Alexander Sandro Lisi: The voice on the other end of the line, inexplicably, identified itself as being from the military or the navy, according to neighbourhood sources, according to The Star. Police allege the threats happened between May 16 and 18, according to a court document these are the days immediately after and U.S.-based website Gawker broke stories about the videos existence and In the days after the Mayor Rob Ford video stories broke, young men in the Dixon Rd. neighbourhood that has become the epicentre of the scandal started getting threatening phone calls. On Friday, Fords close friend Alexander Sandro Lisi appeared in court to face a charge of extortion. Lisi allegedly used threats or violence or menaces to demand that two alleged gang members turn over a video of the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine and uttering homophobic and racist remarks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Heritage Department: Many of the 22 publishers and editors polled for the Canadian Heritage Department said their budgets are so tiny that even a small amount of red ink can be "catastrophic.", according to Times Colonist. "Financial challenges were without question the No. 1 concern of virtually all publishers and editors interviewed.... Their main suggestion for alleviating financial and human resource pressure is more government support, through grants, and-or advertising buys." OTTAWA - Canada's ethnic newspapers and magazines are struggling financially in the digital age and need federal cash just to survive, says a new survey. "Many respondents indicated a passion for government involvement in the sector, identifying government finding as critical to the current and future existence of their publication," says the report, completed in May. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Dawn Harwood-Jones: A show celebrating the heroic contributions of Canadian veterans of all backgrounds has returned after a years hiatus, bigger than ever and at a new venue, according to The Chronicle Herald. Dawn Harwood-Jones of Chester, one of the shows producers, said Unsung Heroes was launched in 2010 as a way to acknowledge all veterans but especially those who had gone unrecognized in the past, such as First Nations people, African-Canadians, Acadians, women and merchant mariners and Unsung Heroes, an evening of live music and storytelling, will be presented Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Dr. James Deutsch: Soil tests conclude uranium plant safe, Oct. 26, according to The Star. Dr. James Deutsch , Toronto Re: Soil tests conclude uranium plant safe, Oct. 26 is providing helpful glimpses into the flawed and deceptive logic promoted by resource and energy interests. The GE Hitachi plant neighbourhood uranium soil study is used to claim that the entire industry is safe. The New Brunswick boosters of shale gas fracking dream up visions of an economic and employment boom. It seems the hucksters are still at it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Leah Schnurr: TORONTO - The pace of growth in the Canadian manufacturing sector picked up in October to its strongest level in two and a half years as firms saw greater demand for their products, data showed on Friday. , according to Reuters. The forward-looking new orders measure matched that record, rising to 58.5, while output climbed to 56.6. By Leah Schnurr The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' index PMI , a gauge of manufacturing business conditions, rose to a seasonally adjusted 55.6 last month from 54.2 in September, making for the highest level since April 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mumtaz Ladha: Mumtaz Ladha, 60, is on trial for human trafficking and other immigration-related offences over allegations she illegally brought the woman into the country in August 2008 and forced her to work long hours without pay at Ladhas home in West Vancouver home, according to 660 News. To do this, the Crown contends Ladha repeatedly lied to immigration officials in African and Canada, first to obtain the womans initial travel visa and then to obtain a visa extension five months after the womans arrival and VANCOUVER The wealthy Vancouver-area woman accused of trafficking a young African single mother to Canada to be an unpaid housekeeper used fraud, deception and coercion to trick the woman and fool immigration officials, a Crown prosecutor said Friday. The Crowns theory has been that Ladha lured the young woman, whose name is covered by a publication ban, to leave her native Tanzania with a promise of a job at a Vancouver-area hair salon, which didnt actually exist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Netherlands Experts: Academics and others meeting in The Hague to discuss the plight of missing people called on Friday for more to be done to tackle the problem, saying that would contribute to more stable societies around the world, according to 660 News. The conference was organized by the Sarajevo-based International Commission on Missing Persons ICMP , which was formed in 1996 to help trace and identify thousands of people who went missing during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. It has grown into a repository for expertise on using DNA to identify missing people and THE HAGUE, Netherlands Experts say the ranks of missing people are swelling around the world, including Muslim men murdered and dumped into mass graves in Bosnia, victims of Asias 2004 tsunami, people killed in Mexicos drug wars, and asylum seekers who drown as they flee conflicts in rickety boats. Professor Jeremy Sarkin, a member of the U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, told a three-day conference that peace will be threatened in nations emerging from armed conflict if issues relating to the missing continue to exist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sweet potato latkes: Take a close look when you flip your calendar to the new month today. The Jewish holiday Hanukkah and the American Thanksgiving both fall on the same day Nov. 28, an occurrence so rare it wont happen again for 77,000 years, according to The Star. In the U.S., more than 1,000 people are expected to gather in Los Angeles to celebrate the first and likely only Thanksgivukkah Festival with light, liberty and latkes. On Nov. 29, which is actually Black Friday, sweet potato latkes will be served with cranberry sauce and gravy alongside pumpkin doughnuts instead of the traditional fried, jelly-filled ones known as sufganiyot. Jewish customs holds that fried foods should be eaten to commemorate the lamp oil that miraculously burned for eight days and You could call it Thanksgivukkah, but Thanks-A-Latke is better. That means Jewish families with American relatives will have a complicated holiday menu and a small window in which to complete their holiday shopping, especially since the traditional day of mega-sales, Black Friday, falls on the same weekend. Oy vey! (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs: Counc. Marilyn Baptiste, secretary-treasurer of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, said, "We are victorious!" in a statement issued late Thursday night after the report was released. , according to Huffington Post. The Tsilhqot'in Nation also embraced the new assessment, saying it contains even more concerns and criticisms than the assessment of the original plan. First Nations leaders in B.C. are declaring victory after a new environmental report concluded Taseko's New Prosperity mine proposal poses "significant adverse environmental effects". "The panel listened to us and formally determined the project would 'adversely affect' the title and rights for the Tsilhqot'in and Secwepemc. What a win for us," she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa: Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan had some issues, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa said after emerging from a meeting with his counterparts in Toronto, according to 660 News. The group found common ground by agreeing to several objectives and principles for possible CPP changes, including moderating the effect it may have on businesses and the economy, Sousa said and TORONTO All of Canadas provincial and territorial finance ministers agree that something needs to be done to enhance the Canada Pension Plan, Ontarios treasurer said Friday. But in the end, they all agreed that there is a definite problem and we need to resolve it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.