Gordon Bell High School: But for one Grade 12 student at Gordon Bell High School, one of the main attractions to starting classes in Winnipeg is that there's no gunfire, according to CBC. Bomera's family fled war-torn Congo in 2005, when he was just nine years old. They spent years in Uganda, then he and his four siblings, who range in age from 11 to 23, arrived in Winnipeg in June and It's understandable when students, most heading back to school this week, are anxious and excited. "Yeah, I'm very nervous," 17-year-old Kwonka Bomera said. But, "We're here in Canada right now whereby you can sit and sleep. No gunshots. People have peace. They have their freedom." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Alastair Sharp: TORONTO - Growth in the Canadian manufacturing sector was marginally stronger in August than it was the previous month, a survey showed on Tuesday, with employment in the sector expanding at the fastest pace in three months, according to Reuters. A reading above 50 shows growth in the sector and By Alastair Sharp The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' index PMI , a gauge of manufacturing business conditions, edged up to 52.1 in August after adjusting for seasonal variation from 52.0 in July. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Federal Reserve: LONDON - Financial markets overcame a jolt from a U.S.-Israeli missile test near Syria on Tuesday, with upbeat data supporting shares and a looming cut in Federal Reserve stimulus pushing the dollar to a fourth day of gains, according to Reuters. The dollar hit its highest in over a month against both the yen and the euro as the prospect of a cut in U.S. monetary stimulus complemented an at least temporary easing in market tensions over the Middle East and By Marc Jones European shares edged higher, helped by a second huge mobile telecoms deal in as many days as Microsoft MSFT.O: Quote announced a $7.2 billion bid for the phone business of once-dominant Finnish manufacturer Nokia NOK1V.HE: Quote . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Antonio Guterres: If the conflict continues 3.5 million people Syrian refugees are expected by the end of the year, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said, according to 660 News. Almost 5,000 citizens a day on average are flowing out of Syria a country of some 23 million people many of them with little more than the clothes they are wearing, Guterres said. The number of refugees has surged by 1.8 million in just 12 months up from almost 231,000 a year ago and GENEVA The civil war in Syria has forced over 2 million people out of the country and over 4 million others are displaced within its borders, making Syrians the nation with the largest number of people torn from their homes right now, U.N. officials said Tuesday. At this particular moment its the highest number of displaced people anywhere in the world, he told reporters in Geneva. Syria has become the great tragedy of this century a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Langi Chiang: BEIJING - China's services sector grew steadily in August as domestic demand picked up, official data showed on Tuesday, adding to signs that government measures have started to steer the world's second-largest economy out of its longest slowdown. , according to Reuters. A reading above 50 indicates activity in the sector is accelerating, while one below 50 points to a slowdown. By Langi Chiang and Jonathan Standing The non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index PMI dipped slightly to 53.9 last month from July's 54.1 to be at the same level as in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Naheed Nenshi: Speaking to attendees of Calgary's 23rd annual Pride Parade, Nenshi referenced a debate in a "certain part of our country" about "how people should be restricted from certain jobs because of their religious faith.", according to CTV. Nenshi -- who is widely expected to be re-elected in next month's municipal election has spoken out against Quebecs debate around having a secular charter in the past. Last year, he described such plans as "social suicide." He became the first Muslim mayor of a large Canadian city when he was elected in 2010 and Calgary's popular mayor, Naheed Nenshi, took a moment this weekend to criticize Quebec's contentious plan for a secular charter, saying residents of all faiths are welcome in his city. "We need together to show Canada and to show the world that here in Calgary, it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter what you look like, it doesn't matter what you worship, it doesn't matter who you love," said Nenshi on Sunday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

RBC purchasing managers index: The RBC purchasing managers index came in at 52.1 for August, little changed from July's reading of 52, according to CTV. It also found that both output and new orders rose at modest rates in August, reflecting greater client demand in both the domestic and export markets and TORONTO -- The Royal Bank TSX:RY says expansion in Canada's manufacturing sector continued in August for a fifth consecutive month, but the rate of growth was modest and below average. However, the monthly survey, conducted in association with Markit, remained above 50, which means the manufacturing sector continued to expand. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois: Marois made the not-so-secret admission in a speech to university students Tuesday ahead of the one-year anniversary of her Parti Quebecois Sept. 4 election to power in which she recalled her childhood, the crystallization of her left-leaning political foundations and her long political career, according to The Star. She also boasted that for the first time in the PQs history, it is running a pro-sovereignty campaign without a referendum in sight and MONTREAL If the mandatory Quebec history courses and the coming charter of Quebec values werent indication enough, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois laid it out in plain old French: she is laying the groundwork for a third referendum on independence. But asked by a student when the PQ would be able to have another crack at its primary purpose, the separation of Quebec from Canada, Marois said that while her minority government is currently hampered from holding another independence vote, it remains her driving purpose every day that she comes into work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Marion Little.: These are the latest casualties in a series of cuts due to a complicated restructuring of funding that began about six years ago with a shift from federal to provincial jurisdiction, said PEERS executive director Marion Little. , according to Times Colonist. The organizations operational budget of $32,000 a month has been cut in half, three full-time staff positions are gone, and Littles hours have been reduced to 15 hours a week from 25. The drop-in centre on Fairview Road in Esquimalt closed Aug. 16, and programs set to start in the fall have been cancelled. A drop-in centre that provided a safe, non-judgmental place for Victoria sex workers for almost two decades has closed. PEERS, the non-profit society that ran the centre, has also cut its Elements pre-employment program. We ve tried to contort and juggle things as much as we could, but its impossible, Little said. Ever since that transfer we ve had significant cutbacks and layoffs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

religious minorities: It seems that those ethnics havent stopped the sabotage and that the time has come to put them in their place, according to The Star. But the charter is actually more than just a jab at the religious minorities who helped build the province. It is, in fact, a jab at our entire Canadian identity an added boon for the Parti Qu b cois? and It wasnt too long ago in Quebecs storied history that a miffed separatist leader blamed money and the ethnic vote for stealing the dream of a separate nation-state. At least thats the narrative Quebec Premier Pauline Marois is not-so-subtly portraying with her new charter of values . Its a unifying document, she claims. Of course it is for pure laine Quebecers. No one else has a stake in the province or a right to counter her vision, she seems to be saying. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.