The State Department: To : The State Department, according to The Star. Subject : Immigration application From : Omar in Kirkuk Date : Tuesday, June 28, 2011. 12:38 p.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Noel Fernandez: The program, which is in its second year, is put on by the federal government and the Regina Open Door society. It aims to help the students adjust to schools before they are due in class, with help from peers, according to CBC. "It's really hard to make friends here because they're already in groups," Fernandez said. "So if there's a program like this the people who are the peer leaders will come talk to us... that's really helpful." The Newcomer Orientation program is helping new Canadians adjust to Regina high schools this week. Noel Fernandez moved to Regina from India last year. This year she's a Peer Leader for new students. She says the program helped her meet people before school was in session. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Syria: Re: There's no longer a choice on military action in Syria, Opinion Aug. 29, according to The Star. Obama promises military action in Syria wont be repeat of Iraq, Aug. 28 Re: Obama promises military action in Syria wont be repeat of Iraq, Aug. 28 Re: Siddiqui: Obama hapless on Egypt, helpless in Syria, Opinion Aug. 25 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau: Trudeau said Friday he was pleased to hear the Conservative government is not contemplating military intervention following an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime that the United States says killed at least 1,400 people, according to Times Colonist. "I've very worried about the Syrian people," he said before meeting people at a park in downtown Halifax and HALIFAX - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says Canada should be doing more to admit refugees from the bloody conflict in Syria. The death toll since the conflict began has topped 100,000 and the United Nations says more than six million Syrians have had to flee their homes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

white supremacist: Across a gravel intersection between two abandoned buildings, he envisions a park -- perhaps with a swimming pool -- dedicated to a neo-Nazi and white supremacist activist. He pictures the town decorated with fluttering flags and banners bearing the swastika -- the symbol of Nazism, according to CTV. Cobb, 61, a self-described white supremacist who has dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship and lived in the Vancouver area for a time, has purchased about a dozen lots in the community about 60 miles southwest of Bismarck. Over the past year he's invited other white supremacists to move there and help him to transform the town of 16 people into a white enclave. No one has come and LEITH, N.D. -- In a tree-fringed grassy lot with a lone picnic bench in the tiny North Dakota farming town of Leith, Craig Cobb sees the perfect venue for a white power music festival. "They would have to be approved by the town council, of course," Cobb said, gazing out over Leith's sparse downtown from his overgrown, weed-infested front yard. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin urged President Barack Obama on Saturday not to rush into a decision on striking Syria, but to consider whether strikes would help end the violence and be worth the civilian casualties they would inevitably cause. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "In such conditions, to give a trump card to those who are calling for foreign military intervention is foolish nonsense," Putin said. "It defies all logic." Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media during his trip to Russia's far eastern port of Vladivostok on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin urged President Obama on Saturday not to rush into a decision on striking Syria, but to consider whether strikes would help end the violence and be worth the civilian casualties they would inevitably cause. AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service Speaking for the first time about the suspected chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21, Putin also questioned whether Syrian government troops should be held responsible. He said it would make no sense for them to carry out such a devastating attack while they were on the offensive. Related Items Articles Attack death toll much higher: U.S. No broad support for attack on Syria (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jerry Dias: Dias, assistant to the CAW national president, was chosen Saturday at the founding convention of Unifor, a merger of the CAW and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, according to CTV. More than 4,000 people have gathered in Toronto this weekend for the new union's founding convention and TORONTO -- Jerry Dias, a veteran of the Canadian Auto Workers, is the first president of the new Unifor union. The current heads of the two unions opted out of the race to head Unifor, which becomes the largest private sector union in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jerry Dias: TORONTO - Jerry Dias hopes to use his new position as president of Canada's newest and largest private sector union to turn the tide for Canada's labour movement. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Dias was elected with about 87 per cent support at the new union's founding convention in Toronto on Saturday. Jerry Dias hugs his wife Leslie after being declared the first president of Unifor at the Unifor founding convention in Toronto, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Dias, assistant to CAW national president Ken Lewenza, was chosen Saturday at the founding convention of Unifor, a merger of the CAW and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada have merged to form a new group called Unifor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

JCL Productions: Federal rules that came into effect on July 31 require an employer to pay a $275 for each foreign worker they want to hire, according to CBC. Edmonton music agent Steve Derpack from JCL Productions says the fees will be a financial burden for smaller clubs and Music promoters worry that processing fees for temporary foreign workers may make it too expensive for up and coming international acts to tour Canada. The fee covers the costs of obtaining a labour market opinion and must be paid for foreign musicians and their touring staff for each venue they play. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

James Weisgerber: Some call him brother, others call him doctor, but Archbishop James V. Weisgerber would really prefer to answer to a simple "Father Jim." , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I worked for 30 years as a priest in Regina and I'm anxious to reconnect with people," says Weisgerber, who will take on the title of Archbishop Emeritus. Archbishop James Weisgerber reacts to a joke made by Wab Kinew, who conducted a ceremony at the Thunderbird House. Anishinaabe elders and community leaders Tobasonakwut Kinew, Fred Kelly, Phil Fontaine and Bert Fontaine adopted the archbishop in a traditional Naabagoondiwin adoption ceremony. MIKE DEAL / Photo Store Sometime this fall, the Saskatchewan-born Roman Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg will get his wish when he hands in his mitre and robes and moves back to Regina. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.