precarious employment: Steep prices and precarious employment can make it difficult for millenials to find suitable rentals or buy property. , according to Huffington Post. The average cost of a Canadian home has more than doubled since 2000, and youth underemployment is a growing problem. Some of Generation Y is rebelling against an uphill battle of purchasing affordable homes or securing reasonable rentals by moving into non-traditional alternatives like cars, boats and collective houses. "The housing market did not even feel like an option for me not even remotely," says Danica Brown, a 26-year-old professional who makes $36,000 annually and has no student loans. She lives on a boat she went into debt to purchase and hopes to pay it off in five years, resell it and use the funds as a down payment on a house. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Federal Reserve: NEW YORK - The dollar gained and global equity markets traded at five-year highs on Monday, buoyed by a benign outlook for stocks as investors awaited a backlog of U.S. economic data that may yield clues on when the Federal Reserve will begin to pare its stimulus program. , according to Reuters. The United States is enjoying moderate growth with tame inflation, a Goldilocks economic climate that is neither too hot nor too cold but has been distorted by the Fed's intervention. By Herbert Lash Wall Street traded near break-even on the realization the U.S. fiscal impasse that was resolved last week by pushing decisions into early next year will likely keep the Fed's bond-buying in place well into 2014, which would be good for stocks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward Jones: The S P/TSX composite index rose 50.44 points to 13,186.53, according to The Star. We seem to have broken a little bit of this underperformance trend that has been existing for the majority of the year, said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets specialist at Edward Jones in St. Louis and The Toronto stock market closed higher Monday, building on last weeks strong gains amid a major corporate development in the consumer sector and growing confidence that the TSX has turned a corner and is on the way to a positive year. The rise followed a jump of almost two per cent last week, and leaves the TSX up about six per cent year to date. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Manito Sipi Cree: Northern chiefs called on the province for an apology and laws against bullying by bureaucrats after hearing allegations a family living in Winnipeg for medical treatment faced a decade of mistreatment by welfare officials. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. MKO represents 30 northern First Nations, including the remote Manito Sipi Cree in northeastern Manitoba where the family, including the mother, father and 11 children, are band members. The community, 565 kilometres north of Winnipeg, has no hospital, no resident doctor and no road. MKO Grand Chief David Harper right and Manto Sipi Cree Nation Chief Michael Yellowback at a new conference Monday regarding comments described as bullying and discrimination toward a First Nations family. Photo Store "When a social worker tells a mother on social assistance to 'shut her legs because they have too many children, it is an outrage," Grand Chief David Harper, leader of the northern Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, said at a press conference today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

B.C. Court of Appeal.: Another man is in jail facing human smuggling charges that have been found by one trial judge to be unconstitutional. That decision is being reviewed by the B.C. Court of Appeal. , according to Times Colonist. The Conservative government vowed to challenge the refugee claims of many Sun Sea passengers and prosecute people who organized the ships voyage from Thailand, in order to send a strong message to human smugglers. One man is facing a deportation order to Sri Lanka, which his lawyer is fighting amid revelations two other asylum seekers from the MV Sun Sea were imprisoned, one brutally tortured, after they were sent back to that country. They re examples of the myriad legal challenges facing the federal governments aggressive stance on 492 Tamil asylum seekers who came to Victoria on the MV Sun Sea on Aug. 13, 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Angela Merkel: BERLIN - Leaders of Germany's Social Democrats SPD have told party members they will wring concessions from Angela Merkel if they start coalition talks, including on a minimum wage, equal pay and a financial transaction tax, according to Reuters. The document was prepared by SPD leaders for a meeting on Sunday at which about 200 senior members from across Germany will vote on whether to start talks on forming a government with Merkel's conservatives and By Holger Hansen According to an internal document seen by on Sunday, the SPD will say 10 demands are non-negotiable, including a minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour, equal pay for men and women, greater investment in infrastructure and education, and a common strategy to boost euro zone growth and employment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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.

Tai Chings: The day might not be far off when citizens will be able to buy their booze with their bacon and pick up a pack of after-dinner dream weed smokes at checkout. Hey, it wouldnt be the first time a social drug of choice opium was legally available over the counter throughout British Columbia. , according to Times Colonist. Mrs. Tai Chings supplier was well-known among the 15 opium factories operating in the Government, Cormorant and Fisgard street areas. The company boasted it dealt wholesale and retail in sugar, rice, tea, opium, groceries and provisions. If and when we get around to legalizing the sale of marijuana, I wonder how long it will be before users start agitating for its availability in grocery stores. Ridiculous? Think liquor-law reforms now under study, with a strong call to give liquid drugs the same shelf space as milk. Theres a wealth of reliable Internet information on B.C.s legal drug trade circa the 1800s, including a delightful invoice listing purchases from the Kwon On Lung Co., one of the many opium manufacturers in the city. The invoice is made out to Mrs. Tai Chung, who purchased $18 worth of salted turnips; $4.80 worth of salted bamboo shoots; China rice valued at $525; charcoal, $184; pork, $100.68 and three purchases of opium, one on Feb. 19, 1885, for $100, the second four days later for $50 and the third on March 11 for $200. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jason Kenneys: Arshad Muhammad was among 30 men on former immigration minister Jason Kenneys highly publicized Most Wanted list released in the summer of 2011, according to The Star. Muhammad, who came to Toronto as a refugee in 1999 and went underground in 2003 after exhausting all legal means to remain here, was described as having links to an Islamist group involved in terrorist attacks against Pakistan and The Federal Court has ordered a new detention hearing for one of Canadas most wanted men after finding government officials deliberately withheld information that could have led to his release. The Pakistani man has been held in detention since he was arrested shortly after the government launched a website listing the alleged foreign criminals and posting their photos online. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Neang Seap: Neang, now 59, tightens the towel that wraps about his waist, scrapes a chair across the parched hardwood and settles his sinewy frame. Once he was a rice farmer, before his land was taken away, before the music was taken away, before the books were taken away. His is one story, but thousands are identical. Hundreds upon hundreds of thousands, according to The Star. Read more: I got hired at a Bangladesh sweatshop. Meet my 9-year-old boss PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA Neang Seap and his wife, Em Mom, arrived in Phnom Penh bearing the lacerating wounds that mark Cambodias rural migrants. Evicted by the Khmer Rouge in the late 70s from his village in the countrys eastern zone, Neang was part of the long forced march west, ending up at the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, just across the Thai border. It was there that he met his 15-year-old bride-to-be. The couple married and brought five babies into the world before moving to the capital, where Em bore four more children. Related: One Cambodian factory strike gets ugly (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.