city politicians: Protests over U.S. policy inevitably end up on its doorstep and provincial and city politicians have said the Trump name doesn't represent Vancouver, according to Brandon Sun. It's more than a beacon of racism, said Coun. Vancouver's Trump International Hotel and Tower has transformed into a potent symbol of Trump's candidacy and presidency, observers say. Kerry Jang, who has urged the developer to drop the Trump brand. It's a beacon of sexism and bullying. It's a beacon of intolerance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

gunshot wounds: The charges stem from a Jan. 6 incident where police responding to call about a shooting on a ranch near Candelaria found Daugherty and another man in the hunting party, Edwin Roberts, with gunshot wounds, according to Brandon Sun. The men were part of a group of hunters and told authorities they were attacked by people who had illegally crossed the nearby border and tried to steal an RV some of the hunters were using. Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez told Odesa television KOSA http //bit.ly/2llzxzr that a grand jury indicted Michael Bryant and Walker Daugherty last week on charges of using deadly conduct by discharging firearms in the direction of others. An investigation found that Daugherty shot Roberts and Bryant shot Daugherty, Dominguez said. Dominguez at the time suggested the agriculture commissioner needs to do his job and stick to that, and I'll do my job. The hunters' claim became fodder for a Facebook post by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who wrote the attack was another reason why a wall must be built to secure the Texas border to halt violent criminals and members of drug cartels coming in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

netanyahu: The secret meeting was first reported by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz1According to two former Obama administration officials, Kerry proposed regional recognition of Israel as a Jewish state a key Netanyahu demand alongside a renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians with the support of the Arab countries, according to Brandon Sun. Netanyahu rejected the offer, which would have required a significant pullout from occupied land, saying he would not be able to garner enough support for it in his hard-line coalition government. Netanyahu took part in a secret summit that Kerry organized in the southern Jordanian port city of Aqaba last February and included Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. The initiative also appeared to be the basis of short-lived talks with moderate opposition leader Isaac Herzog to join the government, a plan that quickly unraveled when Netanyahu chose to bring in nationalist leader Avigdor Lieberman instead and appoint him defence minister. Two former top aides to Kerry confirmed that the meeting took place secretly on Feb. 21, 2016. Herzog tweeted Sunday that history will definitely judge the magnitude of the opportunity as well as the magnitude of the missed opportunity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian officials: The man also successfully ran from the agent into Canada, according to CP photos, according to Huffington Post Canada. Eight people four adults and four children were immediately taken into custody by the RCMP. If they make a refugee claim, they will go through an assessment process by Canadian officials. The Canadian Press CP captured the images in Hemmingford, Que. on the border with Champlain, N,Y. As a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer questioned a man, the rest of the group made a dash across the border where RCMP were waiting, according to Reuters. It's unclear where the group is originally from; CP identified them as Somalian but Reuters reported that they are Sudanese. A number of refugee claimants have been braving the elements to illicitly enter Canada. Here's how the illegal crossing unfolded in CP photos Paul Chiasson/Canadian PressA U.S. border agent questions two families that arrived in a taxi to cross the U.S.-Canada border near Hemmingford, Que., on Feb. 17, 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

davis museum: The Art-Less project has effectively removed or shrouded 120 works of art, or about 20 per cent of artwork on display in the galleries at Wellesley College's Davis Museum, according to Huffington Post Canada. Art-less artless Davis Museum the Davis Museum February 17, 2017 One of the main works missing is a portrait of George Washington by U.S. immigrant Adolf Ulrik Wertm ller, according to CNN. The painting was also donated to the museum by an immigrant family. 120 works of art, or about 20 per cent of artwork on display has been covered up at the Davis Museum. A museum at a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts has removed or covered dozens of artwork produced by immigrant artists or donated by foreign-born collectors to illustrate their contribution to the cultural wealth of the United States. Photo Wochit/Screenshot Museum Director Lisa Fischman says the Art-Less project illustrates the kind of loss that we would feel without the gifts of immigrant artists and immigrant collectors. Photo Wochit/Screenshot Museum visitor Audrey Stevens says the project is also a protest that sends a message that contribution from immigrants has made the U.S. the desirable nation it is today. The director said the project illustrates the kind of loss we'd feel without immigrants' gifts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

proposal california: Four states that border on Mexico are included in the proposal California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas but it also encompasses seven states contiguous to those four Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, according to Huffington Post Canada. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the AP report was 100 per cent not true and irresponsible. The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana. There is no effort at all to utilize the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, he said. Photo Carlo Allegri/Reuters Governors in the 11 states would have a choice whether to have their guard troops participate, according to the memo, written by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general. Use of National Guard troops would greatly increase the number of immigrants targeted in one of President Donald Trump's executive orders signed last month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian whiskey: The bar also provides Canadian immigration forms upon request, according to an announcement on Dirt Candy's website, according to Huffington Post Canada. The Great Canadian Beer Hall is a strong and free wonderland for New Yorkers who've always wanted a little more Canada in their lives, the website says. Dirt Candy, a bar in the Lower East Side, dedicates Monday nights to The Great Canadian Beer Hall, a Canada-themed event complete with hockey on TV, Canadian whiskey, and of course, poutine and Nanaimo bars. They've offered a NAFTA special, which includes a bottle of Budweiser, Corona, and of course, Molson Canadian. Oh Canada! Thank you for your friendly invasion of my restaurant. To pre-celebrate Valentine's Day Feb. 14 the Great Canadian Beer Hall is running the Let's Stay Together NAFTA Special on Feb. 13 1 Corona, 1 Budweiser, and 1 Molsons for 14 including tip . Like Al Green says, Let the Great Canadian Beer Hall be the one you come running to... A post shared by Dirt Candy dirtcandynyc on Feb 10, 2017 at 6 24am PST And the photo of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau behind the bar is a nice touch. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

maxime bernier: Policies put out by many of the other candidates have been less inspiring, according to Huffington Post Canada. Steven Blaney is talking about banning women from wearing niqabs in particular contexts - despite a remarkably similar law being struck down by the judiciary just two years ago. The nation's most famous libertarian, Maxime Bernier, has unsurprisingly come out with the most provocative propositions the abolishment of supply management in the dairy & poultry industries, the deregulation of the telecom sector, and an end to what he calls the Maple Syrup Cartel . Michael Chong, a more progressive candidate focused on expanding the party's base, wants to privatize the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, create a revenue-neutral carbon tax accompanied by a major tax overhaul with large cuts to both corporate and income taxes and substantially curtail the power of the very same Prime Minister's Office he aspires to eventually occupy. Kellie Leitch, aroused by the belligerent new occupant of the White House, has called for some form of Canadian Values screening for any newcomers to the country. Bar Chong and Bernier, the people vying to become the leader of the opposition and potentially Prime Minister, have generally failed to demonstrate anything resembling an enhanced vision to move the nation forward. In a salute to the status quo, Brad Trost has publicly declared that marijuana laws should remain as they stand - despite a large majority of Canadians favoring legalization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

passport photo: And how devastating it is when they're lost, according to Huffington Post Canada. Simpson's new project, This Is Not a Passport Photo, provides family photo sessions to newly arrived Syrian refugees in Edmonton. The Edmonton photographer spends most of her time taking pictures, so she sees first-hand how touching they can be. The idea struck when she saw a news story about a family fleeing Syria. As a photographer, it just seemed like the logical place for me to try to chip in, she told The Huffington Post Canada in an interview. They had to choose a handful of items to bring along and one of those items was a family photograph. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s: It's where experts say our economy is headed anyway, and Trump's disruption of the status quo might help us get there faster, according to Huffington Post Canada. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, as he arrives to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Even aside from the potentially disastrous effects that that could have on supply chains that are integrated across North America, it misses a big prize research, innovation and technology. Photo Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Computers and iPhones may be manufactured in China, but the companies who design them and the apps they run are largely headquartered in the U.S. They are largely staffed by immigrants, many of whom came to the U.S. to further their education and were then recruited to the tech sector. The tech sector is the largest part of the American stock market, and while Canada's tech sector is not as large, it was still responsible for 117 billion in 2015, or 7.1 per cent of Canada's economy. President Trump's vilification of immigrants, including a restriction on their movements in the form of a travel ban for people from seven Muslim-majority nations, leaves many genius researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs feeling unwelcome in the U.S. even if they are allowed in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

meeting: We just had a very productive meeting with women business leaders from the United States and Canada, where we discussed how to secure everything that we know the full power of women can do better than anybody else,'' Trump told a joint White House news conference with Trudeau as they wrapped up their first face-to-face meeting, according to Huffington Post Canada. There was more than one elephant in the room as the pair shook hands and exchanged greetings dramatically different attitudes towards issues like refugees and climate change, to name but two. On Monday, there they were together Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump saying they needed to find a way to get rid of the systemic obstacles to female participation in the workforce. Neither issue earned a mention in the joint communique released Monday; instead, the two leaders chose to emphasize the issue of empowering women. The measure along with roundtable talks that included the two leaders, his daughter Ivanka and prominent female entrepreneurs and CEOs was clearly designed as a win-win for both sides letting the prime minister broach a thorny issue with the president while helping Trump build badly needed political capital. They announced the Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, a joint initiative to help women-owned businesses contribute to economic growth, competitiveness and the integration of the two economies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

greg janzen: I had a few people call me saying they were ringing their doorbell and banging their doors, said Greg Janzen, the community's reeve, according to Huffington Post Canada. I know one household that let a young family in until the police came, he added. RCMP say they arrested two groups of people, one group of 16 and the other of five, illegally crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, late Friday and early Saturday. Police say all of the people asked to make refugee claims and were taken to the Canada Border Services Agency port at Emerson so they could do so. An increasing number of refugee claimants, mostly from African countries such as Somalia and Ghana, have been risking freezing temperatures and walking through farmers fields to get over the border and into Emerson in the last few months. No one could be reached with the border services agency on Saturday for word on their status. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

parliament hill: Young people and immigrants understand that, the Conservative candidate tells The Huffington Post Canada over lunch at the Fairmont Ch teau Laurier hotel, a stone's throw away from Parliament Hill, according to Huffington Post Canada. But the Tories' base seems unable to accept it, he suggests. Canada has changed. This party has to be the party of the future, not of the past, he says, tapping his finger against the table. Deepak Obhrai is the longest serving Conservative MP in Parliament. If we want to be a party of the past, we will become a protest party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

enforcement surge: ICE officials initially said that this week's actions were routine and nothing outside the ordinary, according to Huffington Post Canada. But in a conference call with reporters Friday evening, an ICE official appeared to contradict that statement, saying that the agencies targeted several cities in an enforcement surge. Immigrant rights advocates reported an uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests including the detention of people who were considered low priority for removal until Trump signed an order last month making nearly every undocumented immigrant an important target for deportation. Rep. Deportee Eric Perez, 23, greets his daughter Kimberly, 18 months, after he arrived on an ICE deportation flight on Thursday to Guatemala City, Guatemala. Joaqu n Castro D-Texas said ICE's San Antonio field office told him that South and Central Texas were also targeted as part of an operation called Cross Check. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian feeling: From appreciating their warm coats to quickly figuring out how cold it really is, they've also made their own winter traditions, ones they want to share with family and friends, according to Huffington Post Canada. Shovelling is not a part we were used to, Mississauga-Ont. resident Swati Bhatt Vyas tells The Huffington Post Canada. In the video above, four Canadians share their stories of experiencing their first Canadian winter. Swati Bhatt Vyas and her husband in 2010. Vyas' neighbourhood during the holidays. We do have a little tradition in our neighbourhood that the first time everybody comes out to shovel, we bring out the coffee, we bring out the cookies... that resonates with the Canadian feeling. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ceo positions: And if you think that's because men are more capable of running companies than women, you would be sorely mistaken and sexist to boot, according to Huffington Post Canada. Women aren't in as many leadership roles as men because fewer women apply for those positions, and a new study has delved into why. The 2016 Fortune 500 list showed that just 21 companies had women at their helm, meaning women hold a pathetic 4.2 per cent of CEO positions in the United States' 500 biggest companies. The study, titled Leaning Out How Negative Recruitment Experiences Shape Women's Decisions to Compete for Executive Roles published by Sage Journals, found that fewer women than men were applying for senior management roles, and women who had been rejected from similar jobs in the past were even less likely to apply. Glamour reports that these results say something about the huge gap in confidence between men and women, noting a 2015 study, which found that men in 48 countries had higher self-esteem than women. And although the study also found that men were also less likely to apply to jobs similar to ones they'd been rejected from, women were 1.5 times less likely to apply than men. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

manitoban town: It's quite scary about how insidious the security agenda has become,'' said John Hinds, CEO of News Media Canada, according to Huffington Post Canada. The demonization and racial profiling, that's really scary, too.'' The weekly Flin Flon Reminder entered the article as part of its submissions to the annual Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. The action by the U.S.-based Internet giant has sparked dismay, anxiety and raised questions about Canadian autonomy. The feature article from July, 2016 outlines the challenges and triumphs as the family settled in the Manitoban town of 5,100 and the community's willingness to make them feel welcome. In an email, Pay Pal promised to follow up within 72 hours of its investigation, which it never did. PayPal requested more information about business, transaction Flin Flon publisher, Valerie Durnin, said when she tried to pay the 242.95 for the paper's entries, Pay Pal flagged the payment as possibly not in compliance with its acceptable use policy,'' which she said she hadn't been able to track down. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-muslim postings: Have Donald Trump's months of pre-election anti-immigrant rhetoric led to a rise in racial intolerance in this country Photo Reuters We get the same Twitter feeds, we hear the same sound bites on television and radio and in the print media as well, according to Huffington Post Canada. Clearly the messages are crossing the border.'' And those messages do seem to be resonating with some Canadians, said Perry, pointing to a flurry of anti-Muslim postings on social media that followed last month's Quebec City mosque shooting. But has U.S. President Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban, his promise to build a wall on the Mexican border and months of pre-election anti-immigrant rhetoric led to a rise in racial intolerance in this country Or has such discrimination been bubbling below the surface within some segments of Canadian society, and Trump's world view and policies have merely validated such sentiments, granting like-minded people tacit permission to voice racist comments and perform hateful acts, where they might not have before I think absolutely the boundaries are porous, the borders are porous, so anything that happens in the U.S. obviously affects us,'' said sociologist Barbara Perry, a global hate crime expert at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ont. I'm not a big user of social media, but even someone like me who's at arm's length can see the freedom people are feeling to express some pretty vicious and violent sentiments,'' she said, noting that the ability to remain anonymous makes it easier to voice politically incorrect'' opinions. More recently, former prime minister Stephen Harper spoke of Islamicism being the greatest threat to Canada and said during the 2015 election campaign he would consider banning the niqab for public servants. You might not say something out loud or you might not sign your name to something ... being expressed online, but if nobody can see your face because you've got a picture of a cute little kitty cat as your avatar, then you don't suffer repercussions, you don't think anyone's going to call you out in the same way they would in a more public and face-to-face venue.'' Simmering for years' sociology professor Still, it's important to recognize that Canada is hardly innocent when it comes to discriminatory attitudes and policies, said Rima Wilkes, a professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, pointing to the maltreatment of indigenous people, the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians and the refusal to accept Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Second World War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

balloon tires: The cockpit window seeming to tower above us, according to Huffington Post Canada. It was June 1, 1982, and this was to be our intercontinental chariot to a new life. Its gargantuan balloon tires. As I was reminded over dinner a couple of weeks ago, it hadn't been an easy decision for my parents. Discussion and debate. Six of us had gathered for a late celebration of Christmas, and my mom and dad tag-teamed the retelling of the story of our emigration from the U.K. Falling in love with Canada in the '70s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

health: Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, according to Huffington Post Canada. The two debated the future of the Affordable Care Act, former president Barack Obama's health care legislation that brought insurance coverage to millions of Americans. The Calgary-born Texas senator had a bit of a flub during a town hall debate with Vermont Sen. I want patients to be in charge of their health care not government deciding what health care we get CNNDebate Night Ted Cruz tedcruz February 8, 2017 Cruz brought up an example from Canada to highlight the problems with socialized medicine, but he may not have convinced many Canadians. And he was a governor in Canada. The governor of one of the Canadian provinces came to America to get heart surgery, Cruz said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

census figures: When he was younger it was very hectic because I had to work nights, according to Huffington Post Canada. My husband worked days. At the time I was working really late hours and I just didn't think it was fair to have another child when I didn't really have the time and the energy to put into another child, said Clarke of Mississauga, Ont., whose son Austin is now 15. I thought to myself, 'You know what I have to do what I think I can handle physically, emotionally financially ... I think one is good enough for me.' Clarke is among a growing proportion of Canadian women choosing to have only one child or none at all. Canada's average fertility rate per 2016 census figures was 1.6 per cent, slightly higher than the 1.59 posted by Statistics Canada three years earlier. And that trend towards limited child-bearing is increasingly reflected in Canada's average fertility rate, which 2016 census figures released Wednesday have pegged at 1.6 per cent, slightly higher than the 1.59 posted by Statistics Canada three years earlier. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cities: Nor is the city's middle-aged spread at all unique, according to the 2016 census data released Wednesday Canada's population of 35.15 million is settling in the bigger cities, ensuring they and their suburban neighbours keep growing, while small cities get smaller, according to Huffington Post Canada. The three biggest metropolitan areas in the country Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are now home to more than one-third of all Canadians with a combined population of 12.5 million, with almost one half living in Toronto and its suburban neighbours, the data shows. In some ways a victim of his own success, the mayor of Kelowna has been struggling in recent years to rein in his city as it slowly spreads across the B.C. interior, testing his ability to provide core municipal services and build badly needed infrastructure. Canada is once again the fastest growing country in the G7, Statistics Canada says in the first of what will be seven tranches of 2016 census data to be released over the course of the year. The latest figures also show that the once yawning gulf in growth rates between the spreading suburbs and their urban centres has continued to narrow, with young professionals and aging baby boomers alike opting for the downtown-condominium life. Wednesday's release focused on population and dwellings; the next one, in May, will be focused on age and sex. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

leadership race: Host Rosemary Barton pressed Blaney on who he would support in the Conservative leadership race if he dropped out. . Steven BlaneyPCC says he would dismantle First Nations reserves. cdnpoli Power & Politics PnPCBC February 7, 2017 The Quebec MP wouldn't answer, instead saying he respected all of the 13 candidates running alongside him, according to Huffington Post Canada. Blaney then switched to bashing the Liberal government's deficits and declaring he wants to dismantle reserves. Blaney, a former public safety minister under the previous Conservative government, made the comments Tuesday during an appearance on CBC News' Power and Politics. Reserves are not helping First Nations to grow. We can study it as long as we want, we need to attack the core issues. I say we need to dismantle reserves, because we know it is the core, the source of violence on reserves, Blaney said, adding that domestic violence was the cause behind missing and murdered aboriginal women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people: While most Canadians think immigration has a neutral or positive effect, a significant number of people hold a very different view, according to Huffington Post Canada. A new study has found Canadians hold similar views on immigration as Americans and Europeans. Canadian attitudes toward immigration are in line with those of Americans and Europeans, and the potential exists for it to become a divisive issue, according to the study titled Canadian Exceptionalism are we good or are we lucky The University of Toronto and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada partnered with Ipsos Observer to ask 1,522 Canadians their views on the topic in January. Photo Getty Images Almost a third of Canadians said the government should discriminate against Muslims when selecting foreigners to move to the country, and a third want to discriminate against people of colour to prioritize white immigrants. Whatever is driving Canada's exceptionally positive history of immigration ... it does not appear to be an exceptionally tolerant public, the study read. 1 in 5 want to end all immigration Twenty per cent support ending immigration to Canada completely, while 46 per cent said they oppose the idea. More than 65 per cent think immigrants have a responsibility to behave more like Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sign post: Nineteen arrived Saturday and another three on Sunday, according to Huffington Post Canada. Farhan Ahmed was among Saturday's asylum seekers. Manitoba RCMP have confirmed 22 people crossed the border near Emerson, approximately 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg, over the weekend. He told CBC News his group, which included a family with children, walked through deep snow in cold temperatures for about 12 kilometres before they called 911 for help. A sign post for the small border town of Emerson, near the Canada-U.S border crossing where refugees make their way often on foot into Manitoba. RCMP picked up the group and brought them to a Canada Border Services Agency location where they could make refugee claims, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shot: While reporting on the conflict, a British war correspondent noticed a young boy standing alone with a note hung around his neck at a local train station, according to Huffington Post Canada. He walked to the child and took a closer look at the note. As is often the case, children bore the brunt of the fighting and suffering. It read This is Jose. Whoever finds my son, please take care of him. I am his father and when Santander falls, I will be shot. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.