Angela Zigras: Young people who work as unpaid interns often do so through a school program and receive an academic credit rather than minimum wage in exchange for their labour, according to The Star. We had it as our mandate when we started this program that our students would not go out as free labour, said Zigras and When Seneca College designed a new hospitality management program four years ago, its administration decided to go against the tide of unpaid workers flooding the job market. But Angela Zigras, chair of the school of tourism, said she believes long-term or full-time placements should be paid. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Governor General David Johnston: OTTAWA - Mandatory balanced-budget legislation, interprovincial booze runs, public sector bashing and lifetime prison terms are among a grab bag of populist Conservative promises in a mid-mandate policy makeover. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. As such, the document marked both the belated return of Parliament and the unofficial start to a federal election campaign that is still two years away. Governor General David Johnston delivers the Speech from the Throne in the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday Oct. 16, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The Tory-blue booty was included in a lengthy speech from the throne Wednesday by Gov. Gen. David Johnson that spent almost as much time congratulating the Harper government on past achievements as laying out future priorities. Related Items Articles Pick and pay cable pricing could mean end of some channels: industry insiders Cyberbullying law promised in throne speech takes aim at online abuse Fresh focus on Canadian milestones stokes fear Conservatives rewriting history RCMP probe suspicious Parliament Hill package, take person into custody Malala Yousafzai to be named honorary Canadian citizen in throne speech 'Are you with us?' Tories ask as throne speech signals drive to 2015 election Balanced-budget law, imminent Canada-EU trade deal mark throne speech Highlights from the federal speech from the throne delivered Wednesday Poll Which federal throne speech promise do you like the best? Balanced budget law Longer prison sentences Lower cellphone roaming fees Unbundled TV cable packages Relaxed liquor transport rules I'm not impressed with any of it View Results (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

David Johnston: Honourable Senators,, according to Times Colonist. Ladies and gentlemen, OTTAWA - Here is an unedited text of the throne speech delivered by Gov. Gen. David Johnston on Wednesday, as provided by the federal government: Members of the House of Commons, (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc: TORONTO - Canada's main stock index ended higher on Wednesday as a political deal to avert a U.S. default neared completion, but gains were capped by weak materials stocks and a sharply lower earnings revision by SNC-Lavalin Group Inc SNC.TO: Quote , according to Reuters. North American equities are likely to keep fluctuating on each twist and turn of the debt saga, and then resume their focus on the data that will inform the Federal Reserve's decision on when to pull back its monetary stimulus, said Michael Sprung, president at Sprung Investment Management Inc and By Alastair Sharp The TSX tracked larger gains in U.S. equity markets .N, which rose on optimism that a fiscal deal that would prevent Canada's biggest trade partner defaulting on its debt could be wrangled between Washington lawmakers at the eleventh-hour. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Shelly Glover: Longtime city councillor Dan Vandal hopes to runs as a federal Liberal in Saint Boniface, setting up a potential battle in 2015 with Shelly Glover, the Conservative regional minister for Manitoba. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Vandal has sat on city council for 16 years, serving at first from 1995 to 2004, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful run for mayor against Sam Katz. He was returned to office in 2006. At the next federal election, Coun. Dan Vandal wants to carry the Liberal banner in Saint Boniface, a riding now represented by Tory cabinet minister Shelly Glover. Photo Store The St. Boniface councillor plans to seek the Liberal nomination in the federal riding, a traditional Grit stronghold that fell to Glover in 2008 and was held by the Tories in 2011. The Dan Vandal file Born: In Winnipeg in 1960. Before politics: Dropped out of high school and became a professional boxer, rising to a No. 1 ranking as a Canadian middleweight at 23. He then started working with youth and attained a social-work degree. First elected: As councillor for St. Boniface in 1995, when he defeated incumbent Evelyn Reese. Re-elected in 1998 and 2002. Mayoral run: Finished second to Sam Katz in the 2004 mayoral byelection created by the resignation of Glen Murray. Return to council: Reclaimed his seat in 2006 by defeating incumbent Franco Magnifico. Re-elected in 2010. Personal life: Married. Has four children and one grandchild. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

intellectual disabilities: This childs final resting place is an unmarked patch of grass alongside hundreds of other anonymous grave plots at the shuttered Huronia Regional Centre, where people with intellectual disabilities were housed for more than a century, according to The Star. Many of those who died at the institution were buried with numbered markers to protect the privacy of their families. When the stones were removed to pave a path to a nearby group home sometime in the 1970s, the graves went from unnamed to unmarked altogether and In the end, finding where Child 1751 lies buried took a map and a measuring tape. decided to find Child 1751 as a way to tell the story of one child among the thousands who stayed at the former Orillia Asylum for Idiots, some for their entire lives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The New York Feds: The Empire State manufacturing index fell to 1.5 in October from 6.3 in September, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday. Any reading above zero indicates expansion. Despite the decline, manufacturing in the region has grown for five straight months, according to 660 News. The New York Feds regional manufacturing report will receive more attention than usual this month because its one of the few available measures of the economy during the shutdown, which is now in its third week. Government data, including the monthly employment report and retail sales figures, have been delayed and WASHINGTON Factory activity in the New York region expanded more slowly in October, a sign that the partial government shutdown may be weighing on the economy. A measure of new orders rose, pointing to healthier future growth. And factories continued to add jobs, albeit at a slower pace. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast hit the vehicle around midnight as it was driving near Tel al-Juma in Daraa province. Six women were also among the dead, it added, according to Times Colonist. The Observatory said local activists accuse government troops, who are stationed at an army outpost in the area besieged by rebels, of planting explosives by the roadside and BEIRUT - An explosion struck a vehicle packed with passengers travelling in southern Syria overnight, killing at least 21 people, including four children, activists said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, nor why a group of women and children were travelling in dangerous and disputed territory in the middle of the night. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Harper Conservatives: But the opposition parties are vowing to push down hard on the brakes in reminding Canadians about what they call the governments lapse in ethics in the Senate, according to 660 News. The speech is expected to focus on bedrock Conservative issues creating jobs and rebuilding the economy with particular themes targeted at creating employment opportunities and providing job training for aboriginals in the resource sector and OTTAWA The Harper Conservatives will hit the gas pedal this week in the race toward the next election in 2015. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

National Employment Law Project: This ends up costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars a year, the study said, according to The Star. In a concurrent report, the pro-labor National Employment Law Project found that the 10 largest fast-food companies in the United States cost taxpayers more than $3.8 billion U.S. each year in public assistance because the workers do not make enough to pay for basic necessities themselves and NEW YORK More than half of low-wage workers employed by the largest U.S. fast-food restaurants earn so little that they must rely on public assistance to get by, according to a study released on Tuesday. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and public benefit programs show 52 per cent of fast-food cooks, cashiers and other front-line staff had relied on at least one form of public assistance, such as Medicaid, food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit program, between 2007 and 2011, researchers at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Illinois said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.