South America: Didnt know I would be bringing her home when I booked my trip to South America, where my daughter was studying. Then came the Fathers Day phone call: How much luggage are you bringing? I found a dog. , according to Times Colonist. Not this dog, she replied. I have a new woman in my life, a cute little blond plucked from the streets of Peru. You know we have dogs here in Canada, right? I said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

unpaid interns: For interns, the question is whether this costly investment of their free labour will pay dividends in their future. Will their hard work result in a job or, at the very least, valuable learning? Or will it result in exploitation and unpaid bills?, according to The Star. Conversations about internships often focus on people looking to enter the labour market for the first time, such as recent graduates. But many who already have work experience in other fields or in other job markets have come to rely on internships as well such as women re-entering the workforce, recent immigrants or those who want to change careers. For all of these groups, internships are often a backdoor into employment. In a tight labour market, even unpaid internships can be as hotly contested as real jobs and To intern, or not to intern? Recently, this has become a much-debated issue with experts, interns and employers weighing in on the pros and cons. Many of the featured stories in the media appear to focus on young, unpaid interns who have had less-than-savoury experiences. For employers, the question is whether and how an intern could benefit their business. Will they take the time to select, train, coach and mentor an intern who might eventually become a valuable employee? Or will they simply look for a warm body to do the grunt work? Are they using an unpaid intern to displace a paid employee, and what implications does this have for their business? Given the litigation pending in some cases, employers will need to be cautious when taking on the responsibilities of working with an intern. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Team Canada: Even though they lost 19-5 to repeat champions the United States, their spirits were high, according to The Star. There were tears, she said of her and her teammates. We re proud of the way we finished and obviously we would have liked to do a little better, but I think Canada Lacrosse took a big step forward this week and we re excited about that and While Team Canada didnt take home gold at the womens lacrosse World Cup on Saturday, they did score an important personal victory: for the first time in the teams more than 30-year history, they made it to the gold medal game. Usually we re fighting our way into the bronze medal game and now we re in the gold, said Team Canada captain Lindsey Svec, surrounded by friends and family on the field in Oshawa after the game. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jean Keating: Jean Keating was living in the rural Manitoba town of Minnedosa, population 2,500, about 300 miles north of Grand Forks, N.D., The Oregonian reported http://bit.ly/12DMNff , according to Times Colonist. For more than a decade, she appeared to have built a new life in a new country, but trouble followed her. She was arrested several times in Canada, including on a charge for drunken driving and PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon woman who spent more than a decade in hiding after a fatal crash built a life with her two children while living illegally in Canada. After the fatal 1997 crash, in which she faced manslaughter and drunken-driving charges, Keating stopped contacting her attorney. Police believe she crossed the Canadian border with her children, ages 1 and 3, in 1998. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sylvie Therrien: Sylvie Therrien told News that she and other investigators were given a target to recover nearly $500,000 in EI benefits every year, according to CBC. Therrien leaked documents to the media anonymously in the spring showing investigators were ordered to find $485,000 in savings each year by denying claims and A federal fraud investigator has been suspended without pay, after she leaked documents showing that investigators had to cut people off their employment insurance benefits in order to meet quotas. "It just was against my values, harassing claimants trying to penalize them in order to save money for the government. We had quotas to meet every month," Therrien said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Toronto Honest Ed: Toronto residents share Honest thoughts on the end of an iconic era, according to Globe and Mail. visual art David Mirvish unveils his art, and pitches his big plan for Toronto Honest Ed's store at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor Street West in Toronto. The Video By the time I came along, my parents were far enough along in their immigrant experience that they had made the exodus up to a tidy bungalow in the suburbs. But every now and then, we would pile into the Pontiac LeMans for a pilgrimage and some bargains downtown. The drive down to Bathurst and Bloor was always accompanied by stories. In a mixture of English and Yiddish, my parents would talk about the good old days when they were new to Canada from Germany, living in the Annex, doing their shopping at Kensington Market and, for non-perishables, Honest Eds. They would line up outside on Saturday mornings to take advantage of the door-crasher special whatever it was and then stock up on insanely low-priced canned goods and household cleaners. More Related to this Story Torontos Honest Eds gets tossed into the bargain bin of history (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Halifax: In recent months, employees at one cafe joined a union and workers at two others have launched efforts to do the same, according to CBC. "In terms of the coffee shop industry, Halifax has been a bit of an anomaly." Coffee shop workers in Halifax are leading a push to unionize in what could serve as a model for baristas elsewhere in Canada, one national union says. "We're seeing a real phenomenon in Halifax of coffee shop workers coming together and organizing," said Tony Tracy, Atlantic representative for the Canadian Labour Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Halifax: In recent months, employees at one cafe joined a union and workers at two others have launched efforts to do the same, according to Globe and Mail. Enemies lists show Tories combative stance with public service groups, union leader says Coffee shop workers in Halifax are leading a push to unionize in what could serve as a model for baristas elsewhere in Canada, one national union says. We re seeing a real phenomenon in Halifax of coffee shop workers coming together and organizing, said Tony Tracy, Atlantic representative for the Canadian Labour Congress. More Related to this Story (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada Job Grant: In an interview with Kathleen Petty on Radio's The House , Dexter says provincial leaders are concerned about what he calls a "mystery program" announced in last March's federal budget, according to CBC. "The Canada Job Grant is an unknown, and what we do know about it does not appear to be consistent with good public policy," Dexter said and As the nation's premiers get set to meet in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario next week, many of them are bracing for a battle with the federal government over job training and Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter is no exception. Although ads promoting the Canada Job Grant have been playing on TV for months, not much is known about how it will work. Ads promote jobs grant program that doesn't yet exist (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The Supreme Court: The Supreme Court did not simply clear Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola; sensibly, it sent his case back to Canadas Refugee Protection Division with a new panel of adjudicators to reconsider the evidence in the light to the courts view of the law. His history was not manifestly one of a war criminal. The government of President Joseph Kabila has indeed been guilty of massacres and mass rapes and abductions; other opposed factions had acted likewise. Mr. Ezokola began his work in the civil service of the DRC in the Ministry of Finance. Later, he was in the Ministry of Human Rights. He was sent to the United Nations, rising to acting charg d affaires; among other things, he spoke to the Security Council about conflicts and natural resources in his country. But he apparently became suspect to the Kabila government because of his tribal and political-party affiliations, and he says he was threatened. He and his family got into a car and drove to Canada, according to Globe and Mail and People should not be trapped inside an evil regime by their knowledge of the crimes being committed around them. The Supreme Court of Canada made a good decision on Friday about the refugee claim of a former government official of the Democratic Republic of Congo, recognizing that passive acquiescence in the actions of a criminal government should not automatically disqualify someone from being accepted in Canada as a refugee. Not every asylum seeker has to be a hero or a martyr. Some might suspect that, as a diplomat, he did his bit in New York to try to cover up some of the horrors inflicted by his masters in the DRC. The new panel may yet detect some aiding and abetting of crimes of humanity that might disqualify his refugee claim. But the Supreme Court has provided the panel with sensible directions for cases of less than heroic people who may have been in serious danger. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.