BlackBerry: The Canadian tech darling announced Friday it expects to post a loss of between US$950 million and $995 million when it reports its second-quarter earnings next week, according to CTV. But tech and business analysts say this could spell the beginning of the end for BlackBerry and News that BlackBerry would be cutting 4,500 jobs has many questioning the future of the struggling Waterloo, Ont., company. The company says layoffs, which will affect 40 per cent of its global workforce, will help BlackBerry cut its operating costs in half by the end of May 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

social media: The protest the first expressing support for the proposed legislation - was organized via social media, according to CTV. The protesters assembled off at 2 p.m at Emilie Gamelin Square outside the Berri metro. The demonstrators were scheduled to walk together to Place du Canada on Peel St and Protesters took to the streets of downtown Montreal Sunday to demonstrate in favour of Quebecs proposed values charter bill, legislation which would limit the rights of provincial employees to wear religious symbols at work. About 1,300 of the 22,000 people invited on Facebook indicated that they would attend the event. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Kenya Defence Forces: TORONTO Canada offered its support to Kenya Sunday, saying it was "prepared to do more" to help the east African country recover from a horrific terrorist attack that killed at least 68 people, including two Canadians. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The attack that began Saturday dragged into Sunday, with 10 to 15 terrorists holed up inside the building with a number of hostages as Kenyan authorities mounted what it called a final operation to end the siege. Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday. Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding more than 100 in the attack. Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages. Diplomat Annemarie Desloges and an unidentified Canadian were caught in the crossfire as gunmen used AK-47s and threw grenades at Nairobis upscale Westgate mall, a venue frequented by expatriates and wealthy locals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Brenda Halloran: Brenda Halloran says there has been a trend where those affected by past layoffs have been absorbed by the more than 800 tech companies within the region, according to The Star. BlackBerry announced Friday it will be slashing 4,500 jobs across the company, but isnt saying how many of those will be at its Waterloo facilities and The mayor of Waterloo, Ont. is expressing hope that her city can weather the loss of jobs at BlackBerry . She says there are more than 1,000 job opportunities in the regions tech sector alone. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: Annemarie Desloges was off duty shopping at Nairobi's upscale Westgate Mall when the attack that killed at least 59 people occurred, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Saturday night. , according to Times Colonist. "When anyone is killed in a terrorist incident, it deeply affects us. But when it's a Canadian, it hits home. And when it's someone is government, obviously it just shakes us to the core." A stunning terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Kenya's capital on Saturday has struck home in Canada with the death of two Canadians, including a 29-year-old diplomat who worked at the Canadian embassy. "That people could be gunned down in broad daylight in a shopping mall on a weekend is just a tremendous tragedy. And obviously when you have someone who is serving their country abroad, it's quite devastating," said Baird, who was in London, Ont. speaking at the Ontario Progressive Conservative party's policy convention. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Toronto police: Toronto police say they were called to the Empire nightclub at 50 Cumberland St., at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday for a reported shooting. , according to Huffington Post. Police say that "some people" were found at the scene with non-life threatening gunshot wounds and were taken to hospital. Other wounded persons showed up at hospital on their own. Five people were injured in a nightclub shooting in Toronto overnight, with police making a quick arrest in connection with the incident. When police responded to the shooting, they saw people fleeing the scene. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Christy Clarks: The number of workers employed on Vancouver Island farms fell by more than 40 per cent over the past seven years. Provincewide, the drop-off was 50 per cent. Considering that most sectors of the B.C. economy recorded job growth during that period, the agriculture figures are disturbing. , according to Times Colonist. But notably, the downward march began after the provincial government introduced sweeping new farm regulations in 2006. At that time, there were fears about mad-cow disease. If job creation is Premier Christy Clarks top priority, as we repeatedly hear it is, she should turn her attention to the farm sector. Employment in agriculture has taken a hammering in recent years and the government she heads is, to a considerable extent, responsible. No doubt there are various reasons for the collapse. Food production is sensitive to numerous factors, such as weather and competition from the import market. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Kerry Washington: A whole lot has changed in the two-plus decades since Bruce Springsteen lamented that there were "57 channels and nothing on." , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Kerry Washington, Scandal BLOOMBERG THE WASHINGTON POST Anna Gunn, Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad. First of all, for any TV-watcher with an average-or-larger cable bill, 57 channels probably seems like a quaint, long-ago notion, as a lap through the average on-screen menu these days scrolls through hundreds, rather than dozens, of channels. Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Annemarie Desloges: Annemarie Desloges, who served in the immigration section as a border liaison officer, was killed on Saturday in an attack by al-Shabab terrorists at a Nairobi shopping mall frequented by westerners. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I think Canadians certainly some of their elected leaders tend to have a misconception about what is really a 24-7 job, and one where the risks run not just through the working day but when you're off duty." OTTAWA - Being a foreign service officer often involves genuine risk, not just endless cocktails at swishy parties, say those with strong ties to the diplomatic world a fact driven home by the death of a Canadian who worked at the high commission in Kenya. "It underscores that these are very, very challenging jobs," said Fen Hampson, director of global security with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a non-partisan think-tank. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Forensic Anthropology Foundation: The 55-year-old tax preparer now living in a Los Angeles suburb is among a small group of Guatemalan immigrants in the area who have given DNA samples in hopes of finding loved ones who vanished during the fighting from 1960 to 1996. Many more soon will be able to do the same as forensic experts who run a Guatemalan lab that matches victims' remains to the living are expanding their outreach to Guatemalans abroad, according to Times Colonist. She hopes the Forensic Anthropology Foundation will locate the remains of her other missing relatives, many of whom were targeted by the government because they were politically active and SANTA ANA, Calif. - Aracely Garrido returned to her native Guatemala last month to bury one of 13 family members who disappeared during the country's decades-long civil war and was identified years later through DNA from surviving relatives. "Being able to find him was at least some relief," Garrido said of her cousin, a construction worker and political activist who she said was seized by authorities along with his teenage son. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.