Carnoustie: Getting into the Masters, whether as player or fan, according to The Waterloo Record. Daunting major-championship venues like Carnoustie or Bethpage Black — or better yet, fearsome Oakmont, host of the 2016 U.S. Open. The 230-yard forced carry over water, a herculean task for most beginners. Then there making a go of a pipe-dream five-star seaside links course, wedged between a hardscrabble former mining town and the pitiless Gulf of St. And then building another one right next door. Lawrence, on a remote edge of eastern Canada that three hours from the nearest major airport. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Syrian refugees: Among the hires are a number of newly arrived Syrian refugees, aboriginals, and youth with disabilities, although the exact breakdown of those figures is not immediately available, according to Guelph Mercury. The government had pledged in the budget to add $339 million over three years to the summer jobs program to double the number of placements each year for students working at not-for-profit organizations, public sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees. The federal government says it has approved more than 7,000 additional jobs for the Canada Summer Jobs program on top of the 70,000 planned for 2016. Applications from small businesses to hire summer students through the government program was up almost one-third from last year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released the figures Thursday at the Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario, which plans to hire 20 students to help with its research wing. In all, there will be 13,373 students working at small businesses this summer, a four-fold increase from last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Syrian refugees: Among the hires are a number of newly arrived Syrian refugees, aboriginals, and youth with disabilities, although the exact breakdown of those figures is not immediately available, according to Brandon Sun. The government had pledged in the budget to add $339 million over three years to the summer jobs program to double the number of placements each year for students working at not-for-profit organizations, public sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees. The federal government says it has approved more than 7,000 additional jobs for the Canada Summer Jobs program on top of the 70,000 planned for 2016. Applications from small businesses to hire summer students through the government program was up almost one-third from last year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released the figures Thursday at the Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario, which plans to hire 20 students to help with its research wing. In all, there will be 13,373 students working at small businesses this summer, a four-fold increase from last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: The chaos in these camps had a violent origin, according to National Observer. It also had a human consequence. Another Afghan showed me horrible scars from torture at the hands of the Taliban. Young children ran into your arms; small human drones seeking adult targets, unconsciously recognizing that their own parents were too traumatized by violence, or by their flight from catastrophe, to fulfill a patient, and peaceful, parenting role. As a response to this misery, international volunteers, like my family, continuously swirl through Greek refugee camps, trying to help. Some kids were terribly neglected: infants crawling alone in tents, smeared in feces; toddlers wandering onto the highway, hugging teddy bears on the centre white line; and bands of rogue boys, opening doors of moving cars as startled visitors drove through the camp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

language classes: So a difficult decision had to be made, said Mario Calla, the executive director of Costi, which settles government-assisted refugees in Toronto, according to Brandon Sun. Rather than scale back the number of classes altogether, they decided to just stop offering their 27 federally-funded courses over the summer."Our hands are tied," Calla said. "It a compromise situation."Federal funding for language classes is tied to the number of immigrants agencies served the year before. Settlement agencies told a House of Commons committee Thursday that while the federal government did top up their budgets to deal with the influx of over 25,000 Syrians in a matter of three months, the money isn't going far enough. The base funding for 2016-2017 did not take into account the surge in Syrian refugees, who proved eager to access programs. They've cut 200 spots from their program because they lost federal funding. While Costi is trying to link Syrians up with provincial courses and other programs, that doesn't cover all the bases, Calla said."Usually the women get cheated in that process because child minding isn't available."In Vancouver, there are over 800 new immigrants on wait lists for language classes, said Karen Shortt, the president of the Vancouver Community College Faculty Association. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

respondents: Twenty-seven countries were ranked a score out of 100 based on their acceptance of refugees, according to Huffington Post Canada. A 100 score suggests all respondents would welcome refugees to their neighbourhood or home. The human rights advocacy group ranked Canada fourth in a list of 27 countries with the most-welcoming attitudes toward refugees surveyed from Amnesty International earlier this month. Seventy-six per cent of Canadians surveyed said they would welcome refugees into the country, their communities, and even their homes. Amnesty data suggests women were more likely to be compassionate than men. Among the respondents, 87 per cent said they support the right of refugees to escape war and persecution by fleeing to other countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Martin Gottwald: The current agreement between Canada and the UN to resettle 900 Colombians currently in Ecuador expires at the end of his year, according to Metro News. The UN refugee agency acting representative for Colombia says a new agreement would make sense, since helping vulnerable Colombians is key to that country peace process. More than 17,000 Colombian refugees have arrived in Canada over the last ten years seeking a safe haven from the five decades of war in that country. Martin Gottwald is in Canada this week to brief those who decide asylum claims on the state of peace talks in Colombia. The Colombian government is currently negotiating to end over 50 years of conflict with armed guerilla groups, the largest of which is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The ongoing battles have seen 6.7 million displaced inside the country and about 360,000 recognized refugees are living mostly in surrounding countries. He says the situation for the millions of displaced people and refugees remains precarious even with those talks, and finding solutions for them remains a priority. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Colombia: The current agreement between Canada and the UN to resettle 900 Colombians currently in Ecuador expires at the end of this year, according to Hamilton Spectator. The UN refugee agency acting representative for Colombia says a new agreement would make sense, since helping vulnerable Colombians is key to that country peace process. More than 17,000 Colombian refugees have arrived in Canada over the last 10 years seeking a safe haven from the five decades of war in that country. Martin Gottwald is in Canada this week to brief those who decide asylum claims on the state of peace talks in Colombia. The Colombian government is currently negotiating to end over 50 years of conflict with armed guerrilla groups, the largest of which is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The ongoing battles have seen 6.7 million displaced inside the country and about 360,000 recognized refugees are living mostly in surrounding countries. He says the situation for the millions of displaced people and refugees remains precarious even with those talks, and finding solutions for them remains a priority. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

racial stereotypes: The accused appears to be white, but yet you make the argument race plays a role in public perception, according to CBC. What do you mean by that Jane Ku: What police do to a racialized suspect is very much a reflection of stereotypes held by the wider society. Gunman faces charges after Pillette Village manhunt Jane Ku, a sociology professor at the University of Windsor who specializes in race, spoke with CBC Windsor Lisa Xing about the role race plays in the public reaction to suspects who are wanted by police. It not that the police officers themselves are racist. It not farfetched for individual police officers to hold those stereotypes as well. It that we, as a society, have all these racial stereotypes of people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Tootoo: The friend said there was no intervention from either Mr, according to Globe and Mail. Tootoo family or the Prime Minister Office. It happens in life and it will happen to others again in Parliament. Another source said Mr Tootoo was talked into getting treatment. Trudeau said Mr. On Wednesday morning, Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

social media: Here a look at some other MPs who were troubled by alcohol: Seamus O'Regan The former television host and Liberal MP from Newfoundland took to social media in January to say he had checked into a Toronto treatment facility over the Christmas holidays to get help for a drinking problem, according to The Chronicle Herald. O'Regan, who later told CBC-TV his family and friends had staged "an intervention", said at the time that alcohol had become a part of his daily life over the last couple of years. "I was still working effectively and competently, but I realized, over time, that being competent was not good enough," O'Regan wrote in a statement on Facebook. "I was far from my best self. His is not a unique case. And the simple truth is that I owe my best self to my marriage, to my family, to my friends, and to my constituents," he wrote. Saganash said at the time that he did not want to make excuses for his behaviour, but that he was still struggling with his experiences as a residential school survivor and the death of former NDP leader Jack Layton. "I need help to overcome a medical problem, a dependence on alcohol, like far too many other Canadians," Saganash said in a statement. Romeo Saganash The NDP MP from northern Quebec took a break from politics to seek treatment for his alcohol addiction after he was escorted off an Air Canada Jazz flight in Montreal in October 2012, his drunken behaviour delaying the take-off to Val-d'Or, Que. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Corey Wadden: No one was paid to be a part of it," Wadden, who worked with fellow Toronto editors and producers, says the video was a response to Justin Timberlake challenge to put together a video for his latest song, "Can't Stop The Feeling." He adds it was also a tribute to Toronto being named the most multicultural city in the world by the Culture Trip in May, according to Huffington Post Canada. The almost three-minute video shows dancers of all ages and ethnicities, dancing in front of some of the city biggest landmarks like the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre and famous restaruants like The Real Jerk. In a You Tube video posted by director Corey Wadden of Toronto, some of the city cheeriest and skillful dancers got together to show off what the city had to offer. "Everything came together in a couple of days through a bit of serendipity and people believing in the project and what it would do for representing Toronto," Wadden tells The Huffington Post Canada. "We're all big fans of Toronto and wanted to show some love. Watch the video above. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Stacey Tyers: Read more: Energy, image: Sign Up for the Tyee Newsletter Advocates who work closely with people surviving on low incomes have testified to the British Columbia Utilities Commission that it is increasingly common for their clients to struggle to pay the rising cost of electricity, often with severe consequences. "My clients are aware of the recent and upcoming rate increases, and they are panicking," said Stacey Tyers, the manager of counselling support services at the Terrace and District Community Services Society, according to Tyee. Throughout 12 years of anti-poverty work Tyers has seen clients with trouble paying their electricity bills, she said. "It is definitely getting worse though," said Tyers, who also is a Terrace city councillor. "We are now seeing a much larger number of people with BC Hydro issues." Keith Simmonds, the co-ordinating minister at the Duncan United Church, said that over the past 18 months more people have sought help from the church because they can't afford to pay their BC Hydro bills. "Inability to pay rising hydro costs has a huge impact on low-income people. As Hydro Rates Climb, an Idea to Reduce Bills for Low-income Folks Advocates pitch affordability program, but minister insists rates are modest.NDP Horgan Proposes Cheaper Hydro Bills for Low-Income Residents While 'hard-working' residents struggle, gov't gives help to mining firms, leader says. Many people have to choose between paying rent, purchasing food and paying their BC Hydro bill." "Contacts about BC Hydro issues have definitely increased in recent years," said Audrey Schwartz, the executive director of Active Support Against Poverty in Prince George. The Tyee reported this week on testimony the submission included from three people who were themselves struggling on low incomes to pay their BC Hydro bills. About 79 per cent of the people who turn to the agency for help with tenancy and housing are First Nations, she said. "Our office saw a significant spike in contacts about BC Hydro issues in 2014," said Stephen Portman, the advocacy lead at the Together Against Poverty Society in Victoria. "The increasing unaffordability of BC Hydro rates for our clients means that people are unable to pay their bills, and are more often disconnected." The statements from six advocates from throughout B.C. are part of a 341-page document the B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre filed May 9 with the BCUC on behalf of seven anti-poverty and seniors' groups. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Martin Gottwald: The current agreement between Canada and the UN to resettle 900 Colombians currently in Ecuador expires at the end of his year, according to Brandon Sun. The UN refugee agency acting representative for Colombia says a new agreement would make sense, since helping vulnerable Colombians is key to that country peace process. More than 17,000 Colombian refugees have arrived in Canada over the last ten years seeking a safe haven from the five decades of war in that country. Martin Gottwald is in Canada this week to brief those who decide asylum claims on the state of peace talks in Colombia. The Colombian government is currently negotiating to end over 50 years of conflict with armed guerilla groups, the largest of which is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The ongoing battles have seen 6.7 million displaced inside the country and about 360,000 recognized refugees are living mostly in surrounding countries. He says the situation for the millions of displaced people and refugees remains precarious even with those talks, and finding solutions for them remains a priority. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: An immigrant couple who had their car stolen twice in less than 24 hours is asking for its safe return, according to Brandon Sun. The car was stolen and returned sometime Sunday evening or early Monday morning, then taken again Monday evening. On Wednesday morning, Brandon police announced that RCMP had since found the car in Portage la Prairie. With the help of a neighbour — an 11-year-old girl who translated between Chinese and English — the woman whose car was stolen asked the thief to bring her family car back."She says she hopes they bring it back without destroying it," the young interpreter said. Police said that the dark blue, 2009 four-door Nissan Altima was first reported stolen Monday morning and had gone missing sometime during the weekend. The woman whose car was stolen asked that she and her family not be identified. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

existential crisis: It was a hot sunny day, as is frequently the case in Cuba, and a horde of us resort refugees were swarming the countryside in jeeps on our way to a lovely half-hour trip down an isolated river, according to NOW Magazine. Getting out of the jeeps at a little restaurant/bar where our boats were located, we were told something special had been planned for us. It not a place where you'd expect to experience a slight, if annoying, artistic and existential crisis of Aboriginal proportions. That something was the performance of an Indigenous dance performed by two men and four women in body paint and identical long black wigs. When she came to life, all six proceeded to thank the gods by doing some more oddly contemporary dancing for the tourists. One of the women was lying on the dock, and a male dancer came up to her and did some sort of magical hand movements over her as the rest sang and danced. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Liberals: To many Canadians, it seems as if the Tories are joining the marriage equity party a tad late, according to Brandon Sun. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Liberals at their own annual convention in Winnipeg, same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada for more than a decade. The party faithful, gathered in Vancouver for their annual convention, voted to remove the traditional definition of marriage — as the union of one man and one woman — from Conservative policy. Who knows Trudeau added, Ten years from now, they might finally be willing to admit that climate change is real. Or that government shouldn't legislate what women can wear on their heads. Or that tax cuts for rich people don't help the middle class. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

migrants: The centre will be located in northern Paris where hundreds of arriving migrants without a place to go often camp near subway stations, according to Metro News. Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the exact site would be announced shortly. The mayor of Paris has announced plans to create a centre to take in migrants with no place to go, saying she wants the French capital to welcome those escaping war and poverty in dignity. The Socialist mayor said several times she hopes the state will be a "partner" in the project, which she said must conform to international norms for refugees. Greek authorities say an 18-year-old man has been injured during a fight between migrants in a makeshift camp in the country main port of Piraeus, near Athens. She said Parisians have a humane duty to help the have-not travellers , adding that she confident "the Paris population will be at our side."Her plan to open a centre for homeless in the Bois du Boulogne beside a chic neighbourhood caused a ruckus.___4:55 p.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: Those books that take you away, absorb your attention, according to Huffington Post Canada. Time stands still as you fall into another world between the covers of the book. Summer reads they are called. It feeds into that endless quality of "summer' time. During the season, we read an eclectic range of books. My book club, which is now in its fifth year, has some suggestions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Romeo Dallaire: Its best-before date was several years ago. "It an outrage," the head of UNICEF said Tuesday in an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press by telephone from his New York City office. "Badly, in a word," is how Lake described the way things are currently going in Syria, according to The Chronicle Herald. That sense of outrage echoed on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, when retired Canadian general and former senator Romeo Dallaire said the Rwandan genocide is being repeated right now in Syria and the world isn't doing enough to stop it. Lake, the executive director of the United Nations Children Fund, watched the doctors pluck pieces of the patient jawbone out of his shattered face using what he called "old instruments" in a setting he described as "sort of an operating room." Lake was shown the anaesthetic that was being used. Dallaire was part of a delegation that displayed some of the 55,000 forensic photos that depict atrocities committed against civilians in Syrian prisons by the regime of President Bashar Assad. Lake, meanwhile, painted a vivid portrait of what he saw first-hand in Syria on his most recent trip there. The photos were smuggled out of Syria and depict torture on men, women and children. "Through pictures, through scenes, we hope to bring to the attention of parliamentarians and Canadians the true suffering of human beings that are caught in the middle of this maelstrom that we are fiddling with, instead of trying to reconcile," Dallaire said Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

media relations manager: Those include 257, 428 and 942, according to CBC. In 2010, a CRTC committee had set aside the code 428, but no decision has yet been made. "What happening today is just the beginning of the process," said Patricia Valladao on Tuesday. There are around 10 possible candidates for the new three-digit code. Valladao is media relations manager with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . "The market is growing, there is more need for new numbers. The Canadian Numbering Administrator Consortium projects the 506 area code will be exhausted of numbers by February 2021. That the reason why we're trying to address that before it actually happens." Valladao says it will be a "couple of years" before the second code will be introduced. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sylvain Charlebois: Sylvain Charlebois, a specialist in food distribution and policy, said that Canada Prairies are expected to be the region most vulnerable to climate change in the world, according to The Chronicle Herald. He cited a recent Manitoba study that predicts Winnipeg will likely see the number of 30 degree-plus days per year rise from 11 to 46 in the next 50 years. Dr. The report also warns that those most vulnerable to climate change include not only farmers but low-income people and First Nations communities, who will struggle to cope with higher food prices. It time for all Canadians to think about pursuing mitigating actions against weather-related risks. Some remote regions will also fight to grow their own food and climate change could cut crop yields by more than 50 per cent, gravely endangering global food security. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

forensic photos: The photos were smuggled out of Syria and depict torture on men, women and children. "Through pictures, through scenes, we hope to bring to the attention of parliamentarians and Canadians the true suffering of human beings that are caught in the middle of this maelstrom that we are fiddling with, instead of trying to reconcile," Dallaire said Tuesday, according to Hamilton Spectator. Dallaire said the world needs to strike a peace agreement with teeth to end the five-year-old Syrian civil war, which has displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands dead. Dallaire was part of a delegation that brought to Parliament Hill some of the 55,000 forensic photos that depict atrocities committed against civilians in Syrian prisons by the regime of President Bashar Assad. He commanded the failed UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda and has since campaigned tirelessly for conflict prevention as a senator and now as a senior fellow of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. Dallaire said he has personally witnessed a repeat of the recruitment of child soldiers to the Syria conflict in refugee camps in Jordan, a phenomenon of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that left hundreds of thousands dead. "When a society uses children as cannon fodder for a desperate cause like that, it is a disgrace to humanity and we are part of letting that disgrace perpetuate itself." Naomi Kikoler, deputy director of Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide in Washington, said the photos show that the degree of human suffering that is currently taking place, in real time, in Syria. "Our hope in doing so is to try to do for the Syrian people what was not done for the Jews during the Second World War, which is to shed a light on their suffering and urge that others take action to prevent and protect these communities from the crimes that are happening." Mouaz Moustafa, the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, lauded Canada for taking in Syrian refugees, but called on the government to push for "creative solutions" to end the torture and air bombardment of civilians. "I truly believe this is the never-again moment of our lifetime." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Manitoba government: Manitoba Finance Minister Cameron Friesen says the new government intends to help newcomer families make ends meet by lowering taxes, according to CBC. Friesen held a news conference Tuesday morning at Manitoba Welcome Place, an organization dedicated to helping refugees and immigrants settle in Manitoba. Brian Pallister and PC government table first budget today "We thought in our first budget as Manitoba government, rather than do something empty to satisfy a tradition, we would instead follow the Manitoba values of inclusiveness and generosity," Manitoba Finance Minister Cameron Friesen said. Friesen gave new pairs of sneakers to the Teweldes, an Eritrean family of five who recently relocated to Winnipeg via Sudan. Friesen said as a father of three, he understands how little costs add up quickly and can put a strain on any family budget. Senat, 5, the youngest of three children in the family, scored a pair of pink New Balance sneakers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

alternatives: Goodale told a Senate committee on Monday his department is looking at alternatives to locking away children, but he added the issue is complex and requires study, according to Toronto Star. There are problems in the system that go beyond simply changing procedures, Goodale said. By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Mon., May 30, 2016 OTTAWA—Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he wants to end the Canada Border Services Agency practice of detaining child migrants. Physical capacity is an issue. In a confidential inspection report made public in January, the Red Cross said Canada should jail child immigrants only as a last resort and must find alternatives to detention for such vulnerable newcomers. And we need to make some changes there in order to accommodate alternatives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

international students: The Mount is committed to assisting international students who choose to remain in the province, Paul Barry Mercer, the Mount vice-president of student experience, said in a news release, according to The Chronicle Herald. This includes helping our students to successfully transition from student to employee and new Nova Scotians. This pilot program will connect international student graduates with employers and opportunities to start their careers in locally. The Nova Scotia Scholars Program provides participants with individualized plans to address career building, networking, cultural preparation, work experience and immigration. Venor, started by Craig Coady and Ian Sullivan in Halifax, offers professional and executive search services in Atlantic Canada and beyond, including the U.S. The extracurricular program is run using existing resources—including expertise in the Mount Career Centre and Internatonal Education Centre, as well as support from education practicum students. The partnership with Venor represents a new step for the program and a valuable private sector link to employers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.