jobs: Payroll company ADP said Wednesday that private employers added just 159,000 jobs in August and 161,000 in July. Both were lower than the previous estimates, according to 660 News. The ADP data suggest that the economy is growing too slowly to rapidly boost hiring. Economists forecast that it expanded by a 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent annual rate in the July-September quarter, down from a 2.5 per cent annual rate in the April-June quarter and WASHINGTON U.S. businesses added just 166,000 jobs in September, only slightly more than the previous two months. The lack of improvement in hiring, along with the threat of a prolonged government shutdown, could help persuade the Federal Reserve to delay scaling back its stimulus. The figures are taking on greater importance because they may be the only measure of the September job market for some time. The Labor Department will have to delay its September jobs report, scheduled for Friday, now that it appears the government shutdown will go past Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government shutdown: The loonie was down 0.06 of a cent to 96.79 cents US, off early lows as prices for oil and copper turned positive, according to 660 News. Market reaction to the partial government shutdown, which started Tuesday, has been relatively muted on hopes that it wont last too long and TORONTO The Canadian dollar closed slightly lower Wednesday amid no sign of a break in Washingtons budget impasse, which has forced a partial shutdown of U.S. government operations and undermined confidence in the U.S. economy. Gold also made strong gains as the Washington standoff made the precious metal attractive as a safe haven investment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Senate Democrats: The S P/TSX composite index was well off session lows, coming back from a 57-point deficit to finish 8.44 points lower at 12,839. Losses were partially limited by gains in the gold sector as bullions attraction as safe haven investment pushed prices higher, according to The Star. Republicans in the House of Representatives are insisting that Democrats negotiate over the new U.S. health-care law as part of the funding deadlock. Senate Democrats insist that Republicans pass a straightforward temporary funding bill with no strings attached and The Toronto stock market closed slightly lower Wednesday amid rising concerns that a partial U.S. government shutdown in its second day will last longer than thought and impact negotiations over raising the U.S. governments debt ceiling in mid-October. The commodity-sensitive Canadian dollar was off the worst levels of the day, closing down 0.06 of a cent at 96.79 cents U.S. as prices for copper and oil also advanced. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Laurie Lindop: About two dozen people entered its imposing bluestone limestone walls the first tour group allowed inside since the last prisoners were moved out last week, according to Huffington Post. The unusual experience left her "drained." KINGSTON, Ont. - Eager visitors lined up Wednesday as the historic Kingston Penitentiary threw open its doors to the general public for the first time in decades. Among the first in line was Laurie Lindop, of nearby Gananoque, who knows people who worked inside the pen and remembers when the institution was hit by the riot of 1971. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers: TORONTO - The pace of growth in the Canadian manufacturing sector accelerated in September to its highest level in over a year, helped by a jump in new orders and exports, data showed on Tuesday, according to Reuters. A reading above 50 shows growth in the sector and By Leah Schnurr The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' index PMI , a gauge of manufacturing business conditions, rose to a seasonally adjusted 54.2 last month from 52.1 in August, making for the highest level since June 2012. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

United Steelworkers Canadian national office: "Those changes target seasonal workers," said Erin Weir, an economist with the United Steelworkers Canadian national office. "We've already seen in the data that the number of employment insurance recipients has been cut more sharply in the Atlantic provinces than nationally, according to CTV. Weir said the number of jobless workers has been stuck at around 1.4 million for at least the past year and ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- A disproportionate drop in employment insurance recipients in Atlantic Canada suggests federal EI restrictions are having a negative impact that will only get worse as seasonal industries lay off staff, critics say. "We're not seeing a decline in unemployment, but we are seeing a decline in employment insurance," he said from Regina. "And that would seem to reflect federal policies that are kicking people off benefits." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

the White House: n" - Slow growth and a weak jobs market mean the U.S. economy will continue to need support from accommodative monetary policy for years to come, a top U.S. central banker said on Wednesday. , according to Reuters. The current shutdown of the U.S. government, caused by a budget standoff between congressional Republicans and the White House, could further delay cuts to the program because the government is no longer producing official data on the economy, he said. By Ann Saphir Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren said he "strongly and unequivocally" supported the Federal Reserve's unexpected decision last month to keep up its $85-billion-a-month bond-buying stimulus, adding that reducing the program "would have been premature." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

New Brunswick Premier David Alward: Ottawa has to be open to changing the program because a "one-size-fits-all" approach to helping more people find jobs isn't going to work, said British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and New Brunswick Premier David Alward, according to CTV. "That is clear." TORONTO -- Unless the federal Conservatives make substantial changes to the Canada Job Grant, the jobs training fund is doomed to failure, provincial leaders said Wednesday. "If the federal government is hell-bent on moving forward without dialogue, the provinces have said, we will not be participating," Alward said after a roundtable meeting in Toronto with representatives from the labour sector. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Somalia: According to the mother of the boys, Omar Hassan, 60, was arrested by police in Somalia on Monday after the children, aged 11, 9, 7 and 6 were killed, according to CTV. Addawe says Hassan worked in Calgary and had returned home to Somalia earlier this year and Police in Somalia have arrested a man who lived and worked in Calgary earlier this year for the murders of his four young sons. Qadro Addawe alleges her children were killed in the small community of Beledweyne, about 330 km north of the capital of Mogadishu and says she doesn't know of any motive for the killings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Tire: To explore that experience, is publishing an occasional series in the words of newcomers, both recent and more established. If you would like to tell your story, email dzblack@thestar.ca, according to The Star. Prior to his arrival in the U.S., he worked at the University of Ghana as an administrator. But then, with the encouragement of his brother who already lived here, he applied to come to Canada. At first, finding work was difficult. He took jobs at Canadian Tire and a logistics company. He also worked as an interpreter for the Immigration and Refugee Board and More than 240,000 immigrants are expected to arrive in Canada this year. Many will settle in the GTA. For some, their dreams may take years to build. For others, those dreams may never materialize. Edward Bansah, an immigration consultant, came to Canada in November 1998 as a skilled worker. Bansah, who had a degree in statistics from the University of Ghana, had been working in the United States for nearly two years with the Council on International Educational Exchange. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.