stephen garvey: In a statement posted Friday, school officials said the brawls resulted in the suspension of all eight students involved, and they rejected social media claims that Syrian students were less harshly disciplined, according to CBC. Stephen Garvey, a member of the anti-immigration group Worldwide Coalition Against Islam, said the intent of the protest was to raise awareness about the need to protect Canadian culture in schools. The demonstration was staged after two fights last week that involved students from Syria, who critics claim were not as harshly punished as other students who took part. Garvey is also the leader of the National Advancement Party of Canada, a federally registered political party. We welcome people coming to our country, but they have to integrate into our society. Police presence at Lindsay Thurber school in Red Deer as protesters across the street speak to media. andreahuncar Who we are as a people, as a country, as a heritage, it's all getting pushed aside, and if we don't stand up for us as a people, as our country, we're going to lose it, Garvey said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian refugees: And that is simply not the case, according to Globe and Mail. He said students and parents have been told the fight has been blown out of proportion by people on social media. That is the genesis behind this outrage. One of the online posts about the fight includes the headline Watch As Syrian Refugees From Red Deer Beat Up Classmates. They cannot be expelled as they were acting within their religious beliefs. So Syrian kids that go to Lindsay Thurber Composite High School in Red Deer, AB. were going around whipping and assaulting other students, reads one comment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

thanks cormier-denis: The campaign signs show a woman with a toque on one side, and a woman wearing a face-covering niqab on the other, accompanied by a message Choose your Quebec Canadian multiculturalism No thanks! Cormier-Denis says multiculturalism is the object of multiple critiques in recent decades, according to CTV. He also said that while putting up the signs he was insulted by anglophones who were probably unilingual and therefore incapable of reading the campaign sign. The signs for Alexandre Cormier-Denis, candidate for the Parti Independantiste, were removed by police officers after getting complaints they were racist. He initially thought they removed the signs, only to later learn they were taken down by police officers. Mais elle r appara tra sous peu, n'en d plaise aux totalitaires multicultis! polqc Alexandre Cormier-D. acormierd May 20, 2017 However the signs are campaign signs and do not violate any hate laws, so they have since been replaced, even if they do anger several people. La pancarte a t retir e par erreur par les policiers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s.-led coalition: He paid tribute to Iraqi security forces and their coalition partners for trying to limit the impact of military operations to protect civilians, even if that comes at the cost of prolonging a harsh, bitter campaign that continues to claim both civilian and military lives, according to CTV. Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, officially launched the operation to retake Mosul, the country's second-largest city, in October. But Jan Kubis told the Security Council that despite progress, fighting remains a tremendous challenge because IS fighters are increasingly using civilians as human shields in a last-gasp effort that reveals little more than the inherent inhuman barbarity of the terrorists. The city's east was declared fully liberated in January and the fight for the west was launched the following month. The city fell to IS fighters during a lightning charge in June 2014 that left nearly a third of Iraq in IS militants' hands and plunged the country into its most severe crisis since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. It has been marked by some of the most grueling and deadly combat in the fight against IS in Iraq to date. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

park: Temporary foreign worker program prone to abuse, Auditor General says Park was charged for acting as an unauthorized immigration consultant through his company and inducing at least 20 foreign nationals to come to Canada for employment under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, according to CBC. The agency says between 2012 and 2014, he fraudulently collected fees from his clients and got jobs for them without authorization by communicating false or misleading information. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a release that Seong Yong Park, also known as David Park, entered the plea on May 9. New temporary foreign worker restrictions apply to small number of job seekers coming to Alberta He also unlawfully helped businesses obtain labour market impact assessments, which a federal government website says are sometimes called a confirmation letter to show there's a need for a foreign worker if no Canadian is available to do a job. The CBSA said in 2016, there were three significant charges laid under the federal immigration act in Edmonton. Park will be sentenced Wednesday in Edmonton provincial court. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

drinking party: Some of the key moments in Park's life Feb. 2, 1952 Park is born as the eldest child of Park Chung-hee and Yuk Young-soo.1963 Park moves to the presidential Blue House after her father becomes president, two years after he staged a coup and took control of the country.1974 Park's mother is shot and killed by an ethnic Korean from Japan, claiming orders from then-North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, while Park Chung-hee was making a speech at a Seoul theatre, according to Brandon Sun. Park Geun-hye is rushed from Paris, where she had been studying, and begins serving as acting first lady.1979 Park Chung-hee is assassinated by his intelligence chief, Kim Jae-kyu, during a late-night drinking party. It was yet another massive humiliation for Park, who was elected South Korea's first female president in late 2012 thanks to the overwhelming support of conservatives who remember her slain dictator father as a hero who salvaged the country from poverty. Park Geun-hye's first reaction to the news of her father's death is reportedly to check on the security status at the border with North Korea, comments that lead supporters to say she deserves a national leadership role. She becomes an icon of South Korean conservatives.2006 Park, then leader of the main conservative opposition party, is attacked by a man wielding a box cutter while she was campaigning in Seoul for upcoming elections. After her father's state funeral, Park Geun-hye leaves the Blue House.1998 After years of avoiding the public eye, Park enters politics and wins a parliamentary seat amid public nostalgia for her father that erupted after South Korea was battered by the Asian financial crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration official: Duarte's father was a Mexican diplomat and Duarte became a citizen of Mexico at birth despite being born in Canada and never acquired Canadian citizenship, according to Brandon Sun. He later married a Canadian and had three Canadian-born children. In a recent decision, a Federal Court judge in Toronto said an immigration official had been unreasonable in concluding Victor Duarte, 44, faced no risks if sent to Mexico a country he has never been in. According to his lawyer, court records show, he was unaware of his lack of Canadian citizenship that meant he had been living here all along without status. In a challenge to the order, Duarte argued he would be in danger or otherwise face cruel or inhumane treatment if forced to go to Mexico. As a result, he was ordered to leave although it was not immediately clear how his situation came to the attention of immigration officials. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jeff sessions: The memo, also issued Monday, reasserts the department's position that Trump's executive order applies to a relatively small amount of money, specifically grants that require localities to comply with a specific immigration law related to information-sharing among police and federal immigration authorities, according to Brandon Sun. The DOJ said the memo contradicts many of the bases upon which the court relied in arriving at its decision to block the order. The U.S. Department of Justice asked U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick for permission to file documents asking the judge to reconsider or clarify his ruling in light of a new memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Orrick appeared to address the administration's arguments in his April ruling. Orrick cited Trump's reference to the order as a weapon as evidence that the administration intended to cut off a broad swath of federal funding, not just three U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security grants as government attorneys argued. The judge rejected the claim that the executive order applies only to a relatively small pot of money and said President Donald Trump cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

serbia share: Austria will be without midfielders Alessandro Schoepf knee injury Marko Arnautovic and Stefan Ilsanker both suspended as well as goalkeeper Andreas Lukse, who underwent shoulder surgery last week, according to Brandon Sun. Also missing at the June 11 game in Dublin will be defender Andreas Ulmer, who planned his marriage a few days before the match. Augsburg defender Kevin Danso and Salzburg midfielder Konrad Laimer earned their first selection in the 23-man squad announced by coach Marcel Koller on Tuesday. That's very unfortunate planning, said Koller, adding he won't call up the left back for future games. Ireland and Serbia share the lead in Europe Group D, and four points behind are Austria and Wales. Playing for the national team obviously has no priority to him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sit-in: The Interior Ministry said the operation targeting Diraz, home to Sheikh Isa Qassim and a long-running sit-in supporting him, was to maintain security and public order, according to Brandon Sun. It called the area a haven for wanted fugitives from justice. At least five demonstrators were killed and others wounded. Activists shared photographs and videos showing youths throwing stones and climbing on an armoured personnel carrier. Another video showed a bulldozer smashing through the area that once hosted the sit-in. Gunfire could be heard in one video as white smoke from tear gas hung in the air. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

haitians months: The correct quote was this is him keeping his promise, according to The Chronicle Herald. A corrected version of the story is below US to extend protections for Haitians 6 months The Trump administration is extending humanitarian protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States until at least January, but warning that Haitians should start getting their affairs in order By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press The Trump administration said Monday it will extend until January a humanitarian program that has allowed roughly 58,000 Haitians to live in the United States, but it is hinting that further extensions are unlikely. This was a typo. Temporary Protected Status was given to Haitians living in the United States after a 2010 earthquake devastated parts of that country. Haitian participation in the program has been regularly renewed for 18-month intervals and the latest extension expires in July. Haitians granted the protection can live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jeff sessions: The memo, also issued Monday, reasserts the department's position that Trump's executive order applies to a relatively small amount of money, specifically grants that require localities to comply with a specific immigration law related to information-sharing among police and federal immigration authorities, according to The Chronicle Herald. The DOJ said the memo contradicts many of the bases upon which the court relied in arriving at its decision to block the order. The U.S. Department of Justice asked U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick for permission to file documents asking the judge to reconsider or clarify his ruling in light of a new memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Orrick appeared to address the administration's arguments in his April ruling. Orrick cited Trump's reference to the order as a weapon as evidence that the administration intended to cut off a broad swath of federal funding, not just three U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security grants as government attorneys argued. The judge rejected the claim that the executive order applies only to a relatively small pot of money and said President Donald Trump cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

man: Are you here illegally the officer asks next, according to Toronto Star. Ricardo Levins Morales By Amber Ferguson The Washington Post Mon., May 22, 2017 The Minneapolis Metro Transit police have launched an internal investigation after video surfaced of an officer approaching a man on a light-rail train and asking if he was here illegally The incident was caught on camera on May 14 by Ricardo Levins Morales. In the clip, the officer asks the man, Do you have a state ID The man appears to shake his head no. According to Morales, two Metro transit police officers entered the train and asked passengers for proof they had paid the train fare. That's when Morales started recording. One young man, didn't have a satisfactory answer for the officer, Morales told the Star Tribune. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people: Recent data showed the University of Ottawa is missing all of those targets, but Isabelle Mailloux Pulkinghorn, said the school has made real progress since last fall, according to Metro News. We're confident that the next time the chairs program collects this data, our numbers will show this progress. The federal government pledged earlier this month to prevent schools that don't meet diversity targets including women, visible minorities, Indigenous people and people with disabilities from applying for future chair positions. She said the school does open-advertising, has diverse hiring committees and is making every step it can to diversify. Amir Attaran, a University of Ottawa professor who recently held a research chair and is now suing the university for discrimination disagrees. The University of Ottawa has redoubled its efforts to ensure measures are in place throughout its Canada Research Chair recruitment and nomination process to support the full participation of members of these groups. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

place stadium: We threw it away, said Vancouver head coach Robinson, according to Hamilton Spectator. It was heartbreaking. The club was moments away from lifting the national title for a second straight campaign when Toronto FC snatched a late goal after a defensive miscue to stun the Whitecaps and win the two-game, aggregate final in dramatic fashion. The Whitecaps have a chance to start making amends in the 2017 tournament on Tuesday night when the Montreal Impact visit B.C. Place Stadium for the first leg of their semifinal. Both clubs are coming off impressive wins in Major League Soccer over the weekend, with the Whitecaps downing Western Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City 2-0, and Montreal thumping the Portland Timbers 4-1. The second leg will be played May 30 in Montreal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

president donald: If the boy noticed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley watching intently from just a few feet away, he didn't show it, according to Metro News. But Haley would later tout the iris-scanners as a fraud-cutting tool boosting efficiency for the more than 6.5 billion the U.S. has spent helping those whose lives have been upended by Syria's harrowing civil war. The box scanned his iris to identify him, charged his account and sent him on his way. Yet as Haley pledged Sunday that the U.S. would increase support, her message was diluted by President Donald Trump's own vow to put America First, his planned budget cuts and hardline position on admitting refugees. That's not going to stop. We're the No. 1 donor here through this crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

star-crossed lovers: Johnny Depp is back as Jack Sparrow, as is Geoffrey Rush as a well-bearded Barbossa, looking a lot like the Cowardly Lion, and his faithful capuchin monkey, according to The Chronicle Herald. Newcomers include Golshifteh Farahani as a pretty cool, punky witch, and Kaya Scodelario and Brenton Thwaites, who play young star-crossed lovers with serious daddy issues, adding vitality and maybe future franchise possibilities. A weary, battered fifth chapter Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales lumbers into theatres this summer high on CGI tricks but with a hopelessly muddled plot and recurring characters basically running on fumes. The bad guy this time is Javier Bardem as a ghost ship captain and he proves to be an extraordinary actor because he comes across as a very believable ghost ship captain. The film also features the returns of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley but in tiny cameos only as the lovers Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. His full-throttled, single-minded fury recalls Ricardo Montalban in The Wrath of Khan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wartime abuses: Ravi Karunanayake, who headed the finance ministry, was named the new foreign minister, according to Metro News. Samaraweera was instrumental in Sri Lanka's co-sponsoring of a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council that called for investigations into the alleged wartime abuses with international assistance. In the first Cabinet reshuffle of the coalition government since 2015, President Maithripala Sirisena replaced Mangala Samaraweera as foreign minister and gave him the portfolio of finance and mass media minister. However, he was accusedby nationalists of paving the way for outside interference. However,it is unclear if Samaraweera's removal as foreign minister is a sign of a government policy shift toward post-civil war reforms and reconciliation. Sirisena had distanced himself from the promise to involve international judges and prosecutors in a 2015 resolution at the Human Rights Council and said that he would not prosecute government soldiers for war crimes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

carolina governor: The former South Carolina governor said stakes are high, according to Brandon Sun. One country, South Sudan, has been struck by famine, three are on the brink of it, 20 million people don't know where their next bite of food will come from and the WFP has received only 2 billion of 9 billion in needed donations for this year. David Beasley, the new executive director of the World Food Program, told The Associated Press that he will use his Washington connections to defend the cash-strapped U.N. agency in what he expects to be a dog fight over the 2018 U.S. budget. You are looking at 600,000 children ... seriously at risk of death if we don't receive the funding we need, Beasley said in an interview. We literally have to determine who lives and who dies, and that's not a decision any of us want to make. And if we don't receive the funding we need, then we have to make some very hard decisions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

haitians months: The correct quote was this is him keeping his promise, according to Brandon Sun. A corrected version of the story is below US to extend protections for Haitians 6 months The Trump administration is extending humanitarian protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States until at least January, but warning that Haitians should start getting their affairs in order By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press The Trump administration said Monday it will extend until January a humanitarian program that has allowed roughly 58,000 Haitians to live in the United States, but it is hinting that further extensions are unlikely. This was a typo. Temporary Protected Status was given to Haitians living in the United States after a 2010 earthquake devastated parts of that country. Haitian participation in the program has been regularly renewed for 18-month intervals and the latest extension expires in July. Haitians granted the protection can live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

american idol: The folks at Roseanne are back on the couch, according to Toronto Star. Dynasty and S.W.A.T. are coming back with new actors, the latter settling into a CBS lineup that already boasts Hawaii Five-0 and Mac Gyver. There's the cast of NBC's Will & Grace, ready to return. Just a year after its farewell season, American Idol will live again. The reboot of Roseanne, ABC's hit 1988-97 comedy about a working-class family led by Roseanne Barr, was that network's big surprise. With cable and streaming services enticing viewers with bold work like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and The Handmaid's Tale, broadcasters entered a time machine in a quest to find something appealing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

basketball association: Cleveland's superstar is being honoured for his educational work in Akron, Ohio, his hometown, according to Hamilton Spectator. He has helped more than 1,100 at-risk students through his LeBron James Family Foundation, which partnered with the University of Akron in 2015 to provide full scholarships to students who meet eligibility requirements. James is this year's recipient of the Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award given annually by the Pro Basketball Writers' Association for outstanding service and dedication to the community. James is also starting a new public 'I PROMISE school to aid students and their families. I do so much for my community and my foundation does a great job of giving families and kids and the youth an opportunity to better their lives and better their futures and for that part of what I do to be recognized, it's definitely an award that not only myself and my foundation but all my kids that are a part of my program and all the people that look up to me, it's their award for sure. It means a lot, James said of the award, which is named after the league's second commissioner. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: It could help to bring sanctions to other rights abusers in other countries, according to CBC. Russia warns Canada over 'blatantly unfriendly' Magnitsky Act Canada backs sanctions legislation targeting human rights abusers In late 2012, the United States adopted the so-called Magnitsky Act, which imposes travel bans and financial sanctions on Russian officials and other individuals believed to have been involved in Magnitsky's death. It's named after Russian businessman Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow jail in 2009 after accusing officials of tax fraud. But there's something about the way the bill is moving forward in Canada that should perhaps give pause to legislators. Freeland is a member of Canada's Ukrainian community and among the 13 Canadians sanctioned by Russia for their supposed hostility to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland is seen on Parliament Hill Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

claim refuge: There were the Irish immigrants in the 1800s, who allegedly harboured Fenian terrorists; Italians harbouring the Mafia; the Vietnamese boat people who allegedly harboured communist spies; the Chileans and Central Americans who allegedly harboured guerrilla terrorists, according to Toronto Star. It is nothing new for an identifiable influx of immigrants to be painted as dangerous. Really! Off the top of my head, I can think of several waves that were accused of doing so by many of their time. Nor is it any more valid today than it ever has been. Before the Safe Third Country agreement with the United States, anyone fleeing for their life could show up at our border and claim refuge. Article Continued Below Large numbers of refugees are suddenly crossing our land borders in odd places entirely because our government has changed the rules to require them to do so. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jagmeet: History would thus be made if Jagmeet Singh leads the NDP to forming government after the vote in 2019, according to CBC. Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh launches bid for federal NDP leadership Ontario politician Jagmeet Singh to shake up federal NDP leadership race Of course, if Singh becomes leader of the NDP this fall he will have already toppled a far more significant barrier he would become the first non-white leader of a major federal party in this country's history. For instance, not since 1873 has a man with a beard led his party to victory in a federal election. As much as Canada might be celebrated for its diversity, pluralism and successful integration of new citizens and cultures, the national parties have only been led by white men or women with only a few of the latter . Singh's campaign could be viewed as test of both his own readiness and the readiness of Canadians to get behind a leader who looks like him. Sikhs, he notes, have more than a hundred years of history in Canada. Or the prospect of a non-white leader could simply be viewed as long overdue, in the words of Pardeep Singh Nagra, a Sikh activist who fought for inclusion as an amateur boxer in the 1990s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

multi-chandeliered room: During a meeting of more than 50 Arab and Muslim leaders, he sought to chart a new course for America's role in the region, one aimed squarely on rooting out terrorism, with less focus on promoting human rights and democratic reforms, according to Hamilton Spectator. We are not here to lecture we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be, or how to worship, Trump said, speaking in an ornate, multi-chandeliered room. Trump's address Sunday was the centrepiece of his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, his first stop overseas as president. Instead, we are here to offer partnership based on shared interests and values to pursue a better future for us all. Bellowing into the microphone, he implored Muslim leaders to aggressively fight extremists Drive them out of your places of worship. Even as the president pledged to work alongside Middle Eastern nations, he put the onus for combatting terrorism on the region. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.