unemployment rate: Leaders in the Socialist administration, who are under criticism for the struggling economy and rising joblessness, met Monday to discuss the way forward. Grappling with an 11 per cent unemployment rate, high taxes, and a declining industrial sector, they looked to better times in the future the distant future, according to Times Colonist. There were skeptics and PARIS - Full employment, plenty of cheap housing, a new Industrial Revolution and Police 3.0. Those are the French government's predictions for the year 2025. "The countries that succeed are those that look ahead," said Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. "France has been lagging in a globalized world and at times has doubted its future." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Toronto International Film Festival: You can thank the Toronto International Film Festival for that each year the prestigious movie marathon explodes in celebrity visitors, from Clooney to Kidman to McConaughey, according to 660 News. Start with a stop at TIFF Bell Lightbox 350 King St. W. , which is ground zero for filmmakers, journalists and fans. Its also where you ll find an army of volunteers eager to answer questions and TORONTO Outside Hollywood, there are few places in North America as overrun with celebrities as downtown Toronto in September. As such, its prime time for star trackers and film-loving tourists to head to Hogtown, cameras in tow. This years fest runs Sept. 5 to 15, but a word to the wise: most A-listers tend to favour the first weekend, when the splashiest premieres and parties take place. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Unemployment rates: Unemployment rates rise in most US states in July, according to Times Colonist. The Labor Department said Monday that unemployment rates increased in 28 states. They were unchanged in 14 and fell in eight states the fewest to show a decline since January and WASHINGTON AP Unemployment rates rose in more than half of U.S. states in July and fewer states added jobs, echoing national data that show the job market may have lost some momentum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The United Nations: The United Nations said nearly 30,000 refugees had crossed in the past few days, making it one of the biggest single outward migrations of a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people and driven millions from their homes, according to The Star. The UN agency has sent trucks loaded with emergency supplies and erected plastic tarpaulins at a transit site to provide shelter from the sun and heat. A refugee camp is expected to open by the end of the month, McNorton said and BAGHDAD A sudden influx of 30,000 Kurdish refugees from Syria into Iraq increases the likelihood that Iraqs Kurdish region will act to protect its kin across the border, an adviser to Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani said on Monday. It is a massive movement of people, Dan McNorton, spokesman of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR , told Reuters on Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

University of Alberta: Dean Lesley Cormack of the Faculty of Arts informed staff at the University of Alberta via memo that numerous programs should be suspended, each of which has had 10 or fewer students enrolled as majors since Fall 2005, according to Huffington Post. NDP's Advanced Education critic Rachel Notley, says the cuts are another disappointment by the Alberta government and The University of Alberta plans to axe twenty Arts programs with low enrollment - a move that is being heavily criticized by many as a blow to both the school and community. "I want us to be able to offer new programs that students might now be interested in and its very hard to do that if we never close old programs, Cormack told The Edmonton Sun. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jamie Dimon: NEW YORK - A federal bribery investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase Co. JPM.N: Quote hired the children of key Chinese officials to help it win business is just the latest in a series of legal and regulatory headaches for Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, according to Reuters. In the latest probe, the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC is looking at whether the bank's Hong Kong office hired the children of powerful heads of state-owned companies in China with the express purpose of winning underwriting business and other contracts, a person familiar with the matter said and By David Henry Dimon piloted the bank through the financial crisis, but it is now facing at least a dozen investigations from federal agencies and state and foreign governments, including over the "London Whale" trading scandal that cost it more than $6.2 billion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Alan Rusbridger: In an article posted on the British newspapers website on Monday, editor Alan Rusbridger said that a month ago, after the newspaper had published several stories based on Snowdens material, a British official advised him: You ve had your fun. Now we want the stuff back, according to The Star. Miranda, a Brazilian citizen in transit from Berlin to Brazil, said he was released without charge after nine hours of questioning but minus his laptop, cellphone and memory sticks and WASHINGTON The Guardian, a major outlet for revelations based on leaks from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden , says the British government threatened legal action against the newspaper unless it either destroyed the classified documents or handed them back to British authorities. Rusbridgers disclosure follows Sundays detainment at Londons Heathrow Airport under British anti-terrorism laws of David Miranda, partner of U.S. journalist and Guardian writer Glenn Greenwald. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

motion picture: The oldest known motion picture in the province features horse-drawn fire engines racing down a crowded Winnipeg downtown street and some guys jigging to a couple of banjo pickers. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Its called Brigade on the Run and was shot by a French filmmaker under circumstances that were as cloudy then as they are 107 years later. Brigade on the Run was shot by French filmmaker Leo Lefebvre. Watch it below. What the two segments have to do with one another is anyones guess. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Glenn Greenwald: Keith Vaz, the chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said Monday that he wants to know why police stopped David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, according to Huffington Post. Greenwald has written about NSA surveillance programs based on files disclosed by Snowden, who now has temporary asylum in Russia. Related on HuffPost: Loading Slideshow Edward Snowden LONDON - A British lawmaker says he will ask police to explain why the partner of a journalist who received leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was detained for nearly nine hours at Heathrow Airport. Miranda was stopped Sunday while travelling home to Brazil after visiting Germany where he met with Laura Poitras, a U.S. filmmaker who has worked with Greenwald on the NSA story. The Guardian reported it paid for Miranda's flights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jean-Marc Ayrault: PARIS - Full employment, plenty of cheap housing, a new Industrial Revolution and Police 3.0. Those are the French government's predictions for the year 2025. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The countries that succeed are those that look ahead," said Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. "France has been lagging in a globalized world and at times has doubted its future." French Interior Minister Manuel Valls, left, greets French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira prior to a government seminar at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013. AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere/Pool Leaders in the Socialist administration, who are under criticism for the struggling economy and rising joblessness, met Monday to discuss the way forward. Grappling with an 11 per cent unemployment rate, high taxes, and a declining industrial sector, they looked to better times in the future the distant future. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.