morning accident: He had consumption and he knew he only had a few months to live, recalls Mary Lou Parker, according to Vancouver Courier. He told me we had Indian blood in us, which made us Metis. article continues below Trending Stories The time is now to visit the Sunshine Coast Allie Lake wildfire 25 per cent contained Pedestrian killed in early morning accident on Cambie Street Update Police arrest high-risk sex-offender The 12-year-old felt proud of her Indigenous roots. He was laying on the chesterfield in the living room of their Yarmouth, N.S., home, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. But she was warned never to reveal her half-breed heritage, as it was then called, for fear of being shunned. Parker has since discovered there are many more people like her in Eastern Canada. So she kept it secret until years later, in a quest to explore her identity and gain recognition, she formed the Eastern Woodland Metis Nation Nova Scotia, using a term Metis usually associated with Western Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

robert kujawa: Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Prosecutors said Kujawa hung Confederate flags in the windows of his Bethlehem Township home, but only those facing the Black family's residence, and used a racial slur against the woman and her son when they were in the backyard, according to Toronto Star. Kujawa's lawyer denied his client, who is white, used the slur. Robert Kujawa will serve time in prison after being convicted of ethnic intimidation. Read more Rachel Dolezal, woman who posed as Black, charged with welfare fraud Article Continued Below Black and female chefs break all the cooking rules and win James Beard Awards in U.S. Britain's black community watching Meghan Markle's impact on royals Family members said the man used a pellet gun to shoot out their outdoor lights and damage their furniture. Over the course of many years, Mr. Judge Jennifer Sletvold noted that Kujawa was convicted of harassment of the family in 2015 and the following year admitted to reckless endangerment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

head tax: North America's racist ban on Chinese immigration is an urgent history lesson that pushed Tony Wong, Toronto Star's television critic, to put his family in the spotlight, according to Toronto Star. At which point he found himself surrounded by media eager to hear his story Shack Mack, born in 1909, arrived in Canada at the age of 13 and paid a 500 head tax to enter the country. So after picking him up from his Scarborough nursing home, I packed his wheelchair in the car and drove him to the Chinese restaurant across the street. Mack was my wife Sharon's grandfather and a chief plaintiff in a landmark case against the federal government over the exclusionary Chinese Immigration Act. But, at this moment, all he wanted was dim sum. This was the first news conference for media to hear from a survivor who had launched a class-action lawsuit against the government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

accords parties: After those two agreed to continue their governing coalition, AfD became the largest opposition party, a role that traditionally accords parties in Germany a prominent platform to promote their positions in Parliament, according to Toronto Star. Alice Weidel, left, and Alexander Gauland, are parliamentary faction leaders of the Alternative for Germany AfD . The party that swept into Parliament last year on a wave of anti-migrant sentiment is staging a march Sunday through the heart of Berlin to protest against the government. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, took 12.6 per cent of the vote in September's national election, coming third behind Merkel's conservative Union bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats. Ferdinand Ostrop / The Associated Press File Photo AfD's novice lawmakers have struggled to grasp basic parliamentary procedures and have stood out mainly with blunt attacks on minorities, particularly Muslims, who made up the majority of the more than one million asylum-seekers to enter Germany in 2015 and 2016. Sunday's rally, starting at Berlin's main train station and ending at the landmark Brandenburg Gate, is highly unusual for a German political party. Co-leader Alice Weidel was formally censured by parliament earlier this month for describing girls who wear Islamic head scarves as useless people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

opposition party: After those two agreed to continue their governing coalition, AfD became the largest opposition party, a role that traditionally accords parties in Germany a prominent platform to promote their positions in Parliament, according to The Chronicle Herald. AfD's novice lawmakers have struggled to grasp basic parliamentary procedures and have stood out mainly with blunt attacks on minorities, particularly Muslims, who made up the majority of the more than 1 million asylum-seekers to enter Germany in 2015 and 2016. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, took 12.6 per cent of the vote in September's national election, coming third behind Merkel's conservative Union bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats. Co-leader Alice Weidel was formally censured by parliament earlier this month for describing girls who wear Islamic headscarves as useless people. While other parties have in recent years supported protests on a variety of issues from animal rights to opposing free trade AfD is the sole organizer of the march headlined Germany's Future. Sunday's rally, starting at Berlin's main train station and ending at the landmark Brandenburg Gate, is highly unusual for a German political party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

two-to-one margin: Polls had given the pro-repeal yes side a small lead, but suggested the contest would be close, according to Vancouver Courier. Since 1983, the now-repealed Eighth Amendment had forced women seeking to terminate pregnancies to go abroad for abortions, bear children conceived through rape or incest or take illegal measures at home. Irish voters young and old, male and female, farming types and city-bred folk endorsed expunging an abortion ban from their largely Catholic country's constitution by a two-to-one margin, referendum results compiled Saturday showed.article continues below Trending Stories Pedestrian killed in early morning accident on Cambie Street Update Police arrest high-risk sex-offender Vancouver police announce arrests, dismantling' Lower Mainland gang Elderly man dies after being hit crossing Kingsway The decisive outcome of the landmark referendum held Friday exceeded expectations and was cast as a historic victory for women's rights. As the final tally was announced showing over 66 per cent of voters supported lifting the ban, crowds in the ancient courtyard of Dublin Castle began chanting Savita! Savita! in honour of Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist who died of sepsis during a protracted miscarriage after being denied an abortion at a Galway hospital in 2012. Later, he hailed the momentous outcome as a victory for Ireland's future. With exit polls showing a win for abortion rights campaigners, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called the apparent victory the culmination of a quiet revolution. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

changes friday: The changes will see dozens more Immigration and Refugee Board staff dedicated exclusively to processing irregular border-crossing claims, according to The Chronicle Herald. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the changes Friday, saying anyone coming into the country illegally from now on will have their cases finalized within 12 months. The arms-length board that handles refugee claims plans to speed up the handling of files from irregular border crossers like those seeking refugee status after crossing into Canada from the United States through unofficial forest paths. We believe it will send a very strong message to those who assume that coming to Canada through irregular means will result in them waiting for a long period of time, for years, in Canada and then forming an attachment here. The refugee board has been wrestling with a massive influx of files over the last year as a surge of irregular migrants those who cross the border at non-official ports of entry continue to enter Canada. That's not going to happen, Hussen said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

claims: The changes will see dozens more Immigration and Refugee Board staff dedicated exclusively to processing irregular border-crossing claims, as the board continues to wrestle with an existing large backlog of files, according to CTV. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he hopes this will send a message to the world that jumping the border does not offer a free ticket to Canada, that claims will be heard quickly and those found without a legitimate claim will be removed from the country. The arms-length board that handles refugee claims plans to speed up the handling of files from irregular border crossers like the ones crossing into Canada from the United States through unofficial forest paths to claim refugee status. The board is in the process of hiring 64 employees who will be assigned to process irregular migrant claims. The agency estimates the additional staff will allow it to deal with 17,000 more refugee claims by March 31, 2020. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country: Its tenets could include nationalism, hostility to immigrants and refugees, varying degrees of racism and Islamophobia, and mistrust of both educated, urban elites and of government, according to Rabble. Some of the attitudes on that list fit the Doug Ford Ontario Conservatives; some do not. It varies from country to country. There is, however, one key ideological tenet not on the list that unites most on the populist right, especially in North America radical and fervent anti-environmentalism. They have been in rolling back significant pieces of environmental legislation and regulation that it took decades for a number of his predecessors to implement. Donald Trump's greatest successes so far have not been on immigration, health care, or trade. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hurontario st: Police are looking for two suspects behind an explosion at an Indian restaurant in Mississauga Thursday night, sending 15 people to hospital, according to Toronto Star. Rene Johnston / Staff photographer Everything was destroyed. Glass was broken in the street, said Rafael Conceicao, who was near Bombay Bhel restaurant, on Hurontario St. near Eglinton Ave., when the bomb went off. Lots of blood in the floor. They were trying to run out from the restaurant. Many people were screaming. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugees onboard: This included more than 900 refugees onboard the MS St, according to Toronto Star. Louis in 1939, many of whom were killed in concentration camps after Cuba, the United States and Canada all refused to allow the passengers to disembark. Under that policy, Canada refused refuge to Jews fleeing the Nazis. The apology is long overdue. When countries like Canada closed their borders, they showed not only indifference to but also complicity in genocide. Canada's anti-Semitic hostility to Jewish refugees was an enormous moral, political, and legal failure. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tom nyt: U.S. President Donald Trump conferring with Rep, according to Toronto Star. Peter King R-N.Y. during a roundtable discussion on immigration and gangs at Morrelly Homeland Security Center in Bethpage, N.Y. on May 23, 2018. The kind of uproar he likes. Trump has returned to the immigration-heavy message that helped propel his own victory two years ago. He got to lambaste the media for allegedly twisting his words. TOM BRENNER / NYT He got to claim that Democrats who called his comment dehumanizing were taking the side of a brutal gang. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

arms-length board: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced changes for asylum seekers Friday, saying anyone coming into the country through irregular means will have their cases finalized within 12 months, according to National Observer. CDNpoli asylum immigration refugees The changes will see dozens more Immigration and Refugee Board staff dedicated exclusively to processing irregular border-crossing claims. The arms-length board that handles refugee claims plans to speed up the handling of files from irregular border crossers like those seeking refugee status after crossing into Canada from the United States through unofficial forest paths. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the changes Friday, saying anyone coming into the country through irregular means from now on will have their cases finalized within 12 months. ; We believe it will send a very strong message to those who assume that coming to Canada through irregular means will result in them waiting for a long period of time, for years, in Canada and then forming an attachment here. Previous improvements swamped by newcomers The refugee board has been wrestling with a massive influx of files over the last year as a surge of irregular migrants those who cross the border at non-official ports of entry continue to enter Canada. That's not going to happen, Hussen said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

changes friday: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the changes Friday, saying anyone coming into the country illegally from now on will have their cases finalized within 12 months, according to Vancouver Courier. We believe it will send a very strong message to those who assume that coming to Canada through irregular means will result in them waiting for a long period of time, for years, in Canada and then forming an attachment here. The arms-length board that handles refugee claims plans to speed up the handling of files from irregular border crossers like those seeking refugee status after crossing into Canada from the United States through unofficial forest paths.article continues below Trending StoriesBC Ferries fails to communicate with passengers stuck in Tsawwassen Bay line ups Vancouver cyclist posts video of collision with car Gangs of Vancouver Early morning fire guts Kamloops North Shore apartments The changes will see dozens more Immigration and Refugee Board staff dedicated exclusively to processing irregular border-crossing claims. That's not going to happen, Hussen said. A response team was set up in 2017 to cope with the increased workload and long wait times. The refugee board has been wrestling with a massive influx of files over the last year as a surge of irregular migrants those who cross the border at non-official ports of entry continue to enter Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

liz garbus: After a campaign in which Trump successfully demonized the media to his advantage, it seemed like the paper, in its myopia, walked right into his rhetorical trap, according to NOW Magazine. In the opening moments of episode one, executive editor Dean Baquet admits the Times got it wrong, but is quick to move on Great stories trump everything else, right he tells his team. The spectre of that massive miscalculation hangs over the first episode of Liz Garbus's four-part docuseries The Fourth Estate, which follows the paper's reporters over a year and a half as they cover Donald Trump's presidency. Garbus shadows prominent investigative reporters including White House correspondent Maggie Haberman, Washington bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller and Washington correspondent Michael Schmidt fly-on-the-wall style as they work around the clock covering the non-stop scandals generated by the Trump White House. What emerges is a portrait of a collaborative, competitive newsroom adjusting to an accelerated pace and shrinking social lives in a media environment already radically altered by the online world and newsroom layoffs. Given journalists' disdain for being covered by other journalists, Garbus What Happened Miss Simone and co-director Jenny Carchman had their work cut out. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

asylum seekers: Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen said his department has reached out to the group distributing the flyers and that the Canadian consul-general in New York will address what he says is misinformation, according to Toronto Star. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS The pamphlets even include details about how much migrants should expect to pay in taxi fare to the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec. Pamphlets produced by a group called Plattsburgh Cares are being circulated in Plattsburgh, N.Y., giving would-be asylum seekers step-by-step instructions on where to cross the border, how to contact immigration lawyers and what to tell border security officials during interviews. Part of this humanitarian mission includes providing basic, non-legal information so people will know how to obtain the legal and other supports they need to make optimal choices for themselves and their families, a group spokesperson said in a written statement. Article Continued Below Hussen said Thursday his department has reached out to the group and that the Canadian consul-general in New York will address what he says is misinformation in the pamphlets. The organization's website says its efforts were spurred by racist messages on social media and flyers in the community that had left some feeling threatened. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

contingency plan: Around 400 beds in the Centennial Place residence have been designated by the city to temporarily house 100 or so refugee families, according to Toronto Star. Supplied by Centennial College Multiple floors and around 400 beds in the crisp, bright Centennial Place residence have been designated by the city to temporarily house refugees 100 or so families under a contingency plan for emergency social services, which will also see rooms filled at Humber College in Etobicoke. Rather, the school is housing refugee claimants in their dormitories, as part of the city's plan to cope with an influx of refugees arriving in Toronto. It is likely that we will be seeing families, Stephanie Etkin, a manager with Red Cross disaster management, told the Star in the hours before the newest residents arrived. We are anticipating that we will be seeing children and some babies and some big families, but we're anticipating and ready for any sort of makeup. The suite-style Centennial dorms were an amenable layout to housing families together, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ebrahim toure: The failed refugee claimant has been languishing in detention for more than five years even though he hasn't been charged or convicted of a crime because immigration authorities can't figure out what to do with him, according to Toronto Star. Ebrahim Toure poses no threat to public safety but has been held in detention by immigration authorities for more than five years. By now readers will be familiar with his disturbing story. Anne-Marie Jackson/ Toronto Star / Toronto Star They want to deport him to Gambia, but that country won't accept him without identity documents, which he claims not to have. This is not only indefensible on moral grounds, it is contrary to explicit directions given by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale that the detention of migrants should be a last resort. So faced with this catch-22, Canada is keeping him in a Immigration Holding Centre at a cost of more than 90,000 a year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

force votes: But Trump told Fox & Friends in an interview that aired Thursday that unless a bill includes a wall, and I mean a wall, a real wall, and unless it includes very strong border security, there'll be no approvals from me, according to The Chronicle Herald. Trump said the United States had the worst immigration laws in the entire world by far and said he wanted a comprehensive deal that included all of his priorities. Moderate House Republicans are pushing a deal that could lead to citizenship for young Dreamer immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally. I think it's time to get the whole package, he said. Moderates trying to force votes on the issue gained their 21st GOP signature Wednesday. Trump's comments, taped Wednesday, came as immigration talks are underway among House Republicans, with moderates seeking a way for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to stay permanently in the U.S. But conservatives say they have no interest in giving what they call amnesty to people who came illegally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

house: The elections give Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull a chance to increase his conservative coalition's single-seat majority in the House, where parties need a majority to govern, according to CTV. Four of the electorates had been held by dual citizens belonging to the centre-left opposition Labor Party and one was held by an independent legislator. Speaker Tony Smith told the House of Representatives on Thursday that the byelections in four states will be held July 28. But a firmer grip on power could be short-lived, with Australia facing a general election within a year and potentially as early as August. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

group spokesperson: The pamphlets even include details about how much migrants should expect to pay in taxi fare to the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec, according to The Chronicle Herald. Part of this humanitarian mission includes providing basic, non-legal information so people will know how to obtain the legal and other supports they need to make optimal choices for themselves and their families, a group spokesperson said in a written statement. Pamphlets produced by a group called Plattsburgh Cares are being circulated in Plattsburgh, N.Y., giving would-be asylum seekers step-by-step instructions on where to cross the border, how to contact immigration lawyers and what to tell border security officials during interviews. The organization's website says its efforts were spurred by racist messages on social media and flyers in the community that had left some feeling threatened. The contents of the flyer are incomplete, they don't really paint an accurate picture of our asylum system and it's unfortunate, because people will rely on this, Hussen said. Hussen said Thursday his department has reached out to the group and that the Canadian consul-general in New York will address what he says is misinformation in the pamphlets. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

raphael levesque: Once inside members of the anti-immigrant group Atalante Quebec denounced an article written the previous week about anti-immigrant, far-right groups and how their attempts to establish support in Montreal were being thwarted by anti-fascist groups, according to CTV. Editor-in-Chief Philippe Goyer said they threw leaflets on the floor and tossed clown noses around the office, while the group's leader, Raphael Levesque, left a mocking trophy on one reporter's desk. Six men, most of them wearing masks, pretended to be delivering flowers in order to gain access to the office. The group left before police arrived and did not physically harm anyone. The whole thing lasted three or four minutes, said Goyer. When they realized where our journalist Simon Coutu, who had written the article that they were displeased about, was sitting in the back of our newsroom, they went straight to his desk and handed him a trophy for being a garbage journalist and then they sort of quickly left after that. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

residence: We just can't afford to keep doing this alone, and we think the federal government, given that it is global circumstances that lead to this and given it's ultimately federal policy on admitting people to the country, that they should be helping -- and the province too, according to CTV. The additional beds were announced Wednesday, with 400 spaces immediately available at the Centennial College Residence and Conference Centre in Scarborough and 400 more opening up on June 1 at a Humber College residence in Etobicoke. We're delighted to have them arrive in our city and make a contribution as previous generations have, Toronto Mayor John Tory said in an interview with CTV News Thursday. Operating these two locations will cost approximately 6.3 million over the next 75 days, after which students will begin returning to the college residences for their fall semesters. That's just a start -- and it's not more than that, Tory said. Ontario so far has committed 3 million in Red Cross staffing costs to help operate the two facilities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

return home: Almost 60 per cent of the total refugees are children, and 60 babies are being born every day in camps in Bangladesh, according to The Chronicle Herald. Many children crossed the border into Bangladesh without a parent, according to UNICEF. They saw violence, dead bodies, burned homes while many saw their parents and family members killed in front of their eyes and their mothers and sisters raped. Some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state since late August to escape military-led violence and are now seeking U.N. protection to return home. Children were also shot in their hands and legs. Chopra, who came to Bangladesh directly from London after attending the royal wedding of her American friend Meghan Markle on a four-day visit, visited camps in Cox's Bazar bordering Myanmar and passed time with the desperate children at safe homes, makeshift schools and helped them draw pictures of sunshine and hope. Many are recovering from psychological trauma. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

asylum seekers: Part of this humanitarian mission includes providing basic, non-legal information so people will know how to obtain the legal and other supports they need to make optimal choices for themselves and their families, a group spokesperson said in a written statement, according to Vancouver Courier. The organization's website says its efforts were spurred by racist messages on social media and flyers in the community that had left some feeling threatened. Pamphlets produced by a group called Plattsburgh Cares are being circulated in Plattsburgh, N.Y., giving would-be asylum seekers step-by-step instructions on where to cross the border, how to contact immigration lawyers and what to tell border security officials during interviews.article continues below Trending Stories Park board making Vancouver beaches, pools more accessible Vancouver cyclist posts video of collision with car Seniors' discount returns to B.C. Ferries Vancouver police warn warm weather brings out thieves The pamphlets even include details about how much migrants should expect to pay in taxi fare to the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec. Hussen said Thursday his department has reached out to the group and that the Canadian consul-general in New York will address what he says is misinformation in the pamphlets. That's why our outreach campaign that has been ongoing is really important to give people the real information about Canada's systems. The contents of the flyer are incomplete, they don't really paint an accurate picture of our asylum system and it's unfortunate, because people will rely on this, Hussen said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

film festival: Just an hour earlier, one queer person of colour's POC experience was repeatedly ignored by members of a panel discussion held in council's chamber, according to Vancouver Courier. The Georgia Straight came under scrutiny this week after publishing a cover with five queer identifying organizers, none of whom represented queer people of colour, according to some of the 11 panellists. Stop trying to erase queer people of colour! Anoushka Ratnarajah yells, partially at the flag threatening to push the biracial queer artistic director of Vancouver's Queer Film Festival out of the picture.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver police warn warm weather brings out thieves Vancouver cyclist posts video of collision with carVPD cleared in incident of man on fire at McDonald's 56 million grant may make waiting for train in Coquitlam a thing of the past While there is a smile on her face, the crowd gathered for the proclamation of 2018 as Year of the Queer witnessed this sentiment become a theme throughout the celebratory event on May 23. However, one of the people on the cover was Fay Nass. After the celebration, she told the Courier that she was frustrated that no one seems interested in acknowledging what was good about the picture. I think it was just much easier for the panellists to erase me to move their own narrative forward, said Nass, an Iranian immigrant and artistic director of the Frank Theatre Company. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.