Lee Cohen: The Cole Harbour wife of a man who was arrested in Cairo on Sunday said hes still being held by military and police, according to The Chronicle Herald. On the advice of Lee Cohen, her Halifax-based immigration lawyer, she declined to comment further about the charges and My husbands been charged with a number of charges, none of which are true, Shirley El-Araby said Thursday, in reference to Islam Mohamed El-Araby, her husband of three years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Pacific Railway: Calgary-based CP had expressed concern about the "fitness" of the insolvent short-haul railway to safely handle hazardous substances in light of the deadly derailment and crash last month that devastated Lac-Megantic, Que, according to CTV. "The agency also finds that the balance of inconvenience clearly favours MMA as the refusal to grant the interim order would result in the virtual cessation of MMA's operations," the CTA wrote in an eight-page decision and MONTREAL -- Canadian Pacific Railway has been ordered by a federal agency to end an embargo that prevented Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway from accessing cargo such as crude oil. But the Canadian Transportation Agency agreed with MM A that the short-haul railway would suffer irreparable financial harm from CP's boycott and issued an order late Wednesday that overrides Canadian Pacific's decision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shipbuilding industry: Traditionally, there is an ebb and flow to employment in the shipbuilding industry. New trades are brought in as others are laid off, unless there is another job to do, according to The Chronicle Herald. Wednesday just happened to be the day Irving announced a major reconstruction of its facilities at the Halifax yard. Plans include construction of a massive assembly hall, paint area, barge launch area and parking garage over the next two years, with the entire process slated to conclude in the second or third quarter of 2015 and Calculating how many jobs will be created for Nova Scotians as a direct result of the federal shipbuilding program isnt going to be easy. It isnt just me saying that. On Wednesday, both Irving Shipbuilding Inc. and the union representing Halifax Shipyard workers pointed to this fact of life for people in the shipbuilding trades. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Rockets: Rockets fired from multiple launchers and heavy mortar rounds hit the neighborhoods of Jobar and Zamalka, which are on the eastern outskirts of the capital. Between 500 and 1,300 people died on Wednesday from chemical weapons attacks in those areas, which are part of what is known as the Ghouta, the activists said. , according to Reuters. Speaking from Ghouta, activist Khaled Amer said explosions from rockets hitting Zamalka were being heard. In Jobar, a Damascus neighborhood only 3 km 2 miles from the historic center of the ancient capital, explosions were heard at an army fortification and another compound housing tanks, apparently from a rebel attack on the facilities. AMMAN - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, activists said, keeping up pressure on the besieged region a day after the opposition accused the army of gassing hundreds in a chemical weapons attack. Rockets also hit the nearby district of Qaboun to the north, where rebel fighters have repelled attempts by loyalist forces to overrun the area, and the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp area to the south, the activists added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Justin Trudeau: The Liberal leader castigated the idea and said the Parti Quebecois government would damage Quebec's reputation if it proceeded with such a policy, according to Huffington Post. Other party leaders, meanwhile, avoided comment and Justin Trudeau became the first prominent federal politician to oppose Quebec's controversial plan to ban religious headwear for public employees. Trudeau, who happened to be in Quebec City on Wednesday, added the topic to the agenda of a previously scheduled meeting with Premier Pauline Marois. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

MONTREAL Canadian Pacific Railway: Calgary-based CP had expressed concern about the fitness of the insolvent short-haul railway to safely handle hazardous substances in light of the deadly derailment and crash last month that devastated Lac-Megantic, Que, according to 660 News. The agency also finds that the balance of inconvenience clearly favours MMA as the refusal to grant the interim order would result in the virtual cessation of MMAs operations, the CTA wrote in an eight-page decision and MONTREAL Canadian Pacific Railway has been ordered by a federal agency to end an embargo that prevented Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway from accessing cargo such as crude oil. But the Canadian Transportation Agency agreed with MM A that the short-haul railway would suffer irreparable financial harm from CPs boycott and issued an order late Wednesday that overrides Canadian Pacifics decision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

northern Israel: BEIRUT - Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday, a day after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military and a Palestinian official said. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Ramez Mustafa, a Lebanon-based official with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, said the raid occurred at 4 a.m. and caused no casualties or material damage. He said the Israeli air force fired one missile at the area. Israeli policemen stand in front of a house damaged by a rocket fired from Lebanon in Shavei Tzion outside Nahariya in northern Israel, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said Thursday that three rockets landed in northern Israel, while one was shot down. AP Photo/Jinipix ISRAEL OUT Related Items Articles Syrian deputy prime minister blames foreign fighters for alleged toxic gas attack near capital The Israeli military said that the aircraft targeted "a terror site located between Beirut and Sidon in response" to the rocket attack. It was the first air raid on the area since the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Parti Quebecois: He was crushed in an election. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The PQ was leapfrogged by the Action Democratique du Quebec, a perennial also-ran that was propelled ahead during an intense public debate over the accommodation of minorities. MONTREAL - This Parti Quebecois leader was a Harvard-educated urbanite who praised minority accommodation, arguing that the province was an open society built by immigrants, with some of the most progressive human-rights standards in the world. To understand the current Parti Quebecois fixation with religious minorities and the clothes they wear, it's worth rewinding six years to explore the wreckage of Andre Boisclair's third-place implosion in the March 2007 campaign. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Faith Goldy: Sun News reporter Faith Goldy says she was in a Hamilton, Ont., courtroom, covering the trial of 13 people who were arrested in June protesting the planned reversal of Enbridges Line 9 oil pipeline, when she got some noxious feedback from a supporter of the defendants, according to Huffington Post. The protester had apparently passed gas in Goldy's face and Plenty of Canadians dislike Sun News, but one pipeline protester may have gone too far in registering his objections to the networks editorial slant. I m just minding my own business when all of a sudden something putrid emerges in the air , Goldy told The Source host Ezra Levant. And so I gaze up from my phone ... and there before me was not one of the charged, but the bottom of one of the supporters of the line 9 protesters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: CANBERRA - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's plans to capture a seat at Australia's September 7 elections were in disarray on Thursday after his top local candidate quit due to an internal fight over party organization. , according to Reuters. "I made a decision two months ago to spend a lot of my time on dealing with the Edward Snowden asylum situation, and trying to save the life of a young man. The result is over delegation," Assange told Australian television on Thursday. By James Grubel Assange, who remains holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, accepted responsibility for the divisions, saying he had been too busy helping fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.