press brazil: Since the World Cup tournament, the pub has opened an hour early on game days to accommodate the spike in customers adding to roughly a 10 per cent boost in sales, according to Toronto Star. But some teams draw bigger crowds than others, said the general manager of the restaurant. Augustine's pub on Commercial Drive. The semifinals start on Tuesday leading up to the final game on July 15. Silvia Izquierdo / The Associated Press Brazil is huge, so is Germany. Ken McGagh / The Associated Press The semifinals start on Tuesday leading up to the final game on July 15. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jerome blake: I had to run against who's in the field, and that's exactly what I did, Brown, of Toronto, said, according to The Chronicle Herald. I literally won by a nose Friday night in the 100, and I had a pretty comfortable win in the 200 and I'm pleased with it. Brown won the 200 to complete the short sprints sweep at the Canadian track and field championships on Saturday, but the field was missing Andre De Grasse to a hamstring injury and Gavin Smellie to an odd late false start call. I can build off this. Jerome Blake of Kelowna, B.C., was second in 20.38, while Mobolade Ajomale of Richmond Hill, Ont., won the bronze in 20.62. Brown, who'd won the 100 by a thousandth of a second the previous night, led from the gun to capture the 200 crown, his fourth Canadian senior title, in 20.17 seconds. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

readers: And 2012, alert readers will grasp, isn't as long ago as the 12th Century, according to Rabble. But that was then and 2018 is now, and not just as far as Harper is concerned. Still, wouldn't terrorism be a fair description of the Inquisition, the brutal effort to root out heresy carried out from the 12th to the early 19th centuries by what was effectively a non-state actor, as we say in the bland militaristic bureaucratese of the 21st Century And isn't the idea of excommunication for whatever reason, even if it is not much practiced any more, the sort of behaviour we associate to this day with religious cults I ask these questions only as a sort of back-handed defence of Stephen Harper, the former Conservative prime minister who obviously has far too much time on his hands these days, for travelling to Paris last Saturday to give an apparently well-compensated speech to a Free Iran rally sponsored by an Iranian exile group Harper's own government classified as terrorists as recently as 2012. Mojahedin-e Khalq, the group in question, often referred to as MEK and also known as the People's Mujahadeen, was declared by various Western governments to be a terrorist group in 1979, back in the days it wanted to overthrow the Shah of Iran, a geopolitical ally of the United States. Eventually, MEK ceased to be officially branded a terrorist group. The same year, as it turned out, someone else overthrew the Shah. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

self-driving cars: The company has trained its artificial intelligence systems to recognize if individuals are happy or sad, tired or angry, using a photographic repository of more than 6 million faces, according to Toronto Star. In this April 23, 2018, photo, Rana el Kaliouby, CEO of the Boston-based artificial intelligence firm, Affectiva, demonstrates their facial recognition technology, in Boston. We're not interested in applications where you're spying on people, said el Kaliouby, the CEO and co-founder of the Boston startup Affectiva. Recent advances in AI-powered computer vision have spawned startups like Affectiva, accelerated the race for self-driving cars and powered the increasingly sophisticated photo-tagging features found on Facebook and Google. But as these prying AI eyes find new applications in store checkout lines, police body cameras and war zones, the tech companies developing them are struggling to balance business opportunities with difficult moral decisions that could turn off customers or their own workers. Elise Amendola / The Associated Press file photo Recent advances in AI-powered computer vision have accelerated the race for self-driving cars and powered the increasingly sophisticated photo-tagging features found on Facebook and Google. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

starweaver tapestry: The discussion is part of a weeklong July 9-13 series of ticketed noontime tiffin talks that will be garnished with Indian takeout lunches packed in classic Bombay office-wallah dabbas, according to Vancouver Observer. Venue for the talks will be the outdoor Pause Pavilion that ISF bought from Ted-X and set up hard by the Bard on the Beach big top in the Salish sacred site of s n a q the park formerly known as Vanier . The pavilion's ceiling features a stunning Starweaver tapestry of a sky-entwining weaver goddess who features in the mythology of so many cultures worldwide. On the glory side, there will be banner performances by virtuosos like Hariprasad Chaurasia whose bansuri flute has been likened to the mythic Venugopal instrument of Lord Krishna himself ; sitar maestro Mohamed Assani performing a Scheherazade tribute in fusion with Vancouver's own Allegra Chamber Orchestra ; and a Ramayana episode staged, in classical Kutiyattam style, by Kerala's famed Nepathya ensemble to coincide with the 17th annual World Sanskrit Conference, hosted this year at UBC . But the mythopoeic downside will come in for its own share of sceptical attention, too, in such events as a panel on the timely theme of Fake News, Lies and Bulls t. The work is a collaboration between ISF artist in residence Sandeep Jahal and Musqueam knowledge keeper Debra Sparrow, who also offered the opening invocation at the Roundhouse launch party. A quintet of them will take the stage of Chinatown's Imperial Theatre tomorrow evening for high-powered soiree called 5x15. The pavilion isn't all that ISF has cadged from Ted-X. There's also the format of staccato brain-blurbs by Public Intellectuals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fire i: I literally won by a nose Friday night in the 100, and I had a pretty comfortable win in the 200 and I'm pleased with it, according to Vancouver Courier. I can build off this. Brown won the 200 to complete the short sprints sweep at the Canadian track and field championships on Saturday, but the field was missing Andre De Grasse to a hamstring injury and Gavin Smellie to an odd late false start call.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy Cousin says High on Life vlogger who drowned at Shannon Falls died selflessly When street gangs ruled Vancouver'We ran for our lives' West 4th Avenue residents devastated by fire I had to run against who's in the field, and that's exactly what I did, Brown, of Toronto, said. Brown, who'd won the 100 by a thousandth of a second the previous night, led from the gun to capture the 200 crown, his fourth Canadian senior title, in 20.17 seconds. De Grasse, the Canadian record-holder in the 200, had finished third in the 100 but pulled up with a hamstring injury in his 200 semifinal Saturday. Jerome Blake of Kelowna, B.C., was second in 20.38, while Mobolade Ajomale of Richmond Hill, Ont., won the bronze in 20.62. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

multicultural world: Rating NNNNHere's a two for one stand-up comedy special in an intimate bar on the east end, according to NOW Magazine. The promotional hashtag cedarnuts brings up a photo of two not Caucasian dudes on Instagram. See listing. This show explores what it means to be an outsider in our multicultural world. Habib Siam is a Lebanese cast away immigrant who's had to make friends with white kids in soccer shorts. Spoiler alert it involves dealing with immigration officers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

years: Politically, nothing has really moved over five years, there hasn't been any result, really, Ousmane Maiga told The Canadian Press during a recent visit to a bustling outdoor market in Mali's capital, Bamako, according to National Observer. Maybe with this election, it can change. The elections, scheduled for July 29, are being hailed as an important milestone for the country, which has been riven by political unrest and growing instability marked by widening internal divisions and frustration at the government. ; The hope among many Malians is that a successful presidential vote to be followed later this year by regional elections will begin to reverse the country's lagging fortunes and pave a path out of the current morass, which has endured for six long years. Because Malian citizens, the Malian population see that it's very important to make a good choice. And to also choose someone who is not included in corruption. To have someone who has a vision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border security: Americans are more closely divided on the question of whether enough is being done to prevent illegal immigration and whether the country has gone too far in welcoming immigrants, according to Toronto Star. Also, more people say they trust U.S. President Donald Trump than congressional Democrats to deal with the issue of border security. On other aspects of the immigration debate, however, a more mixed picture emerges. The support for Trump on the border security issue is especially evident in congressional districts considered key battlegrounds in this fall's midterm elections. EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Democrats appear more energized than Republicans about the fall elections, especially in battleground districts. A poll found nearly seven out of 10 Americans surveyed said they opposed the policy that separated immigrant children from their parents, compared with 29 per cent who said they supported the policy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

downtown toronto: In it he recounts getting into a cab in downtown Toronto and going to the new location of the Olga Korper Gallery that had recently relocated from Spadina Ave., where art galleries had clustered, to Morrow Ave, according to Toronto Star. Brampton's place as a cultural centre has been growing with independent efforts like the FOLD, a Festival of Literary Diversity. There's a passage in Robert Fulford's excellent 1995 book Accidental City The Transformation of Toronto that I think of often as it puts current notions of where culture is that is, where the exciting parts of the city are into perspective. Pictured here are, Zarqa Nawaz, right, creator of the Little Mosque on the Prairie, with her mother Parveen Nawaz and Jael Richardson, artistic director and founder of FOLD. Metroland file photo Morrow is a short, formerly industrial street off Dundas St. as it curves north to meet Roncesvalles Ave. One day the entire GTA could be part of that geography. Fulford's description of how far off the beaten path the gallery was is amusing to read in 2018 when Toronto's arts and culture scene has expanded far beyond Morrow, but it's instructive to see how our perception of cultural geography changes over time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

families: The move prompted mass outrage in the United States and internationally, according to The Chronicle Herald. After first blaming the practice on the Democrats, Trump on June 20 signed an executive order that stopped the separation of families. Because children can't be in jail with their parents, more than 2,300 families caught by Border Patrol were separated. A June 26 court order by a federal judge set a hard deadline to reunite the families, and that deadline is fast approaching. Trump administration officials have said 2,342 children were separated from 2,206 parents between May 5 and June 9. Here's where things stand THE NUMBERS It's still not clear how many children have been separated from families under the zero-tolerance policy, or how many remain separated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mac leod: Lisa Mac Leod, provincial minister in charge of immigration, urged Trudeau to commit federal resources to relieve overcrowding in Toronto's shelter system, according to The Chronicle Herald. About 800 refugee claimants and asylum seekers are staying in Toronto college residences that must be vacated on Aug. 9 before students return to campus. On Friday, the Ontario government said it faces a looming crisis next month if Ottawa doesn't help find space for refugees and asylum seekers currently sheltered in college dorms. Those college dormitories are for students who are returning in the fall, Mac Leod said. It is pressing. That space will be needed. ... This is something that is very urgent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant recruits: He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University, according to The Chronicle Herald. In 2016, Zhao enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of a special recruitment program offering immigrants in the country legally a path to citizenship. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. The future, he said, was bright. They traded being willing to risk their lives for the prospect of U.S. citizenship, a timeworn exchange that's drawn linguists, medical specialists and thousands of other immigrants to the military since the Revolutionary War. Now, he is one of the dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists struggling with abrupt, often unexplained military discharges and cancelled contracts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration attorneys: It was my dream to serve in the military, said reservist Lucas Calixto, a Brazilian immigrant who filed a lawsuit against the Army last week, according to CTV. Since this country has been so good to me, I thought it was the least I could do to give back to my adopted country and serve in the United States military. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures. Some of the service members say they were not told why they were being discharged. Spokespeople for the Pentagon and the Army said that, due to the pending litigation, they were unable to explain the discharges or respond to questions about whether there have been policy changes in any of the military branches. Others who pressed for answers said the Army informed them they'd been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defence Department had not completed background checks on them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

press conference: That couldn't happen just a few years ago, said Francis Delmonico, a high-profile U.S. transplant surgeon and former president of the society, according to CTV. The transplant society used to ban Chinese experts in the field from giving presentations at annual conferences, he told reporters at a press conference organised by the Chinese embassy in Madrid. But at the Transplantation Society's annual congress in Madrid this week, the tables turned as 150 Chinese experts took part -- an unprecedented number -- and one-time critics endorsed the country's organ donation system despite allegations it is far from transparent. The fact that there are so many Chinese professionals here reporting their experience is a very important testimony of the evolution of China, Delmonico added. But there are fears the practice goes on, with prisoners being reclassified as voluntary donors to get around the rules. China banned the use of executed prisoners' organs in 2015 and has set up a nationwide voluntary donation system instead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trudeau: It hasn't always been easy, according to Toronto Star. The federal government is there to be supportive, Trudeau said. I want to thank John for his continued leadership on this. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Mayor John Tory at City Hall on July 6, 2018. We're there for people in challenging situations. Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star Canadians, we're there for each other. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chinese characters: The focus will be on community events, civic news, education, dining, entertainment, and arts and culture, according to Vancouver Courier. Every Thursday, 2,500 copies will be delivered to racks at convenient locations throughout the community including the West Vancouver Memorial Library, Gleneagles Community Centre, Caulfeild Village Shopping Centre Safeway, North Shore Multicultural Society and Loblaws City Market at Park Royal North. Starting today July 5 you will see our familiar front page on the racks with our stories reproduced in simplified Chinese characters.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy'We ran for our lives' West 4th Avenue residents devastated by fire New social housing complex named after employee who died in hit-and-run Vancouver acting community rallies behind couple who lost everything in Kitsilano fire Once a week, our editor will curate a list of stories that have already run in the North Shore News and send them to Rise Media's professional translators to be written and for layout. According to the last census, nearly 5,000 West Vancouver residents speak Mandarin as their mother tongue 12.2 per cent of the population. Over the past decades we have seen a significant growth in immigration from mainland China. In North Vancouver, there are close to 3,000 Mandarin-speaking residents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government: It added, This mess was 100 per cent the result of the federal government, and the federal government should foot 100 per cent of the bills, according to Vancouver Courier. Source Office of the Premier of Ontario After what was reportedly a tense first meeting with the Ontario Premier, Prime Minister Trudeau came out alone to speak with media about his response to Ford's statement and their subsequent discussion. Ford's office released a statement July 5 that criticized the federal government for having encouraged illegal border-crossers to come into our country. article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy'We ran for our lives' West 4th Avenue residents devastated by fire How to cut down on waste this Christmas Vancouver acting community rallies behind couple who lost everything in Kitsilano firerelated Montreal becomes hot spot for Chinese real estate shoppers, says Juwai report The statement said, This has resulted in a housing crisis and threats to the services that Ontario families depend on. I spent a little time explaining to Ford how the asylum-seeking system works and how our system is supposed to operate, Trudeau told media in Toronto. Read Related Topics ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul 2018 Vancouver Courier Click here to take part in our readers survey At the same time, I agreed that it would be good for our officials to sit down and get clarity on how we can actually work together to ensure that we are holding true to our values but making sure that our immigration and refugee system is being applied in its integrity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wage increases: He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University, according to Vancouver Courier. In 2016, Zhao enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of a special recruitment program offering immigrants in the country legally a path to citizenship.article continues below Trending Stories'We ran for our lives' West 4th Avenue residents devastated by fire New social housing complex named after employee who died in hit-and-run Vancouver acting community rallies behind couple who lost everything in Kitsilano fire Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. The future, he said, was bright. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. Now, he is one of the dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists struggling with abrupt, often unexplained military discharges and cancelled contracts. It's just like you're dropped from heaven to hell, Zhao told The Associated Press on Friday. They traded being willing to risk their lives for the prospect of U.S. citizenship, a timeworn exchange that's drawn linguists, medical specialists and thousands of other immigrants to the military since the Revolutionary War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

case amnesty: Legally, our case has become much more compelling with many of the things that are being introduced under the Trump administration, Dench said, according to Vancouver Courier. When you have the U.S. government taking measures such as 'zero tolerance' and such as the Sessions/presidential decision, something that legally constrains asylum, that's something the court will have to look very carefully at. The case has been snaking its way through Federal Court for the last year, but this week saw a flurry of new filings by three additional applicants in the case Amnesty International, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the Canadian Council of Churches, all of them longtime critics of the agreement.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy Vancouver acting community rallies behind couple who lost everything in Kitsilano fire HOLinspired Friends of Vancouver High on Life vloggers pay tribute Pair arrested for X-rated balloon prank in Vancouver air space Recent changes in U.S. refugee policy, including a ruling by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying domestic and gang violence are no longer grounds for asylum, make the argument for challenging the agreement even stronger, said Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees. While the case itself is based on the plight of a Salvadoran woman and her daughters, it encompasses a broader challenge of the Safe Third Country agreement, or STCA, arguing it violates certain provisions of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The woman and her daughters faced the risks described when they sought entry to Canada as refugee claimants and were refused under the STCA. This same situation is also faced by a great number of other refugee claimants prevented from entering Canada by the STCA. Hundreds of pages of documents have been filed in Federal Court, including affidavits from refugee law experts, studies, reports and news clippings that detail the escalating risks faced by asylum seekers in the U.S. In her affidavit, the woman identified only as ABC says her family became a target of MS-13 after her husband helped El Salvador police identify a gang member who killed his brother in 1993. By returning refugee claimants to the U.S. and exposing them there to a serious risk of arbitrary, lengthy detention and refoulment deportation Canada violates their charter rights, the applicants argue in court documents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

children: The main child detention centre in Brownsville is in an old Walmart, its vast interior space filled now not with products manufactured by low-wage workers in distant foreign factories, but with 1,400 children penned inside of chain-link cages with Mylar sheets for comfort, according to Rabble. Southwest Key, the nonprofit agency that runs this detention center, actually calls it Casa Padre, Father's House, a painful reminder to so many children separated from their fathers. This is the epicentre of President Donald Trump's self-created immigrant family separation crisis, with at least 2,047 children torn from their parents' arms and imprisoned. Detention of immigrant families has been happening for years and even accelerated under President Barack Obama. Sessions promised, If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you. But, on May 7, the cruel triumvirate of Trump, his famously anti-immigrant adviser Stephen Miller and Attorney General Jeff Sessions enacted by fiat the zero tolerance policy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration policies: This has resulted in a housing crisis and threats to the services that Ontario families depend on, Ford's office said in the statement, according to CTV. This mess was 100 per cent the result of the federal government, and the federal government should foot 100 per cent of the bills. Moments before the meeting, Premier Doug Ford blamed the federal government's immigration policies for putting a strain on local and provincial resources, saying Trudeau's administration has encouraged people to cross into Canada illegally. The move drew swift backlash from the provincial Opposition and prompted the federal government to pledge ongoing efforts to alleviate the burden on provinces, while urging Ontario to participate in the process. I spent a little time explaining how the asylum-seeking system works and how our system is supposed to operate, he said. Emerging from the meeting alone, Trudeau suggested Ford may not fully understand Canada's international obligations when it comes to asylum seekers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration authorities: HHS said it's using DNA testing as a backup to confirm the parent-child link and speed up the process, according to CTV. However, Azar warned that entire families may remain in the custody of immigration authorities for extended periods, even those who are claiming asylum. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters that his department is ready to reunite children in its care with their parents, starting next Tuesday with those under age 5. Before the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy, migrants seeking asylum under U.S. laws were often granted temporary release as their cases were resolved. Of those, about 100 are under five years old. Azar also used a new and much higher number for migrant kids separated from their parents, under 3,000 as compared with the figure of 2,047 he provided at a Senate hearing last week. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

john mendez: The decision came in a lawsuit filed against the state by the Trump administration seeking to block all three laws, according to The Chronicle Herald. In an unusual move for a federal judge, John Mendez ended his opinion with pleas that it not be viewed through a political lens, and that Congress and the president set aside the partisan and polarizing politics dominating the current immigration debate to address the issue. California can limit police co-operation with immigration officials and require inspections of detention facilities but can't enforce a key part of a third state sanctuary law barring private employers from allowing immigration officials on their premises without a warrant, a U.S. judge ruled Thursday. There is no place for politics in our judicial system, and this one opinion will neither define nor solve the complicated immigration issues currently facing our nation, Mendez, who was nominated to the federal bench by Republican President George W. Bush, wrote in his opinion dated July 4. Today the federal court issued a strong ruling against federal government overreach, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. Mendez's mixed ruling allowed both sides to claim victory. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minute meeting: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, sits with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on July 5, 2018, according to Toronto Star. Hours earlier, Ford's government said it was ending federal-provincial agreement on asylum seekers. But Trudeau emerged from a 40-minute meeting with Ford at Queen's Park suggesting the rookie premier does not understand the complexities behind the migrant crisis currently straining Toronto shelter resources. Rene Johnston / Toronto Star It didn't seem to me that the premier was quite as aware of our international obligations to the UN Convention on Refugees as he might have been, the prime minister told reporters Thursday, after the leaders' first official meeting. I reassured the premier or I attempted to reassure the premier that the asylum-seeker stream is separate from the immigration stream, he said. So I spent a little time explaining how the asylum-seeking system works and how our system is supposed to operate, said Trudeau. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prison term: He says it's reasonable to assume that's because people are wearing less clothing and are outside more often, according to CTV. Voyeurism is defined in the Criminal Code as surreptitious observation or recording of someone who is in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy. Domenic Sinopoli, an inspector with the Toronto police sex crimes unit, says around 60 per cent of all voyeurism cases are reported during the summer. It's a crime that can come with a prison term of up to five years. Last month, a 29-year-old man was charged after he allegedly used his cellphone to take so-called upskirt photos of women inside a grocery store in Toronto's west end, and in May a camera was found in a Starbucks bathroom in the city's financial district, police said. Police say the number of instances where someone is being recorded or photographed inappropriately are growing -- and so is the market for such content. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.