ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Quebec Caps International Students but Is Hazy on Numbers – BCI 24 News Network
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Quebec Caps International Students but Is Hazy on Numbers

26 February 2025 9:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

Quebec is taking steps to reduce the number of international students in the province, but can’t say by how many.
On Wednesday, the government announced it will issue 20 percent fewer acceptance certificates to foreign students this year compared to last year. The move is part of Quebec’s plan to limit the number of non-permanent residents in the province, which it pegs around 615,000 people.
“The goal is to slow the growth,” Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry told reporters in Quebec City. “There has been substantial growth … of foreign students in recent years.”
The government says there were 120,000 international students in Quebec in 2023, up from 50,000 nearly a decade earlier….