Jon Montgomery Tim Hague: TV PREVIEW, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Hosted by Jon Montgomery Tim Hague left and Tim Jr. battled hard and survived The Amazing Race Canada. The Amazing Race Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: If they had to dance around in a moose hat, they d do it, said Mamann, a former immigration officer for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, according to The Star. Related : Jean Chr tien stopped plan to get rid of oath to Queen, says former minister Immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann says most of his clients will do just about anything to become a Canadian citizen. However, on Friday, three permanent residents of Canada challenged a portion of the Citizenship Act that requires them to swear allegiance to the Queen in order to become Canadian citizens. All three refuse to take the oath, which states: I affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Fisheries Broadcast: Never had I approached an assignment so unprepared. Don't get me wrong. I'm comfortable in my own abilities and pretty skilled in making it up as I go along, according to CBC. But the fishery! It was April 11th, 2005. The theme rolled, the red light went on, and I took my first step up a very steep hill. Host of the venerable and storied Fisheries Broadcast. Many was the time early in my career when I rushed down the hall toward a studio to interview someone on a breaking story with a few questions scrawled on the back of a cigarette package. I was probably the only one who ever used that "notes" feature on the flap of a package of Export A! (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Kul Prasad Humagain: The happiest people on earth, some stories say, according to The Chronicle Herald. Kul Prasad Humagain laughs bitterly at the irony and Google Bhutan and happy often appears. A tiny country with a Gross Happiness Index. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Modern democracy: Re: Egypt should stick to non-violence, Letter July 4, according to The Star. Egypts crisis is not about religion. Its about politics. Modern democracy was born in the 18th century exactly when the church was separated, kicking and screaming, from the state. It was founded on the recognition that the state must solely concern itself with the populations secular affairs, and that the only way to accomplish that was to found the states actions on secular principles and Re: The dangers of calling an event a coup, July 5 Re: Democracy good for everyone but Islamists, Opinion July 7 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Samuel Hearne: CHURCHILL -- Samuel Hearne, English explorer and governor of Fort Prince of Wales in the late 1700s, claimed the beavers he let waddle around the stone fort made better pets than some cats and dogs. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. A view of the interior of Fort Prnce of Wales. Enlarge Image Cannon barrels stored outside fort. Photo Store "I kept several," he wrote in his journal, "... til they became so domesticated as to answer to their names...and follow as a dog would do; and they were as pleased at being fondled as any animal I ever saw." Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Valerie Loveys: New Glasgow mom Valerie Loveys lost her home and ran up thousands of dollars of debt during her daughters battle with cancer, according to The Chronicle Herald. I had to weather so many storms all at once, Loveys recalled during an interview from her New Waterford apartment Friday afternoon and Her youngest daughter, Stephanie, was 18 when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Loveys immediately decided to stop working and focus on caring for her. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stragglers: Just then, the ferrys mournful horn groans and we look toward the water. For a split second, it appears motionless, as if caught between the pull of the island that beckons just off the coast and the need to come back for stragglers. We come from Halifax, where bus drivers seem to take immense pleasure in watching stragglers run for the bus, only to pull away just before they reach it. So the sight of a ferry loaded with passengers and vehicles returning to land after its lines have been cast renders us nearly speechless, according to The Chronicle Herald. But it is, and we watch, incredulously, as the vessel slowly changes direction and inches its way back to the concrete slip. The ramp is lowered and we are waved on board, swallowed into the noisy belly of the ship and We scream around the final corner of the twisting road, catching air on one particularly nasty bump, and screech to a stop in the ferry terminal parking lot. But we are too late. The Capt. Earl W. Winsor is already belching smoke as it heads for Fogo Island, N.L. We have sped four hours north from St. Johns to Farewell in hopes of making the 5 p.m. crossing. Its 5:01. I cant believe we missed it, Jayson, my travelling companion, gasps to the man in the ticket booth. Now we have to wait for three more hours! It cant be coming back, can it? Jayson blurts out, then turns to the guy in the ticket booth. Its coming back for us? Seriously? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Scarborough Town Centre: My position on transit in Toronto is clear and costly, according to The Star. Its a loop for the ages. And I m prepared to contribute an extra $500 a year to give legs to this and other projects and Finally, a Rob Ford we can embrace. Extend the Bloor-Danforth subway north from Kennedy station to the Scarborough Town Centre, then veer west along Sheppard past Yonge to connect with the Spadina line around Downsview station. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Conrad Black: A hearing has been set for Aug. 16, the OSC said in a notice late Friday, according to CBC. It's alleged they did not have approval for these payments, and had made misrepresentations about them through public disclosure and Ex-media baron Conrad Black and two former executives at Hollinger Inc. have been scheduled to appear before the Ontario Securities Commission, more than eight years after being accused of fraud. Black, John Boultbee and Peter Atkinson are accused of cheating shareholders and tax authorities in the U.S. and Canada, specifically, improperly diverting proceeds from the now-defunct media giant Hollinger International to themselves through "non-competition" payments. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.