Kevin Spacey: The online video services original drama House of Cards got noms for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Actor Kevin Spacey and Outstanding Actress Robin Wright. The show got nine nominations in all. Another Netflix show, Arrested Development , earned three, including one for Jason Bateman , according to The Star. The Netflix werewolf series Hemlock Grove got nods for visual effects and music. In a press release, Ted Sarandos, whos the chief content officer for Netflix said, We are overwhelmed with 14 nominations and honored by a warm welcome which corroborates what we have always believed, that great television is great television regardless of where, when and how it is enjoyed and Streaming service Netflix scored a nice bunch of Emmy nominations Thursday, making history for being the first TV show delivered online to receive a nomination. Kevin Spacey told Variety that, The fact that theres been so much talk about whether the series would break through, would the Academy be able to recognize a series being discovered in such a new way, the fact that we not only did that but that we got nine nominations is an incredible acknowledgement of the work we ve done. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Indiana Pacers: D.J. Augustin , a 25-year-old free agent, has agreed to terms on a one-year contract worth just over $1 million to leave the Indiana Pacers and back up Torontos Kyle Lowry, NBA sources confirmed, according to The Star. He spent his first four seasons with the Charlotte Bobcats before signing a one-year deal with the Pacers and A backup point guard who was a former NBA starter on a cheap one-year contract has pretty much finished the summer shopping spree for Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri. Augustin, a six-foot product of the University of Texas, spent last season with the Pacers, starting five games, appearing in 76 and averaging about 16 minutes, 4.7 points and 2.2 assists per game. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

House of Cards: House of Cards will contend against Breaking Bad , Downton Abbey , Game of Thrones , Homeland and Mad Men in the category, according to CBC. House of Cards was not the only online series nominated for an Emmy . Netflix's Arrested Development also has an actor up for an award and Netflix's House of Cards is the first online series to snag a top series Emmy Award nomination, TV stars Aaron Paul and Neil Patrick Harris announced at Thursday's nominee-reveal in Los Angeles. Kevin Spacey from House of Cards is nominated for best actor in a drama series. House of Cards' Robin Wright is nominated for best actress in a drama series. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nelson Mandela Park Public School: Mandela has been in the hospital since June 8 and recent court documents filed by his family stated he was on life support and near death, according to CTV. Hundreds gathered to mark the celebration at the Nelson Mandela Park Public School, where children and Juno Award-winning musicians performed side by side and TORONTO -- Canadians joined people around the world to celebrate Nelson Mandela Day on Thursday, as the ex-South African president remained in hospital on what was also his 95th birthday. Mandela's daughter, Zindzi Mandela, said on Wednesday that her father is gaining "energy and strength" and may be going home "any time soon," words that gave an uplifting tone to an event held in Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ian Mosby: In an interview with News, Martin said there must be a full disclosure of all relevant records to get a complete picture of the "horror" that took place in the 1940s and 1950s and how the legacy of that harm continues now, according to CBC. Martin was shocked by revelations from the research of Canadian food historian Ian Mosby, which found that at least 1,300 aboriginal people, most of them children, were used as test subjects in the 1940s and 1950s by researchers probing the effectiveness of vitamin supplements and Former prime minister Paul Martin is urging the federal government to clear the air on "monstrous" reports of nutritional experiments carried out on malnourished First Nations children and tackle the poverty and discrimination that persists in aboriginal communities today. "Canadians are entitled to know the whole story, and they're entitled not to have it leak out to them in dribs and drabs this way, but they're entitled to have the story out, and the people who are good analysts who understand this kind of thing put it into context," he said. "Because it is simply too horrible to contemplate, and the only way in which the vow of 'never again' can have any substance is if people have a full awareness of what happened." Shocked by revelations (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Grand Chief Derek Nepinak: ONION LAKE, Sask. -- One of Canada's most outspoken aboriginal critics says he threw away his Indian Act card as an act of emancipation and is encouraging others to reject "racist policies" in their own way. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Both the Indian Act and the Assembly of First Nations are "relics" of the past, Nepinak said in an interview Wednesday. AMC Grand Chief Derek Nepinak has thrown away his status card at a meeting of chiefs unhappy with the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations. RUTH BONNEVILLE / ARCHIVES Photo Store Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said he threw the card in the garbage at a National Treaty Gathering of rival chiefs in Onion Lake, Sask. The Assembly of First Nations is holding its annual meeting this week in Whitehorse, highlighting the growing schism within the country's aboriginal leadership. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Arshad Mohammed: By Arshad Mohammed , according to Reuters. Visiting a camp that holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan about 12 km 8 miles from the Syrian border, Kerry spent about 40 minutes with half a dozen refugees who vented their frustration at the international community's failure to end Syria's more than two-year civil war. This story contains material from a member of the pool of State Department correspondents in Jordan, of which Arshad Mohammed of is a member; adds detail from U.N. official ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect their fellow citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mohamed Harkat: Sophie Harkat said the Canada Border Services Agency took the tracking device off late Wednesday as part of a court-ordered relaxation of Mohamed Harkat's release conditions, according to CBC. But Sophie Harkat told The Canadian Press she and her husband arrived home Wednesday to a phone message telling them to come to a border services office to have the bracelet removed and The wife of an Ottawa man accused of terrorist ties says border agents have removed an electronic tracking bracelet from his ankle. The Federal Court ruling, which follows a hearing last month , has not yet been publicly released. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

John Kerry: ZAATARI, Jordan Angry Syrian refugees confronted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday with demands for the United States and the international community to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assads regime, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf, according to The Chronicle Herald. We are begging you for a no-fly zone, Jamalat Abu al-Hariri, one of the refugees, told reporters after the meeting and Visiting the sprawling Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan near the Syrian border, Kerry met six representatives of its 115,000-strong population, all of whom appealed to him for the U.S. and its allies to create no-fly zones and set up safe zones inside Syria to prevent the Assad regime from inflicting additional destruction. The United Nations says the conflict has killed more than 93,000 people and become the worlds worst humanitarian crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Emmy nominations: The nomination, one of nine nods earned by the political thriller, is a marker in the unfolding revolution in how we receive and watch video entertainment, according to The Chronicle Herald. The most Emmy nominations, 17, went to American Horror Story: Asylum. Close behind was Game of Thrones with 16 nods, while Saturday Night Live and the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra earned 15 nominations each, including nods for stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon and LOS ANGELES Netflixs House of Cards made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that televisions leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer. Its really groundbreaking, said Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix. Its beyond our most bold expectations. We were thinking a single nomination would be a win Its as much a win for Internet television as it is for the content creators. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.