In the last 15 years, one dozen foreign nationals aged 25 and under have drowned in B.C.

The announcement brings relief to thousands of foreign students who had been at risk of being deported from the country.

The schools have signed court briefs supporting Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as they sue U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in federal court in Boston.

A new policy stipulates that international students who take a fully virtual course this fall will not be allowed to remain in the U.S..

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines.

University leadership has worked out a plan and is currently operating a balanced budget with classes being limited to online and hundreds of temporary laid-off employees.

'We need a permanent and single response to the situation,' an organizer with the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change told Global News.

International students contribute $21.6 billion to Canada's GDP and supported nearly 170,000 jobs in 2018, said Nancy Caron, a spokeswoman for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

A Winnipeg woman says she was shocked when her long-time home insurance provider told her they wouldn't cover her if she continued to host international students.

A spokesperson with Dalhousie University said tuition fees are still being discussed for Fall 2020. Classes will move online until at least January 2021.