Fitch Ratings: TORONTO - Sky high prices in the Canadian real estate market won't be climbing for much longer, says a report by global rating agency Fitch Ratings. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Fitch Ratings said the Canadian economy will be exposed when this happens, as many homebuyers have financially stretched themselves to borrow for their home purchase and will be in for a shock once interest rates start to climb. For sale signs stand in front of a condominium September 27, 2011 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz The agency forecasted Tuesday that home prices across the country are in for a "soft landing" and will either flatten out or slightly decrease over the next five years. It estimates that current prices are overvalued by up to 26 per cent in some regions and could fall by as much as 10 per cent in some places. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fraud complaints: The RCMP estimates the alleged fraud at $20 million with thousands of victims, according to 660 News. One individual who was the subject of several fraud complaints was targeted in the investigation, which the RCMP launched in November 2011 and MONTREAL Fifteen people working in an alleged call centre in Montreal have been arrested on charges they were involved in a mass-market fraud that spanned Canada and the United States. The Mounties teamed up with U.S. authorities as well as Quebec provincial police and city police in Montreal and Chateauguay to conduct the operation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Haiti: On Thursday the Queen Street store will unveil a different kind of pop-up shop, featuring decorative homewares made by artisans in Haiti, with 25 per cent of the retail purchase price already paid to the artisans, according to The Star. Prices range from $12 for a papier m ch bird to $300 for a quilt and Hudsons Bay has signed up to give shoppers the chance to support Haitian artisans without having to travel to Haiti to do it. The items include handmade pillows and quilts , glittering glasssware in the vodou tradition and metal works and papier m ch objets d art. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada: More changes are coming to employment insurance, according to The Chronicle Herald. The governments reforms to the EI system to date have been hugely controversial. But Human Resources and Skills Development Canada says the upcoming changes are all about improving the system and Ottawa is starting work on a program it calls EI Service Delivery Modernization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Members of Parliament: OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will be busy today at committees dealing with the economy and trade. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The Commons finance committee, meantime, will hear witnesses as the government prepares for the 2014 budget. Copies of the Federal Budget are pilled on a desk in Ottawa on March 21, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander appears before a Commons committee hearing witnesses on Bill C-4, the Budget Implementation Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada: Authorities apprehended 487 people as smugglers attempted to sneak them into Canada at remote locales, up from 308 in 2010, says the binational report on border security, according to CTV. The figures on smuggling between official ports of entry appear in the 2012 Integrated Border Enforcement Team threat assessment report, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act and OTTAWA -- Smugglers were caught trying to slip dramatically more people into Canada in 2011 over the previous year at largely unguarded points along the border with the United States, says a newly declassified report. At the same time, the number of people nabbed while being spirited into the United States from Canada fell slightly during the same period to 360 from 376. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

public library: Save your city: support the public library, Opinion Nov. 18, according to The Star. When I first immigrated to Canada in 1970 with my husband and two small children, my first connection to this new community came from my local library at Earls Courts. The staff was warm and friendly, and the resources, both in terms of the books and the programs, were incredible and Re: Save your city: support the public library, Opinion Nov. 18 What resonated most with me in Vincent Lams beautifully crafted piece about Torontos beloved public libraries was their impact on new immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Order of Canada: In a ruling Monday, a three-justice panel of the Federal Court of Appeal denied Blacks application to address the 11-member advisory council for the Order of Canada, according to The Star. In its decision, the court upheld a lower court ruling that said Black can plead his case to the council only in writing and Former media baron Conrad Black will not be able to personally address the council that will be recommending whether he can remain in the Order of Canada. Related: Conrad Black faces uncertainty in bid to keep Order of Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

NDP: Moraille is perhaps best known for her few minutes in the spotlight 15 years ago as the soulful voice of the Bran Van 3000 song Drinking in L.A. She is also a Haitian-born entertainment lawyer who is representing the New Democratic Party in the northern Montreal riding of Bourassa , which the Liberals have locked up in all but two elections going back to 1968, according to The Star. When we first started, people were like clams, Moraille said this week. But now everywhere we go its like, Its the NDP, its you, St phane. I know you. I m going to vote for you. The stronghold that was there is no longer because they see us as an alternative and MONTREAL St phane Moraille, already a one-hit wonder, is determined not to become the symbol of another fleeting phenomenon in next Mondays byelection . Vacated by longtime Liberal MP Denis Coderre , who is now mayor of Montreal, the NDP is determined to demonstrate in Bourassa that its Quebec breakthrough in the 2011 election is a shifting political trend and not just a blip. Whether it be MPs coming to help out from Ottawa or party positions seemingly tailored to Bourassas demographics, there is no shortage of effort going into making that point. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Dennis Cheeseman: Dennis Cheeseman's statutory release date is Tuesday after serving two-thirds of a seven-year, two-month, 15-day sentence for manslaughter. But a source said his release would come one day earlier, according to Huffington Post. She said she wants to forgive him, but she can't just yet and EDMONTON - The families of four Alberta Mounties gunned down in 2005 are reflecting as one of the two men convicted in the deaths gets out of prison. Colleen Myrol, mother of slain Const. Brock Myrol, said she hopes that Cheeseman, 29, will turn his life around. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.