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Saskatchewan PNP launches new tech immigration program
The Tech Talent Pathway will open a new immigration option for tech workers in 11 occupations who wish to move to Saskatchewan.

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Saskatchewan PNP launches new tech immigration program On March 7, Saskatchewan launched the new Tech Talent Pathway under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) to attract tech workers into the province. The Tech Talent Pathway is intended to ease critical labour shortages in Saskatchewan’s tech sector. With this new pathway to permanent r...

Express Entry: Canada holds 3rd draw of 2021
IRCC issues invitations to 374 Express Entry candidates with CRS cut-off of 741.

Express Entry: Canada holds 3rd draw of 2021 | Canada Immigration News Canada aims to welcome an average of 110,000 immigrants per year through Express Entry between 2021-2023.

Canada has invited 5,000 immigration candidates to apply for permanent residence in a new Express Entry draw held on December 9.

Invited candidates needed a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 469 in order to be invited.

This draw brings the number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued this year to 102,350, a record high number of invitations.

Express Entry is Canada’s immigration application management system for three federal economic-class programs: Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian Experience Class.

Express Entry: Another 5,000 invited in new draw Canada has invited 5,000 immigration candidates to apply for permanent residence in a new Express Entry draw held on December 9.

Results: Rounds of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #168 – November 25, 2020

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Number of invitations issued: 5,000Footnote *

Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,000th or above

Date and time of round: November 25, 2020 at 13:04:56 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 469

Tie-breaking rule: October 15, 2020 at 08:50:10 UTC

If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations.html

Not only … but also
Grammar > Words, sentences and clauses > Word order and focus > Not only … but also
from English Grammar Today
We use not only X but also Y in formal contexts:

The war caused not only destruction and death but also generations of hatred between the two communities.

The car not only is economical but also feels good to drive.

This investigation is not only one that is continuing and worldwide but also one that we expect to continue for quite some time.

We can sometimes leave out also:

I identified with Denzel Washington not only as an actor but as a person.

To add emphasis, we can use not only at the beginning of a clause. When we do this, we invert the subject and the verb:

Not only was it raining all day at the wedding but also the band was late.

Not only will they paint the outside of the house but also the inside.

When there is no auxiliary verb or main verb be, we use do, does, did:

Not only did she forget my birthday, but she also didn’t even apologize for forgetting it.

A total of 4,500 invitations went to Express Entry candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement of 478.

French-speaking candidates are eligible for more CRS points in this draw. Recently, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that French-speaking candidates now get 25 additional points for their language skills, up from 15, and bilingual candidates will now get 50 points, up from 30.

https://www.cicnews.com/2020/11/express-entry-4500-itas-issued-in-new-draw-1116152.html .k35ztp

Saskatchewan invites 534 to apply for provincial nomination
A new Saskatchewan PNP draw invited Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates
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Published on November 3rd, 2020 at 05:37pm EST
Updated on November 3rd, 2020 at 05:37pm EST
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Saskatchewan held a new round of invitations on November 3.

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) invited candidates from the International Skilled Worker category through two subcategories: Express Entry, and Occupations In-Demand. They sent out a total of 534 invitations to immigration candidates.

In order to be invited in this draw, candidates from both sub-categories needed to have submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) profiles with the SINP. Both required candidates to have a minimum cut-off score of 68, but from there the requirements differed.

The 272 invited Express Entry candidates could only qualify for an invitation with 68 points if they had 10 years of work experience and a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of 8 or higher. Otherwise they would need an EOI score of 69 or more. There were 47 occupations included in the draw under the Express Entry subcategory.

Saskatchewan invites 534 to apply for provincial nomination Saskatchewan held a new round of invitations on November 3.

Subject and verb agreement with collective nouns:

For the question How many people are in your family? a typical response is My family have five people. A native speaker intuitively sees this as incorrect, even though they may not be able to tell you why. But in this case, My family has five people, would have been the correct response. But why? Families have more than one person, right? Nothing seems to confuse students more than choosing the right singular or plural verb to use collective nouns. What makes it worse is that depending on the situation, you can often choose between both. Take a look at the example below:

The team is playing a football match.

The team are eating sandwiches for dinner.

Are you able to figure out why we use the singular verb ‘is’ for the first sentence and ‘are’ for the second? If not, don’t worry. Take a look at our tips below to gain a better understanding of when to use each type of verb with collective nouns.

Definition of a collective noun and some examples
A collective noun is a noun that is made up of more than one person, animal, place, idea or thing. Family, for example is a collective noun. It stands for one unit or group but consists of more than one person.

Here are some more examples of collective nouns: family, team, jury, committee, organization, class, herd, army, council, group, audience, panel, board, flock, staff, choir, orchestra. While the above list doesn’t include them all, you get the general idea.

Now, how can we better determine when to use a plural verb with our collective nouns and when to use a singular verb?

General rules
Collective nouns + Singular verbs
We use singular verbs with collective nouns when we think of the noun as a single, impersonal unit. This means that each member in the group is doing the same thing. There are no individually different actions occurring within the group. Every member is acting in unison and the unit itself is being used in an impersonal context. Let’s check the following example:

My family is going on holiday for Christmas.

Here the collective noun family is quite impersonal. Everyone is a part of the same unit and doing the same thing, going on holiday. We are also referring to the group of people as a single unit, and not a group of individual people. Therefore, we’re going to use the singular verb ‘is’. Now move to another example:

The herd of zebra is running for safety.

Every zebra in the herd is doing the exact same thing. They are running together as one unit. Therefore, we’re going to use the singular verb ‘is’.

Collective nouns + plural verbs
We use plural verbs with collective nouns when we think of the group as individuals, all doing different things, or we want to emphasize the differences that are occurring in the group. Let’s have a look at the following example:

The family are doing different jobs around the house today.

Here each individual member of the family is doing something different. Therefore, we’re going to use the plural verb ‘are’. Let’s look at another example from the introduction.

The team are eating sandwiches for dinner.

Here again, we think of the team as a group of individual people. They probably all have different kinds of sandwiches and they all aren’t eating the exact same way at the same time. Therefore, we’re going to use the plural verb ‘are’.

Pro tip
We often use plural verbs when we talk about collective nouns doing people-like things including, eating, wanting & feeling for example.

Subject and verb agreement with collective nouns (video included) | British Council How to use the correct verbs form with collective nouns?