Air Liquide: This applies regardless of whether the employees are highly-paid former owners who expected to continue working after the business was sold or a modestly-paid machine operator, according to The Star. Paul Filiatrault founded Tri-County in 1967 following a career with Air Liquide in Quebec where he started working at age 18. Tri-County was distributor for Air Liquide in the Kitchener area, where the Filiatraults moved and Two recent decisions of the Ontario Superior Court send a clear message that employees who work into their 70s and even their 80s may be entitled to large damage awards if they are wrongfully dismissed. Paul and Shirley Filiatrault were both over 80 in 2009 when they sold Tri-County Welding Supplies Ltd. to Air Liquide Canada Inc., and were subsequently fired. The Filiatraults took Air Liquide to court and in May, recovered $1.16 million in damages as severance pay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Warren Brundage: In documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week, International Language Schools of Canada alleges the groups have published false and malicious information about the company to the point where it has lost revenue, according to Times Colonist. "This is a gentleman who is on a crusade," Richard Novek, the schools' director of operations in Vancouver, said in an interview about Warren Brundage and VANCOUVER - Two international student assistance groups are being sued for alleged defamation for Facebook posts, tweets and leaflet distribution at Vancouver language schools, court documents show. The two Vancouver-based groups are One World Agency and the International Student Assistance Society. The lawsuit also names the groups' director, Warren Brundage, and his wife, Asuka Brundage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Palestinian officials: It was one of the deadliest incidents in the West Bank since 2009. Fifteen people were wounded and six were in critical condition, Palestinian officials said, according to The Star. Citing a promise to keep initial talks secret, Israeli officials refused to comment on whether a meeting was scheduled or cancelled. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Mari Harf told Reuters no meetings have been cancelled and RAMALLAH, WEST BANK Palestinian leaders said peace negotiations were threatened Monday after Israeli security forces fatally shot three Palestinian men during an early-morning clash in the Qalandia refugee camp. A senior member of the Palestinian Authority said that a gathering scheduled for Monday, as part of the U.S.-led peace negotiations, was postponed to protest the killings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Romeo Dallaire: A Dallaire aide said Monday that the retired Canadian Forces general was "embarrassed" and "really unhappy" to have been accidentally mixed up with a southern Ontario group called the Fatima Centre, which is organizing a conference next month in Niagara Falls, Ont, according to Huffington Post. Other speakers scheduled for the conference include the president of the U.S.-based John Birch Society, a right-wing American group that campaigns against the U.S. Federal Reserve, says the UN is trying to control "all human activity" and claims Nelson Mandela is "carrying forward a communist program of terrorism and genocide." Senator Romeo Dallaire has pulled out of a speaking engagement organized by a fringe Catholic group accused of anti-Semitism, but his name is still being promoted alongside those of anti-abortionists, conspiracy theorists and former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul. The Fatima Centre is a Catholic organization whose publications include references to "the duty incumbent upon Catholics of... opposing Jewish Naturalism" and to "Satan's plans against the Church," which include "the granting of full citizenship to the Jews." The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit that lists organizations it deems to be hate groups, says the Fatima Centre is part of a movement that is "perhaps the single largest group of hard-core anti-Semites in North America." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

university of Toronto researcher: Lindsay Bell, a university of Toronto researcher, looked at mine training programs in the Northwest Territories. She says after being trained, few aboriginal people found jobs in the mines, according to CBC. The money will go to a group of stakeholders called the Ring of Fire Aboriginal Training Alliance, which includes Matawa First Nations, NorOnt Resources and Confederation College and The federal governments $6 million in funding to train people from Matawa First Nations in the mining sector is unlikely to improve employment prospects for aboriginal people, an Ontario researcher says. The federal government announced earlier this month that 260 people will be trained through the fund. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada: A woman was yelling at a man and telling him that Canada is her country and not his. She continued to berate him. This argument occurred in front of her teenage daughter. I did not see what transpired to make her so angry. I was shocked this happened in Toronto, one of the most multicultural cities in the world with almost 3 million people who speak over 140 languages and more than half are immigrants, according to The Star. He explained that he thought she was alone and asked if he could use one of the chairs at her table. When she didnt reply, he sat down and that is what set her off. He has lived in Canada for more than 20 years and his children were also born here. When he was young, he was called names because of his race but had never been treated that way since his childhood. I told him to focus on all the great things about most Canadians and not on one angry soul. When I walked away, I heard him tell his wife that what I said was kind and it meant a lot. He appreciated it and I just returned from seeing The Butler , a film about the civil rights movement. The experience had a profound impact because of what I witnessed in the halls of the Fairview Mall before entering the theatre. I wished that I had intervened. Many others observed and did nothing. Lucky for me, this man was in the movie theatre with his wife. I had a second chance. Before the film started I told him that I was sorry about what I saw and wished that I had said something. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

CIBC World Markets: The report by CIBC World Markets says that while completing a post-secondary education is still the best route to a well paying, quality job, the premium is dropping as too few students are graduating from programs that lead to good jobs. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "And despite the overwhelming evidence that one's field of study is the most important factor determining labour market outcomes, today's students have not gravitated to more financially advantageous fields in a way that reflects the changing reality of the labour market." TORONTO - Students may not get the value they should out of increasingly more expensive university degrees if they don't specialize on fields in high demand, according to a new report. "Narrowing employment and earning premiums for higher education mean that, on average, Canada is experiencing an excess supply of post-secondary graduates," said CIBC economist Benjamin Tal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Alina Gershuny: Coming out of school you are like, 'OK I m going to try and tackle things,'" she says, according to Huffington Post. The 28-year-old isnt the only one feeling squeezed. Many millennial women defined loosely as those between the ages of 18 and 33 feel pressure to lock down a career and family in their 20s. On top if this, the post-recession job market, full of temporary contracts and unstable positions, is making things a lot more difficult and Alina Gershuny is a typical professional woman under 30: ambitious, highly educated, and under pressure. Gershuny had bills to pay while trying to build a career and think about starting a family life. "You kind of have to decide which one is going to be achieved first. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elegant glass pavilion: The library, still under construction, rises up on the east side of the Bathurst Street bridge. Its an elegant glass pavilion that will glow like a welcoming lantern at night. Its such a presence that the neighbourhood of condominium towers and community housing has been named by the developer, Context, in its honour: the Library District, according to The Star. But whats with the odd angles, the tilting roof which will have a green roof and the trapezoid shape? Behind the new library is another similarly shaped pavilion the amenities building for the nearby condominium in forest hues of green and blue, also with an angled roof and Torontos newest library, its 99th, is set to open in November. The Fort York Library, an unusual, modern building with what looks like a crazy tilted roof, offers a rare view of its namesake, Fort York. Its a historic site we rarely see unless stalled in traffic high up on the Gardiner Expressway. When she first visited the site, architect Shirley Blumberg says she was astonished by the view. It is the gateway visually and physically to Fort York and a way of connecting the fort to the city, says Blumberg of KPMB Architects. We ve been cut off from Fort York and that site for 200 years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Participatory Budgeting Hamilton: Residents selected 21 ideas as part of the Ward 2 participatory budgeting process this weekend. Of the roughly 19,000 possible voters, 1,024 came out to cast ballots on how to spend $1 million in the ward, according to CBC. We have to now get into the details of the implementation, he said. Now we dot the I's, cross the t's and make these things happen. The turnout reflects about five per cent of eligible Ward 2 residents. But that's not bad, said Norman Kearney, president and CEO of Participatory Budgeting Hamilton. RELATED: Poll changes lead to 'bumpy start' for Ward 2 budget vote A multicultural festival, a Chinese garden and alleys turned into urban trails are among the ideas that will be funded through a new inner-city process that allows citizens to vote on how tax dollars are spent. Coun. Jason Farr was happy with the results and said all the projects will be good additions to the ward. His staff will start working with city staff this week on making the projects happen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.