BlackBerry: The S P/TSX composite index rose 24.27 points to 13,361.73 led by gains in beaten-down mining stocks. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. BlackBerry shares tumbled $1.34 or 16.56 per cent to $6.75, its lowest level since September 2012, after Fairfax Financial TSX:FFH said it will lead a group that will inject US$1 billion into the smartphone company. BlackBerry will stay as a public company. TORONTO - The Toronto stock market registered a minor gain Monday amid a huge plunge in BlackBerry TSX:BB shares after its largest shareholder said it won't be taking the tech company private. U.S. indexes also racked up small gains as traders hoped that a heavy slate of economic data coming out this week will offer some clues about when the Federal Reserve will start to wind up stimulus that has supported a strong rally on stock markets. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Davies Bagambiire: A Toronto-area lawyer and former Nova Scotia resident with a history of unprofessional behaviour has recently had his law licence suspended in this province, according to The Chronicle Herald. His suspension took effect Nov.1 and Davies Bagambiire has been suspended for two months in Ontario and as a member of the Nova Scotia bar for the same period, according to a penalty imposed by the Law Society of Upper Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Central East Correctional Centre: Loubani and Greyson, who recently returned to Canada after a six-week detention in an Egyptian prison, visited Central East Correctional Centre to demand the release of immigrant prisoners who say they are being held unjustly, according to CTV. At least one detainee at the facility has remained on a hunger strike for the past 48 days and Canadian activists Tarek Loubani and John Greyson visited a jail in Lindsay, Ont., on Monday to demand the release of nearly 200 immigrant detainees held under indefinite detainment. The 191 migrants began their protest in September after they were relocated from the Toronto West Detention Centre to the facility in Lindsay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

food distributor: Kellogg and Sysco, a food distributor, rose after their earnings beat analysts' estimates, according to Times Colonist. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 34 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 15,652 points after the first few minutes of trading Monday and NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stock indexes are inching higher in early trading on Wall Street as more companies report higher earnings. BlackBerry plunged after the struggling company abandoned its sale process and replaced its chief executive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: That is what Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet colleagues appear to be doing now. Their Canada Job Grant program , the centrepiece of last springs budget, is in ever-deepening trouble, according to The Star. Initially, the government fought back, denouncing its critics as parochial and short-sighted and Governments go to extraordinary lengths to avoid policy reversals. They tinker, play for time, create diversions and try to deflect the blame anything to forestall an embarrassing about-face. It started unravelling within weekend of its announcement. One by one the provinces opted out, accusing Ottawa of wresting back the training funds it agreed to give them six years ago. Then small business leaders piped up, saying they couldnt afford to participate in the shared-cost program. Then a few senior corporate executives expressed doubts that the unilateral policy would work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sensory problems: Sensory problems can manifest in a wide variety of ways, including sensitivity to sounds, light even clothing materials, according to Times Colonist. "You've got some people that you take into a loud, noisy supermarket and they just can't take it. They sort of feel like they're inside the speaker at a rock concert." MONTREAL - Temple Grandin, one of the first people to chronicle her struggles with autism, says there needs to be more research into how the condition affects people's senses. "They vary from a nuisance to being very debilitating," the renowned author and activist said in a telephone interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Small Business Maxime Bernier: As the spending scandal continues to rock Ottawa, the idea of a nation-wide vote on Senate abolition is floating around after comments made earlier this week by Minister of State for Small Business Maxime Bernier, according to CTV. Specifically, Bernier said he would like the Conservatives to put forth the question to all Canadians next spring and Conservative ministers seem to be divided when it comes to the idea of a referendum on abolishing Canadas senate. In an interview with Quebec-based newspaper La Presse on Friday, Bernier suggested it was time to ask Canadians what to do with the Senate: reform it or abolish it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Stora Enso: The investment comes on top of the 350 million euros it spent on converting an old paper mill, bought from paper maker Stora Enso in 2009, into one of its centres serving customers in Europe and worldwide. It started operations in 2011, and currently employs some 125 people in Hamina, 150 kilometres 95 miles east of Helsinki, according to Times Colonist. The company says the expansion will employ up to 800 engineering and construction workers at the plant and that new, permanent jobs will be created once the extension opens and HELSINKI - Google is investing 450 million euros $608 million to expand a data centre in southern Finland as part of Europe-wide development plans totalling hundreds of millions of euros. Google Inc. says the Hamina centre is one of its most advanced and efficient, with a high-tech cooling system that uses seawater from the Baltic Sea to reduce energy usage and help keep computers running smoothly. In 2015, the plant will be primarily powered by wind energy and there are plans to meet future energy needs with "100% renewable energy." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

the Senate: MPs and a handful of senators are returning to Ottawa from Calgary after wrapping up a two-day biennial policy convention that just might have added another chapter or two to the saga however, according to Huffington Post. "I hope that the Senate makes a decision on that motion as soon as possible and I do hope that we can make some lemonade from the lemon of this whole issue by re-energizing efforts for fundamental Senate reform through democratization." OTTAWA - Conservatives are hoping a vote to suspend three errant senators without pay this week might help turn the page on a scandal that has jammed their political momentum for months. "Honestly, what most of our MPs are hearing from constituents is that they're sick of the whole story and the issue, they want to see something decisive done in terms of accountability and then to move on," Employment Minister Jason Kenney said in a weekend interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward Snowden: WASHINGTON - The White House and the leaders of the congressional intelligence committees are rejecting former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's plea for clemency. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "He should return to the U.S. and face justice," Pfeiffer said when pressed about whether clemency was being discussed. In this image made from TV taken in Sept. 2013 and made available by Rossia 24 TV channel and distributed on Friday Nov. 1, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden looks at a photographer on a boat during a trip on the Moscow River in Moscow, Russia, with the Christ the Savior Cathedral in the background. Edward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released Friday after he met the American in Moscow. AP Photo/LifeNews via Rossia 24 TV channel TV OUT "Mr. Snowden violated U.S. law," White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday about the former systems-analyst-turned-fugitive who has temporary asylum in Russia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.