population: Nova Scotia has struggled to grow its population in recent years due to outmigration and an aging population, according to Metro News. The report said the increase in Nova Scotia was mainly driven by international migration. The Quarterly Demographic Estimates report said 1,460 people arrived in the province from Jan. 1 to April 1. It said Nova Scotia natural population change — the number of births and the number of deaths — continues to decline, with 2,005 births and 2,543 deaths. Between Jan. 1 and April 1, Canada population increased by about 106,000 people, bringing the total population to about 36 million."Since the introduction of the current system of demographic accounts in July 1971, Canada had never received so many immigrants in a single quarter," the report said."The arrival of Syrian refugees largely accounts for the increase in the number of immigrants posted in the first three months of 2016." International migration is also responsible for a rise in population nationally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: That is up 4,918 people from April 1, 2015, according to CBC. The report says the population increase of 1,460 from Jan. 1 to April 1 was the largest first quarter growth since 1985. The Quarterly Demographic Estimates report says the province population as of April 1, 2016 was 947,284. Nova Scotia population is up 4,918 people from April 1, 2015 to April 1, 2016. It was the largest number on record for a single quarter. Citing immigration as the main reason for the increase, the report says 1,849 immigrants arrived in the province during the first quarter of 2016, many of them Syrian refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: Their children are in school, making new friends and settling in before their eyes, said Mohammed al Saltan, 31, who has seven kids and an eighth on the way, according to Globe and Mail. The children are busy, they are happy, he said. The longer I stay at home, the sicker I feel. We are just sitting around. Despite fasting for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, the men were among 250 newly-arrived Syrians registered for a job fair put on by Refugee 613 — the Ottawa organization focused on helping the 1600 Syrians who have arrived in the nation capital — along with another group that has worked for years helping newcomers find work. On a scorching June morning in Ottawa, they did do more than just sit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nicholas Keung Immigration: Order this photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Fri., June 17, 2016 Roua Alkadi had gotten used to the deafening sound of bomb blasts as she sat in class at Damascus University, according to Toronto Star. But when the growing conflict in Syria made it too dangerous even to attend class, she dropped out of her studies in accounting and joined the exodus of people fleeing the country. She is the winner of a scholarship that will enable her to attend Ryerson University, where she plans to study biomedical engineering in September. For many young Syrians, leaving their war-torn country has meant suspending if not ending their education completely — and shelving dreams of a career and bright future. I applied to Ryerson University in February and got a conditional offer, but I had no idea how I was going to pay for my tuition, said Alkadi, one of six scholarship recipients set to attend a Canadian university this fall under the 100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Lives scholarship program offered by Jusoor Canada. But thanks to a new post-secondary scholarship program for Syrian women, a door has opened for Alkadi to resume her education in her adopted home of Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Olivia Ward: On Thursday, a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that Daesh — also known as ISIS and ISIL — is seeking to destroy the Yazidis in multiple ways, as envisaged by the 1948 Genocide Convention, according to Toronto Star. It left no doubt that the atrocities perpetrated against thousands of Yazidi women, children and men since the group invaded Iraq Sinjar region in August 2014, belonged in the worst category of crimes in human history. By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Thu., June 16, 2016 The conclusion is stark and damning: ISIS has committed, and continues to commit, the crime of genocide, as well as multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes, against the Yazidis. The report came two days after a Tory-sponsored parliamentary motion to declare the assault on the Yazidis and other minorities genocide was defeated by Liberal MPs. And he insisted that Canada is taking the lead in rescuing the beleaguered minority, who have been persecuted for centuries in the Middle East as devil worshippers. Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion, who opposed it, said Thursday that the government is now convinced that Daesh is conducting genocide against the Yazidis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

yard sale: Lip balm, according to The Waterloo Record. Cufflinks. Backpacks. Baby bibs. The list reads like a bad yard sale but it actually just a few of the promotional items on offer from various government of Canada departments and agencies. Fake tattoos. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckOTTAWA - Foam chickens, according to Brandon Sun. Backpacks. The Immigration department spent $36,300 on some 330,000 Canadian flags, more than enough for every single immigrant to the country in 2016. Lip balm. Baby bibs. Cufflinks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

UBC geography professor David Ley SFU sociology professor: Yan has mapped the rapid rise in home values and recently authored a controversial study analyzing home purchases in one Westside neighbourhood, according to Vancouver Courier. The Globe and Mail reports that UBC geography professor David Ley and SFU sociology professor Josh Gordon will also be at the meeting. Andy Yan, an urban planner and acting director of SFU city program, confirmed his attendance. In his book Millionaire Migrants, Ley documented the link between rising home prices and wealthy Hong Kong immigrants who sought a safe haven prior to reunification. It a markedly different set of voices than the provincial government has been consulting. Josh Gordon published a paper this spring arguing that based on existing academic work, there can be no doubt that foreign capital is playing a big part in Vancouver housing market. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

federal Liberals: They say the pressure is mounting, though not only because of money, according to The Waterloo Record. As five of the 15,412 government-assisted refugees resettled by the federal Liberals since November, they receive a year of income support and there a while yet before that money runs out. What none of them have is a job. What is at stake right now is feeling like they belong in the country they are now calling home. "It getting depressing," said Mahmoud Al Ahmad, 46, through a translator. Despite fasting for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, the men were among 250 newly-arrived Syrians registered for a job fair put on by Refugee 613 — the Ottawa organization focused on helping the 1600 Syrians who have arrived in the nation capital — along with another group that has worked for years helping newcomers find work. He worked as a long haul truck driver in his native city of Damascus, and has four kids now living in an east-end Ottawa apartment. "The longer I stay at home, the sicker I feel." Their children are in school, making new friends and settling in before their eyes, said Mohammed al Saltan, 31, who has seven kids and an eighth on the way. "The children are busy, they are happy," he said. "We are just sitting around." On a scorching June morning in Ottawa, they did do more than just sit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

population: Nova Scotia has struggled to grow its population in recent years due to outmigration and an aging population, according to Brandon Sun. The report said the increase in Nova Scotia was mainly driven by international migration. The Quarterly Demographic Estimates report said 1,460 people arrived in the province from Jan. 1 to April 1. It said Nova Scotia natural population change — the number of births and the number of deaths — continues to decline, with 2,005 births and 2,543 deaths. Between Jan. 1 and April 1, Canada population increased by about 106,000 people, bringing the total population to about 36 million."Since the introduction of the current system of demographic accounts in July 1971, Canada had never received so many immigrants in a single quarter," the report said."The arrival of Syrian refugees largely accounts for the increase in the number of immigrants posted in the first three months of 2016." International migration is also responsible for a rise in population nationally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Labour Party: Police would not speculate on the attacker motive, but Clarke Rothwell, who runs a cafe near the scene of the slaying, told the BBC and Britain Press Association that the assailant shouted Britain first! several times, according to Toronto Star. Police did not confirm that account. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old Labour Party legislator who praised the contribution of immigrants to Britain and championed the cause of war-scarred Syrian refugees, was attacked outside a library in Birstall, northern England, after a regular meeting with constituents. Witnesses described a man shooting Cox several times and then stabbing her as she lay on the pavement. Our working presumption . . . is that this is a lone incident, said Dee Collins, acting chief constable of West Yorkshire Police. Police said they had arrested a 52-year-old man and were not looking for anyone else. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

automation: Welcome to our automated future, where more than 40 per cent of Canadian jobs have been replaced by technology, according to CTV. Our findings show that a significant percentage of Canadian jobs are at a high risk of being replaced by automation over the next 10 to 20 years, Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship executive director Sean Mullin said in a written statement. A flashing screen says, That colour really brings out your eyes. In a report released Wednesday, the Ryerson University-based institute says that nearly 42 per cent of Canada workforce is at a high risk of being affected by automation over the next two decades. ____ Worried that you'll be replaced by a robot You can see what the probability of automation in your field is via this interactive chart. ____ However, we don't believe that all of these jobs will be lost, Mullin said. Automation, which is the replacement of workers with technology, can already be seen everywhere from automated grocery store checkout counters to electronic immigration kiosks at airports. Many will be restructured and new jobs will be created as the nature of occupations change due to the impact of technology and computerization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nova Scotia: Entrevestor Startup East report, released earlier this quarter, showed the region total number of startups increased by 90 to a total of 355 new companies, according to The Chronicle Herald. That a jump of 24 per cent compared with 2014 total. A comprehensive report on Atlantic Canada startup scene, published by business intelligence provider Entrevestor, offers insights into Nova Scotia current cohort of new companies. Of that total, 188 companies were based in Nova Scotia, 94 in New Brunswick, 37 Newfoundland and 36 in P.E.I. The report defines a startup as a locally-owned company developing a proprietary technology-based product for a global market. With 128 in total, Halifax is home to more than one-third of the 355 startups. According to the report, a startup can't be a service company, must have at least one founder living in Atlantic Canada and must be diligently progressing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: This June 20th, I pay tribute to the courage and hope shown by these millions of refugees, according to Huffington Post Canada. The number of refugees and displaced persons is on the rise globally. Observed for the first time in 2001, this day draws attention to the urgency and extremely difficult conditions faced by 60 million refugees and internally displaced persons around the world. For example, half of Syria population are now refugees or internally displaced, in a tragedy unfolding before our eyes. Many refugees are making their way to countries such as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, countries already overwhelmed, and hundreds of thousands of refugees have tried to cross the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. Syria is not alone; elsewhere in the Middle East, the situation is also dire in Iraq and Yemen, while hundreds of thousands of Palestinians refugees are in need of help. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: This is the priority, according to Metro News. Conservative Jason Kenney, who has spent weeks urging the government to put the genocide label on ISIL, says Dion is missing the larger picture by focusing only on the Yazidis."This genocide affects more than the Yazidis," Kenney said."It affects the other indigenous minorities of Mesopotamia. Dion said Thursday he accepts the findings of the report of an independent, UN-mandated commission which says the militants known variously as ISIL, ISIS and Daesh have committed genocide against the ethnically Kurdish minority group."We are taking the lead in asking the Security Council to be sure that they will prosecute the perpetrators of these atrocities and investigate in order to understand what is happening on the ground," Dion told the Commons."In the meantime, we have tripled our effort to fight ISIL on the ground, because we need to rescue these populations. It affects the Assyrians and the Chaldeans and the Armenians, and so will he not join the U.S., EU and U.K. and the Opposition in recognizing the broader genocide "In debating and then defeating the Tory genocide motion on Tuesday, the government said politicians should shy away from declarations of such of genocide need to be made in an objective, responsible way," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during the debate. "That is exactly what we have formally requested the international authorities weigh in on."The report issued Thursday seems to fit that bill, although it deals specifically with the Yazidis."Genocide has occurred and is ongoing," Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said in the report entitled, "They Came to Destroy: ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis.""ISIS has subjected every Yazidi woman, child or man that it has captured to the most horrific of atrocities," he said in a news statement issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Its report focused on violations committed against Yazidis inside Syria, where it found that thousands of women and girls are still being held captive and abused, often as slaves. The independent commission was mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011 to investigate and record all violations of international law in Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

CNE Bandshell: Gloria Enright, 23, of Toronto, gets a police escort as she makes a victory walk down the runway after being chosen Miss Chin-Bikini from among 20 candidates at the Chin picnic in 1987, according to Toronto Star. Many of the 2,000 spectators crowding the CNE Bandshell brought their cameras. Johnny Lombardi is fussed over by his children, from left, Lenny, Donina and Theresa, on June 30, 1988. Johnny Lombardi on the eve of the CHIN picnic in 1972. The result was a tie. Smokey the Bear took on all comers including Johnny Lombardi and the Northern Wild Man in 1977. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Elder Law: She spoke with CBC Radio One The Early Edition as part of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, according to CBC. Her non-profit organization studied the issue by speaking with front-line workers withpolice, women shelters and settlement organizations. Krista James of the Canadian Centre for Elder Law says seniors from those communities are sometimes bound by barriers ranging from language to immigration policy. The VPD launched a new educational initiative on Wednesday called S.A.F.E — Safety Awareness for Elders. The VPD launched a new educational initiative on Wednesday called S.A.F.E — Safety Awareness for Elders. James said not knowing English is an obvious challenge for seniors seeking help, but what lesser known is that even translated materials aren't always helpful. "Especially for older women from immigrant communities, they may have never had the chance to learn to read, so print tools have a fairly limited impact," said James. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

United Nations Security Council Veteran Tory: Dion said the federal government is again calling on further, urgent action from the United Nations Security Council, according to Huffington Post Canada. Veteran Tory MP Jason Kenney said it was unfortunate it took the "stubborn minister so long to realize the facts that have been staring the world in the face." Shortly before voting against the motion Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons that the determination on what is or is not genocide must be done objectively by the UN, not partisan politicians. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion confirmed the position in question period Thursday, two days after Liberal MPs voted against a Conservative motion that sought to label ISIS atrocities with the same term. "Today for the first time, an independent report by the UN Commission has concluded that genocide was committed by the so-called Islamic State against the Yazidis," Dion said. "Given this evidence, our government believes that genocide against the Yazidis is currently ongoing." This undated file image posted online on Jan. 14, 2014 shows ISIS fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. Four Liberal MPs strayed and voted with Tories, New Democrats, and Bloc MPs in supporting the motion. The report summary states: ISIS has sought to destroy the Yazidis through killings; sexual slavery, enslavement, torture and inhuman and degrading treatment and forcible transfer causing serious bodily and mental harm; the infliction of conditions of life that bring about a slow death; the imposition of measures to prevent Yazidi children from being born, including forced conversion of adults, the separation of Yazidi men and women, and mental trauma; and the transfer of Yazidi children from their own families and placing them with ISIS fighters, thereby cutting them off from beliefs and practices of their own religious community, and erasing their identity as Yazidis. The report from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, based on dozens of interviews with survivors, summarizes in graphic detail the "ongoing genocide" against the Kurdish-speaking religious community of 400,000 people at the hands of ISIS. Testimonies included recollections of mass killings and the sexual slavery of women and girls. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

job: It not easy now, even coming here, it not easy to get a job, he said, through a translator, according to Metro News. From hotels to construction firms, prospective employers set up booths at Ottawa City Hall to meet with the job-seeking refugees. Now, along with more than 200 Syrian refugees who attended a special employment fair on Thursday, Toubeh is trying to navigate the job market in a new country. Some arrived with a career in mind, while others sought tips. So many of us find our jobs because of someone we know, whether it someone we know who tells us about a position or someone we know who comes looking for us because they know our skill set, she said. Louisa Taylor, director of Refugee 613, said the goal was to get refugees networking. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: One can almost see the Republican Party backroom boys gathering in a smoky den and reading their candidate the riot act: If you want to be president, You have to lie to the American people, according to Toronto Star. So what American voters will likely get from now on is a white-washed candidate, who will not reveal his true agenda, nor reveal the type of presidency he would offer; in effect he is being asked to sell his big lie. Trump has resisted up until now. Article Continued Below Not that he is any stranger to lying, which the press shows he has done frequently during the primaries. At this point, if it happens, I suspect that the people who will be most disappointed with his presidency will not be the people who voted against Trump but those who voted for him. So, if McConnell can obfuscate the racist, narcissistic, maniacal rantings of this man, he might, indeed, become president of the most powerful nation on the planet. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

federal prison: The drug lord was flown to Mexico City late Wednesday and then transported to the Altiplano prison outside the capital, the same prison that Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from in 2015, according to Metro News. Palma was detained under an arrest order from the western state of Nayarit. Palma had been released from federal prison in California on Friday and put into the custody of U.S. immigration officials. He is accused of ordering the 1995 killings of a deputy police chief and a person who was with the officer, a federal official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person said the deputy police chief apparently worked for the Sinaloa Cartel but decided to switch loyalties to the Arellano Felix brothers of the Tijuana Cartel, and allegedly was killed in retaliation. The official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

downtown core: In the ads, a white man and a woman wearing a headscarf are facing each other, according to CTV. Go back where you came from, the ad shows the man saying. The ads have been plastered on bus shelters across the city, with a focus on the downtown core. Where, North York the woman replies. However some also took aim at it, saying they feel it suggests all white people are racist and that it is insensitive in light of the recent mass shooting in Orlando. Responding to the ad on social media, many people praised the ad for challenging discrimination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: They were devastated for their fellow gays and lesbians, while deeply concerned about anti-Muslim bias the shooting would generate, according to Brandon Sun. At the same time, they were caught at the intersection of two mutually wary groups: LGBT people who consider Islam uniquely anti-gay, and Muslims prejudiced against gays and lesbians. Gay Muslims said the shooting in an Orlando nightclub sparked a complex set of emotions. Abdelhadi said she feared "Islam and queerness being pitted against each other in a sort of battle and that just making it impossible for me to exist as I am." NEW YORK, N.Y. - After the massacre in Orlando, the head of a prominent Muslim advocacy group stood before a bank of microphones and made remarks beyond the expected condemnations. Today, we stand with them, shoulder to shoulder," Awad said at a Washington news conference. "We cannot fight injustice against some group and not against others."Omid Safi, director of the Duke University Islamic Studies Center, called the comments, and similar statements from other major Muslim groups, a "shocking development" from leaders who until last Sunday tragedy "would probably have never been seen uttering the words gay and lesbian publicly."The mass shooting, perpetrated by an American Muslim in a communal space for gays, has brought to the forefront Muslim attitudes toward homosexuality and the plight of LGBT Muslims.A spokesman for Awad played down the director remarks as nothing new. Along with denouncing the attack by gunman Omar Mateen as a violation of Islam, and offering prayers for the victims at the gay nightclub Pulse, Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations expressed unequivocal support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights."For many years, members of the community have stood shoulder to shoulder with the Muslim community against any acts of hate crimes, Islamophobia, marginalization and discrimination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

militants: Dion said Thursday he accepts the findings of the report of an independent, UN-mandated commission which says the militants known variously as ISIL, ISIS and Daesh have committed genocide against the ethnically Kurdish minority group."We are taking the lead in asking the Security Council to be sure that they will prosecute the perpetrators of these atrocities and investigate in order to understand what is happening on the ground," Dion told the Commons."In the meantime, we have tripled our effort to fight ISIL on the ground, because we need to rescue these populations, according to Brandon Sun. This is the priority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldOTTAWA - Two days after the Liberals voted down a Conservative motion to accuse the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant of genocide, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion acknowledged the group is engaged in precisely that against the Yazidis. Conservative Jason Kenney, who has spent weeks urging the government to put the genocide label on ISIL, says Dion is missing the larger picture by focusing only on the Yazidis."This genocide affects more than the Yazidis," Kenney said."It affects the other indigenous minorities of Mesopotamia. The independent commission was mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011 to investigate and record all violations of international law in Syria. It affects the Assyrians and the Chaldeans and the Armenians, and so will he not join the U.S., EU and U.K. and the Opposition in recognizing the broader genocide "In debating and then defeating the Tory genocide motion on Tuesday, the government said politicians should shy away from declarations of such of genocide need to be made in an objective, responsible way," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during the debate. "That is exactly what we have formally requested the international authorities weigh in on."The report issued Thursday seems to fit that bill, although it deals specifically with the Yazidis."Genocide has occurred and is ongoing," Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said in the report entitled, "They Came to Destroy: ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis.""ISIS has subjected every Yazidi woman, child or man that it has captured to the most horrific of atrocities," he said in a news statement issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: This is the priority, according to The Waterloo Record. Conservative Jason Kenney, who has spent weeks urging the government to put the genocide label on ISIL, says Dion is missing the larger picture by focusing only on the Yazidis. "This genocide affects more than the Yazidis," Kenney said. "It affects the other indigenous minorities of Mesopotamia. Related Stories Dion accepts UN report that calls... Dion said Thursday he accepts the findings of the report of an independent, UN-mandated commission which says the militants known variously as ISIL, ISIS and Daesh have committed genocide against the ethnically Kurdish minority group. "We are taking the lead in asking the Security Council to be sure that they will prosecute the perpetrators of these atrocities and investigate in order to understand what is happening on the ground," Dion told the Commons. "In the meantime, we have tripled our effort to fight ISIL on the ground, because we need to rescue these populations. It affects the Assyrians and the Chaldeans and the Armenians, and so will he not join the U.S., EU and U.K. and the Opposition in recognizing the broader genocide " In debating and then defeating the Tory genocide motion on Tuesday, the government said politicians should shy away from declarations of such magnitude. "Determinations of genocide need to be made in an objective, responsible way," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during the debate. "That is exactly what we have formally requested the international authorities weigh in on." The report issued Thursday seems to fit that bill, although it deals specifically with the Yazidis. "Genocide has occurred and is ongoing," Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said in the report entitled, "They Came to Destroy: ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis." "ISIS has subjected every Yazidi woman, child or man that it has captured to the most horrific of atrocities," he said in a news statement issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Its report focused on violations committed against Yazidis inside Syria, where it found that thousands of women and girls are still being held captive and abused, often as slaves. The independent commission was mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011 to investigate and record all violations of international law in Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

population growth: That a percentage increase of 1.51 per cent, which is second only to Alberta 12-month gain of 1.78 per cent, according to Brandon Sun. It also well l above the national increase of 1.12 per cent. The numbers show the province gained 19,432 people in the 12-month period between April 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016. Both numbers — 19,432 and 1.51 per cent — are modern-day records for Manitoba, according to Wilf Falk, the province chief statistician."They're the best since 1971," he said. "We've never seen this stuff before."He said the previous record for population growth in Manitoba over a 12-month period was 16,706 people. But the good news doesn't stop there. That was set between April 2011 and April 2012."So we really shattered the old record," Falk added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.