President Barack Obama: WASHINGTON - The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 per cent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama's recovery plans. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "We're in the doldrums, with high poverty and inequality as the new normal for the foreseeable future," said Timothy Smeeding, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in income inequality. "The fact we've seen no real recovery in employment and wages means we've just flatlined." FILE - In this April 4, 2013 file photo, a group of boys walk past a partially collapsed row house in Baltimore. The nation's poverty rate stood still at 15 percent in 2012, the sixth straight year that it has failed to improve. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, that 46.5 million Americans were living in poverty in 2012.. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File More than 1 in 7 Americans were living in poverty, not statistically different from the 46.2 million of 2011 and the sixth straight year the rate had failed to improve, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Median income for the nation's households was $51,017, also unchanged from the previous year after two consecutive annual declines, while the share of people without health insurance did improve but only a bit, from 15.7 per cent to 15.4 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ontario government: TORONTO - For decades, those who lived at an Ontario institution for the developmentally disabled waited for the province to acknowledge the abuse and neglect they said they endured at the government-run facility. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The $35-million settlement, read out in a Toronto court Tuesday morning just as the trial was set to begin, falls short of the $2 billion the plaintiffs sought. Patricia Seth, a former Huronia Regional Centre resident and plaintiff in the class action proceeding against the Ontario government, is interviewed in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit filed against the Ontario government by former residents of an institution for the developmentally disabled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan Now the province has vowed to formally apologize to thousands of former residents of the Huronia Regional Centre, part of a last-minute settlement in a class-action lawsuit into the allegations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Morgan Rielly: If he does, will he be able to handle the physical side of the game? Are the Leafs rushing him?, according to The Star. Smart money has always said the Leafs send him back to Moose Jaw. Leaf brass has made a great deal about developing players the right and there probably is enough NHL-ready talent on the blueline that rushing Rielly doesnt make sense and The focus, quite rightly, early in Maple Leafs training camp has been on Morgan Rielly . Is the 19-year-old defenceman going to make the team or not? If he doesnt, will he use junior to develop? Or will he stagnate? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Chrystia Freeland: The byelection in her riding hasn't even been called, according to Huffington Post. On Tuesday, Grit Leader Justin Trudeau named Freeland and finance critic Scott Brison as the new co-chairs of his party's economic council of advisors, tasked with providing him advice and helping develop the party platform for 2015 and She hasn't been elected yet. But Chrystia Freeland, the freshly-nominated Liberal candidate in Toronto Centre, has already taken on a huge role in the Liberal Party of Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

financial health: A recent poll by RBC has found that Canada's younger boomers between the ages of 50 and 59 are more concerned about their physical rather than their financial health, according to Times Colonist. Within that ranking 73 per cent of men said they are particularly concerned about changes to their health compared to 66 per cent for women and Special - With so many studies coming out these days saying Canadians are not financially prepared for their retirement, it may come as a bit of surprise to hear that money is not necessarily the biggest concern of baby boomers who are heading into that phase of their lives. Seventy per cent ranked changes to their physical health above finances on the list of top challenges they expect to face in retirement. Finances ranked a distant second with 57 per cent expecting changes to income to be a challenge in retirement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

RBC Economics Research: The Nova Scotia economy is on the verge of some kind of economic recovery, but the amount of growth this year is more modest than had been anticipated, RBC Economics Research says in its regular quarterly outlook for provincial economies, according to The Chronicle Herald. The bank economists believe delays in getting Encana Corp.s offshore natural gas facility into full production will negatively affect the growth forecast for Nova Scotia this year and Royal Bank of Canada economists seem to have determined what most Nova Scotians may have observed on their own. The analysis was released Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Pauline Marois: The plan has deeply divided the pro-independence movement. It clearly offends the core values of a significant and articulate segment of the partys base. It has scores of long-time sovereigntist activists wringing their hands in despair over potentially irreparable damage to their cause, according to The Star. Perhaps most remarkable is that all of the above was highly predictable. This is an adventure that Pauline Marois government embarked on with its eyes wide open and MONTR AL It is not necessary to wait for the dust to settle on the Parti Qu b coiss proposed values charter to know that it is the sovereigntist partys riskiest gamble. Regardless of the short-term political outcome of the operation, the PQ that will emerge from this identity-related venture will be a fragmented version of the one that entered it. It will be hard to put the pieces back together for another referendum bid. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Randy Fincham: Police believe a 15-year-old girl died Monday morning after taking heroin in a Haro Street apartment, Global News reported, according to Huffington Post. "We believe that the people were alone when they took heroin," VPD media relations officer Randy Fincham told the news network about the two deaths. "It was not 'til some time later that someone checked on them and found that they were deceased and Vancouver police are warning drug users to use InSite the city's supervised injection centre after two people died from heroin overdoses recently, according to a Monday news release. The other death took place Saturday night, where police believe a 39-year-old man overdosed after injecting heroin in the 4400-block of Boundary Road. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Census Bureau: More than 1 in 7 Americans were living in poverty, not statistically different from the 46.2 million of 2011 and the sixth straight year the rate had failed to improve, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Median income for the nation's households was $51,017, also unchanged from the previous year after two consecutive annual declines, while the share of people without health insurance did improve but only a bit, from 15.7 per cent to 15.4 per cent, according to Times Colonist. Mississippi had the highest share of its residents in poverty, at 22 per cent, according to rough calculations by the Census Bureau. It was followed by Louisiana, New Mexico and Arkansas. On the other end of the scale, New Hampshire had the lowest share, at 8.1 per cent and WASHINGTON - The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 per cent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama's recovery plans. "We're in the doldrums, with high poverty and inequality as the new normal for the foreseeable future," said Timothy Smeeding, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in income inequality. "The fact we've seen no real recovery in employment and wages means we've just flatlined." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Almaz Nezirovic: Almaz Nezirovic is charged with torturing Serbians at the Rabic prison camp in 1992 during the civil war in the region of the former Yugoslavia now known as Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian officials charge that Nezirovic beat, humiliated and traumatized unarmed civilian prisoners, according to Times Colonist. "Almaz Nezirovic stands charged with horrific acts of torture by the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina," U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy said. "Today's ruling moves this matter one step closer to ultimate resolution in that country." RICHMOND, Va. - A former Bosnian prison camp guard living in the U.S. has been certified for extradition to his native country to face war-crimes charges, pending approval by the State Department. In an opinion issued late Monday, a U.S. Magistrate judge said he found sufficient evidence supporting the allegations. He certified Nezirovic as eligible for extradition and passed the request along to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who will decide whether Nezirovic will be returned to Bosnia for trial. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.