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Cynthia Zhu: Diana Tarango is worried. Her 4-year-old daughter is in all-day kindergarten, but because she cant find before- and after-school care, she cant go back to work, according to The Star. Cynthia Zhu and Kenny Ji couldnt be happier. They ve been in Canada for less than a year and they ve got both their kids in subsidized daycare spots near their home and Put five people around a table and ask them to talk about their problems with daycare in the city, and you ll get five different opinions. Perry Wong and Nalini Nankoo are frustrated. They have been looking for a daycare space for their 2-year-old son and have put down non-refundable deposits to get on the waiting list at a half-dozen daycares. They cant afford to keep wasting money, and their son still doesnt have a space. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Orillia Asylum: As adults, they won a class-action lawsuit against the province, even though the government delayed the process for so long that many died before seeing justice, according to The Star. Talk about re-victimizing the victims and As children, they were abused in the provincially operated Huronia Regional Centre, once called the Orillia Asylum for Idiots. And now that the governments settlement promises access to childhood files, the province is creating roadblocks once again, telling some it cant locate their documents and charging others fees to do a freedom-of-information request. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nova Scotia Tourism Agency: WINDSOR Employment in downtown Windsor will see an increase over the next few weeks, according to The Chronicle Herald. Everyone is packing up, he said in an interview and The Nova Scotia Tourism Agency will move to its new offices in town beginning next Friday and will eventually have 37 staff members, said CEO Patrick Sullivan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

poor performance: Let's be honest: if a company makes a bad hiring decision, especially at the senior executive level, you can expect plenty of fallout throughout the entire organization. In other words, the implications of a bad hiring decision go far beyond the poor performance of this one individual. For instance, the individual may have taken a strategic direction that can significantly hurt the organization. This is in addition to the impact of all those poor decisions in the area of general day-to-day operational management. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. I've also seen new incumbents focus their attention on superficial things such as refurnishing their offices with elaborate and expensive purchases. This often results in the loss of respect by the management team while employees experience a sense of fear and go into self-protection mode, or what I call "career survival." c KRT In the several cases I've observed, the signs of poor leadership arise quite quickly. The most common sign of trouble occurs when a new leader reorganizes and restructures without sufficient analysis of the current situation and without effective communication strategies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

BORIS MINKEVICH: INCOME:, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Craig work bonus: $75,000 net annual bonus; $15,000 net company shares BORIS MINKEVICH / Beth wants to retire in two years, but Craig, who plans to keep working, isnt sure the couple can afford it. BORIS MINKEVICH Beth and Craig's finances Craig: $85,000 $4,900 a month net (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Atlantic Canada: Canadian workers are migrating to other provinces in record numbers in search of work, to the detriment of Atlantic Canada, says a new Bank of Montreal report, according to The Chronicle Herald. Outward migration is highest in Atlantic Canada, with an annual flow of 11,000 people choosing to leave the region for employment reasons, or 0.5 per cent of the population and Interprovincial migration is at its highest point in almost 25 years, with many choosing to settle in Alberta and Saskatchewan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Business magazine: According to Canadian Business magazine's latest rankings, the country's 100 wealthiest individuals clock in with a net worth of $230 billion, according to Huffington Post. That's a cool 15 per cent jump and the biggest since 2000 and It's been a good year for Canada's super rich. As Canadian Business points out, that more than the gross domestic product of entire countries, namely New Zealand, Ireland and Portugal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Commander Steve Rodhouse: Commander Steve Rodhouse described a complicated and disturbing picture of emotional control over many years in the case of the women, declining to say how they wound up in the south London home. Two suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested early Thursday on suspicion of forced labour and domestic servitude, according to The Chronicle Herald. It is not as brutally obvious as women being physically restrained inside an address and not being allowed to leave, Rodhouse said. This may have appeared to be a normal family and LONDON Three women who were freed from a London home after 30 years had been allowed outside in carefully controlled circumstances during their ordeal but were victims of slavery, in simple terms, a senior British police officer said Friday. He said investigators are trying to figure out what were the invisible handcuffs that were used to exert such control for the 30 years the women were allegedly held captive and subject to physical, mental and emotional abuse. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Kathleen Wynne: Wynne travelled to the southwestern Ontario tomato-growing centre on Friday to announce the province will provide up to $200,000 from the Communities in Transition program, according to CTV. She says the province's Rapid Re-employment and Training Service will also help employees affected by the closure plan their next steps, find new jobs or get new skills and LEAMINGTON, Ont. -- Premier Kathleen Wynne says those affected by the planned closure of the Heinz plant in Leamington, Ont., will be getting aid from the government. Wynne says the funding will help Leamington identify and pursue new opportunities for growth. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mumtaz Ladha: B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon said in announcing her decision Friday that the testimony of Mumtaz Ladha's accuser was simply not credible, according to CTV. "I am left, rather, with the conviction that the allegations made by the complainant are improbable. On the evidence before me, it appears far more likely that the complainant took advantage of Mr. Ladha's generosity in order to come to Canada and then took advantage of an opportunity she saw to remain in this country, showing a callous disregard for her benefactor and the truth in the process." VANCOUVER -- A wealthy British Columbia businesswoman accused of luring a young Tanzanian woman to Canada and forcing her to work as a virtual domestic slave in her multimillion-dollar West Vancouver mansion has been found not guilty of human trafficking. "I wish to emphasize that this is not a case in which I am left with only a reasonable doubt about whether the offences occurred," Fenlon said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.