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sarah paulson: Really, though is it a conceptual sequel to A Quiet Place It's okay, you can tell us, according to NOW Magazine. December 21The American Meme Bert Marcus's documentary about the way tabloid and reality TV culture has evolved on social media screened at Hot Docs earlier this year. Is this some weird conceptual sequel to A Quiet Place, or something else entirely The impressive cast which also includes Sarah Paulson, Tom Hollander, Parminder Nagra, John Malkovich and Trevante Rhodes intrigues, as does the fact that Arrival's Eric Heisserer is the one adapting Josh Malerman's 2014 novel. We missed it, but the big takeaway from reviews Paris Hilton, the original celebrity famous simply for being rich and famous, is the film's voice of reason, guiding viewers through the blueprint she forged for insta-stardom. December 7Dumplin'Body positivity, beauty pageants, country music and Jennifer Aniston are the algorithmic key words for this comedy about a cynical plus-size teen Danielle Macdonald who becomes a pageant contestant to piss off her high-strung, ex-beauty queen mom Aniston, in an updo . Netflix has sparked backlash with body image-centric projects To The Bone and Insatiable, but so far the trailer for Dumplin' which is soundtracked by old and new Dolly Parton tunes and features RuPaul's Drag Race queen Ginger Minj in Dolly drag hasn't inspired heated commenting. Other meme-able names that appear in the film are music exec DJ Khaled, Josh The Fat Jewish Ostrovsky, Vine star Brittany Furlan and Justin Bieber's wife, Hailey Bieber, among others. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

appeal registry: However, in a letter sent to the court, the federal government made it clear that it objects to the filing, according to Vancouver Courier. The letter further asks that the Federal Court of Appeal registry forward the appeal notice to the court for review. The notice of appeal from Helmut Oberlander comes even though a Federal Court judge recently ruled that Ottawa had acted reasonably in the case and limited his ability to appeal.article continues below Trending Stories Taiwanese large fried chicken spot 'Hot Star' is opening in Metro Vancouver'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver'Extremely cruel' Raccoon trapped, left to drown in garbage bin in Metro Vancouver'Keep up those snow dances' Snowfall recorded on Vancouver's North Shore mountains Lawyers for Oberlander, 94, of Waterloo, Ont., refused on Friday to discuss the appeal notice filed this week, so the legal underpinnings of their action were not immediately evident. The Ukraine-born Oberlander, who came to Canada in 1954 and became a citizen six years later, has steadfastly maintained he was just 17 when he was forced on pain of execution to join the Nazi death squad Einsatzkommando 10a, known as Ek 10a. In June 2017, the government revoked the retired businessman's citizenship for the fourth time since the mid-1990s, prompting his current effort to stave off deportation. The squad was responsible for killing close to 100,000 people, mostly Jewish. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

john roberts: Trump drew an unusual rebuke from the nation's chief justice, John Roberts, earlier in the week after the president assailed the judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an Obama judge, according to Vancouver Courier. Roberts rejected the insinuation that judges are beholden to the presidents who nominate them.article continues below Trending Stories Taiwanese large fried chicken spot 'Hot Star' is opening in Metro Vancouver'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver'Keep up those snow dances' Snowfall recorded on Vancouver's North Shore mountains'Extremely cruel' Raccoon trapped, left to drown in garbage bin in Metro Vancouver On Thursday, Trump was still venting on Twitter. He's spreading misinformation in the process and appearing to misunderstand how appeals work. Justice Roberts can say what he wants, but the 9th Circuit is a complete & total disaster. Trump is wrong in suggesting that rulings by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are reversed by the Supreme Court more frequently than those of any other federal appeals court. It is out of control, has a horrible reputation, is overturned more than any Circuit in the Country, 79%, & is used to get an almost guaranteed result. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stories taiwanese: Each day, scores of women gather around Agime Sogojeva, a spiritual teacher known as a mualime, in the Haxhi Veseli mosque in Kosovo's northern town of Mitrovica, according to Vancouver Courier. They discuss the Qur'an, their rights as women and daily practices, in a scene unthinkable as little as a decade ago.article continues below Trending Stories Taiwanese large fried chicken spot 'Hot Star' is opening in Metro Vancouver'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver'Keep up those snow dances' Snowfall recorded on Vancouver's North Shore mountains'Extremely cruel' Raccoon trapped, left to drown in garbage bin in Metro Vancouver Sogojeva is one of some 100 female theologians aiming to revive Muslim traditions in Europe's newest country. But in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is bucking that trend, with religious authorities seeking to establish the training of women as spiritual teachers in mosques. They teach at three Muslim high schools, at Muslim centres, or they work voluntarily. Although in much of the Muslim world women teach other women, it is more common for that to occur at home or in event halls rather than in the mosques themselves. The move to establish the religious training of women in mosques where women are allocated places in a separate room from the men is seen by some as a way to make Kosovo's approach to Islam more gender-balanced at a time when many in the West view Islam as oppressive toward women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hashtag istand: But after he was admitted into a hospital in Belleville, Ont, for a suspected cardiac condition on Tuesday, thousands of his fans in the United Kingdom, Canada and across the world began using the hashtag IStand With Harry, according to CTV. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among them. For the past several years, Smith had used his Twitter account to highlight human rights abuses and social issues such as the refugee crisis, poverty and Britain's welfare state by showing parallels from the past. It's wonderful. He said the love his father had inspired is well-deserved and humbled him. It's touching and I'm so moved but I'm not surprised by it, his son, John Smith, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

han chinese: This is a Communist Party showcase for its efforts to tame the Xinjiang region, the heartland of China's often restive Uighur Muslim minority and an unforgiving terrain, according to CTV. The free or low-cost houses are assigned alternately to Uighurs and Han Chinese, who work side-by-side in greenhouses and send their children to school together. A Chinese flag flutters above the settlement, and a billboard at the entrance says, Welcome to the Hotan Unity New Village. It is the future the party envisions for Xinjiang after a massive security crackdown that has sent by some estimates more than a million Muslims to internment camps, and many of their children to orphanages. In their place are colorful murals of what authorities consider to be scenes of unity, such as a Uighur man and his family holding a Chinese flag. But a closer look at what the party calls ethnic unity reveals what isn't there mosques for Muslim worshippers, or traditional Uighur brick homes, often adorned with pointed arches and carved decorations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mexican officials: Those found to lack proper documents may face repatriation to their home countries, according to CTV. The migrants detained on a highway between the Guatemalan border and the southern Mexican city of Tapachula included 186 people from El Salvador, 16 from Guatemala, 10 Honduras and one Nicaraguan. Mexico's National Immigration Institute said 213 migrants were detained and taken to a processing centre. The group set out from El Salvador on Nov. 18 and apparently crossed the river dividing Guatemala and Mexico on Tuesday. The caravans find strength in numbers, and Mexican officials have been loath to confront the first caravans, which numbered between 1,500 and 6,000. That is the same route the three larger caravans took after entering Mexico starting Oct. 19. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

parents aren: The Richmond Hospital in British Columbia had the highest volume of babies born to non-resident mothers, according to Toronto Star. Of the top 10 hospitals where such births were recorded, six are in the GTA. DREAMSTIME Statistics Canada has, since 2013, counted 1,561 babies about 312 annually born here to mothers, whose place of residence was listed outside Canada, based on figures from provincial birth registries. Birth tourism in Canada, where women late in pregnancy fly in to deliver their babies here, is controversial because the newborns are automatically Canadian citizens and enjoy full citizenship rights such as free education and lower university fees, even though their foreign parents aren't taxpayers. However, a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy published Thursday in Policy Options magazine suggests the number of anchor babies born here every year is likely in the 1,500 to 2,000 range. Article Continued Below The data shows the number of births to non-resident mothers including all provinces but Quebec, which refused to release the data skyrocketed to 3,628 last year from just 1,354 in 2010, said the report by the Montreal-based think tank. The study mined the Canadian Institute for Health Information discharge database, and according to researcher Andrew Griffith, the figures based on hospital financial data that codes services provided to non-residents under other country resident self-pay give a clearer picture of the extent of the problem. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

voters: In the case of Burnaby South, no question about local candidates was asked as Singh is so far the only nominated candidate in the upcoming , according to Rabble. We will be calling all three byelections, all three remaining ones, in January early, early new year for them to all take place in February, said a senior government source today who asked not to be named because the announcement hasn't been made officially. annoucement comes of the heels of a new poll taken by Mainstreet35.9% of decided and leaning voters in Burnaby South said that they would vote Liberal in the upcoming by-election, while 29.3% said that they would vote Conservative. 27.2% said that they would vote NDP. In ridings were parties have not nominated candidates for the next election, respondents were asked about the candidates that were fielded in the previous election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ontario minister: I don't believe a federal briefing on the work of the task force will be necessary, but thank you for the offer, wrote an official representing Ontario Minister Lisa Mac Leod, declining an offer from a high-ranking federal public servant, according to National Observer. The briefing, offered at least twice in emails sent by a high-ranking federal public servant at the Privy Council Office PCO would have covered the work to date of a key government task force that looks at the influx of people crossing the Canada-U.S. border between ports of entry and claiming asylum. The rejection of the offer was delivered in an email that came from an official speaking on behalf of Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Lisa Mac Leod, an Ottawa-area MPP. It occurred the first week after Premier Doug Ford's cabinet was sworn into office, and raises fresh questions about whether his government was informed about all the facts before it criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's policies. The Privy Council Office is the central department in Canada's public service that supports the prime minister. MacLeod says services are overwhelmed and the province is owed 200 million. The emails were released to National Observer in response to a request under access to information legislation. ; The Ford government insists Ottawa is not doing enough to ease the burden of these asylum seekers that have crossed the border between checkpoints, where they would have been turned away under the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country agreement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

right: Smith's son, who has been issuing regular medical updates to the famed activist's nearly quarter-million Twitter followers, posted Thursday that doctors said his father is very sick but they are beginning to right the ship, according to Vancouver Courier. But even as a tube pumps oxygen into his lungs to fight off pneumonia, Smith's concerns still lie with the disenfranchised, whispering solidarity with the thousands of migrants from Central America heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border, his son said. Online tributes have been pouring in for Smith, a survivor of the Great Depression and veteran of the Second World War, as he receives treatment in an intensive care unit in Belleville after a fall, according to his family.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C.VPD officer assaulted during routine traffic stop on Granville Strip VIDEO Notables including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, actress Mia Farrow and British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn are among the supporters extending their digital well wishes, with Twitter users proclaiming IStand With Harry more than 18,000 times since Tuesday. I am the world's oldest rebel, Smith told UNHCR Magazine in October. Smith, who splits his time living between England and Canada, rose to online prominence as a nonagenarian for his progressive polemics rooted in personal strife. I think there are many things we can do if we put our minds to it, and we shouldn't be leaving anyone out. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

services: Ontario was held up as a model for other minority linguistic groups in Canada with its French Language Services Act, an office of francophone affairs and a French language services commissioner to ensure rights are respected a position Chambers would like to see in Quebec, according to Vancouver Courier. But last week Ontario announced it was scrapping the office of the French language services commissioner and cancelling a French-language university planned to open in Toronto in 2020. The head of the Quebec Community Groups Network, which represents more than 50 anglophone groups across the province, said the Ontario moves are a step backwards after years of gains.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C.VPD officer assaulted during routine traffic stop on Granville Strip VIDEO Geoffrey Chambers, the network president, said the trend for linguistic minorities in Canada had been to establish new and better services just last year a francophone advisory council was put in place in Alberta, and we got our secretariat in Quebec . The trend line had been good for quite a long time. Meanwhile in New Brunswick, Canada's only officially bilingual province, language tensions have been fuelled by election results that left the balance of power with a party that questions bilingualism. In Quebec, lawmakers like to describe the province's anglophones as among the best-treated minorities on the continent, but Chambers said the notion his community receives special treatment misinterprets the history of its hospitals and universities. Now the trend seems to have reversed a bit, and that's worrying, Chambers said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

statistics canada: The data shows the steady growth in the number of babies born in hospitals to women who are residents of other countries, by absolute numbers and percentage, for all provinces except Quebec, Griffith wrote in an article in Policy Options, published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, according to Vancouver Courier. These births total just over one per cent of all live births in English Canada. Using numbers from the Canadian Institute for Health Information CIHI which captures billing information directly from hospitals, researcher Andrew Griffith found over 3,200 babies were born here to women who weren't Canadian residents in 2016 compared with the 313 babies recorded by Statistics Canada.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C.VPD officer assaulted during routine traffic stop on Granville Strip VIDEO The finding suggests not only that the numbers are higher than previously reported, but that it's a growing trend, Griffith says. A petition tabled recently in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido calls on Canada to take stronger measures to end birth tourism, saying it abuses Canada's social-welfare system. While these statistics indicate that this is not a widespread practice, the government of Canada recognizes the need to better understand the extent of this practice as well as its impacts, Hussen said in his response, tabled in Parliament. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen responded by saying his department has commissioned research to get a better picture of the scope of the issue in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lakes state: The highest bidder was a man three times the 17-year-old's age, according to Toronto Star. At least four other men in Eastern Lakes state competed, said Philips Anyang Ngong, a human rights lawyer who tried to stop the bidding last month. It is the largest dowry ever paid in the civil war-torn country, the government said. Among the bidders was the state's deputy governor. An heated online bidding war for a South Sudanese child bride has sparked local and international outrage. South Sudanese flags flutter in Juba in July 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cinder block: Jean Caleb Petit-Frere waits for his mother, Rose Marie Petit-Frere, after shopping at a street market in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, according to Toronto Star. His motorbike was purchased with money his father, Jean Felix Petit-Frere, sent from his job at Butterball. Jean Felix Petit-Frere, a 63-year-old grandfather, has paid for the house's every cinder block, walls that keep his wife of 37 years, two daughters, son-in-law, mother-in-law and granddaughter safe from the chaos and slums that surround them. Petit-Frere is one of the only people in his municipality to wear a helmet on the crowded roads. He lives in North Carolina, working at the world's largest turkey-processing plant, Butterball's facility in the small town of Mount Olive. Dieu Nalio Chery / The Washington Post But Petit-Frere has never set foot in the house. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

teaching: Only a month after arriving in Canada, she started teaching Colombia Folklore dance/Latin dance to a small group of people, and now more than a decade later she is teaching dance to 60 youth, sharing her passion with others, according to CTV. The dance group she runs is called Ritmo Y Caf ' and they perform at festivals across the province. Velasquez who owned a restaurant in Colombia and performed at the venue is now teaching others about their Columbian heritage through dance. Velasquez is one of 14 immigrants being featured as part of the I am London campaign. It's very important for me that the kids, Colombian kids, don't forget their roots because they are Colombian, we are Colombian, they are Colombian. The London and Middlesex Local immigration Partnership's I am London campaign celebrates London's diversity and showcases successful immigrants who are making a difference in the community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

toronto centre: Minister of Children, Community and Social Services and Minister Responsible for Women's Issues Lisa Mac Leod is embarking on province-wide consultations about how to best support women impacted by violence, according to Toronto Star. Rick Madonik / Toronto Star file photo For her Toronto centre, it meant an additional 159,000 this year, which is much needed to hire full-time staff, said Singh. Deb Singh, of the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape, said Wednesday the government had promised a 33 per cent budget increase for such centres over the next three years, but the money has not yet been released. The Progressive Conservative government could have expedited these funds knowing that survivors have been waiting for months to access services that could be strengthened if this funding had been granted months ago, she said. Article Continued Below Rape crisis centres are funded through the ministry of the attorney general which, like all ministries, is currently examining spending. Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa Mac Leod said Wednesday at Queen's Park that the 11.5 million will be distributed to 400 agencies, including shelters, that fall under her ministry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

han chinese: This is a Communist Party showcase for its efforts to tame the Xinjiang region, the heartland of China's often restive Uighur Muslim minority and an unforgiving terrain, according to Vancouver Courier. The free or low-cost houses are assigned alternately to Uighurs and Han Chinese, who work side-by-side in greenhouses and send their children to school together. A Chinese flag flutters above the settlement, and a billboard at the entrance says, Welcome to the Hotan Unity New Village. It is the future the party envisions for Xinjiang after a massive security crackdown that has sent by some estimates more than a million Muslims to internment camps, and many of their children to orphanages.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver group hypes 'happy hours' in B.C. But a closer look at what the party calls ethnic unity reveals what isn't there mosques for Muslim worshippers, or traditional Uighur brick homes, often adorned with pointed arches and carved decorations. In the village's new public square, Uighur children banter with Han Chinese children in fluent Mandarin, the language of the Han majority, rather than in their native tongue. In their place are colorful murals of what authorities consider to be scenes of unity, such as a Uighur man and his family holding a Chinese flag. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

confidence vote: Nothing is inevitable, the government says in the speech, read by Lt.-Gov, according to National Observer. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau. The speech, delivered Tuesday afternoon, promised a balanced budget by March 2020 or sooner and suggested a page has been turned in the province. ; Sometimes we can hear our challenges repeated so often that we accept them as inevitable. Nothing says small towns must grow smaller, nothing says children will struggle to learn, that young people will leave, that hospitals will close, and nothing says our population will decline, she read. The Tories were sworn-in two weeks ago, after defeating a Liberal minority government on the confidence vote on their throne speech with the support of the three-member People's Alliance party. The speech sets out five main themes finances, energizing the private sector, health care, education and helping the poor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tourist destination: They are unheard of in most other areas, including where the school is located in the southern Guangxi region, a popular tourist destination known for spectacular scenery, not violence or terrorism, according to Vancouver Courier. That's why the planned checks worry some. The Guilin University of Electronic Technology is reconsidering a search of cellphones, computers, external hard disks and USB drives after a copy of the order leaked online and triggered such an intense backlash that it drew rare criticism in state-run newspapers.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver group hypes 'happy hours' in B.C. Searches of electronics are common in Xinjiang in China's far west, a heavily Muslim region that has been turned into a virtual police state to tamp down unrest. Xinjiang has emerged as China's surveillance laboratory, said James Leibold, a scholar of Chinese ethnic politics and national identity at La Trobe University in Australia. Under President Xi Jinping, the government has in recent years tried to tighten controls over what the public sees and says online and stepped up political oversight of universities. It is unsurprising that some of the methods first pioneered in China's west are now being rolled out in other regions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouver vancouver: It's actually a very familiar story, said Adrienne Montani, provincial co-ordinator with First Call, according to Vancouver Courier. We have one in five kids poor. In its annual poverty report card released Tuesday, First Call said the latest data from Statistics Canada show that 172,550 children and youth were living in poverty across the province in 2016, the most recent year for which numbers are available.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver group hypes 'happy hours' in B.C.B.C.'s child poverty rate, as measured by the Census Family Low Income Measure, is down slightly from 2015, but still above the national rate, the report says. That's where we're at and that's what the data tell us. The situation is even worse for Indigenous and immigrant children and those in single-parent families, the report says. We still have a big problem with a very high level of child poverty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

administration: Trump stopped family separations at the border earlier this year after a global outcry, but it was a federal judge who ruled the administration had to reunify the families, according to Vancouver Courier. Another judge rejected the administration's request to try to detain migrant families in long-term facilities. The administration argued that caravans of migrants approaching the southern border made the new restrictions immediately necessary.article continues below Trending Stories Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver police ask for help finding suspect who pushed man into traffic VIDEO East Vancouver youth recovery home celebrates 30 years of hope Burnaby woman killed in suspicious crash was student support worker at Templeton secondary Whatever the scope of the President's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden, said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama. Monday's ruling remains in effect for one month, barring an appeal. Our asylum system is broken, and it is being abused by tens of thousands of meritless claims every year, the departments said. In limiting asylum, Trump used the same powers he used to impose a travel ban the third try was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court.A joint statement by Homeland Security and the Justice Department said the Supreme Court had already shown the president had the legal right to restrict asylum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elections: This comes after over 67,000 permanent residents in the City of Winnipeg were unable to vote in the last civic election, according to CTV. It signifies that great change is coming. On Monday night the chair and members voted in favour of a motion for all Winnipeg School Division residents, regardless of citizenship, the entitlement to vote in municipal and school board elections. It's a good start, said Abdikheir Ahmed of Immigration Partnership Winnipeg. The board will now draft a letter to the minister of education to change the section of the Municipal and School Board Elections Act. The motion also included changing the voting age for school board elections to 16 years old. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

official ports: The administration argued that caravans of migrants approaching the southern border made the new restrictions immediately necessary, according to CTV. Whatever the scope of the President's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden, said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar agreed Monday with legal groups that immediately sued after President Donald Trump issued a Nov. 9 proclamation saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. Trump stopped family separations at the border earlier this year after a global outcry, but it was a federal judge who ruled the administration had to reunify the families. Monday's ruling remains in effect for one month, barring an appeal. Another judge rejected the administration's request to try to detain migrant families in long-term facilities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ford city: Her mother's grandparents were married at a church in Ford City just two years after thousands rioted on Sept. 8, 1917 to protest the arrival of a priest who they believe was supportive of Regulation 17, newly-imposed controversial rules in Ontario schools aimed at curbing French, according to National Observer. One thing is certain, though, sarahdorner defiantly tells toulastake, more than three hundred years of French in Ontario isn't going to end with Doug Ford. She's a descendant of the original French settlers of Detroit-Windsor. My grandfather's parents were married by that very priest, Father Fran ois-Xavier Laurendeau inthe Ford City church just two years after the riots, says Dorner. Regulation 17, which was enforced from 1912 to 1927, was a shameful chapter in the province's history that banned elementary schools from using French as a language of instruction beyond grade two. The community asked the Vatican to remove him, but the response was that they would be excommunicated if they didn't comply and accept him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hells angels: Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the body of 43-year-old Chad Wilson was found Sunday morning in Maple Ridge, where he was living.article continues below Trending Stories Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver police ask for help finding suspect who pushed man into traffic VIDEO East Vancouver youth recovery home celebrates 30 years of hope Burnaby woman killed in suspicious crash was student support worker at Templeton secondary Jang says Wilson was a member of the Hells Angels and describes the killing of a member of the biker-gang as unsettling news, according to Vancouver Courier. He says detectives will be working with gang enforcement experts to avoid any retaliation. Cpl. Wilson had a previous criminal conviction in the United States stemming from a shooting in South Dakota in 2006 that injured five affiliate members of a rival motorcycle gang and Jang says officers are looking into his past. Jang said Tuesday that members of the Hells Angels may have intimate knowledge of what happened and he urged them to speak to officers, regardless of their current involvement in criminal activity. Police are also appealing to Wilson's friends in the Hells Angels to come forward. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.