government headquarters: In 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik set off a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight people and destroyed Norway's government headquarters, before going on a shooting rampage that killed 69 people at nearby Utoeya island, according to Globe and Mail. Report Typo/Error In neighboring Sweden, a truck on Friday plowed into crowds in Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what police said was an apparent terror attack. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nazi regime: To the surprise of many, the personal, inner/spiritual struggle is the greater and more important jihad, according to Hamilton Spectator. Similarly, when we hear the word Holocaust the immediate conditioned thought reaction of most people is six million Jews. Yet there are, in fact, two types of jihad in Islam the greater jihad, and the lesser jihad jihad itself translates as struggle . There's the inner/spiritual jihad to fight against one's own nafs self-glorification, ego, vain/illicit desires of the soul and then there's the military jihad the struggle or fight always defensive against regimes or groups that oppress innocent people or threaten one's community. Yet most of us know that Jews were not the exclusive victims of the heinous Nazi regime. It is healthy and important to remind ourselves that the world has witnessed other significant genocides of innocents around the world such as those carried out against Cambodians, Armenians, Bosnians, Burundi, Rwandans, the Rohingya, Darfur and more. Indeed, the Nazis also murdered as many as 11 million non-Jewish people considered subhuman or undesirable including Ukrainians 5.5-7 million Russians 5.3 million Poles at least three million Romanis 200,000 to 500,000 LGBT persons tens of thousands and even mentally or physically disabled persons 70,000-250,000 . Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses and other people with differing political views were also systematically murdered. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

swedish capital: Police said he had been ordered to leave Sweden in December after his request for a residence permit was rejected six months earlier, according to Hamilton Spectator. Instead, he allegedly went underground, eluding authorities' attempts to track down and deport him until a hijacked beer truck raced down a pedestrian street and rammed into an upscale department store on Friday. The Swedish capital was slowly, but resolutely, regaining its normal rhythm Sunday as details about the 39-year-old suspect emerged. It makes me frustrated, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told Swedish news agency TT on Sunday. A second person was arrested on the same potential charge Sunday, and four others were being held by police. The suspect, who has been detained on suspicion of terrorist offences, was known for having been sympathetic to extremist organizations, Jonas Hysing of Sweden's national police said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tourism business: Indeed, one of the enduring ironies on this battered and beautiful old ship of a province is that we have high unemployment combined with a shortage of willing or qualified workers to fill vacant positions, according to The Chronicle Herald. If you own a fish plant, or a tourism business, or a fruit farm, chances are you'll have a tough time attracting reliable let alone experienced employees. Lots of other jobs also go begging for good applicants in Nova Scotia. If you manage a tech company large or small, get ready to compete inside a global sector with an insatiable appetite for new IT grads. Pardon me for being glib, but if it's hard to find fast food employees in Nova Scotia, it's probably more difficult to track down all the specialized firms and skilled employees you need to complete one of the largest shipbuilding projects on the planet. The endless quest to find burger flippers in Nova Scotia casts light on the contretemps over the skilled and sometimes foreign workers Irving Shipbuilding is hiring for its big combat and patrol ship program on the Halifax waterfront. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

watershed moment: It was 24 years ago that 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in a racist attack as he stood with a friend at a bus stop in South East London, according to Globe and Mail. Mr. The attack on the teenager triggered vivid memories of another young man standing at a bus stop horrifically, his life was snatched away by racists. Lawrence's brutal, racist murder and the release of the subsequent Macpherson Report was a watershed moment for the Metropolitan Police and race relations in Britain. Ahmed has provided a moment of short pause for sections of the British tabloid press, which had spent the past year in the run-up to the Brexit vote highlighting the alleged danger and threats to Britain and the so-called British way of life by immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees. The suspected hateful violence unleashed against Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

beer truck: Police said he had been ordered to leave Sweden in December because his request for a residence permit was rejected six months earlier, according to Brandon Sun. Instead, he allegedly went underground, eluding authorities' attempts to track down and deport him until a hijacked beer truck raced down a pedestrian street and rammed into an upscale department store on Friday. The Swedish capital was slowly, but resolutely, regaining its normal rhythm as details about the 39-year-old suspect in the attack emerged. It makes me frustrated, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told Swedish news agency TT on Sunday. None of them have been identified. The suspect, who has been detained on suspicion of terrorist offences, was known known for having been sympathetic to extremist organizations, Jonas Hysing of Sweden's national police said.A second person was arrested on the same potential charge Sunday, and four others were being held by police. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

executive director: Few Americans are aware of the Filipinos who were starving as they relentlessly fended off the more powerful and well-supplied Japanese forces, said Cecilia Gaerlan, executive director of the Berkeley, California-based Bataan Legacy Historical Society organizing the event at the former military fort, according to Brandon Sun. Despite fighting without any air support and without any reinforcement, they disrupted the timetable of the Imperial Japanese army, she said. They commemorated the mostly Filipino soldiers who held off Japanese forces in the Philippines for three months without supplies of food or ammunition before a U.S. Army major general surrendered 75,000 troops to Japan on April 9, 1942. That was their major role, to perform a delaying action. More than 250,000 Filipino soldiers served in World War II, when the Philippines were a U.S. territory. And they did that beyond expectations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

american warships: American warships launched almost 60 missiles at a military air base in central Syria, killing nine people, according to Metro News. It marked the first time Washington has directly targeted Syrian government forces since the country's civil war began in 2011. The policy director at World Vision Canada said Saturday that his agency is planning for a new wave of people fleeing Syria, out of concern that Thursday's American military intervention could escalate. With that in mind, Martin Fischer said, he and his team have to ask themselves a number of questions in order to adjust their contingency plan. The important thing is to recognize is that if airstrikes happen, it doesn't automatically mean that people just from those areas move, but it instills a sense of fear into people that really, there's going to be more fighting. Where could military action escalate What kind of populations are still in those areas And if there were some sort of military action, how would that transpire into people moving across the border into various countries he said, speaking from Amman, Jordan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

attack: Swedes flew flags at half-staff Saturday to commemorate the four people killed and 15 wounded when the hijacked truck plowed into a crowd of shoppers Friday afternoon in Stockholm, according to Hamilton Spectator. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven declared Monday a national day of mourning, with a minute of silence at noon. The prime minister urged citizens to get through this and strolled through the streets of the capital to chat with residents. Sweden's police chief said authorities were confident they had detained the man who carried out the attack. We cannot exclude this. There is nothing that tells us that we have the wrong person, Dan Eliason told a news conference Saturday, but added he did not know whether others were involved in the attack. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian letters: Despite or perhaps, because of its woolly downtown, rheumatic shoreline and pockmarked history, Hamilton is vastly interesting; Toronto with a fever and the sweats, according to Hamilton Spectator. While the works of Salvatore DiFalco, David Collier and others have mined these veins, it's still a place largely unwritten about in Canadian letters. Although regarded, at least by down-the-nose Torontonians, as a greaser with a knife in its cuff a sentiment blithely echoed by Hamilton legend Tom Wilson, who has said that his city was punk rock before punk existed Lake Ontario's steeltown finds itself rounding into a vanguard of new expression. Another artist who has identified the city's narrative protein is Trevor Cole, whose recent book, The Whisky King The remarkable true story of Canada's most infamous bootlegger and the undercover Mountie on his trail, dives into an era when Hamilton was a bootlegging hub, filled with rounders, ghouls and thugs. Both men came to North America from opposite regions in Italy Perri from the South; Zaneth from the North and Cole's portraiture details their upbringing, home life and struggles in the new world alongside the civic evolution of Canada, taking us through the rise of prostitution, crime, gambling and the dance of sin and alcohol, the latter propelling Perri into one of Canada's most opportunistic, and combative, rum runners. Cole tells the story of ambitious mobster and bootlegger Rocco Perri small, stocky, social and quietly fearsome and the man who pursued him, a resolute and self-hating Italian immigrant named Frank Zaneth, regarded as the RCMP's first undercover operative. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian: THOMAS COEX / AFP/Getty Images By Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press Sat., April 8, 2017 Canadian aid workers in the Middle East are preparing for an influx of asylum-seekers into already crowded camps, fearing U.S. military action in Syria could drive more people out of the war-torn country, according to Toronto Star. The policy director at World Vision Canada said Saturday that his agency is planning for a new wave of people fleeing Syria, out of concern that Thursday's American military intervention could escalate. Canadian aid workers in the Middle East are fearing U.S. military intervention may drive more people into the already-crowded camps. American warships launched almost 60 missiles at a military airbase in central Syria, killing nine people. Read more U.S. launches cruise missile attack against Syria With that in mind, Martin Fischer said, he and his team have to ask themselves a number of questions in order to adjust their contingency plan. It marked the first time Washington has directly targeted Syrian government forces since the country's civil war began in 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

city block: They're rallying Saturday afternoon in front of Trump Tower, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Department of Homeland Security set the deadline for the workers to show their employment documents. The 31 employees of the Tom Cat Bakery will be fired and could be deported if they cannot prove by April 21 that they're working in the country legally. Many have worked on the gourmet bakery's production line for much of its 30-year existence. Byline, Source Byline, Source Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press Tom Cat covers a whole city block in Queens, churning out artisanal bread 24 hours a day and delivering it around in the New York City area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

climate change: As a means of transport, planes create the worst carbon footprint, yet no one cares, according to Toronto Star. Carbon emissions are destroying the earth, yet friends feel entitled to warm vacations or unnecessary business travel! Years ago I committed to flying as rarely as possible, but it's hard. Dreamstime By Ken Gallinger Ethically speaking columnist Sat., April 8, 2017 I lie awake thinking about climate change and air travel. For Canada's 150th, we want to visit the new Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Since retiring, my wife and I travel a lot, so I won't pretend this is a disinterested response. Is it ever ethically defensible to fly Sometimes this column puts me in a conflict of interest. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hussen: The teens shared their recommendations, thoughts and questions with the minister, who arrived in Canada from Somalia as an unaccompanied refugee when he was 16, according to CBC. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen put in some good hustle during and indoor soccer game with a group of teens in Vancouver on Friday. Minister Ahmed Hussen sat down with the group of young people, called Fresh Voices, who had all experienced the immigrant or refugee settlement process in Canada. Rafferty Baker/CBC I'm always prepared to listen to people on the ground who are accessing the system, whether it's refugee loans or other issues related to immigration, to see what we can do better, said Hussen after the closed-door meeting. Canada choosing 'the opposite approach' on refugees and immigration Hussen Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen 1st Somali-Canadian appointed to federal cabinet Ahmed Hussen From teenage refugee to rookie MP The minister said he gained insight into the struggles some recently-arrived families have with things like learning a new language. We had a great conversation around services that are accessed by refugee and newcomer youth, how those services sometime help, but sometimes miss the unique needs of refugee and newcomer youth, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

powers care: He believes the United States' response to the gas attack has more to do with how much it frightened U.S. allies in regions like Israel, according to CTV. We're pleased to see that happen, we're not going to lie about that, Masalmeh said. Immigrant Mohamed Masalmeh is with the Justice and Freedom for Syria organization. But at the same time, we know that the U.S. didn't do it, or we feel the U.S. didn't do it for the sake of the innocent people, because this has been going on for six years. I have 320 people of my family killed in Syria, so I've really been exposed to every step of the line to what has happened in the last six years. Those six years have seen many killed, and left some Syrians cynical about how much western powers care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

swedish citizen: It was unclear whether he was also a Swedish citizen or resident or even how long he'd been in the country, according to CTV. The attack killed four people and wounded 15. The suspect in Friday's attack, a 39-year-old native of Uzbekistan who has been arrested by police, had been on authorities' radar previously but they dismissed him as a marginal character. In response, hundreds gathered Saturday at the site of the crash in the Swedish capital, building a heartbreaking wall of flowers on the aluminum fence put up to keep them away from the site's broken glass and twisted metal. We have been too liberal to take in people who perhaps we thought would have good minds. Some hugged police officers nearby. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

term trump: There has been concern the plan was unworkable under Trump's anti-immigrant policies, but even if he serves a second term Trump would not be president in 2026, according to Hamilton Spectator. The confederation made the final decision to go-ahead with the bid at its meeting Saturday in Aruba, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the bid will not formally be announced until Monday in Manhattan. The Confederation of North and Central America and Caribbean Association Football is moving ahead with the bid that was widely expected before Donald Trump was elected president. CONCACAF has not hosted the World Cup since the tournament was played at nine U.S. venues in 1994, and the region appears to be the leading contender for 2026, when the tournament expands from 32 nations to 48. By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tichelman: She also pleaded guilty to a felony charge of administering drugs, according to CBC. Immigration agents arrested her after she finished her jail sentence on March 29. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman James Schwab said a judge ordered Alix Tichelman, 29, deported to Canada because of her felony convictions connected to the accidental overdose death of Forrest Hayes in November 2013. Alix Tichelman pleads guilty to manslaughter in Google exec's death Schwab declined to disclose Tichelman's immigration status in the United States or whether she was represented by an immigration attorney. The paper reported that Tichelman was raised in Georgia and spent little time in Canada. The San Jose Mercury News reported Wednesday that Tichelman holds a permit to permanently work and live in the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump tower: The mostly Spanish-speaking workers and about 100 supporters rallied outside Trump Tower to protest what they called the Trump administration's bullying, according to Metro News. Tom Cat managers summoned the workers one by one last month to tell them that the Department of Homeland Security was investigating the company, and they would be fired if they could not provide the documents, according to Daniel Gross, executive director of Brandworkers, a non-profit that defends food manufacturing workers' rights. Thirty-one employees of the Tom Cat Bakery also could be deported if they don't prove by April 21 that they're in the country legally. Multiple calls to the Tom Cat plant in Queens went unanswered. He supports his family with work that starts at 4 30 a.m. daily. It made me feel so sad, angry at the same time, because I never expected this was going to happen, said Hector Solis, 45, a native of Mexico City and a Brooklyn resident. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

time washington: American warships launched almost 60 missiles at a military air base in central Syria, killing nine people, according to CTV. It marked the first time Washington has directly targeted Syrian government forces since the country's civil war began in 2011. The policy director at World Vision Canada said Saturday that his agency is planning for a new wave of people fleeing Syria, out of concern that Thursday's American military intervention could escalate. With that in mind, Fischer said, he and his team have to ask themselves a number of questions in order to adjust their contingency plan. The important thing is to recognize is that if airstrikes happen, it doesn't automatically mean that people just from those areas move, but it instills a sense of fear into people that really, there's going to be more fighting. Where could military action escalate What kind of populations are still in those areas And if there were some sort of military action, how would that transpire into people moving across the border into various countries he said, speaking from Amman, Jordan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tomahawk missiles: The U.S. fired nearly 60 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian air base early Friday, days after a chemical attack widely blamed on government forces killed nearly 90 people in the opposition-held northern town of Khan Sheikhoun, according to Metro News. Opponents of Assad welcomed the move, but many in Little Syria feel that more should be done to end the grinding, six-year civil war. In the Aksaray neighbourhood now known as Little Syria the signs are in Arabic, the cuisine is seasoned with nostalgia and the weary residents are hoping for change after the first U.S. strike on President Bashar Assad's forces. We are fed up of bombings, what we already lived through is enough, said Samer Maydani, who hails from Damascus and owns a coffee shop in Little Syria. After seven years of destroying us, we don't trust anyone, he said. We need political solutions through the U.N. and the Security Council. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s.-led airstrikes: The airstrikes on the opposition-held northern town of Khan Sheikhoun, where 87 people were killed in the chemical attack earlier this week, killed a woman and wounded her son, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees, an activist collective, according to Toronto Star. Elsewhere in Syria, U.S.-led airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including a woman and her six children who were fleeing on a boat across the Euphrates River near Daesh's self-styled capital, Raqqa, the target of a major offensive by U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces, activists said. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP/Getty Images By Bassem Mroue The Associated Press Sat., April 8, 2017 BEIRUT Warplanes on Saturday struck the Syrian town where a chemical attack had killed scores of people earlier this week, as Turkey warned that a retaliatory U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airbase would only be cosmetic if greater efforts are not made to remove President Bashar Assad from power. An airstrike on a rebel-held town in the northern Idlib province killed at least 18 people, including women and children, according to the Observatory and Ariha Today, an activist group. Near the central city of Homs, a bomb exploded aboard a bus carrying workers, killing a woman and wounding more than 20, according to state TV and the Observatory. It was not immediately clear who carried out the strike. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

week missiles: Warplanes strike Syrian town hit by chemical attack last weekANALYSIS Missiles provoke bluster but Syria solution requires U.S. and Russia at the table Nahlah Ayed American warships launched almost 60 missiles at a military air base in central Syria, killing nine people, according to CBC. It marked the first time Washington has directly targeted Syrian government forces since the country's civil war began in 2011. The policy director at World Vision Canada said Saturday that his agency is planning for a new wave of people fleeing Syria, out of concern that Thursday's American military intervention could escalate. With that in mind, Fischer said, he and his team have to ask themselves a number of questions in order to adjust their contingency plan. And that's when they move into neighbouring countries, he added. Where could military action escalate What kind of populations are still in those areas And if there were some sort of military action, how would that transpire into people moving across the border into various countries he said, speaking from Amman, Jordan. '915961923779', 'playlist Selector' 'container Selector' ' container13206800', 'ciid' 'caffeine14059852' ; Tomahawk missiles fired from U.S. warship in the Mediterranean Sea0 45 The important thing is to recognize is that if airstrikes happen, it doesn't automatically mean that people just from those areas move, but it instills a sense of fear into people that really, there's going to be more fighting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

policy director: American warships launched almost 60 missiles at a military air base in central Syria, killing nine people, according to Brandon Sun. It marked the first time Washington has directly targeted Syrian government forces since the country's civil war began in 2011. The policy director at World Vision Canada said Saturday that his agency is planning for a new wave of people fleeing Syria, out of concern that Thursday's American military intervention could escalate. Related Items Articles Obama aides push back against criticism of inaction on Syria After Syria strike, Trump's emerging doctrine is flexibility6 arrested after protest against Syria action turns violent Activists Civilians among 21 killed in US-led Syria strikes Warplanes strike Syrian town hit by chemical attackUS vows to keep up pressure on Syria after missile strikesUS strike on Syrian air base has limited impact on Assad With that in mind, Martin Fischer said, he and his team have to ask themselves a number of questions in order to adjust their contingency plan. The important thing is to recognize is that if airstrikes happen, it doesn't automatically mean that people just from those areas move, but it instills a sense of fear into people that really, there's going to be more fighting. Where could military action escalate What kind of populations are still in those areas And if there were some sort of military action, how would that transpire into people moving across the border into various countries he said, speaking from Amman, Jordan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump tower: The mostly Spanish-speaking workers and about 100 supporters rallied outside Trump Tower to protest what they called the Trump administration's bullying, according to Brandon Sun. Tom Cat managers summoned the workers one by one last month to tell them that the Department of Homeland Security was investigating the company, and they would be fired if they could not provide the documents, according to Daniel Gross, executive director of Brandworkers, a non-profit that defends food manufacturing workers' rights. Thirty-one employees of the Tom Cat Bakery also could be deported if they don't prove by April 21 that they're in the country legally. Multiple calls to the Tom Cat plant in Queens went unanswered. He supports his family with work that starts at 4 30 a.m. daily. It made me feel so sad, angry at the same time, because I never expected this was going to happen, said Hector Solis, 45, a native of Mexico City and a Brooklyn resident. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-immigration sentiment: In a Conservative leadership race that has been mired in identity politics and questions of Canadian values, he said increasing anti-immigration sentiment in the United States could work to Canada's advantage, according to Toronto Star. The fact that it's getting more unstable in the U.S. on immigration and travel policy is a huge advantage for Canada, O'Leary told the Star on Thursday. Lars Hagberg / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo By Alex Boutilier Ottawa Bureau Reporter Fri., April 7, 2017 OTTAWA Kevin O'Leary says Canada's inclusive society is an advantage for the country, one it could capitalize on as the U.S. increasingly restricts travel and immigration policies. If there's an engineer sitting in Jordan or Iraq or Syria, or anywhere in the Middle East, I want them to come here to Canada. O'Leary was among the majority of Conservative leadership candidates who opposed an anti-Islamophobia motion brought forward in the House of Commons. So I think there's potential upside of what's going on globally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.