Andrew Laut: At a monthly detention review Thursday, adjudicator Andrew Laut described Michael Mvogos circumstances as extraordinary but saw no other option to ensure he would not go into hiding if released, according to The Star. For four years, from his arrest in 2006 at a Toronto homeless shelter to 2010, Mvogo claimed to be an American citizen by the name of Andrea Jerome Walker and A man who has already been detained by immigration officials for seven years will remain in jail until his real identity and nationality can be confirmed. Mvogos lengthy detention is his own making, Laut concluded, because he has been deceitful about his identity even before he arrived in Canada in 2005 with a fraudulent American passport. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

beneficiaries: However, the agency says the number of beneficiaries was down 7.8 per cent compared with August 2012, according to CTV. The number of regular EI beneficiaries in Alberta rose by 3.6 per cent in August, offsetting a July decline and OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says 511,900 people were getting regular employment insurance benefits in August, up 1.5 per cent, or 7,800, from July. The majority of provinces saw increases in the number of beneficiaries in August compared with July, most notably Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ho Chi Minh City: Potent marijuana grown indoors in Canada and the United States is easy to buy in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, say regular smokers, and sells for up to 10 times the price of locally grown weed. That's perhaps surprising given that marijuana is easy to cultivate regionally, and bringing drugs across continents is expensive and risky, according to Huffington Post. The characteristics of cannabis use in the country also drive the trade. The drug is used mostly by foreigners and well-heeled Vietnamese, who are prepared to pay for quality. Vietnamese have long shown preferences for imported goods of all kinds and it appears cannabis is no exception and HANOI, Vietnam - For the young Vietnamese dope smokers rolling up outside a smart Hanoi cafe, local cannabis is just not good enough. As with their Adidas caps, iPhones and Sanskrit tattoos, so with their choice of bud: only foreign will do. Some experts say the trade can be explained by the dominant role Vietnamese diaspora gangs play in cultivating the drug in western countries, making sourcing the product and smuggling it to Vietnam an easier proposition than it might be otherwise. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Kevin Murphy: Mineville businessman Kevin Murphy has overcome all sorts of challenges since being paralyzed while playing hockey as a teenager, and he looks at being the next House Speaker as just one more, according to The Chronicle Herald. Murphy said it ll be a steep learning curve, but hes up for the challenge and The political rookie, who won the Eastern Shore seat in the Oct. 8 election, got the nod for the position from Premier Stephen McNeil. MLAs will formally elect him to the post Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Merit Contractors Association of Nova Scotia: Michael Kydd is president of Merit Contractors Association of Nova Scotia, an organization representing about 135 non-union contractors on mainland Nova Scotia and SYDNEY RIVER Protesters who went onto a non-unionized job site in Sydney River this week have come under attack for what one person describes as 19th-century goonie tactics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

OTTAWA Statistics Canada: However, the agency says the number of beneficiaries was down 7.8 per cent compared with August 2012, according to 660 News. The number of regular EI beneficiaries in Alberta rose by 3.6 per cent in August, offsetting a July decline and OTTAWA Statistics Canada says 511,900 people were getting regular employment insurance benefits in August, up 1.5 per cent, or 7,800, from July. The majority of provinces saw increases in the number of beneficiaries in August compared with July, most notably Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

temporary jobs: Employers circle the intersections, eyeing the crowds. Usually they are looking for one or two workers for minor construction tasks. Before they even stop, dozens of men swarm their vehicle, fighting with each other to get one of perhaps five or six jobs available that morning, according to Times Colonist. In rural areas, work is also temporary but it's also seasonal and often illegal, the report said. Some of the biggest employers, opium-producing poppy farmers, provide tens of thousands of short-term jobs and KABUL - Hundreds of men, some on crutches, all wearing tattered clothing, gather shortly before dawn at major intersections throughout Kabul and other Afghan cities. Displaying primitive tools such as a level or a trowel, they seek labour that is often backbreaking, always temporary and will earn just a few dollars for a day's work. Despite billions of dollars from abroad to develop this impoverished country since the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban regime in 2001, roughly 12 million people, or eight out of every 10 working-age Afghan are unskilled day labourers, according to an International Labor Organization report. Most land only temporary jobs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Zdravko Cimbaljevic: Last July, Zdravko Cimbaljevic was more than a little surprised to read his own obituary in the local newspaper, according to Huffington Post. Published a day before the country's first Pride event ever, here's a rough translation. And a WARNING, the following contains obscene language: 'With his blown-out ass, we announce that on the day of July 24 2013 in 12 a.m., in front of the Walls of The Old Town Budva, his soul will depart in death, our afflicted and never overfucked brother ZDRAVKO CIMBALJEVIC. Commemoration of the dearly screwed deceased will be held in former Government building.' In a country as small as Montenegro, news of one's own demise travels fast. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Treasury Board President Tony Clement: Clement, responsible for negotiating contracts with the public service, refused Thursday to spell out which public servants would be deemed as essential, and therefore banned from going on strike, according to Huffington Post. The government moved Thursday to limit second-reading debate on the omnibus Budget Implementation Act, which was only introduced Tuesday, to four days before it's sent to committee for hearings and OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Tony Clement says details on how the Harper government's omnibus budget bill will affect public servants won't come until some time after the legislation becomes law. The Public Service Alliance of Canada, one of the country's largest unions, warns that Bill C-4 will irreparably damage relations between the government and its employees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

personal care: Text for mobile users below. Loading Slideshow, according to Huffington Post. Change legislation so that inspection reports of licensed personal care homes are made public and REGINA - Highlights from the Saskatchewan throne speech: Amend the Saskatchewan Employment Act to include essential services law, which was upheld earlier this year by the Court of Appeal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.