ontario mp: He became a cabinet minister in 2006 and remained in Harper's inner circle until 2015, when the Conservatives were defeated by the Trudeau Liberals, according to Vancouver Courier. While he also held portfolios in international trade, public safety, intergovernmental affairs and sports, it was as House Leader that Van Loan spent most of his time. Ontario MP Peter Van Loan told a gathering of supporters at his farm on Sunday that he will retire from the House of Commons, effective Sept. 30.article continues below Trending Stories Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Art gallery moves east after 25 years Police investigating possible arson after early morning fires at Vancouver tennis, yacht clubs City seeks to expropriate Balmoral and Regent hotels Van Loan was first elected in the riding of York-Simcoe in 2004. It's also where he helped introduce some of the former government's most controversial legislation, including an ill-fated bill designed to ban women from wearing a niqab at citizenship ceremonies. Born in Niagara Falls, Ont., Van Loan threw his support behind neighbouring Simcoe-Grey MP Kellie Leitch during the 2016 Conservative Party leadership race, when she proposed screening immigrants for Canadian values. Van Loan also caused a near brawl in 2012 when he stormed across the floor of the House of Commons to confront New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen over an attempt by the NDP to have a vote on the then-Tory government's omnibus budget bill ruled invalid. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

food tent: I think it opens a gate for curiosity and questions, like to learn more about other people's culture so I think it's such a good event to be in, said Atadero who was offering sugar-free iced teas like rooibos from North Africa and black teas from China and India on a muggy Saturday in the festival's packed food tent, according to The Chronicle Herald. We have travel shows, sometimes when you watch something, you say oh my gosh, people eat that What does it taste like said Atadero, who moved to Dartmouth from the Philippines in 2014 to join her parents, who've lived here for seven years. But sometimes the tastes of different cultures come to you, Cherry Atadero pointed out at the Nova Multifest in Dartmouth. It opens your mind. Mariana Vidal also brought her love of food to Nova Scotia when she moved here with her husband from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. There's big differences but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy these differences so sometimes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fellow passenger: The plane was crowded as its crew prepared to take off, according to Rabble. Ersson stood up in the aisle, protesting that a fellow passenger, an Afghan refugee, was being deported. Elin Ersson, a young Swedish student, boarded a plane at the airport in Gothenburg, Sweden, bound for Istanbul. She was livestreaming as she spoke I'm not going to sit down until this person is off the plane, because he will most likely get killed if he is on this plane when it goes up. Turkish Airlines flight attendants tried to take her phone. The government officials accompanying the refugee tried to force her away from them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

islamaphobic incidents: I have noticed the recent incidents of harassment of Muslims taking place in various parts of Canada, including our very own beautiful province of Nova Scotia, according to The Chronicle Herald. Someone reached out to me about a string of Islamaphobic incidents in the message below Hello, Sister Rana. On occasion, I'm asked to help address social-justice issues. I am not really sure if you have heard about the father who was viciously beaten by the two men. The girl whose hijab was taken off while walking on the street or the threat that some mosque received ... and many, many more cases. Also, the fellow Canadian that was stopped from leaving at the store by a white Canadian. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

maude life: Maude Lewis's life has been the subject of a documentary and stage play, according to The Chronicle Herald. Recently a feature film on her life, called Maudie, was released 2017 staring Sally Hawkins, playing Maud Lewis, and Ethan Hawke, who plays her husband Everett. The house she and her husband, Everett Lewis, lived in and where she painted, was later installed as part of a permanent Maud Lewis exhibit in the care of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Participants gather for the mass and closing ceremonies for the World Acadian Congress in Grand Pre in this file photo from 2014. 31 July 2004 - The third Acadian World Congress, Le Congr s Mondial Acadien, was held for the first time in Nova Scotia. Informally known as the Acadian Reunion, the congr s is held every five years, with the next one planned for 2019 in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, August 10 to 24. 1 August 2010 - Mi'kmaq First Nations celebrated the 400th anniversary of St. Running from July 31st to August 15th, it marked the 400th of the arrival of the first French-speaking settlers in Canada with a festival of Acadian and Cajun culture and history. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

radio npr: Wolves had roamed the American park until the 1920s, when the last packs were killed by nearby ranchers, according to Toronto Star. Biologists believed reintroducing the animals would help control the burgeoning elk population and rebalance the ecosystem. Michael Lionstar Immigrant, Montana, by Amitava Kumar, Hamish Hamilton, 320 pages, 32 Hamish Hamilton In 1995, eight grey wolves were loaded onto a truck leaving Jasper, Alta., on a journey to their new home in Montana's Yellowstone National Park. Close to a decade later, Indian-born writer and journalist Amitava Kumar was listening to National Public Radio NPR when a news item caught his attention. Kumar discovered later that the small outpost was actually called Emigrant, but my misunderstanding seemed more interesting, and spoke to my identity, he says by phone from his home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he is a professor at Vassar College. Wolf Number Three, who had developed a taste for sheep, had been shot by federal officers at a ranch north of Yellowstone, in a place called Immigrant, Montana. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

adrian wyld: Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO There is a challenge, but it is not a crisis, Goodale said during the rare, midsummer hearings by the Commons immigration committee, according to Toronto Star. Words always matter in politics, but it is striking to see just how much they count in the whole debate over asylum-seekers at Canada's borders. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel circulated a video essentially arguing that Liberals are playing with words to make the border controversy even more divisive. Are we talking about irregular or illegal crossings That's an ongoing controversy all on its own. Rempel prefers to use the word illegal, for reasons she explains in the video. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel did a little video on that very question earlier this month and circulated it on social media, essentially arguing that Liberals are playing with these words to make the controversy even more divisive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

air base: Trump's promise of unspecified punishing action marks the latest deterioration in relations between Turkey and the U.S. as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers expand two years after a failed coup against his government, according to CTV. Trump also has praised his counterpart, saying Erdogan's leadership is getting very high marks. Turkey's response was both harsh and dismissive, calling his words unacceptable and a cheap threat. The U.S has long depended on a key air base in Turkey's south, most recently to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State group. On Wednesday, he was let out of jail after 1 1/2 years, transferred to house arrest because of health problems, according to Turkey's official Anadolu news agency. Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson was first detained by Turkish authorities in the aftermath of the failed 2016 coup. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: Fewer than 50,000 refugees arrived in Canada last year, according to Toronto Star. This qualifies as a minor challenge for Canada, not a crisis. This qualifies as a crisis for these countries. Scott Heaslip, Stouffville Article Continued Below react-empty 111 Read more about Middle East WHEN IT COMES TO EXPERT ADVICE, COME TO US.NEW NEWSLETTERADVICESIGN UP (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

liberties union: He pointed out that many of the families were reunited while in custody then turned his attention to 431 children whose parents have been deported, according to The Chronicle Herald. The government is at fault for losing several hundred parents in the process and that's where we go next, the judge said. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said the government gets great credit after reunifying more than 1,800 children 5 and over with parents or sponsors by Thursday's court-imposed deadline. Sabraw ordered the government and the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the parents, to submit written updates every Thursday on still-separated families. In late June, the judge gave the government 14 days to reunify children under 5 and 30 days to reunite children 5 and older with their families. The order signalled slightly looser oversight than Sabraw imposed last month with frequent hearings to make sure his deadline was met. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ethnocultural dna: Holness spearheaded the petition with the community group Montreal in Action; the group wants the city to develop a strategy for dealing with discrimination and to diversify its workforce They have three years to show Montrealers that they want inclusion and if they do not do that, well, we're going to have to democratically fire them and elect new candidates, new representatives that adequately reflect the interests and the ethnocultural DNA of all Montrealers, he said, according to CTV. Holness said the city has 21 days to respond and to set up a timeline for the public consultations. McGill law student Balarama Holness filed the petition at city hall Friday after it gathered 20,000 signatures 5,000 more than the city requires to force a consultation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

form opinions: I had a limited frame of reference to form opinions about other cultures, according to The Chronicle Herald. Now, 30 years later, I have lived and worked in large and small cities and travelled to many countries. Growing up in New Brunswick in the '70s and early '80s and then university and a professional career in Nova Scotia in the '90s, I did not experience much cultural diversity. I love the experiences in a new city or country because of the unique sights, sounds, food, language, customs and more. Upon my return I found each of the Atlantic provinces to be more diverse than when I left. I also loved coming home to the unique quality of life in Atlantic Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sentencing hearing: Honour and shame, that's what this is all about, special prosecutor Anna Emmons told jurors, according to CTV. You heard him say honour is a big deal to him. Prosecutors say Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was enraged when Nesreen Irsan left home to marry a Christian and convert to Christianity, so he orchestrated the killings of his son-in-law and his daughter's close friend who had encouraged the marriage. And the only way to clean that honour is to kill. Irsan faces life in prison or the death penalty. Irsan's trial in Houston lasted five weeks, but jurors deliberated for just 35 minutes Thursday before convicting him in the deaths of Coty Beavers and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, according to the Houston Chronicle . A sentencing hearing was set to begin Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

press conference: The continuing debate around updating the Health and Physical Education Curriculum dates back to 2010 when then premier Dalton McGuinty backed down on changes to the 1998 document . Kathleen Wynne had just moved to the Transportation Ministry after having served as the Minister of Education who oversaw the changes, according to Toronto Star. She was premier in 2015 when the updates were reintroduced to protests. The Health and Physical Education Curriculum, however, has become a lightening rod for controversy with all sides exaggerating what it can and cannot do. Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals presents the revised Health and Physical Education curriculum at a press conference at Queen's Park in 2015. While school boards wait for clarification, from government and lawyers, about what the latest roll back will mean in practice, all sides should note that curriculum is not a lesson plan, curriculum documents are not the only things that govern education and individual teachers have a lot of responsibility. Galit Rodan / THE CANADIAN PRESS The current round of protests was triggered when the Ford government announced the roll back to the 1998 document on its first day in power. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

deal: The speedy receiver began his CFL career with the Ticats 2011-12 and earned the league's top rookie and outstanding special-teams player awards over his two seasons, before ultimately going to court to get out of his deal in order to pursue opportunities south of the border.article continues below Trending Stories Snowbirds air show part of entertainment lined up for Honda Celebration of Light Ready to go boom on board the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge Amanda Tapping on coping with miscarriage Distraught gardeners reap crop of disappointment The five-foot-nine, 155-pound Williams will start at slotback when Hamilton 2-3 hosts the Ottawa Redblacks 3-2 at Tim Hortons Field in a battle of the East Division's top two clubs, according to Vancouver Courier. Ah man, it's done with, Williams said following Friday's walkthrough. Hamilton re-acquired Williams as part of the five-play deal Sunday night that sent quarterback Johnny Manziel to the Montreal Alouettes. I have a job to do and I'm going to focus on that. Just go my thing and the rest will take care of itself. It's a business, first and foremost. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

liberties union: Sabraw ordered the government and the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the parents, to submit written updates every Thursday on still-separated families, according to Vancouver Courier. The order signalled slightly looser oversight than Sabraw imposed last month with frequent hearings to make sure his deadline was met. The government is at fault for losing several hundred parents in the process and that's where we go next, the judge said. In late June, the judge gave the government 14 days to reunify children under 5 and 30 days to reunite children 5 and older with their families. Each department was like its own stovepipe, each had its own boss, and they did not communicate, he said. Sabraw said the problem could not be repeated, describing how Homeland Security, Health and Human Services and Justice departments didn't have a system to keep track of the families that were separated when the administration introduced a zero tolerance policy toward illegal entry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rohingya refugees: His mission bringing colour and art to one of the most dismal places in the world.article continues below Trending Stories Snowbirds air show part of entertainment lined up for Honda Celebration of Light Ready to go boom on board the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge Amanda Tapping on coping with miscarriage Distraught gardeners reap crop of disappointment Amid the sea of makeshift bamboo-and-tarp shelters dotting the rolling hills of Kutupalong, some huts are now painted over with colorful murals, according to Vancouver Courier. Each mural is a collection of stories from the lives of Rohingya refugees and their hopes for the future. Unlike many other foreigners, he wasn't an aid worker in one of the biggest camps for Myanmar's persecuted minority in southern Bangladesh. Frieder and his partner Joel Bergner run a public art organization called Artolution. You might have food, you might have water, you might have shelter, but there are many deep-rooted psychological traumas that refugees around the world are facing today, Frieder said. They've made hundreds of large-scale murals around the world, particularly with communities living in conflict zones, from Syrian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon to the Gaza Strip and Israel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-immigration messaging: Their slogan says Halifax stands in solidarity against racism and across borders, according to Toronto Star. Art Bouman and his group are combating racism and anti-immigration messaging with a new sticker campaign. The group ordered 1,000 stickers to counter that messaging. Contributed This sticker campaign was born after Art Bouman and his group discovered racist and anti-immigration messages around the city. Bouman said when they discovered the stickers had been plastered throughout the city, members of his group walked around removing any they found and replaced them with their own pro-migrant, anti-white supremacist stickers and posters. Contributed The initiative came about after Bouman and members of his group say they stumbled upon up to 100 racist, anti-immigration stickers plastered on poles and posts between south end Halifax and Fairview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anglican church: Luke's Anglican Church in Hubbards, and a day of workshops and community fellowship at the Black Cultural Centre in Cherry Brook on Friday, Aug. 3, according to The Chronicle Herald. It's a visit that's been 30 years in the making, dating back to when Toronto Mass Choir director and educator Karen Burke co-founded the ensemble with her husband Oswald in 1988, facilitated more recently by her former student Owen O'Sound Lee's arrival in Halifax to become the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's musical director. But the Toronto team of 54 singers, musicians and support isn't coming all this way just to raise the roof at one show, there's also a Thursday night performance by the choir on Aug. 2 at St. My husband and I actually travelled to Halifax six years ago, and we had lunch with the executive of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, recalls Burke over the phone from Toronto. But with Owen coming to Halifax and becoming their director, it made this trip a little more possible, with someone there on the ground that knows all about our ministry and what we do. We talked about how nice it would be if we could get our choirs together, and since this was the first time we'd met, we were just sort of dreaming about it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

brands: Given that more than 30 brands have already entered Canada or plans to this year, 2018 could exceed that number, according to Toronto Star. Well-surpassing the annual average of more than 30 retailers debuting in Canada since 2014, a record-high number of new retailers entered the country in 2017. According to Patterson, founder of industry publication Retail Insider, 2017 was a record-breaking year for international retailers entering Canada with at least 50 new arrivals. Dan Pearce/Metroland / Dan Pearce/Metroland In the 80s, we've started seeing more brands coming into Canada unfortunately we've seen these Canadian brands as a result die because some of these Canadian retailers never had to innovate, Patterson said. Instead, Lululemon and Aritzia are bucking the trend of Canadian brands shrinking by expanding overseas, he added. Homegrown brand Le Chateau, which Patterson said is struggling could be the next casualty in the new retail landscape shaped by new entrants like Uniqlo, Miniso, and Muji . It's a retailer from a bygone era. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

n.s .,: As well, the band pointed out in court there are 25 band members on a waiting list for housing, according to The Chronicle Herald. Justice Gregory Warner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, in a decision released Thursday, concluded Toney can stay in the home west of Kentville, N.S., mainly because a 2013 federal statute recognizes the equality rights of spouses in such situations, regardless of gender, race or ethnic origin. Marlene Toney's occupancy became an issue for the Annapolis Valley First Nation because, under the Indian Act, reserve lands are held by the federal Crown in trust for the exclusive benefit of First Nation bands. Warner said the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act was introduced to fill a legislative gap with respect to property rights between spouses living on reserves when they separate or one of them dies. The home in question was built in 1979 for former chief Lawrence Toney and his first wife with a 23,000 federal grant. Clearly, when Parliament passed the act and recognized the matrimonial status of both partners, irrespective of whether both were First Nation members or Indians, it was an intentional modification to ... the Indian Act, Warner wrote in his decision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

family display: The church is encouraging people to take selfies and share them online, according to CTV. The Episcopalian church's dean and rector, the Rev. The mirror with Every Family IsHoly written above it encased behind fencing and topped with barbed wire outside Christ Church Cathedral on downtown Indianapolis. Stephen Carlsen, told The Indianapolis Star that he changed the display so visitors can envision themselves enduring the pain felt by detained and separated families. U.S. President Donald Trump has since reversed his policy separating families detained at the border. The caged Holy Family display appeared earlier in July. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration policy: The policy quickly backfired amid global outrage from political and religious leaders and daily headlines about crying children taken from their parents, according to The Chronicle Herald. President Donald Trump ended the practice, but a federal judge in San Diego ordered the government to reunite all the families by the end of Thursday. The federal government was under a Thursday deadline to reunify more than 2,500 children separated from their parents under a new immigration policy designed to deter immigrants from coming here illegally. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw has indicated some leeway given the enormity of the task, which would continue past the deadline. An additional 378 were reunited with parents in different locations around the country or given to sponsors, who are often relatives or close family members. As of Thursday morning, the government said it reunited 1,442 children 5 and older with their parents in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

parents u.s: The policy quickly backfired amid global outrage from political and religious leaders and daily headlines about crying children taken from their parents, according to CTV. U.S. President Donald Trump ended the practice, but a federal judge in San Diego ordered the government to reunite all the families by the end of Thursday. The federal government was under a Thursday deadline to reunify more than 2,500 children separated from their parents under a new immigration policy designed to deter immigrants from coming here illegally. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw has indicated some leeway given the enormity of the task, which would continue past the deadline. An additional 378 were reunited with parents in different locations around the country or given to sponsors, who are often relatives or close family members. As of Thursday morning, the government said it reunited 1,442 children 5 and older with their parents in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

residency status: The offer was later rescinded after the company learned Haseeb did not have permanent status in Canada though he was eligible for a three-year postgraduate work permit to stay in the country, according to Toronto Star. Muhammad Taimoor Haseeb, a McGill University engineering grad, said he hopes a human rights ruling that bars employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their residency status, will benefit other jobseekers. The decision follows a complaint from Muhammad Taimoor Haseeb, a former international student at McGill University who was offered a position as an engineer in Sarnia by Imperial Oil in 2014. RANA MOGHEES / PHOTO The case is believed to be the first employment-related complaint in Canada related to citizenship and could have far-reaching implications for employers who turn down applicants based on residency status. We are very pleased with the tribunal decision. The decision could also have an impact on job-seekers with temporary status in securing employment as postgraduate work experience has become an increasingly important stepping stone for permanent residency in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

richard longley: And there are buildings in plain sight that contain unseen stories, histories, industries, businesses and ideas, according to NOW Magazine. For NOW's third Hidden Toronto Issue, we spotlight 15 worth investigating. 1 of 5Expand The Junction Jewel Box is set for demolition, but its decorative terracotta tiles may be saved after all. 2 of 5Expand Photos by Richard Longley 3 of 5Expand 4 of 5Expand 5 of 5Expand Prev Next1. In Toronto, there are places so mysterious, they might as well be invisible. JOHN SHELLEY TURNER'S TERRACOTTA JEWEL BOX, 20 Jerome In the 1890s, 30 years before he began work on the Canadian War Memorial at Vimy, sculptor Walter Allward refined his skills by making moulds for decorative terracotta tiles at the Don Valley Brick Works. The house was included in the book Terra Cotta Artful Deceivers, by Alec Keefer, published by Architectural Conservancy Ontario in 1996. In 1905, John Shelley Turner built 20 Jerome Street and covered it with terracotta tiles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.