Mumtaz Ladha: The 26-year-old woman from Tanzania testified that in 2008, Mumtaz Ladha, the West Vancouver woman accused of forcing the woman into domestic servitude, asked her to come to Canada for six months, according to CBC. The woman, who can't be named because of a publication ban, said Ladha then offered her a job in Canada that would pay her $200 a month. Alleged human trafficking victim raised amid African poverty An alleged victim of human trafficking believed she was coming to Canada for a salon job when she signed her visa applications, not knowing that the paperwork said she was going overseas as a domestic worker, a B.C. Supreme Court judge heard Thursday. She refused because she didn't want to leave her son, she testified. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Roberto Luongo: But this one is not specifically about Roberto Luongo or another crease crusader. Instead, it involves rookie centre Bo Horvat, the club's top pick in this year's NHL draft. , according to Times Colonist. Horvat, an 18-year-old Rodney, Ont., native, was selected with the ninth overall pick that the Canucks acquired in a trade from the New Jersey Devils for goaltender Cory Schneider. But Horvat is trying not to get caught up in the hype surrounding the deal, which resulted after Schneider was expected to remain as No. 1 and Luongo anticipated for more than a year that he would be dealt. VANCOUVER - A new chapter in the Vancouver Canucks' goaltending saga is about to unfold at the NHL club's training camp. Horvat will get a chance to make an impression Friday as the Canucks hold their first on-ice workouts after on-ice testing Thursday at UBC and off-ice evalutions on Wednesday at Rogers Arena. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada: We are failing to utilize a critical resource that would address our countrys most pressing challenge maintaining the growth and competitiveness of our economy. , according to Times Colonist. The available workforce in aboriginal communities is growing. Between 2001 and 2026, 600,000 aboriginal youth will enter the labour market, according to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. Theres no secret about the growing labour shortage in the natural-resource sector across B.C. and Canada. Whats not well known is that a key solution lies within our reach in communities across the province and the country: a growing and willing aboriginal population. B.C. Premier Christy Clark just announced the liquefied natural gas industry could require up to 100,000 jobs over 30 years, and is bringing together labour leaders to address the issue. And in a recent statement, federal Minister of Employment Jason Kenney said Canada will face shortages of hundreds of thousands of construction tradespeople over the next decade, with Albertas oilsands creating the largest demand. In response, Ottawa announced plans to address the labour challenge by expediting the permanent-resident status of skilled immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Premier Pauline Marois: In an interview with Radio-Canada on Wednesday, Mourani said Quebec's charter of values was a political miscalculation on the part of Premier Pauline Marois, according to CBC. But Bloc Qu b cois Leader Daniel Paill said on Thursday that despite what Mourani would have Quebecers believe, the charter of values is far from being "a serious strategic error on the part of the sovereignty movement or even worse, a demonstration of ethnic nationalism." The Bloc Qu b cois has expelled MP Maria Mourani from its caucus over critical comments she made about the proposed Quebec charter of values. "We will not achieve political independence in Quebec without including everyone, without Montreal it's impossible," Mourani said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Anthony Koko Chang: Koko was a very peaceful man. He was the last person you d associate with violence, said restaurateur Ablimit Kerim, who has known Chang for more than 10 years, according to The Star. Police said Chang was found at a private residence on Francine Dr. just before 9 a.m., with blood around his head and apparent stab wounds. He was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital, where he died and Anthony Koko Chang was a peace-loving Buddhist but the 62-year-old Toronto man was victim of a violent slaying Thursday morning. I always tell my friends, if you put $100,000 in a plastic bag and gave it to someone, Koko is the only person you could go to and get it back after 20 years, without a note. He was such an honest person. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

charter: OTTAWA -- The Bloc Qu b cois expelled one of its five caucus members Thursday after she ripped into Quebec's proposed charter of values and said it would hurt the sovereigntist cause, according to Winnipeg Free Press. She said the independence movement has spent years courting minority groups and that the Parti Qu b cois government's proposal risks undoing all that work and A poster for Lakeridge Health is shown in this undated handout photo. The Ontario hospital group is turning Quebec's proposed restrictions on religious clothing in the public sector into an opportunity to recruit nurses and doctors. CP Bloc Qu b cois caucus turfs charter of values opponent The decision to kick out Maria Mourani came a day after she warned the charter would "create systemic discrimination... especially against women" and that it was a "very bad move for Quebec independence." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

internment camps: More than 8,500 men were held in 24 forced labour camps that stretched from British Columbia to the Maritimes, including German prisoners of war and European immigrants. The internment camp at Castle in Banff, which was set up in July 1915. Glenbow Archives, according to CBC. Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney says the camps have been covered up for decades and it's time to put things right and Parks Canada unveiled a new pavilion Friday in Banff that hopes to shed light on internment camps built across Canada during the First World War. Women and children were not subject to internment, yet some had little choice and accompanied their male relatives into the camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

independence movement: MONTREAL The Bloc Quebecois MP who was expelled from caucus for deriding Quebecs proposed charter of values is questioning her future in the independence movement, according to The Chronicle Herald. Mourani, who was born in Ivory Coast and is of Lebanese origin, admits she doesnt know the answer to that specific question and Do people like myself who come from elsewhere, who integrate themselves into Quebec society, who become full-fledged citizens, do they have a place in the independence movement? Maria Mourani told a news conference Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Maria Mourani: Do people like myself who come from elsewhere, who integrate themselves into Quebec society, who become full-fledged citizens, do they have a place in the independence movement? Maria Mourani told a news conference Friday, according to 660 News. She made it clear, however, she has serious reservations about the current state of the sovereigntist movement and MONTREAL The Bloc Quebecois MP who was expelled from caucus for deriding Quebecs proposed charter of values is questioning her future in the independence movement. Mourani, who was born in Ivory Coast and is of Lebanese origin, admits she doesnt know the answer to that specific question. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nova Scotias: Nova Scotia retailers want the next provincial government to give them a competitive break, according to The Chronicle Herald. Nova Scotias retail sector employs 59,000 people, or 13 per cent of the labour force, and generated $13 billion in economic activity in 2012, the council said in a release Friday, detailing its election agenda and The tax issue is the biggest one, said Jim Cormier, Atlantic director of the Retail Council of Canada, in an interview on Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.