Aung San Suu Kyi: She will join an elite group of foreign honorees who include South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, according to Reuters. "She faced down evil and oppression and now speaks boldly for those who are silenced." OTTAWA - Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, will be granted honorary Canadian citizenship, the Canadian government announced on Wednesday. "Canada recognizes the courageous and inspiring example set by Malala Yousafzai in risking her life promoting education for young women," the government said in a speech setting out its priorities for the next two years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Supreme Court: How Harper bungled a Supreme Court appointment, Oct. 12, according to The Star. That being said I see that he entered Canada in 1995 claiming to be a refugee on a false passport. Any person entering any country and being afraid to use his own passport and proper name to claim refugee status must know that he would not be allowed entry once his name and passport was checked and Re: How Harper bungled a Supreme Court appointment, Oct. 12 As I am not privy to the Supreme Court of Canada; I cannot comment on the secrecy or all the reasons that Mohamed Harkat is being considered for deportation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

renaissance: Traffic was bumper-to-bumper on Main Street for long stretches of the day, eventually requiring the services of a town policeman to direct it, which he did with efficiency and panache, according to The Chronicle Herald. ALSO SEE: More stories on rural renaissance Visiting Wolfville on a recent balmy Saturday, it was easy to believe a rural renaissance in Atlantic Canada, the theme of three Opinion writers today , is not just possible, but underway in some places. People swarmed the lively public farmers market in town and the cluster of three family-run markets further west. Shoppers could find an array of local micro-branded foods and crafts, some with loyal followings, in addition to the draw of just harvested apples, squash, peppers, potatoes and the like. Others came for the U-picks or a tour of one of the local wineries, another growth story for the area. Streets teemed with Acadia University students, who increase the towns population of 4,300 residents by another 3,900 more than 400 from outside Canada during the academic year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Colette Maitland: Oh, My Darling, Shaena Lambert, according to The Star. Keeping the Peace, Colette Maitland This month the short-story form finally got the respect it deserves. Here are five new collections. The Vancouver writers previous work Radiance , a novel, and The Falling Woman , her first collection both received high critical praise a review in The Independent added her name to the pantheon of Canadian women that includes Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood and Carol Shields . Now she brings us 10 new stories, some set in Canada, some farther afield. The creepily delicious title story, first published in The Walrus , has one of the strangest narrators ever. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: She wants compensation for some provisions that would affect health-care costs, as well as the province's dairy and wine industries, according to CTV. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Ottawa will provide compensation for any negative effects on the dairy industry and health-care costs and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she supports the Canada - EU trade deal, but she does have some concerns. But Wynne says she's not making that a condition of support. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

MCC Furniture Thrift Store: They should consider painting a picture of a white knight on the outside of the MCC Furniture Thrift Store on Keewatin Street. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Ministry head James Okot said in an interview a newly arrived refugee family and a single woman in need had sought the ministry's help last summer in finding a place to live on short notice. John Wieler, one of the MCC Furniture Thrift Store's founders, and manager Lori Goetz are happy to sell furniture cheap and donate the profit to community-aid programs. Photo Store On at least two occasions this year, the independently owned store, affiliated with the Mennonite Central Committee but owned by about 50 members from the local community, rode to the rescue of the head of Calvary Temple's ethnic ministry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Earltown General Store: We got them legally, Conoley, giggling, said of the pennies dropped off by friends, neighbours and customers to the Earltown General Store, according to The Chronicle Herald. And at that hour of the morning, you ll giggle at almost anything. Including 252 kilograms of whimsy and EARLTOWN On Thursday, at 6:30 a.m., Kayla Conoley stared at her 55,500 pennies and clutched her coffee. ALSO SEE: Province needs strategy to cope with shrinking, aging population (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The Federal Reserve: CHICAGO/BOSTON - The Federal Reserve should be "extraordinarily careful" about hiking interest rates to head off potential risks to financial stability, a top U.S. central banker said on Friday, warning about consequences to the economy. , according to Reuters. The debate over whether tighter policies should be used to battle asset-price bubbles has simmered under the surface as the Fed has taken unprecedented steps to boost economic growth, including trillions of dollars in bond-buying and promises to keep interest rates low for long periods. By Ann Saphir and Richard Valdmanis Another policymaker underscored the importance of the issue of asset bubbles as he laid out possible approaches to protecting the broader economy, but without endorsing any one. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward Snowden: In an interview with The New York Times, Snowden said he handed over all the documents he had obtained to journalists during his stay in Hong Kong. The newspaper posted its story on its website Thursday, according to The Star. Theres a zero per cent chance the Russians or Chinese have received any documents, he said and WASHINGTON Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden says that he did not take any secret NSA documents to Russia and that intelligence officials in China as well as Russia could not get access to the documents he had obtained before leaving the United States. Snowden said he did not retain copies of the documents and did not take them to Russia because it wouldnt serve the public interest, the Times reported. He said his familiarity with Chinas intelligence abilities allowed him to protect the documents from Chinese spies while he was in Hong Kong. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Joseph Muscat: "I don't know how many more people need to die at sea before something gets done," said Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat. "As things stand we are building a cemetery within our Mediterranean Sea." , according to Winnipeg Free Press. In the past two weeks, almost as many migrants have died in that narrow stretch of water -- only 120 kilometres separate the Tunisian coast from Lampedusa -- as died along the U.S.-Mexican border in all of last year. A Syrian refugee comes ashore in Malta after being rescued after a ship capsized. He was talking about the part of the Mediterranean between the North African coast and the two islands that are the closest bits of the European Union: the Italian island of Lampedusa and his own country, Malta. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.