Fright Nights: Fright Nights at Playland October 11 November 2, 2013 Vancouver, according to CTV. is giving you the chance to win 4 admission passes to Fright Nights 4 Triple Os Combos! There are 10 prizes in total so fill out the entry form and check back here on October 21 to see if you re a winner! You could win FRIGHT NIGHTS passes Triple Os Combos! Western Canadas most successful Halloween experience, Fright Nights, is returning to Playland at the PNE October 11 th to November 2 nd , 2013. This year, Fright Nights is introducing all new dates, hours and prices, making this annual favourite even more accessible to Halloween lovers across the Lower Mainland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada: A decades-long effort by Chinese companies to infiltrate Canadian banking and drilling firms has succeeded in securing Canada's oil and natural gas fields for pillage. At least some money from these deals trickles into Ottawa's coffers, which is more than the government can say for its oil in the Arctic, where Canada has been muscled out of its claims by extraction companies with the backing of the Russian government. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. This dystopian scenario isn't the plot of an episode of The Twilight Zone or some modish alternate-history, sci-fi story -- it's the threat laid out by Diane Francis, a veteran business reporter and current editor at large of Canada's National Post, in her newly released book, Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country. And while she frames the book as a "thought experiment," she believes a U.S.-Canadian union is essential to both countries' futures -- that facing economic infringement, "a merger makes good business sense." She's thought it through, down to the last dollar each Canadian should be compensated for their natural resources in a U.S. buyout. Imagine, if you will, a moment in the not-too-distant future: A network of Chinese ports has secured the sea lines along the Northwest Passage, circumscribing Canadian sovereignty, and Canada's military, enfeebled after years of reliance on the United States, is powerless to resist. Canada effectively lapses into a vassal state, reliant on neocolonial patriarchs in Beijing and Moscow. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Harper Conservatives: OTTAWA - The Harper Conservatives will hit the gas pedal this week in the race toward the next election in 2015. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. In a speech from the throne Wednesday, the Tories will be driving ahead with their jobs and tough-on-crime agendas while steering slightly to the left to pick up passengers on the social and consumer issues track. A Canadian flag attached to a ski pole is waved on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 15, 2013. But the opposition parties are vowing to push down hard on the brakes in reminding Canadians about what they call the government's lapse in ethics in the Senate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cellphone numbers: Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline and cellphone numbers, according to Times Colonist. As is done routinely in surveys, results were weighted, or adjusted, to ensure that responses accurately reflect the population's makeup by factors such as age, sex, education, employment status and race. In addition, the weighting took into account patterns of phone use landline only, cellphone only and both by region and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Poll on the attitudes of Americans age 50 and over on work and retirement was conducted from Aug. 8-Sept. 10 by NORC at the University of Chicago. It is based on landline and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,024 adults 50 years old and older. Interviews included 815 respondents on landline telephones and 209 on cellphones. Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Tarion: What is the builders reputation ?, according to The Star. Tarion is a private corporation which administers new home warranties in Ontario and Many people will buy their first home from a builder, whether it is a detached home, townhouse or condominium unit. Here are the five questions you need to ask to make sure you dont make a mistake. This may be the most important research you can do before buying from a builder. Check any prior home/subdivision/condominium project that they have built in the past. Look at the Tarion website under the Licensed Builder Directory , so that you can see how many homes they have built in the past 10 years, whether they have won any awards and the number of complaints, if any, made to Tarion against them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Abigail Fulton: In fact, even if one-in-five students graduating from high school in B.C. during the next three years were to pursue a trade, there still wouldn't be enough workers to fill shortages in the province's construction industry, said Abigail Fulton, according to Times Colonist. Yet, a consensus is developing that there will be a shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade, as proponents of the liquefied natural-gas industry, hydro-electric projects and oil and gas pipelines push their proposals forward and VANCOUVER - The current shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, said the group's vice-president. Not everybody agrees with the recruitment drive, especially the province's labour leaders who argue employers can find skilled, unionized Canadian workers to fill immediate, vacant positions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is to announce a $1-million contribution, to be managed through a United Nations agency, during a trip to Laos on Tuesday, according to Huffington Post. The announcement comes after The Canadian Press travelled to Laos this past spring to document the country's chronic cluster bomb problem, a modern-day legacy of the Vietnam War and OTTAWA - Canada is planning to answer a plea by the tiny South Asian country of Laos and restart funding to help it cope with its infestation of deadly cluster bombs, The Canadian Press has learned. Canada cut its funding to the international effort to help clear cluster munitions from Laos in 2012, after contributing more than $2 million between 1996 and 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Paulo Nuncio: Portugal is expected to weather a third straight year of recession this year. Unemployment is at 16.5 per cent and forecast to rise, according to Times Colonist. The secretary of state for tax, Paulo Nuncio, announced Monday plans for a gradual reduction of corporate tax, reaching a rate of between 17 and 19 per cent by 2016 and LISBON, Portugal - Bailed-out Portugal's government wants approval from Parliament to trim the corporate tax rate to 23 per cent from 25 per cent next year as a way of generating economic growth. Austerity measures being enacted as part of a 78 billion euro $106 billion financial rescue in 2011 have choked private spending and corporate investment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nuit Blanche: Its natural for children who grow up with internationally diverse friends to marry into different ethnicities, and so holiday dinners are increasingly combining their diverse tastes, with basted turkey breast served on the same platter as super-spicy sweet-potato balls. Its a wonderful development, the merging of traditions, food and cultures, according to The Star. And so today lets be thankful for the many joys that the Toronto region provides to us all. Its a welcoming home, the first choice for most immigrants, a place where annual street festivals like Nuit Blanche, Caribana and Pride help the city glow. We ve got exquisite restaurants, good schools, a safe downtown, and lush, green parks that connect vibrant neighbourhoods. It truly is a city of plenty and Whether its butter chicken or grain-fed turkey, sticky rice stuffing or curried pumpkin soup, the traditional Thanksgiving feast has evolved in the multicultural embrace of Toronto. No matter who sets the table, our palates will be pleasantly pleased and possibly tickled. While holidays like Thanksgiving are a welcome reminder of our ethnic heritages, the food and family fusion was inevitable in such a remarkably diverse region. The Greater Toronto Areas population of more than 5.5 million includes some 200 ethnicities and 140 languages with the most predominant after English and French being Chinese, Italian, Punjabi, Tagalog and Portuguese. Riding the subways and streetcars, its clear we share abundance of linguistic riches. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Chris Laush: One of a gaggle of youth who have sneaked into a community meeting, the girl asks a police officer if he can fix the fountain in the common area, according to The Star. Laush, a dad himself, tells her he will be back in two days and he ll talk to management about it and A young girl in a dark hijab sits at the back of the dank, musty basement the Dixon Rd. tower residents call the party room. Sgt. Chris Laush explains the fountain is not a policing problem. He tells the girl there is a complaints system through the management who run the complex. Then, as Laush looks to the crowd for the next question, he sees the crestfallen look on her face. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.