Shy Man Dept: Erich was a shy man. Wanda had arrived in Windsor, Ont., three years before him and so was already conversant in English. The first expression Wanda taught him was, “I love you.” He mastered the sentence and repeated it often. The inevitable happened when he asked its meaning. When Wanda smiled and replied, “ Ich liebe dich ,” he never uttered the words again, but there was no doubt that he adored her, according to Globe And Mail. Erich loved to dance with Wanda. He once invited Ingrid to join him in a robust polka. After a few short rounds he threw up his hands and said, “You’re no good, Erin’s better.” His children all grew thick skins and erich’s youth was spent in Germany where, at 18, he became a paratrooper and gunner during the Second World War. He was shot by Americans in France, survived a prisoner-of-war camp and returned to Bavaria in 1945. After receiving his accreditation as a tool-and-die maker, Erich immigrated to Canada in 1952 and married his fiancee, Wanda. Shortly after arriving in Canada, Erich was hired by Ford Motor Co. He and Wanda raised four children – Walter, Ingrid and twins Erin and Eric. When tough times hit Windsor in 1962, Ford transferred Erich and the family moved to Oakville, Ont. As reported in the news.
@t globe and mail, thick skins

Colombian Woman Dept: Gloria Uribe arrived at Trudeau International Airport at 8:30 a.m. ET, holding her two-year-old daughter in her arms and with her 10-year-old daughter by her side, according to CBC. She is expected to take a flight to Toronto at 11 a.m. and a connecting flight to Bogota later in the afternoon. 'The paramilitaries are still very active, very sopshisticated throughout Colombia. She's with two children going back there.' John Bradley, supporter A Colombian woman who lost her battle to avoid deportation presented herself to Canadian authorities Thursday at Montreal's airport to start her journey back to her native country. Supporters accompanied the family to the offices of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, where federal agents were waiting. As reported in the news.
@t citizenship and immigration, canadian authorities

Deportation Dept: Return home with her daughters and face the wrath of vengeance-seeking paramilitary groups, or seek sanctuary in a Montreal church, according to Montreal Gazette. As of last night, it was not possible to determine which path she had opted for, but at a news conference on Tuesday Uribe, 43, said she was considering seeking sanctuary in a church should all other options fail and with her deportation to Colombia set for this morning, failed refugee claimant Gloria Patricia Uribe had to choose: Uribe did not show up for a demonstration on her behalf yesterday because she felt "drained" by the prospect of deportation and fears paramilitary groups her family defied will seek to harm her, supporters said. As reported in the news.
@t montreal gazette, paramilitary groups

Vancouver Sun Dept: The migrant initially denied to investigators any association with the Tigers or having travelled outside Sri Lanka. But when confronted with a newspaper article about the trip, he admitted travelling with the group as a member of the media, according to Vancouver Sun. The newspaper article says an eight-member Tamil Tiger delegation had travelled abroad to raise tsunami-relief funds and one of the 492 Sri Lankan migrants who arrived in Canada last month aboard the MV Sun Sea allegedly travelled to foreign countries with a delegation from the Tamil Tigers terrorist organization, a hearing into his detention heard Wednesday. Jennifer Friburg, a lawyer representing the Canada Border Services Agency, said the migrant's contradictory statement "clearly indicates deception" and "negatively impacts his credibility," and called for his continued detention on the grounds that he poses a possible security threat. As reported in the news.
@t canada border services agency, tamil tigers

S Line Dept: Residents have started a petition and hope to convince Ottawa to reverse the decision, according to CTV. Up to 70 per cent of the apple orchards in the region are in the town of Franklin, and money poured into advertising the town and its agriculture would become futile if the border is closed, said Franklin Mayor Suzanne Yelle-Blair and those opposed to Ottawa's plan to close the Franklin border crossing gathered Wednesday to explain why they think the move would be disastrous for the local economy, and in particular apple orchards in the region. In July, the town received a letter from the Canadian Border Security Agency stating that next spring, the Franklin border will be closed along with the Jamieson's Line station south of Huntingdon. As reported in the news.
@t town of franklin, yelle

Attractive Vehicle Dept: In fact, city staff thought the best way to get upper-level governments to provide funding was by creating a cultural precinct. That precinct, they wrote, “would provide an attractive vehicle to raise the funds necessary.”, according to Globe And Mail. The $120-million from each level of government never materialized before the recession hit full force in the fall of 2008. However, former councillor Elizabeth Ball, who dealt with arts issues while in office, said they were lobbying hard for it and getting positive signals and the October, 2006, report made clear that the plan developed by the previous council was for the gallery to share that block – envisioned as part of a grand new cultural precinct – with an office tower and a 450-seat theatre. Making the project attractive was vital because the city counted on getting two-thirds of the $360-million cost from the federal and provincial governments. As reported in the news.
@t fact city, provincial governments

American Civil Liberties Union Dept: The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against the Department of Homeland Security, as well as U.S. customs and immigration authorities, according to CBC. The American Civil Liberties Union, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers filed the lawsuit on behalf of the National Press Photographers Association, criminal defence lawyers and the student: Pascal Abidor, a 26-year-old French-American citizen whose laptop computer was confiscated at the Canada-U.S. border and civil rights lawyers cited the case of a Montreal student Tuesday as they sued the U.S. government to try to stop authorities from examining the laptops, cellphones and cameras of international travellers without probable cause. In May, a graduate student in Islamic studies at McGill University in Montreal was detained for several hours as his electronic devices were searched, the suit says. The encounter badly frightened the student, according to the suit. As reported in the news.
@t civil liberties union, national press photographers

Formal Accord Dept: Kenney made the pledge after he and French counterpart Eric Besson completed a meeting in Paris they organized with ministers from Britain, Germany, Italy, Greece and Belgium, according to Montreal Gazette. Kenney said Parliament should consider minimum jail sentences for people-smugglers to send a strong message, following the recent landing of 492 Tamil migrants in B.C and the federal government will attempt to toughen its domestic anti-smuggling law and seek a formal accord with the European Union in a bid to contain the inflow of bogus refugee claimants, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Monday. The seven, representing many of the world's top recipient countries for asylum seekers, agreed to look for ways to accelerate the removal of failed claimants. As reported in the news.
@t eric besson, french counterpart

International Adult Dept: Low literacy is defined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's International Adult Literacy Skills Survey as having difficulty in reading, understanding and functioning effectively with written materials, according to CTV. More than 15 million Canadian adults will have low literacy skills by 2031, up 25 per cent from 2001. However, the percentage of adults with low literacy skills in 2031 will actually dip to 47 per cent -- a three per cent decline over a 30-year-period. In "The Future of Literacy in Canada's Largest Cities," the council also took an unprecedented look at adult literacy projections for Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa. Ottawa is predicted to see an 80 per cent surge in the number of adults with low literacy skills, from more than 275,000 in 2001 to nearly half a million in 2031 and canada may be among the leaders of industrialized nations and rank among the best educated countries, but the report from the Canadian Council on Learning suggests the country is hardly immune from literacy problems within the population. The council's report projects there will be little to no change in the proportion of adults with low literacy in Canada overall, and a small increase in the total number of adults with low literacy within the next two decades. As reported in the news.
@t literacy skills, canadian adults

Tamil Dept: Since getting deported to Sri Lanka seven years ago, Sanjeev Kuhendrarajah says he has tried to build a new life, according to CTV. But once again, Kuhendrarajah has ended up separated from his family and stuck in a country where he does not want to be and a man who was kicked out of Canada for his criminal behaviour and former ties to a Tamil street gang says he is determined to get back to the country where he spent his formative years. The 28-year-old got married, started a business and tried to stay out of trouble. As reported in the news.
@t formative years, seven years