Jean Keating: But boasting in a bar about getting away with manslaughter was apparently her undoing, according to The Star. For more than a decade, she built a new life in this town of 2,500, but still trouble followed her. She was arrested several times in Canada, including once on a charge of impaired driving and MINNEDOSA, MAN. For more than 15 years, Jean Keating, an Oregon woman accused of causing a fatal car crash in 1997, lived illegally under an assumed name in this small town in western Manitoba. Keating, then 38, was facing manslaughter and drunken driving charges when she stopped contacting her lawyer and vanished. Police believe she crossed the Canadian border with her children, ages 1 and 3, in 1998. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jacquie Scott: Jacquie Scott says it was only 10 years ago that she discovered she was not officially a Canadian, even though she was raised in Canada by her Canadian father, according to CBC. Scott says she never questioned her citizenship growing up in Ontario in the 1950s and 60s. She was even able to vote in elections as an adult and A woman born to a Canadian soldier and a British woman during the Second World War is suing the federal government after being denied Canadian citizenship. On Monday in Federal Court in Vancouver, Scott launched a legal fight for Canadian citizenship that could set a precedent for those who call themselves "lost Canadians." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Joseph Maloney: STEWIACKE Joseph Maloney didnt have much happening four years ago, according to The Chronicle Herald. I tried to get work here and there, worked in the States for a couple of months, came back home and nobody recognized my certificates, Maloney said and The Shubenacadie band member was kicking around the Indian Brook reserve trying to find work with little success, despite having completed a welding course and some ironwork training. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rite of passage: This was particularly stupid because I was 12 years old and flat as an ironing board. But thieving from the junky neighbourhood emporium was a rite of passage among my circle of girlfriends, the dare you dared not decline lest being branded a goody-goody and cast upon the ash heap of uncool and shunned outcasts, according to The Star. All these years later, I can still recall the mortification after a lady store detective caught me B-cup red-handed. It wasnt so much the pilfering that caused my cheeks to burn. It was the tittering triggered by that lacy pink article as it emerged from inside my coat sleeve, padded mounds sticking up accusatorily when deposited on the desk between us. What possible use could you have for this and I was once caught stealing from Honest Eds a bra. A brassiere was the item ordered up by the queen bee toughie chick of our preteen clique, a girl who d arrived at hooter bona fides earlier than everyone else. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

the Royal Family: The line of succession may seem assured with four generations of claimants currently living, but experts muse that the capricious whims of both history and public opinion could interfere with those best-laid plans, according to Times Colonist. Even if he does, members of Canada's republican movement firmly believe the country will have broken with its past as a constitutional monarchy and may no longer be looking across the pond for its head of state and The newest member of the Royal Family is in line to be a future king of Canada. But as Prince William, his wife Kate and millions of others celebrate Monday's birth, monarchists and republicans alike questioned the role the latest heir to the throne would play in Canadian affairs. If historical precedent is any guide, royal boosters suggest that unpredictable developments within the Royal Family may prevent the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first-born child from succeeding to the throne at all. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada Health Transfer: Across Canada, 4.2 million people, including 967,000 children and their families, live in poverty. Thats about one in eight people living in dire straits in our wealthy land. Poverty rates are even higher among historically disadvantaged groups, including women, people with disabilities, immigrants, racialized and Indigenous people. That 40 per cent of Indigenous children in Canada live in poverty is one troubling example of the scope of poverty among the most affected groups, according to The Star. The end of the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer next year raises red flags for those concerned about poverty. These transfers are essential financial tools that help provinces and territories prevent and alleviate poverty, establish a foundation for wellness and lifelong health and provide health care services based on need, not wealth. Add in the scheduled phase-out of $1.7 billion in federal expenditures for social housing over the next five years, and we have a perfect storm in which key federal programs addressing the social determinants of health are at grave risk and When Canadas premiers convene this week in Niagara-on-the-Lake, there are three compelling reasons why they should call on the federal government to join them in addressing poverty, which increasingly touches the lives of all Canadians. For the health of individual Canadians, the economy and the Canadian federation, the premiers need to strengthen and measure their poverty reduction efforts. They can do so by calling on the federal government to adopt its own comprehensive plan. A well-developed plan, in cooperation with other levels of government, civil society, non-profit organizations, the private sector and environmental stewards, will help to sustain the Canada we want. Thats a Canada where no one has to choose between going hungry and paying the rent, where employment and a living wage is the norm, and where federal-provincial cooperation achieves environmentally sustainable ways to better the lives of all. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/07/08/ottawa edges away from public medicare.html (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Hezbollah: "Canada welcomes the European Unions courageous decision to list the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist entity," Baird said in a toughly-worded statement released Monday. "The designation made by all 28 member states of the EU exposes Hezbollah for what it is: a terrorist group.", according to CBC. The unanimous decision was reached by the EU's 28 foreign ministers at their monthly meeting Monday and is seen as a major policy change toward the Middle East and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird applauded the European Union's decision Monday to add the armed wing of Hezbollah to a list of terrorist organizations. Baird noted Canada listed Hezbollah as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code in December, 2002. (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.

Jackie Scott: Jackie Scott, 68, went to court after she was refused citizenship despite having come to Canada with her British mother and her Canadian father at the age of two and spending most of her life here. A judicial review of that denial was to have started Monday, but as the proceedings got underway, Scott chose to put the review on hold so she and her lawyers could expand the court action, according to Times Colonist. But "it's not just about me," Scott told reporters afterward, saying she could not in good conscience become a Canadian without doing everything she can to help other "lost" individuals and VANCOUVER - Thousands of so-called "Lost Canadians" may have their day in court if a woman who's waited years to establish her own Canadian citizenship decides to pursue a class-action lawsuit. Scott had initially asked the court to determine whether she was a citizen or not. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Jewish News CJN: Lionel Blue , one of the best known rabbis in Britain, has urged his readers to look for divine revelation in newspapers. I cited him in my last column in the Canadian Jewish News CJN , but his perspective should also be of interest to readers of this paper, according to The Star. Newspapers and magazines can teach us more than what theology and mysticism have to offer. Some readers may even see them as a kind of a surrogate for Scripture and Television, radio and the Internet bring us the latest news, but for context and background we still turn to daily newspapers. These also tell us about things closer to home and report the comings and goings of the famous and the infamous. Blue suggests that we learn about the nature of God and Gods ways less by abstract speculation and silent contemplation than by observation of Gods human creatures as they go about their daily business. We want to know about other people to gain better insight into what God wants of us. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.