Zuppa Theatre Co.: Apparently whatever Browns health issues are, they wont keep him from appearing at New Yorks Rockefeller Plaza, according to The Chronicle Herald. Taking place at the Company House on Saturday night, Love Does features Juno Award winner Amelia Curran , Zuppa Theatre Co. and Heavy Blinkers member Stewart Legere and singer-songwriters Jenny MacDonald and Dana Beeler raising money for Adsum House, Byrony House and Alice Housing and Halifaxs disappointed Chris Brown fans will have to make do with watching him perform live on NBCs Today show Friday. But for Love Does, the benefit concert for local womens shelters inspired by the reaction to Browns booking for Saturdays now-defunct Energy Rush concert in Dartmouth, its full steam ahead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward Snowden: Castro, who ceded power to his brother Raul in 2006, and is rarely seen or heard from in public, said the article in the Kommersant newspaper on Monday was a "lie" and "libel.", according to Reuters. "It is obvious that the United States will always try to pressure Cuba ... but not for nothing has Cuba resisted and defended itself without a truce for 54 years and will continue to do so for as long as necessary," Castro wrote and HAVANA - Retired Cuban president Fidel Castro blasted on Wednesday a report in a Russian newspaper that his country buckled to U.S. pressure and blocked former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden from traveling through Cuba to exile in Latin America. Castro, in a column on various international issues, from Syria and Egypt to robots doing police work and Snowden, and carried by official media, hailed Snowden and lashed out at U.S. spying as repugnant. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chemical weapons: According to a statement about the conversation released Tuesday afternoon by Harpers spokesperson, both leaders agreed that the use of chemical weapons is an outrage, according to CTV. The conversation occurred as world leaders appeared to be readying for a military intervention in Syria, particularly in response to reports of chemical weapon attacks against civilians in a Damascus suburb on Aug. 21 and Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed during a telephone conversation Tuesday that a firm response to the use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria is required. Both leaders noted efforts by the Syrian regime to delay the work of the UN chemical inspection team, suggesting the regime is attempting to obscure evidence of its actions. Both leaders agreed that significant use of chemical weapons merits a firm response from the international community in an effective and timely manner. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Theresa Spence: She is hopeful that the extra money will help ease her reserves chronic housing shortage, according to CBC. Spence, 49, fended off three contenders in the band council election for another three-year term in the remote James Bay community in northern Ontario and Theresa Spence is putting new revenue-sharing deals with the federal and provincial governments, as well as mining companies, on the top of her agenda after being re-elected as chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation in Tuesdays election. She is also counting on the expansion of a neighbouring diamond mine to generate more revenue for the band and create employment for people in Attawapiskat. Theresa Spence shakes hands with a voter. Erik White/ (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The Canadian Press: A former premier called the coverage pitiful. And a current cabinet minister took to Twitter to condemn it, according to The Star. In an interview with The Canadian Press, ex-premier Bernard Landry said he cant accept some of the complaints directed at the Quebecois and QUEBEC The media of English Canada are to blame for pathetic, unfair coverage of the Parti Quebecois controversial minorities plan , according to prominent Pequistes. The complaints about the Anglo fourth estate came amid a furor over an impending plan by the PQ government to restrict public employees right to wear religious clothing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said continuing discussions among like-minded nations are focused on an air campaign, using mostly Tomahawk missiles, that lasts up to 24 hours, according to Huffington Post. "That's the reason why if it was a small military intervention, it should be precise in and out," said Baird, who met in the afternoon with George Sabra, the head of the opposition Syrian National Council and OTTAWA - Canada's support of U.S.-led military action against Syria is likely to be only symbolic, in a strike that could last as little as a day, a NATO source told The Canadian Press. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird hinted at such a brief and surgical intervention by the United States during an interview with Quebec's TVA network on Wednesday when discussing the volatile situation in the Middle East. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fast-food workers: Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers are set to stage walkouts in dozens of cities around the country, part of a push to get chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to pay workers higher wages, according to CTV. Thursday's planned walkouts follow a series of strikes that began last November in New York City, then spread to cities including Chicago, Detroit and Seattle. Workers say they want $15 an hour, which would be about $31,000 a year for full-time employees. That's more than double the federal minimum wage, which many fast food workers make, of $7.25 an hour, or $15,000 a year and NEW YORK -- Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries on Thursday might run into striking workers instead. It's expected be the largest nationwide strike by fast-food workers, according to organizers. The biggest effort so far was over the summer when about 2,200 of the nation's millions of fast-food workers staged a one-day strike in seven cities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Police seize painting of Putin, according to The Star. A police statement did not specify which laws may have been violated by the provocative works. A Russian law prohibits insulting state authorities. Another law bans so-called homosexual propaganda aimed at minors and MOSCOW A museum director says an artist whose paintings depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in womens undergarments has fled the country. The director of St. Petersburgs Museum of Power, Tatiana Titova, said Wednesday that Konstantin Altunin left for France and was planning to request asylum there. Authorities removed four of Altunins satirical depictions of Russian politicians on Monday and shut down the exhibition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

illegal immigrants: The Texas senator with presidential aspirations now being dubbed a Canadian anchor baby by media wags in his home state of Texas claims he didnt know that being born in Canada 42 years ago to an American mother and a Cuban father made him an automatic citizen, just as it does those children born to illegal immigrants south of the 49th parallel, according to The Chronicle Herald. And then the Dallas Morning News ran a headline where they went and talked to some immigration lawyers that said technically, the immigration lawyer said that I still had dual citizenship and For an anti-immigration politician whos railed against so-called anchor babies children conceived and born to illegal immigrants in the U.S., ostensibly to help avoid deportation Ted Cruzs bizarre insistence that he didnt know he possessed Canadian citizenship despite his Calgary birthplace is, to say the least, curious. When I was a kid, my mom told me that if I ever wanted to, I could affirmatively choose to claim Canadian citizenship, but I got a U.S. passport when I was in high school, I never did anything to affirmatively claim citizenship, so I thought that was the end of the matter, Cruz said on CNN this past weekend. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ted Cruz: Ted Cruz does a Conrad Black, Aug. 26, according to The Star. By promoting extreme issues, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, etc., are ensuring a very lucrative future on the speaking circuit. Did any of the Tea Party candidates actually believe he or she could win the nomination let alone beat Barack Obama and Re: Ted Cruz does a Conrad Black, Aug. 26 Heather Mallicks article on Ted Cruzs plan to renounce his Canadian citizenship provides an interesting insight to extreme right win U.S. politics. However Ms Mallick and most all other articles on right-wing politics do not comment on whether these individuals have a hidden agenda aimed very carefully at their own future financial income. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.