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Private Celebration Dept: Culture : On Wednesday, Apple will hold its private celebration of the life of co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who died Oct. 5 at age 56 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. The memorial will take place at an amphitheatre at the tech giant s Cupertino, Calif. headquarters. Like many of you, I have experienced the saddest days of my lifetime and shed many tears during the past week, said CEO Tim Cook in a memo announcing the event. And I ve found comfort in both telling and listening to stories about Steve, according to The Star. The City : Toronto will be watching to see how the Occupy Toronto protests unfold this week, especially when the weekend ends. The protests, which were due to begin Oct. 15 in the Bay St. financial district, will arguably begin in earnest when employees of major banks show up for work in the area on Monday. Some buildings are adding extra security during the protests, which will also be taking place in other cities across the country in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and politics : Sunday will be a weighty one for many Americans. U.S. President Barack Obama, the country s first black president, will dedicate the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington, D.C., seven weeks after a hurricane postponed the original ceremony. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is also due to speak, and Aretha Franklin will sing at the event. Expect continued grumbles about whether the choice of Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin and the use of Chinese granite make the statue outsourced. Economy : Former U.S. president George W. Bush is likely to avoid arrest after all when he crosses the border into Canada to address an economy conference in Surrey, B.C. on Thursday. Amnesty International had called for Canadian authorities to prosecute Bush on human rights charges, such as authorizing the use of torture while president, but Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made it clear that was not the plan. Bush will reportedly make a speaker s fee of $150,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.