National Immigrant Youth Alliance: Customs and Border Protection officials detained the activists Monday after they filed applications for humanitarian parole at the Nogales border crossing to try to return to the United States, according to Times Colonist. Domenic Powell, a spokesman for the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, said the group hadn't been taken to a detention centre as of Monday afternoon and NOGALES, Ariz. - U.S. authorities have detained eight activists who asked to be allowed to re-enter the United States from Mexico on humanitarian grounds in a protest against American immigration policies. CBP officials said they could not comment on specific cases but under immigration law all applicants for admission bear the burden of proof to establish they are eligible to enter the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Bob Rae Bob Rae: Jason Kenney has long held positions in the Cabinet that were focused on Canadas diversity. Beginning as the Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, he was elevated shortly thereafter to Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Bob Rae Bob Rae: With shuffle, the Harper Revolution continues its slow, steady crawl With Cabinet shuffles come opportunities and the latest by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is no exception. Seeking savings, Ottawa takes short-sighted view on refugees health care (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian citizenship: A woman whos waited years to establish her Canadian citizenship will have to wait a bit longer while she debates the possibility of a class-action lawsuit, according to The Chronicle Herald. Scott had asked for a judicial review of the rejection of her citizenship application, but after a brief hearing she and her lawyers decided they would expand the court action and Jackie Scott one of the so-called lost Canadians who has been denied citizenship suspended her own application Monday in Federal Court in Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

American Heart Association: The study, which was published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, analyzed data from a questionnaire and tracked the health outcomes of over 26,000 men between the ages of 45 to 82, for 16 years, according to CTV. Breakfast skippers were also more likely to gain weight, develop diabetes and high cholesterol, the study found and Heres another reason why breakfast may truly be the most important meal of the day: Men who regularly reported skipping breakfast had a higher risk of heart attack or fatal coronary heart disease, according to a new study. It found that men who regularly skipped breakfast had a 27 per cent higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease compared to those who didnt skip breakfast. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Domtar: Kentucky-based Ariva employs about 400 people and operates 15 paper and printing supplies distribution facilities in the Northeast and Midwest regions. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Ariva's Canadian operations will be integrated into Domtar's pulp and paper division. MONTREAL - Domtar Corp TSX:UFS is selling its Ariva paper business in the United States to a private company that plans to resell some of the assets to another company and integrate the remainder into its Lindenmeyr Munroe division. Montreal-based Domtar didn't financial details of its sale of the assets to Central National-Gottesman Inc., which will sell the Midwest portion of Ariva to Millcraft Paper of Cleveland, Ohio. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

social media tools: Founded in 2007, Syncapse builds and manages software and social media tools to help other companies manage their online presence and engage with customers online. In the past five years, the company had been expanding aggressively, employing 110 people at offices in Toronto, New York, London and Gurgaon, India, according to CBC. "Despite our best efforts, the organization lacks the resources to move forward successfully and as such must enter a period of restructuring," company founder and CEO Michael Scissons told employees in an email obtained by News. "This unfortunately means that effective today, we are laying off a significant number of our worldwide employees and ending go-forward development for our platform." Toronto-based social media marketing startup Syncapse has laid off a "significant number" of its staff in a restructuring process aimed at keeping the company afloat. On Monday, the majority of staff at the company were told they were being laid off. (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 Huffington Post. "In terms of the coffee shop industry, Halifax has been a bit of an anomaly." HALIFAX - 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.

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, according to Globe and Mail. American fugitive wanted on charges of homicide arrested in Toronto 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. More Related to this Story (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

industrial powerhouse: DETROIT - Detroit's bankruptcy filing last Thursday - the largest in American municipal history - completed a six-decade slide for a one-time industrial powerhouse. Today the city bears an uncomfortable resemblance to a failed state: unable to light or police the streets, educate children, stop arson, or provide emergency care to the dying, according to Reuters. Amid the ruins of a city that has lost nearly two-thirds of its population since the peak of 1.8 million in 1950, a younger generation with no recollection of Detroit's glory days is settling into condos and lofts in the downtown and midtown areas. Here, say local optimists, lies potential hope and By Nick Carey and Paul Lienert There is, however, a mini-renaissance occurring in the downtown core. It is here that Detroit might just be carving out a new identity, this one driven not by cars but by computers. The Internet-focused businesses springing up have attracted thousands of young, well-educated, tech-savvy "urban pioneers." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward Snowden: Anatoly Kucherena, who helped the American file his bid for temporary asylum in Russia on July 16, said Mr. Snowden believed it would be unsafe to try to travel to Latin America soon because of U.S. efforts to return him to the United States to face espionage charges. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Obama may cancel talks with Putin over Snowden, Syria Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes to be granted papers by Wednesday allowing him to end his month-long stay in the transit area of a Moscow airport and move to the city centre, his Russian lawyer said on Monday. Two U.S. senators suggest moving G20 from Russia over Snowden trouble (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.