Statistics Canada: A spate of fresh data and yet one more market-cooling tweak from Ottawa last week has put one of the most important sectors in the Canadian economy, and the most important asset-source for most Canadians, on a kind of death watch, according to CTV. Last week, Statistics Canada reported that building permits in the residential sector fell 12.9 per cent in June, and permits for multi-unit dwellings -- mostly condos -- sank even further by 18.8 per cent and OTTAWA -- Canada's much-watched housing market is sending out mixed signals these days -- even for analysts. That's because while some of the data, such as home prices and starts, is pointing to the soothing "soft landing" that homeowners, economists, banks and politicians are fingers-crossed hoping for, others, like land purchases and building permits suggest the real message is: the crash is coming. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

special occasions: Recently, I started noticing that some of my personal items were going missing: a bottle of pink nail polish, a barrette with blue rhinestones meant for special occasions and my favourite lipstick. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. I #039;m all teed up, but with no place to go The Essay is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide . A wintered man under tropical skies (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Rehtaeh Parsons: The legislation that came into effect last week was introduced less than a month after the April 7 death of Rehtaeh Parsons, the 17-year-old from Cole Harbour who was said to have endured harassment and humiliation after a photo of her being sexually assaulted was circulated around her school and online, according to CBC. While those professionals who study and work with many of the issues around bullying and cyberbullying find hopeful signs in the Nova Scotia initiative, they caution that fundamental change will only come only through a multi-faceted approach involving parents, educators and others, to create a new sense of responsibility around online behaviour and Nova Scotia's new law to counteract cyberbullying aims to protect victims and hold young perpetrators and even their parents in some cases responsible. But legal and social welfare experts have their doubts that the law will have a significant impact in the fight against the insidious online behaviour unless much more educational groundwork is laid. She attempted to take her own life, and died a few days later after being taken off life support. People hold photographs of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons during a memorial vigil at Victoria Park in Halifax on April 11. Paul Darrow/Reuters (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sober second thought: Sober second thought, according to The Chronicle Herald. The debate rages on the sale of alcohol products at the local store. On the surface, it seems like no big deal. After all, it is the 21st century. So giver as they say. I say, Not so fast and (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

SummerWorks: Theatre Sook-Yin Lee fuses movement, poetry, music, at SummerWorks, according to Globe and Mail. Soulpepper revival finds greatness in Angels Video The old AT T long-distance ads used to urge customers to reach out and touch someone. Today, that cuddly phrase has been truncated and turned into stale business jargon I have an e-mail inbox full of messages from publicists who want to reach out to me. All the same, the slogan kept popping into my head as I watched the offerings at this year's SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto. More Related to this Story dance Aterballetto stages a grand finale at Quebec festival (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

VQA Vinters Quality Alliance Wine Information Centre: You might have a taste for wine or yen for dinosaurs. Maybe you have a fascination with gangsters or a desire to drive through remote wilderness. Whatever your dream is, fulfil it in one of Canadas 10 provinces or three territories just by venturing off the beaten path. Ready to explore?, according to Huffington Post. With lush vineyards and endless sunshine, the Okanagan region could easily seduce you into believing you re in California. Where to start? Sample more than 600 local wines at the VQA Vinters Quality Alliance Wine Information Centre in Penticton, less than a five-hour drive from Vancouver. In nearby Kelowna, a href "http://www.missionhillwinery.com/" target " hplink" Mission Hill Family Estate, /a repeatedly named Canadas Winery of the Year, is famed for both its Oculus red wine and its award-winning Terrace Restaurant. Looking for a delight in the desert? Head to Osoyoos, B.C.. Nk Mip Cellars, Canadas first aboriginal-owned and operated winery, produces fantastic Chardonnays and Pinot Blancs in the northern Sonoran Desert.Everywhere, horseback riding, golfing, boating, and spas beckon when you re not sipping something intoxicating. Visit Dinosaur Provincial Park: Alberta Summer's the perfect time to escape the busy urban lifestyle in Canada. Theres nothing wrong with enjoying fine dining in Vancouvers swankiest restaurants, shopping for high-end fashions on Torontos Bloor Street, or parading through elite nightclubs in downtown Montreal. But theres much more to discover in this huge, diverse nation. 13 Canadian Alternatives To Big City Tourism. Slideshow text follows for mobile readers. Loading Slideshow Tour The Okanagan Wine Country: British Columbia (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Laszlo Csatary: BUDAPEST, Hungary - Laszlo Csatary, a former police officer who was stripped of his Canadian citizenship and indicted by Hungarian authorities for abusing Jews and contributing to their deportation to Nazi death camps, has died. He was 98. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Hungarian authorities claimed earlier this year that Csatary was the chief of an internment camp set up in a brick factory in 1944 for around 12,000 Jews in Kosice a Slovak city then part of Hungary. FILE This Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo shows alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary covering his face in a car as he leaves the Budapest Prosecutor's Office after he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes during WWII and prosecutors ordered his house arrest in Budapest, Hungary. Csatary, a former police officer indicted in June 2013 by Hungarian authorities for abusing Jews and contributing to their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II, has died. He was 98. Csatary died Saturday Aug. 11, 2013 of pneumonia in a Budapest hospital, said his lawyer, Gabor Horvath B. AP Photo/MTI, Bea Kallos, File Csatary, who lived for years in Montreal, died Saturday of pneumonia in a Budapest hospital, said his lawyer, Gabor Horvath B. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Maxim Zhuravlev: Maxim Zhuravlev is staying at a homeless shelter in downtown Vancouver, but says the conditions are far safer than what he faced in Russia. 'It is considered an honour for a Russian to harm or even kill a gay person.' Maxim Zhuravlev, according to CBC. "It is considered an honour for a Russian to harm or even kill a gay person. They will be honoured by society and tell everyone, 'I killed a gay person.' Everyone basically will be proud of that." A gay refugee claimant living in Vancouver says he fled to Canada from his native Russia to escape being persecuted for his sexual orientation. "I feel that I'm protected. I feel that I can be myself. I don't have be worried about violence," Zhuravlev told News. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward Snowden: Attorney Bruce Fein said in a television appearance that he and Lon Snowden were skeptical about President Barack Obama's pledge to limit government surveillance programs, and they remain doubtful that young Snowden can receive a fair trial in the United States. How Russia gains from sheltering Edward Snowden Why the U.S. hasn't nabbed Edward Snowden yet, according to CBC. "We intend to visit with Edward and suggest criminal defense attorneys who have got experience in Espionage Act prosecutions," Fein said and The father of Edward Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor, has received a Russian visa and will travel there shortly to see his son, he and his lawyer said on Sunday. "We have visas. We have a date, which we won't disclose right now because of the frenzy" over the affair, Fein told the ABC News program This Week , on which they both appeared. They will travel to Russia "very soon," he said. 'The only deal will be true justice.' Lon Snowden, Edward Snowden's father (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Hungary Laszlo Csatary: Csatary, who lived for years in Montreal, died Saturday of pneumonia in a Budapest hospital, said his lawyer, Gabor Horvath B, according to 660 News. They accused him of beating the Jews with his bare hands and a dog whip regularly and without reason and BUDAPEST, Hungary Laszlo Csatary, a former police officer who was stripped of his Canadian citizenship and indicted by Hungarian authorities for abusing Jews and contributing to their deportation to Nazi death camps, has died. He was 98. Hungarian authorities claimed earlier this year that Csatary was the chief of an internment camp set up in a brick factory in 1944 for around 12,000 Jews in Kosice a Slovak city then part of Hungary. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.