emmanuel simon: Emmanuel Simon, a local musician and poet, has performed at RAW Voices a few times, according to Toronto Star. He says the reason he was drawn to it was because of the diversity of the performers and the audience members. On the last Friday of every month, the stage in the corner of Loco's Lounge turns into a haven for young, diverse artists to cultivate their craft, thanks to four 20 year olds. The people who run it are diverse. That's why I was attracted to it, because you kind of look like me, not really, but, you can understand my experience, says Simon. They're people of a visible minority. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

millie bobby: It also says that Markle hasn't even seen the place, according to Toronto Star. And, yes, she also can't really spend much time outside of Britain in the run-up to getting citizenship. Er, though the actual story inside says 16 million. You gonna nitpick or just enjoy some tasty nonsense Stranger danger Two of the Stranger Things kids are feuding because Millie Bobby Brown is making 300,000 per episode and Finn Wolfhard's only getting 250,000. Drew 10 years from now.LIFE & STYLECover The truth about Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban they have a great sex life, said an insider, a little too quickly. They'll laugh about it together with Dr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news conference: Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, said he and his fellow team members would not look away from the crisis after their visit, though he warned that there are no simple solutions, according to CTV. It's very necessary to come and see everything at place here in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The diplomats, who visited the sprawling camps and border points where about 700,000 Rohingya have taken shelter, said their visit was an opportunity to see the situation firsthand. But there is no magic solution, there is no magic stick to solve all these issues, he said at a news conference at the Kutupalong refugee camp in the coastal town of Cox's Bazar. The recent spasm of violence in Myanmar began when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on Aug. 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets. The diplomats will conclude their three-day visit to Bangladesh on Monday, when they leave for Myanmar. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

scheer: The list of topics he didn't discuss was as revealing as the ones he did, according to The Chronicle Herald. Context is important. He loves to talk about sunny ways. A speech whose aim is to rev up the troops for the coming election should not be expected to provide a rigorous and balanced statement of facts. Nevertheless, it was not surprising to hear Trudeau accuse the Conservatives of following the same policies, the same politics of fear and division as Stephen Harper . If anything, they've been emboldened by successful campaigns elsewhere in the world to divide one against the other a subtle suggestion that Scheer was somehow like Donald Trump. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has had a low profile in the news. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

windsor castle: Kensington Palace says the California-born Markle intends to take U.K. citizenship after she marries Harry on May 19 at Windsor Castle, according to CTV. In Pictures Meghan Markle over the years But Markle will soon discover that it takes more than marrying a prince to become British. All three are potential questions on a test given to those who -- like Prince Harry's fiancee -- want to become British citizens. It also requires time, money, a good memory for obscure British trivia and the ability to untangle red tape. It's very easy to make mistakes because the requirements are so very precise, he said. Immigration lawyer Colin Yeo says the road to British citizenship is insanely complex. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

interests: Alfie's condition left him with almost no brain function, and multiple courts ruled that keeping him alive was not in his best interests before doctors removed his ventilator five days ago.article continues below Trending Stories Sweets for Diwali take a month's preparation Pipeline protesters to occupy federal justice minister's office Thursday Vancouver police identify the city's eighth homicide of 2018First appearance of the super blue blood moon' since 1866 PHOTOS My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02 30, Evans, 21, wrote in a Facebook post decorated with a broken heart and crying emojis, according to Vancouver Courier. As news spread in the community, dozens of people laid flowers and mementoes in a park near Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where Alfie was treated. Kate James and Tom Evans said their son's death overnight in Liverpool, England had left them heartbroken. About 1,000 people gathered 12 hours after the boy died to release blue and purple balloons in solidarity with the grieving mother and father who had struggled to come to terms with their child's terminal illness. Alfie's case sparked a medical ethics debate that resonated far beyond Britain. James, 20, posted a message on social media thanking everyone who supported the family through Alfie's illness and court fight. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

book details: The book details a civil war in the Vancouver underworld, but its rival gangs members of a multi-ethnic smuggling ring versus a posse of protection racketeering bikers are too broadly comedic to give offense to any actual mobsters, according to Vancouver Observer. On the other hand, the protagonist, one Scott Clark, seems a tad too hauntingly familiar to be entirely made up. After all, I don't want to get killed, he shudders, nervously scanning the coffee house precincts through thick spectacles.I'm not convinced. He's a wisecracking, 30-ish, slightly plashy white boy, not altogether unlike Demers himself; a potty-mouthed polyglot, equally at home swearing and getting sworn at in Punjabi, Cantonese, Qu b cois or four-letter English a product, no doubt, of the Burquitlam upbringing that he shares with his author. But maybe that's where the similarity ends. Like Demers, he survived high school as a nerdy outcast, reliant on a threesome of fellow geeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

british trivia: Kensington Palace says the California-born Markle intends to take U.K. citizenship after she marries Harry on May 19 at Windsor Castle, according to The Chronicle Herald. But Markle will soon discover that it takes more than marrying a prince to become British. All three are potential questions on a test given to those who like Prince Harry's fiancee want to become British citizens. It also requires time, money, a good memory for obscure British trivia and the ability to untangle red tape. It's very easy to make mistakes because the requirements are so very precise, he said. Immigration lawyer Colin Yeo says some of the rules prospective immigrants must comply with are insanely complex. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cosby show: Before Cosby and The Cosby Show, no affluent, educated black family existed on TV. Before Cosby, few black celebrities were hired to pitch something as mainstream as Jell-O. It all made for an unmatched contribution to ethnic equality, a legacy seemingly invulnerable to claims spanning decades that America's Dad was sexually abusing women, according to The Chronicle Herald. He denied it all and, year after year, that proved good enough. Before Cosby and I Spy, no African-American man had landed the lead in a television drama series. Until it wasn't. Jurors convicted the 80-year-old comedian of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand, whose 2004 experience with Cosby echoed that of so many of his accusers who emerged before last year's MeToo wave began. The collective willingness to trust in Cosby ended in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

halifax stanfield: How they treated me, I didn't feel like someone who is an important client, she said in a phone interview, according to CTV. I feel, like, rejected and given a lack of consideration, you know. Jeanne Lehman, a community activist and officer with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, said she is seeing a psychologist for mental trauma she endured boarding a plane at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. This is a shame for me. Her trouble began when a rash appeared on the right side of her face during a trip to Halifax last week. Lehman is a black, French-speaking woman who calls the treatment systemic racism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i volunteer: The former Afghan college dean walked across the B.C. border from Blaine, Wash. himself just 10 months ago, according to Toronto Star. So when he heard the Parliament of his new country, Canada, was debating whether people like him should be called illegals on Wednesday, it's personal. He knows what that's like. I crossed around 9 p.m., the police came and got me, and after two days in a holding centre my claim was accepted without a hearing, he told Star Metro. Now I volunteer for them. Then I came to Inland Refugee Society, and they helped me find housing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

summit friday: And, judging from his summit Friday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, it appears he wants to stay that way, according to The Chronicle Herald. In a deliberate show of confidence almost bravado Kim literally strolled across the military demarcation line that has divided the Koreas for three generations, sat as an equal at the negotiating table with Moon and then joined him at an intricately arranged banquet before riding his black Mercedes limousine back into the land he rules absolutely. He's meeting them as the proud leader of a nuclear power. The optics were largely the same as his first summit, when he ended six years of self-imposed isolation in the North and met Chinese President Xi Jinping last month in Beijing. But any real promise regarding the future of all those missiles and nuclear weapons was missing. There were lots of feel-good moments, enthusiastic smiles and big handshakes for carefully staged photo ops emotionally charged visuals that will play just as well abroad as they will strum the ethnic and national pride of his domestic audience. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

multicultural nature: Posters and sticky notes expressing love, anguish, resilience and then even more love covered the rest of the wall, according to Toronto Star. Most remarkably, or perhaps unremarkably for Toronto, the notes people left on communal sheets of Bristol board were written in more than a dozen languages. There, just south of the Yonge St. and Finch Ave. intersection where the deadly van rampage began the day before, a makeshift memorial had been created with bouquets of flowers laid a dozen deep and hundreds of candles that defiantly remained lit in the rain. Sometimes the multicultural nature of Toronto seems like a slogan or an ad campaign more than an everyday lived experience but here, in the rain and darkness, the Toronto of our hopes and aspirations was on full display. Incomplete sentence fix The flowers continued to arrive. The park was quiet but for the traffic which had returned to Yonge and four young men who stood off to the side singing the old gospel hymn, There's Not a Friend Like the Lowly Jesus, their a cappella voices carrying softly over the crowd of mourners and the bright television news tents set up along the sidewalk. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shelter system: Mayor John Tory says the number of refugee claimants in the city's shelters has grown from an average of 459 per night in 2016, to an average of more than 23 hundred per night this month, according to CTV. Federal spokeswoman Beatrice Fenelon says the department will continue to work with the city and province on the issue Toronto has issued an urgent appeal to the federal and provincial governments for help dealing with the growing number of refugee claimants in its shelter system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouver author: Alan was 27 months when he drowned with his mother, Rehanna, and older brother, Ghalib, while crossing in a rickety dinghy to safe haven on the Greek island of Gos, four km away; father and husband Abdullah was the sole survivor, according to Toronto Star. This heartfelt memoir takes us deep into the large Kurdi family, before and since Alan's death. The Boy on the Beach, Tima Kurdi The Vancouver author is the aunt of Alan Kurdi, the toddler whose body was photographed on a Turkish shore and became a flashpoint in the effort to help millions of dislocated Syrians. Article Continued Below The Map of Salt and Stars, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar In their home in Manhattan, Baba captivated his daughter, Nour, with the story of Rawiya, a girl in the 12th century who disguised herself as a boy and became an apprentice to the Muslim mapmaker il-Idrisi; together, they charted the length and breadth of the ancient world. But life in Homs soon turns deadly and they must pull up stakes and relocate once more. When her father dies in 2011, Nour, her mother and sister return to their Syrian homeland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

years: We're here just to get that little spark, according to CTV. The one that might be hesitant, saying 'You know what, I'm not sure if it's right for me,' said SQ officer Gabriel l'Heureux. The goal, they said, is diversity. The visit itself wasn't a surprise, but rather the language they spoke. Chablo said this is the first time he's seen the SQ's recruitment pitch done in English. Six, seven years ago, this was unheard of, said Paul Chablo, a former Montreal police officer who has been working in the police technology program at John Abbott College for 20 years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jae-in: And, judging from his summit Friday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, it appears he wants to stay that way.article continues below Trending Stories Elderly woman, three men stabbed in unprovoked DTES attacks; suspect in custody Fentanyl drug crisis could cost Vancouver property owners more in taxB.C. Housing pledges to fix problems at low-income rentals Killarney secondary school collecting funds for student's funeral In a deliberate show of confidence almost bravado Kim literally strolled across the military demarcation line that has divided the Koreas for three generations, sat as an equal at the negotiating table with Moon and then joined him at an intricately arranged banquet before riding his black Mercedes limousine back into the land he rules absolutely, according to Vancouver Courier. The optics were largely the same as his first summit, when he ended six years of self-imposed isolation in the North and met Chinese President Xi Jinping last month in Beijing. He's meeting them as the proud leader of a nuclear power. There were lots of feel-good moments, enthusiastic smiles and big handshakes for carefully staged photo ops emotionally charged visuals that will play just as well abroad as they will strum the ethnic and national pride of his domestic audience. In his joint statement with Moon, Kim agreed to seek the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. But any real promise regarding the future of all those missiles and nuclear weapons was missing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cosby show: Before Cosby and The Cosby Show, no affluent, educated black family existed on TV. Before Cosby, few black celebrities were hired to pitch something as mainstream as Jell-O.article continues below Trending Stories Elderly woman, three men stabbed in unprovoked DTES attacks; suspect in custody Fentanyl drug crisis could cost Vancouver property owners more in taxB.C. Housing pledges to fix problems at low-income rentals Killarney secondary school collecting funds for student's funeral It all made for an unmatched contribution to ethnic equality, a legacy seemingly invulnerable to claims spanning decades that America's Dad was sexually abusing women, according to Vancouver Courier. He denied it all and, year after year, that proved good enough. Before Cosby and I Spy, no African-American man had landed the lead in a television drama series. Until it wasn't. Jurors convicted the 80-year-old comedian of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand, whose 2004 experience with Cosby echoed that of so many of his accusers who emerged before last year's MeToo wave began. The collective willingness to trust in Cosby ended in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouver: That's a huge change in a short space of time, according to Vancouver Courier. Six years ago, ELL students made up about 15 per cent of students in the primary grades. English language learners now make up about 40 per cent of the Grade 1 students and 37 per cent of kindergarten students in the West Vancouver school district.article continues below Trending Stories Elderly woman, three men stabbed in unprovoked DTES attacks; suspect in custody Fentanyl drug crisis could cost Vancouver property owners more in taxB.C. Housing pledges to fix problems at low-income rentals Gangs reunited a very strange East Van nightrelated Vancouver's only Mandarin bilingual program celebrates first graduating class Numbers in grades 2 and 3 are only slightly lower, at about 31 per cent. Students who are learning English at the same time they're learning other academic subjects in West Vancouver public schools now number 1,166 or 23 per cent of the school population, including international students. In the elementary grades overall, about 28 per cent of students receive English language support, said Maria Yioldassis, ELL co-ordinator for West Vancouver Schools. Numbers of English language learners are up almost six per cent this year over the past year in the school district, following a similar increase the year before. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cabinet minister: Before the University of Haifa knew it, the place was roiled by controversy, according to Rabble. Twenty-three members of the university's faculty had signed a letter of protest. Consider the embarrassing 2012 case of the Israeli university that came up with a scheme to give an honorary degree to an unsavoury right-wing foreign politician in appreciation of his revered leadership. Media half a world away in North America wrote uncomfortable stories about how the university planned to honour a senior cabinet minister in a right-wing government whose immigration policies were denying basic health care to refugees from persecution in their home country. The offensive politician, of course, was a guy from Canada named Jason Kenney. The protesters didn't manage to keep the right-wing foreign politician from getting the honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, but I'm sure it made the University of Haifa think twice about giving meaningless sheepskins to his ilk ever again. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian citizenship: It's given birth to the political careers of Stephen Harper, Preston Manning, Jason Kenney, Ted Morton, and, good God, Rob Anders the only parliamentarian to vote against awarding honorary Canadian citizenship to Nelson Mandela, according to Rabble. Lawyer and polemicist Ezra Levant first became famous in Alberta. It's no surprise that the University of Alberta has come under fire for planning to award an honorary degree to famed environmentalist David Suzuki.RELATED STORIESMartyn Brown There's dumb, and there's Alberta dumb and Rachel Notley's Bill 12 is both Alberta premier Rachel Notley calls Kinder Morgan pipeline the poster child for cooperative federalism Grand Chief Stewart Phillip accuses Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley of brazenly ignoring First Nations rights Martyn Brown Rachel Notley's days of whine and poses University of Alberta honorary degree for David Suzuki ruffles feathers across campus After all, its campuses are in what is still the most right-wing province in Canada. The Byfields ran their publishing operation from Alberta, giving a platform to Ken Whyte, the first but not the last right-wing editor of the National Post. Alberta-based writers such as Kevin Taft and Andrew Nikiforuk have chronicled the grip that the Alberta oil industry has had on that province's political culture. And the University of Calgary has been home to several of Canada's most conservative academics, including Barry Cooper, who's been linked to the climate-change-denial movement, and Rainer Knopff, whose been slamming the Supreme Court of Canada for years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

disaster-related conditions: But Homeland Security said that after a review of the environmental disaster-related conditions upon which the country's original designation was based and an assessment of whether those originating conditions continue to exist, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen decided the protections were no longer warranted, according to Toronto Star. The U.S. created Temporary Protected Status in 1990 to provide a safe haven for citizens of countries affected by war and natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. They were granted that status during the Obama administration after an April 2015 earthquake killed more than 8,000 people in Nepal, and it was extended for 18 months in October 2016. The status currently shields several hundred thousand people from 10 countries. The decision on Nepal probably will be felt most acutely in New York and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which had the largest Nepalese immigrant communities in the United States in 2015 with 9,000 each, according to the Pew Research Center. It generally includes authorization to work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

esl class: That day, late spring sunshine poured into the classroom through its floor-to-ceiling windows, according to CTV. Delivering communicable disease education in an ESL class is clever because it's non-threatening. The United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society, or SUCCESS, sits in a new building near the Richmond Centre mall. No one needs to seek out a workshop focused on hepatitis C, it's just framed as part of the curriculum and an opportunity for students to brush up on their medical vocabulary. Gigi Lo, manager of SUCCESS' HIV and hepatitis C intervention project, delivers education about the viruses and helps connect new arrivals to health care. One student, Jasmine Yaying Weng, had a glossary of words like treatment written in English and Chinese in her notebook. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration hearing: Fifteen minutes into his livestream, police told him, Get out of the street, according to Rabble. Duran asked where to go, but before he could comply, one officer ordered other riot police, Get him, guys. On April 3, Manuel Duran was outside the Shelby County jail in Memphis, reporting on the protest for the Spanish-language news site he runs, Memphis Noticias. As the police dragged him away, two protesters latched on to Duran in a protective embrace, shouting, He's a journalist! Duran was charged with blocking a roadway and disorderly conduct, charges that were promptly dropped. ICE says he skipped an immigration hearing in 2007, and has been a fugitive ever since. Rather than releasing him, on April 5 the Shelby sheriff handed him over to ICE. He was transported six hours south to the LaSalle Detention Center in Jena, Louisiana. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration officer: Justice Suzanne Hood will sentence Willis in July, according to The Chronicle Herald. He remains free on a 5,000 recognizance with a 1,000 cash deposit. Carie Dexter Willis, 58, of Pierrefonds, Que., was convicted on charges of sexual assault, extortion and breach of trust following a trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax this month. Willis was working as an immigration officer when he allegedly committed the offences in Dartmouth 15 years ago. An investigation was launched after the matter was reported to police in late 2014. The Crown alleged Willis used his position of authority over a 26-year-old woman, who was supposed to be deported in June 2003, to extort her for sex on multiple occasions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refuge canada: Refuge Canada opened last month at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, according to Toronto Star. The 4,000 square-foot exhibit has interactive displays to thrust observers into the mindset of a refugee, as well as startling statistics on Canada's treatment of refugees. The idea that anyone can become a refugee under the right circumstances is the focus of a new exhibit in Halifax that walks you through someone's journey to Canada, and the country's humbling history when it comes to its treatment of those seeking safety. We want people to understand the experience of refugees the challenges they confront, the agency and decisions they make about coming to Canada, said curator Dan Conlin. The exhibit is structured to represent the path of a refugee from being thrown into danger to eventually reaching safety, although many do not make it that far. We also want to explore Canada's track record with refugees, which is not as rosy as a lot of people think. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.