apothecary house: The one at 205 advertises the two-storey red brick as the Robert Farley Apothecary, dated 1857, according to Toronto Star. But on the shingle beside the old doctor's entrance to the left of the front porch, the word apothecary appears to have been cut from a separate piece of wood and inserted into the sign. Similarly discreet white placards adorn other historic homes in old Oakville, with the names and professions of the original residents of those properties. Over the years, there were additions and changes made to the historic Apothecary house at 205 Trafalgar Rd., in Oakville. The couple's children have put the house on the market for the first time since 1954. An old summer kitchen was torn down and replaced and late owner Gurth Bramall built a studio on the back north rear of the house for his wife art conservator June Bramall, who died in January. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indian blood: He had consumption and he knew he only had a few months to live, recalls Mary Lou Parker, according to Toronto Star. He told me we had Indian blood in us, which made us M tis. He was laying on the chesterfield in the living room of their Yarmouth, N.S., home, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. Some eastern M tis have tried to claim Indigenous rights through the courts, fuelling a perception that the Aboriginal newcomers are so-called rights grabbers. But she was warned never to reveal her half-breed heritage, as it was then called, for fear of being shunned. Dreamstime The 12-year-old felt proud of her Indigenous roots. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indian blood: He had consumption and he knew he only had a few months to live, recalls Mary Lou Parker, according to CTV. He told me we had Indian blood in us, which made us Metis. He was laying on the chesterfield in the living room of their Yarmouth, N.S., home, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. The 12-year-old felt proud of her Indigenous roots. 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. But she was warned never to reveal her half-breed heritage, as it was then called, for fear of being shunned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

li-shin yu: Talk of legislation to institute a ban, according to The Chronicle Herald. If viewers of The Chinese Exclusion Act documentary end up with a sense of deja vu between the film's subject, a law from 1882 that barred Chinese people from coming to the United States, and current events, that's pretty much the point, according to its filmmakers. Newspaper headlines calling for action. The 'A-Ha!' for anybody coming to it ... is oh, there's a history to how we have decided who can come and when they can come, who's a citizen and who's not a citizen, said documentarian Ric Burns, who made the film with Li-Shin Yu. The Chinese Exclusion Act was America's first and only immigration act that barred people from a specific country from coming to the United States. It airs on the PBS television series American Experience on Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nova scotia: The rare, long out-of-print album has been remastered and is being released on 180-gram vinyl and CD with updated artwork and liner notes on June 15th, according to Rabble. Originally born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Obomsawin moved to Odanak, Quebec with her mother when she was six months old. At the age of 85, the unimposing activist is reissuing her 1988 album Bush Lady. This was the reservation of her parents' birth. Originally, their land included all of New England and the Eastern Townships of Canada, including New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the southern part of Qu bec. Obomsawin is from the Waban-Aki Nation, meaning People of the Sunrise. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

security forces: He says they were members of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group and were behind a bombing in Lahore last year that killed 26 people, including nine police, according to The Chronicle Herald. He says police seized weapons and explosive vests from the scene of the raid. Police spokesman Salim Khan says counterterrorism police ambushed the suspected militants early Sunday as they were travelling on motorcycles near the city of Gujrat, setting off a shootout in which three of the men escaped. Islamic extremists in Pakistan have carried out scores of attacks in recent years, mainly targeting security forces and religious minorities. Source Source The Associated Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

umbrella organization: TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP/GETTY IMAGES The party estimated that about 5,000 had turned out for its event, according to Toronto Star. Previously, the party said about 1,000 would attend. About 2,000 police officers provided security for the AfD. Counter-protesters holding a placard reading Democracy is home and blowing soap bubbles protest a far-right march in Berlin. Started as a euroskeptic party, the AfD got a boost in 2015 after Chancellor Angela Merkel announced an open-door policy to refugees fleeing places such as Syria and Afghanistan. But the party's success has also prompted a pushback from various groups under the umbrella organization Stop the Hate. The surge in foreigners stoked public concerns that helped the AfD enter the national parliament last year as the main opposition party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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.