Leticia Sarmiento: Franco Yiu Kwan Orr was found guilty in June of human trafficking for bringing Sarmiento with his family to Canada, where she earned $500 a month to care for his three children, according to CTV. In 2007, Sarmiento, 40, began working for the family in Hong Kong, where, she told the court, conditions were very different and VANCOUVER -- Leticia Sarmiento was a modern-day slave, working 16 hours a day, seven days a week as a nanny for a wealthy family in British Columbia, says the Crown, urging a judge to hand down a sentence for her former employer that will deter others from trafficking vulnerable women. "He kept her as a virtual slave in his home," Crown lawyer Peter La Prairie told the B.C. Supreme Court judge on Wednesday. "It was a crime of greed and it was a crime of control." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois: A media report on Tuesday suggested that Quebecs Parti Quebecois government will unveil new legislation this fall that would ban public employees from wearing religious clothing such as turbans, hijabs and kippas, according to CTV. Neither Quebec Premier Pauline Marois nor the minister responsible for the charter, Bernard Drainville, has commented on the report, but Marois is expected to address the reports Thursday and Quebecs proposed ban on religious symbols and clothing in public buildings would be very vulnerable to a challenge in the courts, says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. The report said the so-called Charter of Quebec Values would also ban employees in public institutions from wearing religious symbols like crucifixes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

religious minorities: The revival this fall of the provinces long-running debate on the reasonable accommodation of religious minorities has been promised for months. But the scope of the proposed law, which was hinted at in a Journal de Montr al article Tuesday, is setting off alarm bells, according to The Star. While there is some relief in the province that such a far-reaching law has little likelihood of being implemented in the current minority-government situation, where the provincial Liberals and Coalition Avenir Qu bec have staked out more moderate ground, others are concerned about re-launching a debate that has been regularly flaring up since 2007 and MONTREAL Quebecs Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and other religious minorities are on alert after reports that the Parti Qu b cois government intends to introduce legislation that would ban veils, kippas, turbans and other symbols from government offices, hospitals, schools and any other place that receives public funding. The newspaper, citing sources, said the legislation would slap a ban on religious symbols like head coverings for publicly funded employees as well as those seeking government services like hospital treatment going after individuals rather than sticking to government institutions, as fellow sovereigntist party Qu bec Solidaire noted in a statement denouncing the proposed law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency: Representatives of 13 Atlantic Canadian universities returned home last week after spending 12 days travelling around India making their pitch to high school students, according to The Chronicle Herald. We were all over the place. It was fantastic, said Gillian MacDonald, assistant registrar of undergraduate recruitment at Dalhousie University in Halifax and The recruitment mission, which the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency funded, targeted students in grades 10 to 12 in nine Indian cities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Dolly Parton: In the near future, Parton sees a resort hotel lobby with a three-story window that frames Mount LeConte -- one of the tallest peaks in the Smoky Mountains. Guests will be able to book a grand suite in the hotel that the entertainer uses when she stays in the Pigeon Forge theme park that bears her name, according to CTV. A new roller coaster, this one aimed at families, is scheduled to open in 2014 and NASHVILLE -- To see the future of Dollywood, you need to borrow the vision of its chief imaginer, Dolly Parton. All of that is future tense, but not very far away. The park plans to open DreamMore Resort in 2015. It's part of a planned $300 million expansion to take place over the next decade. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Facebook: NEW YORK, N.Y. - Food, water and the Internet? , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The Internet not only connects us to our friends, families and communities, but it is also the foundation of the global knowledge economy," Zuckerberg wrote in a paper posted to his Facebook page late Tuesday. The title asks "Is Connectivity A Human Right?" This May 11, 2012 photo shows a worker in the Facebook office in Menlo Park, Calif. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Chiu Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to get all of the world's 7 billion people online through a partnership with some of the largest mobile technology companies. He says the Web is an essential part of life, and everyone deserves to be connected, whether they live in Norway, Nicaragua or Namibia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

British Prime Minister David Cameron: LONDON - Two of British Prime Minister David Cameron's most senior aides pressed the Guardian newspaper to hand over or destroy intelligence secrets leaked by Edward Snowden, political sources said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Cameron, on holiday in Cornwall, made no immediate comment and By Andrew Osborn News that Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood and National Security Adviser Kim Darroch were involved drags Cameron into a storm over Britain's response to coverage of leaks from the fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor - a response that left even its U.S. ally talking of the importance of media freedom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Lai Tong Sang: But the lawyer for Lai Tong Sang says an appeal is still possible, according to Globe and Mail. In his ruling, IRB adjudicator Geoff Rempel said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Lai is a triad member and therefore inadmissible to Canada and Nearly 17 years after he first arrived in Canada, the alleged leader of the Shui Fong triad in Macau a criminal organization linked to assaults and murders during a 1990s turf war has been ordered deported. The Immigration and Refugee Board made its decision last week, but the judgment was not publicly revealed until Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The Dallas Morning News: The Texas Republican and tea party favourite announced his plans Monday night in a statement. The move comes in the wake of a report by The Dallas Morning News that Cruz holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship, according to The Star. The 42-year-old gave a copy of the document to The Dallas Morning News, which posted a picture of it online Monday. It shows Cruzs birth in Calgary, Alberta, on Dec. 22, 1970, while listing his mother, Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson, as having been born in Delaware and his father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, as a native of Cuba and AUSTIN, TEXAS U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said Monday that he will renounce his Canadian citizenship. Cruz released his birth certificate amid concerns that being born in Canada could derail a possible presidential run by the tea party firebrand. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Square One Shopping Centre: The free Aug. 24 event at the Mississauga Celebration Square across from Square One Shopping Centre begins at 1 p.m. in a relaxed atmosphere of blankets and picnic baskets, according to The Star. Last year, 15,000 people attended the event, which only ran in the evening and The third annual Bollywood Monster Mashup is now a full-day family affair, which producer Vikas Kohi says will involve dance classes, films and comic skits. The years headliner is Bollywood singing star Kamal Khan in an evening of entertainment that Kohi said will be a high-pressure, high-value Bollywood show. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.