Vancouver: This week's destination? Vancouver, or as the show's host, Jon Montgomery, called it: "the supermodel of North American cities." Vancouver often racks up accolades as the most livable albeit expensive city in North America, but also as a place that doesn't know how to have fun , according to Huffington Post. For a recap of this week's drama, check out HuffPost Canada TV's review here and for a look at this week's destinations, check out the gallery below and If the second episode of The Amazing Race Canada seemed more like the Amazing Race Vancouver, that's because the show looks like it has shifted from its province-hopping ways to focus on one city per episode. That's not to say this week's episode wasn't entertaining, but when you've got destinations like a convention centre and shipping yards instead of camera-friendly lakes and provincial parks, the city's "no fun" reputation starts creeping up. Still, what this week's episode lacked in natural beauty, it made up for in culture with contestants running and skating around in circles in Vancouver's historic Chinatown and the Richmond Olympic Oval. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Tracy Charles: She only converted to Islam last August, walking into the Hamilton Mountain Mosque with little experience with the religion. So she has no history of skipping multiple meals or pushing through sweltering temperatures without having a glass of water, according to CBC. Awareness is the goal for Charles, a former Catholic who learned about Islam from a friend last May. When she was growing up in St. Catharines, her family didn't go to church much, and she wasn't religious as an adult either and This is Tracy Charles's first Ramadan, a holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and good deeds, and it hasn't been easy. I was so worried about going without food or water, she said during a multi-faith event at the mosque on Monday. But every time you get the hunger pain, you think about why you are doing this. It makes you very aware. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nova Scotias: As chair of the Council of the Federation, over the past year I have worked with premiers to improve on issues that are important to Nova Scotians, including health care, jobs and the economy, according to The Chronicle Herald. This past September, I led premiers and businesses on a trade mission to China. It was an important opportunity to advance Nova Scotias relationship with key Chinese government and business leaders. Together with business and post-secondary leaders, I promoted Nova Scotias unique offerings in education, training, transportation, the Atlantic gateway and research and innovation to growing Chinese markets and As I prepare to attend the next meeting of Canadas premiers, I m reflecting on what is accomplished when premiers come together. I m sometimes asked if it these meetings are useful and how they benefit Nova Scotians. A very tangible example of what we achieve by working together is the millions saved through the premiers generic drug initiative, work that began last July in Halifax. This initiative will save taxpayers up to $100 million money that can be directed toward important programs and services for Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Toronto Childrens Peace Theatre: A young woman from Antigua remembers the cold reception she got when she returned to Canada, the birthplace she was scooped away from as a toddler, according to The Star. All three are members of the Toronto Childrens Peace Theatre summer camp this year, and their stories, along with others, will be part of the groups performance, Passage: A Moving Experience , which debuts Thursday at the Dawes Rd. theatre and A teenage boy from Eritrea recalls the awkwardness of reuniting with his father, whom he had not seen for 13 years. A refugee girl from El Salvador is afraid of bonding with others because of the experience of losing friends when she moves again. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Samantha Robison: ZAATARI, Jordan Young Syrian children, refugees of their countrys grinding civil war, playfully grab paint brushes and rollers nearly as big as they are in this windswept desert camp, adding splashes of bright colour to their bleak surroundings, according to The Chronicle Herald. So many children are bored in Zaatari. They just throw rocks because they have nothing else to do, artist Samantha Robison said. Theres a lot of violent tendencies and negative energy, so if you bring in art and give them a positive activity, it helps a lot and Most of the trailers and tents match the beige colour of the swirling sand surrounding the Zaatari refugee camp, home to about 120,000 Syrians who fled the nearly three-year war still gripping the nation. Slowly though, thats changing with the help of a U.S. artist who is leading children haunted by the conflict to paint buildings and walls at the crowded camp with murals expressing their lives and hopes. (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.

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 CTV. 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.

Cricket Australia: Cricket Australia released a statement Tuesday saying Pattinson will miss the remainder of the Ashes tour after reporting hip and back soreness on the last day of the second Ashes test, which England won by 347 runs Sunday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the five-match series, according to Times Colonist. "I think we've got a fantastic team on the field and . this year with a few more people coming in, expect some fiery, fast spells," the 23-year-old Pattinson said in a Renegades statement and MELBOURNE, Australia - In an ill-timed announcement destined to spark more criticism from frustrated Australian test cricket fans, the Melbourne Renegades announced the signing of fast bowler James Pattinson for the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League only hours after he was ruled out of the Ashes series in England with an injured back. Critics were already scathing of Cricket Australia's apparent focus on limited-overs formats at the expense of developing quality test players before the Renegades chipped in with news that Pattinson and fellow Australia paceman Peter Siddle were looking forward to the T20 season. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

international terminal: HAVANA - Cuba's main international terminal is getting a $10.2 million overhaul to improve operations at the overcrowded facility, according to state-run media. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Government website Cubadebate added that the project also calls for new walkways, additional check-in counters, lighting and air conditioning improvements and systems to conserve water and electricity. FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2012 file photo, Juan, a Cuban-American man who did not want to give his last name, front, pushes bundles after getting off a flight from the U.S. as his brother who lives in Cuba, behind, helps him with other packages at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities are announcing a $10.2 million project to renovate the capital's congested international terminal. State-run newspaper The Havana Reporter says on July 23, 2013 the Terminal 3 upgrade includes eight footbridges for boarding and the expansion of a parking area outside the terminal. AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File The Havana Reporter, an English-language semi-weekly newspaper that hit kiosks Tuesday, said the Terminal 3 upgrade will include eight footbridges for boarding and the expansion of a parking area outside the terminal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Lloyd Carr: Lloyd Carr, former executive director of the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission AADAC , admitted to diverting money from the program into his own accounts between 2004 and 2006 to support a gambling addiction, according to CBC. Carr, 49, also later admitted to using a forged University of Calgary bachelor of social work degree to get a job as a mental health worker with the NOR-MAN Health Authority in Flin Flon, Man., as well as using a fake doctor's note to obtain sick leave to attend his trial in Alberta and The National Parole Board has turned down a request from the man who defrauded the province of Alberta of $634,000 while head of an addictions agency. Former Alberta and Manitoba bureaucrat Lloyd Carr was denied day parole last week. He was convicted of fraud in 2010 and sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.