Vancouver Island's only adoption agency is closing its doors, citing a decline in international adoptions. Choices Adoption and Pregnancy Counselling, which operated for 30 years in Victoria, will stop providing adoption services on May 31, 2019. Jane Cowell, the board chair for the organization, says the agency is not alone in struggling to remain open. Navigating international adoption policies — both from the country and Canadian immigration — is an increasingly arduous process. "Those kinds of things do happen with international adoption."

Source: CBC News April 12, 2019 03:00 UTC