ii. Trying to overthrow the government (subversion) – Planning or helping to remove the government by force.
iii. Violence or terrorism – Being involved in acts that harm people or create fear.
iv. Being part of a dangerous group – Belonging to an organization involved in spying, violence, or terrorism.

2. Human or international rights violations
Human rights violations happen when a person or group is denied their basic freedoms and protections. These rights include things like safety, freedom of speech, fair treatment, and access to necessities like food and shelter.

You can be deported if you’re found out to have had the human rights of a person or people broken.

Examples of human rights violation Canada looks out for are;

i. War crimes – Harming civilians or prisoners during a conflict.
ii. Crimes against humanity – Large-scale mistreatment of people, like mass killings or slavery.
iii. Being a top official in a harmful government – Holding a high position in a government known for serious human rights abuses or facing international sanctions.

3. Committing a Crime

It goes without saying, if you’re convicted of committing a crime you can be deported by Canada or declared inadmissible. In Canada, if you’re involved in an organised criminal activity like; money laundering, people smuggling. This sort of criminal activity can lead to deportation. Also another crime frowned upon by Canada is ‘driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol’. If you have been convicted of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you may be deported or inadmissible to Canada for serious criminality.

4. Misrepresentation
This is another reason an immigrant can get deported from Canada. Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) allows for deportation if an immigrant is found out to have provided false information or withholding information that is directly related to decisions made under the IRPA.

5. Failure to comply with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA)
There are a couple of laws under this act that operate under strict compliance. A few of these rules are;
i. Temporary residents must respect the conditions of their stay, which may include working without proper permits or staying longer in the country than your set duration.

ii. Permanent residents must have lived in the country for a required amount of time before receiving their permanent residence permit.

iii. People who have being deported before aren’t allowed to return to the country without proper written authorisation.

Canada has made these rules public for everyone to know and ignorance of the law is not an excuse to the law, so if convicted or caught breaking these rules, deportation is always on the table.

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‘Pioneer Of Cable TV News’: Key Facts About CNN Founder, Ted Turner

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1 week ago

May 9, 2026

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Ted Turner, the media businessman who founded CNN died at the age of 87. He died peacefully on Wednesday, surrounded by family, according to Turner Enterprises.

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Launched 24-hour news television

Built a media network

Expanded through sports

Recognition and influence

Philanthropy and global causes

Environmental efforts

Health and later years

Early career path

Leadership and legacy

Personal life

Exit from business

Family

Below are key facts about his life and impact:

Launched 24-hour news television

Turner founded CNN on June 1, 1980, introducing the first 24-hour news channel and changing how audiences follow global events.

Built a media network

He moved from billboards into broadcasting, turning an Atlanta TV station into a national superstation in 1976. His business later grew to include CNN International, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network.

Expanded through sports

Turner invested in sports broadcasting and owned teams including the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks, using television to reach wider audiences.

Recognition and influence

In 1991, he was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year for his role in shaping modern news coverage.

Philanthropy and global causes

He founded the United Nations Foundation and supported campaigns against nuclear weapons. In 1997, he pledged $1 billion to the United Nations.

Turner supported conservation work, including reintroducing bison in the United States, and backed environmental education through the “Captain Planet” cartoon.

Health and later years

In 2018, Turner revealed he had Lewy body dementia. He also recovered from a mild case of pneumonia in early 2025.

Early career path

He took over his father’s billboard company at 24 after his father’s death and later expanded into radio and television, despite limited experience in journalism.

“I worked until 7 o’clock, and when I got home the news was over,” he once said. “So I missed television news completely. And I figured there were lots of people like me.”

Leadership and legacy

“Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement,” Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, said in a statement. “He was and always will be the presiding spirit of CNN. Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and the world.”

Personal life

Turner married actress Jane Fonda in 1991, and they later divorced after 10 years, though they remained close.

“I would never love anyone like I love him,” she said. “But I just couldn’t keep moving in his world, along the surface for the rest of my life. I knew that I would get to the end of my life and regret not doing the things that I also needed to do for me.”

Exit from business

He sold his company to Time Warner in 1996 and later stepped away following its merger with AOL.

Reflecting on his life, Turner once said: “I lost Jane. I lost my job here. I lost my fortune, most of it. Got a billion or two left. You can get by on that if you economize.”

Family

He is survived by his five children, 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Iran’s Nationwide Internet Shutdown Hits 70 Days

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1 week ago

May 9, 2026

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NetBlocks, a monitoring group, has disclosed that an internet shutdown enforced by the Iranian regime has entered its 70th day, severing key access from swathes of the population under the shadow of war.

NetBlocks reported on Friday that the blackout has now surpassed 1,656 hours, marking more than two months since US-Israeli strikes pounded Tehran and escalated across the Middle East.

“Digital connectivity is vital in times of crisis,” NetBlocks said in a post on X. “Limiting service harms those most in need – people with disabilities, students, small businesses and the general public.”

According to CNN, Iran imposed a separate internet shutdown on the country’s 92 million people earlier this year, when it launched the most lethal crackdown on anti-government protesters since the Islamic Republic’s founding 47 years ago.

CNN further reports that the latest blackout has cut off another potential lifeline for Iranian residents faced with high unemployment and economic pressure exacerbated by the US-Israeli campaign.

(CNN)

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Gas Prices In US Edge Down After Two Weeks Of Increases

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1 week ago

May 9, 2026

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The cost of a gallon of regular gas in the United States (US) has edged down a little more than a penny to $4.55.

According to AAA’s readings, this marks the first decline in the average gas price after 15 straight days of increases.

The decline is minuscule compared to the large increases in gas prices over the last two weeks.

According to CNN, gasoline costs rose an average of nearly 4 cents a day during that period and had several daily increases of between 7 and 9 cents.

Also Read: Trump insists US-Iran ceasefire intact despite recent exchange of fire

CNN also reports that based on past gas spikes, it will likely take weeks for gas prices to get down below $4 a gallon.

The report, however, states that a previous two-week stretch of gas price declines only shaved 14 cents off the average price, taking the average price to $4.02, before the recent 15-day run of increases.

According to CNN, it could take months for the average price to fall below $3 per gallon, as it did before the war in Iran.

CNN further reports that only one state – Oklahoma – now has an average price of less than $4 a gallon, and its average stands at $3.98. California has the highest average price at $6.16.

(CNN)