Parkdale Public School: Who knew this wave of Roma students would reverse just four years later, emptying classrooms, laying off teachers and leaving a community heartsick at the loss?, according to The Star. This is a story of love and loss, said Principal Susan Yun. Parkdale Public School, at the heart of the Roma influx, has seen its pool of 297 Roma students 18 months ago drop to 54 this fall, just as all the schools outreach was starting to pay off with these reluctant young scholars and their parents and They came in waves; sudden, boisterous, defiant, exuberant waves of children from an almost mythic culture who filled the schools of Parkdale with a challenge beyond any they had faced before. Its a rare case of Canadian schools working hard to embrace newcomers who couldnt stay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Margaret Atwood: National anthem slights immigrants, according to The Chronicle Herald. The subject of revising the words to O Canada has surfaced again, this time regarding the offensive to some women, including Margaret Atwood word sons and (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.

outdoor sign industry: At the centre of it all are digital billboards, according to The Star. On the other side is the outdoor sign industry. It says there is no statistically significant link between electronic signs and car crashes and that the brightness of the signs can be adjusted within specific limits. Digital signs contribute to the vibrancy of the city, they say and The battle for eyeballs and outdoor advertising space in Toronto is heating up once again, just four years after the city enacted a new sign bylaw. Opponents call them visual pollution. They say they pose a dangerous distraction to motorists and emit vast amounts of light that could potentially disrupt the sleep of thousands of downtown condo dwellers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ronald Francis Frank Anderson: The former executive director of a disgraced development authority has been charged with fraud, according to The Chronicle Herald. Anderson will be arraigned in Yarmouth provincial court Dec. 10 and UPDATED at 5:10 p.m. Ronald Francis Frank Anderson, 64, who guided the South West Shore Development Authority until the province shut it down in 2010, faces eight counts of uttering forged documents and one count of fraud over $5,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

UFCW: On the Union's Facebook page , UFCW says that a deal was struck at around 4 a.m, according to CTV. Ratification votes will take place on the new agreement Tuesday, in a number of communities throughout Alberta and Thousands of Superstore and Liquorstore workers are still on picket lines Monday morning but according to UFCW Local 401 officials, a tentative deal has been struck between Loblaws and the union. "The agreement offers hope to Superstore employees for their coming years of employment. The union negotiating committee is unanimously recommending the settlement and immediate arrangements will be made to give union members across the province a chance to vote on the deal," the post reads. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The United Nations: GENEVA - The United Nations expects another 2 million Syrians to become refugees in 2014 and 2.25 million more to be displaced within the country, according to a document seen by on Monday. , according to Reuters. "The most likely scenario was perceived to be continuation and escalation of the conflict with increased fragmentation, disruption of essential services and further erosion of coping mechanisms," officials from U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA told the meeting, according to a summary posted on a U.N. website. By Tom Miles U.N. agencies are preparing to launch a new appeal for aid to help victims of the conflict, which began in March 2011 and shows no sign of ending. Officials from 10 U.N. agencies, the International Organization for Migration and 18 other aid groups met in Amman on September 26 to plan their strategy for 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Samantha Ostrov: What can a university degree and eight years of experience in customer service get you?, according to Huffington Post. Yet in the three-plus years since she graduated from University of King's College with a bachelor's degree in political science, she's struggled to secure stable work. Like many young Canadians, she's battled underemployment, applying for jobs that make little use of her education just to make ends meet and Infographic by Alissa Scheller for The . For Samantha Ostrov, it scored her a rejection email from construction retailer Home Depot. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Abu Anas al-Libi: The swift Delta Force operation in the streets of the Libyan capital that seized the militant known as Abu Anas al-Libi was one of two assaults Saturday that showed an American determination to move directly against terror suspects even in two nations mired in chaos where the U.S. has suffered deadly humiliations in the past, according to Times Colonist. "We hope that this makes clear that the United States of America will never stop in the effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday at an economic summit in Indonesia. "Members of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they can't hide." A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U.S. special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said Sunday. The Libyan government bristled at the raid, asking Washington to explain the "kidnapping." Hours before the Libya raid, a Navy SEAL team swam ashore in the East African nation of Somalia and engaged in a fierce firefight, though it did not capture its target, a leading militant in the al-Qaida-linked group that carried out the recent Kenyan mall siege. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sri Lanka: OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday he would not attend a November summit of the Commonwealth in Sri Lanka because of what he called human rights abuses on the island, according to Reuters. Sri Lanka's envoy to Canada disputed Harper's comments. The U.N.'s human rights chief said last month that Sri Lanka could be sliding toward an authoritarian system as President Mahinda Rajapaksa gathered power around him and By David Ljunggren "We remain disturbed by ongoing reports of intimidation and incarceration of political leaders and journalists, harassment of minorities, reported disappearances, and allegations of extra judicial killings," he said in a statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.