island nations: We will work with the agencies to make sure we can repatriate these people back to their country of origin, once we understand the facts of the matter, Dutton told reporters, according to Vancouver Courier. Vietnamese asylum seekers have been accepted by Australia as legitimate refugees in the past. Australia has virtually stopped such boat arrivals by using the navy to turn them back and sending asylum seekers who arrive by ship to immigration camps on the poor Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru.article continues below Trending StoriesCTV Vancouver reveals its 'major refresh' as former anchor prepares to give her side of the story Help desperately wanted Squamish businesses held back by lack of staff A morning paddle with orcas highlights transient whales' return to Howe Sound Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. But a group of people recently arrived in northeast Australia on a fishing boat from Vietnam, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said. But Vietnamese have also been intercepted at sea by Australian authorities, had their refugee claims rejected at sea and been sent back to their homeland. Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan said 15 asylum seekers had been detained and authorities were searching for others from the Vietnamese boat, which was reported on Sunday.A previous government announced on July 19, 2013, that any asylum seeker who arrived by boat would not be allowed to settle in Australia. Dutton blamed a failure of surveillance for the boat reaching Cape Kimberley in the World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest north of Cairns in Queensland state. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nfl players: As a new season is set to kick off September 6, the National Football League will fine players who refuse to stand for the anthem, according to NOW Magazine. The American public has been conditioned to consider the anthem-singing ritual at sporting events as a demonstration of patriotism. The controversy surrounding whether NFL players should be allowed to kneel to protest the shooting of unarmed Black men by police during the pre-game singing of the U.S. national anthem is raging once again. Hands over their hearts, they will solemnly turn their faces toward the American flag held by military or quasi-military personnel while someone, preferably a celebrity, sings. There were more stanzas to the song recognizing the birth of a nation that expose the cowardice and hypocrisy that lie at its core. Oh say can you see . Francis Scott Key is credited with writing the lyrics in 1814, but only the first stanza of John Stafford Smith's composition makes up the anthem. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

party policy: Scheer said Conservatives recognize that there are many Canadians who have been born in Canada by parents who have come here to stay and who have contributed greatly, according to Vancouver Courier. I will not end the core policy that facilitates this. Tories who attended the biennial convention in Halifax passed a new party policy, which is non-binding, that calls for the government to enact legislation to end birthright citizenship in Canada unless one of the parents of the child born in Canada is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. article continues below Trending Stories Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Earthview images show smoke from B.C. wildfires is spreading across Canada Gangs of Vancouver Lose the shirt and free the nipple Sunday in Vancouver Critics on social media accused the Conservatives of supporting a policy that could lead to stateless children, prompting Scheer to issue a statement late Sunday saying that while the policy did not specifically target ending birth tourism, ending birth tourism will be among the objectives of our policy. Unlike Justin Trudeau, I will safeguard it against abuse, said Scheer. Dench said the impact of the policy would go way beyond its intent if indeed the objective is in fact to combat birth tourism. Janet Dench, the executive director of Canadian Council for Refugees, says there is no meaningful data to suggest that birth tourism is an actual problem and that if the measure came into force, the vast majority of people affected would not at all be people who come for birth tourism reasons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

end: At Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant elementary school in Montreal's north end, the red, orange and grey-painted extension protrudes from the original building's backside, swallowing part of the paved schoolyard, according to National Observer. Marie-Jose Mastromonaco, a school board commissioner and its vice-president, said many of her board's 150 schools had been expanding internally over the years, turning less frequently used spaces such as libraries into classrooms. As the first week of the Quebec election campaign comes to end and as thousands of children return to school, teachers and their unions want the four main political parties to make a pledge reinvest massively in education instead of dogmatically striving to balance the budget. We got to a point where we transformed everything that was transformable, she said in an interview, sitting inside one of the new classrooms in the extension. This is to give a little bit of breathing room. Some schools don't have libraries, no dedicated music rooms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian: Second, it presumes that Canadian immigration should turn almost exclusively on economic demand, according to Toronto Star. A scene from Iqaluit, Nunavut, in 2015. First, it presumes that immigration this century remains primarily a southern Canadian phenomenon that is, that most people will invariably move to southern cities such as Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. Canadian immigration and migration this century will be increasingly northern in character, and will be driven more by national strategy and geopolitics than by traditional economic considerations, writes Irvin Studin. In other words, Canadian immigration and migration this century will be increasingly northern in character, and will be driven more by national strategy and geopolitics than by traditional economic considerations. Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS In fact, reports of continuous, aggressive ice-melting in the Arctic this summer part of a long-term, accelerating trend only serve to confirm that Canada will need many more people in the North in the coming decades. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rank intolerance: On culture and diversity, the increasingly angry, name-calling debate between Liberals and Conservatives echoes the 2015 election, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Conservatives fumbled the diversity issue and lost. Driving votes, they risk driving social divisions and internal schisms, as the Conservatives learned last week. The winning Liberals adopted it as a mandate item and badge of honour. They dismiss opposition as rank intolerance. In office, Justin Trudeau's Liberals have promoted diversity, welcomed refugees, increased regular immigration and promised higher future targets. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

miles kilometres: The 69-year-old LePage experienced discomfort on Saturday while visiting family in New Brunswick, Peter Steele, a spokesman for the governor, said in a prepared statement, according to Vancouver Courier. Steele said LePage was taken by ambulance to Presque Isle in northern Maine, and then transported about 160 miles 257 kilometres to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where he arrived at 11 30 p.m. Paul LePage was in stable condition and under observation at a Bangor hospital on Sunday after experiencing discomfort while visiting family in Canada. Saturday.article continues below Trending Stories Gangs of Vancouver Vancouver Bird of the Week Anna's Hummingbird The smoke choking B.C. is another reason to oppose the Trans Mountain pipeline, doctor says Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Steele said LePage was doing well on Sunday but added that the hospital was keeping the governor hospitalized overnight Sunday for more observation. Doctors said he is very strong and healthy. ... The governor is stable and is expected to make a full recovery, Steele said. He did not provide specific details about the nature of LePage's discomfort, but described the governor as in good spirits while in the ambulance before resting comfortably at the hospital. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stories gangs: It's also a quality that friends, family and admirers recalled fondly at The Rooms, an art gallery and museum overlooking the St, according to Vancouver Courier. John's Harbour, as they paid tribute to the esteemed painter's life on Saturday night. I think everything is complex and worthy of conjecture and worthy of a look, worthy of a close look, she said in an interview with the National Gallery of Canada in 2015.article continues below Trending Stories Gangs of Vancouver The smoke choking B.C. is another reason to oppose the Trans Mountain pipeline, doctor says As insurance companies 'jump out of trampoline business,' region's centres under intense pressure Vancouver police lay charges against driver of stolen truck involved in Saturday night collisions Pratt's unmatched talent for depicting the mysterious beauty in the detail of everyday things her hyper-real paintings of jelly jars on the window sill, a bloody fish in the sink, salmon on crinkled tinfoil captured the hearts and minds of art lovers across the country and around the world. Pratt was born in Fredericton but considered Newfoundland and Labrador her adopted home, where she raised her children and produced much of the work she would become famous for. Guests lined up to write their condolences for the artist, leaving messages such as, You changed the way I see the light every morning. She died this month at the age of 83. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

all-asian cast: For many older, first-generation Asian immigrants, going to the movies doesn't rank high among hobbies and interests, according to CTV. The crowds, the language barrier and ticket prices are often turnoffs. Younger Asian-Americans have been flocking with their parents to see the first movie in 25 years with an all-Asian cast. But the appeal of Crazy Rich Asians, the story of a culture clash that erupts when an Asian-American woman from New York meets her boyfriend's family in Singapore, has bridged a real-life generation gap. An adaptation of Kevin Kwan's bestselling novel, the rom-com is poised to hit the 100 million mark due to its popularity and a lack of strong competition in the next month, com Score senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. Earning more than 40 million since its Aug. 15 release, the film already has a sequel in development. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bernier: For example, on August 12 he chillingly tweeted, Cultural balkanisation brings distrust, social conflict, and potentially violence, as we are seeing everywhere, according to Rabble. It's time we reverse this trend before the situation gets worse. Bernier says the party has 'all but abandoned its core conservative principles.' Bernier has chosen to attack extreme multiculturalism and ever more diversity and has been repeatedly tweeting these views to his 53,600 Twitter followers. More diversity will not be our strength, it will destroy what has made us such a great country. There are suggestions that Bernier left for reasons of ego and sour grapes after having lost to Scheer in a 13th round 51-49 leadership vote in May 2017, and while that's very likely true, that doesn't negate a longer-term plan and a very real threat. Scheer dismissed the criticism of his leadership and said, It's been the Conservative caucus that has been fighting for planned and orderly immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

half-dozen languages: The melding of a half-dozen languages created a soft murmur, the adults smiled at each other, and the 20 or so kids sharing the monkey bars required neither peacekeepers nor translators, according to The Chronicle Herald. The scene made us feel proud of our gritty old city, and I half expected a video crew from the prime minister's team to show up to capture a perfect Canadian multicultural moment footage suitable for use in the Liberal party's 2019 election ads. At the time, we were hanging around the playground and the roller-blading oval with our grandkids, alongside families that hailed from every habitable continent on the globe. Still, I can't quite turn our pleasant summer afternoon into a Hallmark moment. You see, numbers matter when it comes to territory whether a park or a nation or a refugee camp. For while I loved the day, I later wondered how peaceful the playground would have been if 100 kids not 24 had been clamouring to mount the climbing wall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration court: Government officials say the devices are effective in getting people to show up to immigration court, but that they stop working once deportation proceedings begin, according to CTV. The reason, according to attorneys and people who wore the devices or helped monitor those wearing them Some immigrants simply ditch them and disappear. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is issuing thousands of 5.5-ounce 155-gram ankle monitors that immigrants call grilletes, or electronic shackles, spelling big profits for GEO Group, the country's second largest private prison contractor. Immigrant advocates and legal experts argue, meanwhile, that the devices -- which are commonly used for criminal parolees -- are inappropriate and inhumane for people seeking U.S. asylum. Congress first established the program in 2002, though GPS monitors grew more common as deportations rose to record levels under President Barack Obama's administration, averaging more than 385,000 annually from 2008-2012. The American Bar Association has called doing so a form of restriction on liberty similar to detention, rather than a meaningful alternative to detention. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

maxime bernier: But with Maxime Bernier now recruiting members to his own party, while some grassroots Tories continue to push divisive issues into the limelight, concerns have emerged about rifts developing within the Conservative Party of Canada, according to CTV. Party leader Andrew Scheer says he is not worried. The three-day Conservative policy convention in Halifax was anything but boring. People who supported Bernier did so because of the ideas he promoted, Scheer says -- ideas that are largely the ideology and policies of the Conservative party. All those people who are really excited to have a government that prioritizes those things find themselves at home and welcome and a main part of the party as it is now. When you're talking about free enterprise, when you're talking about unleashing the power of the private sector, getting government less involved in managing the economy and leaving that more and more to free enterprise -- those are things our party stands for, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rohingya crisis: Rohingya refugees protest on the first anniversary of the Rohingya crisis August 25 in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, according to Toronto Star. Myanmar's military crackdown on the ethnic Muslim minority forced over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh from violence and torture. More than 15,000 gathered in the morning on a hilltop in the Kutupalong refugee camp, part of a sprawling web of settlements that are now home to nearly 900,000 Rohingya who have fled Burma to escape violence. The United Nations has stated that it is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Thousands were killed in the violence. 25th August Black Day, one banner announced Saturday. Paula Bronstein / GETTY IMAGES The camps exploded in size last year after Burma's army launched a wave of anti-Rohingya attacks on Aug. 25, with some 700,000 Rohingya eventually pouring across the border. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

susan nguyen: People are more likely to match with someone from the same ethnic background, according to Toronto Star. So Bille's family sprang into action, racing to get as many people tested as possible. Susan Nguyen's 25-year-old brother, Bille, was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma in January, but the pool of minorities in the Canadian stem-cell registry is tiny. Susan and Bille Nguyen are looking to raise awareness for stem cell donors from ethnic minority groups. She's since worked to get the word out for other minorities to register as stem cell donors however, it's been a challenge. Kevin Tuong / For Star Metro Edmonton Then, in July, it turned out that Susan herself was a match. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: For example, on August 12 he chillingly tweeted, Cultural balkanisation brings distrust, social conflict, and potentially violence, as we are seeing everywhere, according to Rabble. It's time we reverse this trend before the situation gets worse. Bernier says the party has 'all but abandoned its core conservative principles.' Bernier has chosen to attack extreme multiculturalism and ever more diversity and has been repeatedly tweeting these views to his 53,600 Twitter followers. More diversity will not be our strength, it will destroy what has made us such a great country. There are suggestions that Bernier left for reasons of ego and sour grapes after having lost to Scheer in a 13th round 51-49 leadership vote in May 2017, and while that's very likely true, that doesn't negate a longer-term plan and a very real threat. Scheer dismissed the criticism of his leadership and said, It's been the Conservative caucus that has been fighting for planned and orderly immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

west africa: Almost 10 years later, King would join other prominent African Nova Scotians, such as David George and Thomas Peters, in recruiting emigrants for a colony in West Africa for Sierra Leone. 28 August, 1781 Annapolis Royal is captured and plundered by New England privateers, according to The Chronicle Herald. Prominent citizens John Ritchie and Thomas Williams are taken hostage but later released. By January 1784, the community had a population of 1,521 with the largest free black settlement in North America. Ritchie would later became a justice of the peace and was elected a member of the Provincial Assembly. She became an active community member and fundraiser in many causes, such as health, the post-secondary sector and cultural institutions. Nova Scotia family names connected to the Ritchie families are LeCain, Easson, Spurr, Elliott, Hindon, Copeland, Gormley, King and McClafferty. 29 August, 2012 Ruth Miriam Goldbloom n e Schwartz died b. 1923 . Born in New Waterford to immigrant parents, educated at Mount Allison and McGill, she met her husband, Richard Goldbloom at McGill and later moved to Halifax in 1967. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

conte: Conte referred to declarations made at an EU summit in late June promising to help Italy and other Mediterranean countries deal with the burden of migrants rescued from human traffickers' unseaworthy boats.article continues below Trending StoriesCTV Vancouver reveals its 'major refresh' as former anchor prepares to give her side of the story Here's what we know about Matthew Navas-Rivas, Vancouver's 12th murder victim of 2018Neptune 5 testing the wave-power waters off Point Grey Want to head into Whistler's backcountry Whistler wants you to be prepared In his role as head of a nearly three-month-old populist coalition government, Conte said Italy under current conditions doesn't consider it possible to express adhesion to a proposed budget that underpins a policy so incoherent on the social level, according to Vancouver Courier. Earlier in the week, some in the government threatened to withhold nearly 20 billion euros 23 billion in contributions to the EU if member nations didn't volunteer to take the last group of rescued migrants reaching Italy. Italy must take note that the 'spirit of solidarity is struggling to translate into concrete acts, Conte said in a statement. Brussels sharply reminded Italy it was legally obliged to pay. Just before Conte announced the drama's resolution, Salvini told party supporters at a rally in northern Italy that a Sicily-based prosecutor, Luigi Patronaggio, had put him under investigation for suspected abduction for refusing to let the migrants disembark. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the anti-migrant League party, refused to let the migrants off the coast guard vessel Diciotti until other EU nations pledged to take the asylum-seekers, most of them young men from Eritrea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

camp: Thousands were killed in the violence. 25th August Black Day, one banner announced Saturday, according to Vancouver Courier. The protesters men, women and children marched through the muddy camp, chanting slogans such as No more genocide, we want justice. More than 15,000 gathered in the morning on a hilltop in the Kutupalong refugee camp, part of a sprawling web of settlements that are now home to nearly 900,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar to escape violence.article continues below Trending StoriesCTV Vancouver reveals its 'major refresh' as former anchor prepares to give her side of the story Here's what we know about Matthew Navas-Rivas, Vancouver's 12th murder victim of 2018Massive fire destroys East Vancouver printing business Michael's story the life and death of a homeless man The camps exploded in size last year after Myanmar's army launched a wave of anti-Rohingya attacks on Aug. 25, with some 700,000 Rohingya eventually pouring across the border. At a mass prayer rally, one speaker repeatedly shouted, Who are we to which the crowd responded in chorus Rohingya! Rohingya! Most people cried as they raised their hands while an imam who led the prayer sought God's blessings, saying, Please consider the people who have been killed as martyrs and place them in heaven. Newly setup shops inside the camp were closed during the protest, which lasted several hours. Some of the protesters carried paper flags of Myanmar. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cpc-bernier schism: While a deepening rift between Bernier and CPC Leader Andrew Scheer has become apparent over the past year, fresh drama unfolded this week after Bernier issued a series of embittered, racist tweets criticizing Trudeau's extreme multiculturalism and cult of diversity as conspiracies to consolidate government power, and calling immigrants and newcomers threats to Canadian read settler, white identity, according to Rabble. Bernier's racism runs deep. Does the CPC-Bernier schism represent a conservative implosion And if so, how does this bode for Canadian federal politics Let's rewind. Just days earlier, writes Pamela Palmater, he unleashed a string of vitriolic tweets trashing the Liberal government's plan to follow the TRC's recommendations and designate a statutory holiday in commemoration of the structural violence inflicted on Indigenous communities by the residential school system. Read about the national commemorative holiday here. Bernier called the proposed holiday another sick characteristic of extreme PC political correctness and multiculturalism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

food preparation: The placements are broken up into four categories sewing, gardening and farming, leather work, and food preparation, according to CTV. Now we're focusing more on an employment area so that we could help them get used to workplace culture, interact with local employers and then have an opportunity in the future to update their resume and potentially get a job faster, said Trevor Pfahl of Altered Minds Inc. For the first time, students in Altered Minds Inc.'s Living English program will concentrate on English four days a week and attend a workplace for the fifth. The program worked with eight employer partners who helped facilitate the placements. It is funded by Manitoba's Refugee Employment Development Initiative. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

g licence: Four months after settling in Mississauga, the 40-year-old Aleppo native had passed his G1 exam and got a G2 licence and hoped to land a job so he could help support his family of 12 in their adopted country, according to Toronto Star. Shyesh Al-Turki is headed to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on Friday to fight for changes to a licensing process he says is discrimantory for refugees from war-torn countries. With 15 years of driving experience behind him, Al-Turki was keen to get a job as a deliveryman or as an Uber or taxi driver after he and his family arrived in Canada in 2016. Rick Madonik / Toronto Star But Al-Turki soon found out he'd have to wait a full year before he could get a restriction-free full licence unless he could provide the transportation ministry with written authentication of his Syrian licence an impossible demand for someone from a war-torn country where there's no longer a licensing agency to verify the document. Changing this policy will help a lot of people find work. On Friday, Al-Turki will appear before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to argue how the 12-month waiting period for a G2 licence-holder to graduate to a full licence and the requirement of written authentication discriminates against refugee drivers from war-torn countries where such documentation is out of reach. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i love: And then she got in the car and she was waving at me through the window, according to CTV. And I waved back at her until I couldn't see the car anymore He got to know his wife Madison McCool from Alabama in a Facebook group. I hugged her and she was crying. The two shared a common interest in superheroes. I love him. Klassen says she came to visit him in Saskatoon in December. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

japanese descent: Unfortunately, during the Second World War, that same house saw its confiscation from the Kogawa family by the Canadian government, according to Rabble. A similar fate awaited other houses, properties, boats and farms belonging to Japanese Canadians after the Pearl Harbour attack. It is a privilege to be in a place that saw some of the childhood years of one of the most important literary figures in Canada, the poet and novelist of Japanese descent, Joy Kogawa. Joy Kogawa and her family, along with 22,000 Canadian Japanese, were banned from living anywhere within 100 miles of the Pacific Coast and were forcibly sent to internment camps throughout B.C. and other parts of Canada. That decision, which by today's standards seems arbitrary and unfair, was actually perfectly legal -- approved by Canada's Parliament, the country's main newspapers and a majority of Canadians. In the case of Joy Kogawa and her family, they were interned in the small town of Slocan, in the Kootenays. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

maxime bernier: The Boy on the Beach 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, who drowned in the Mediterranean on Sept. 2, 2015, according to Toronto Star. Maxime Bernier announced his abandonment of the federal Tories on Thursday on the heels of a tweet barrage fomenting anger against immigrants and The Other, writes Rosie DiManno. We remember one of them. Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS Because that Syrian child had a name. Scarce attention has been paid to all the other Kurdis and their families who've perished in desperate flight attempts across the Mediterranean.2014 3,283 Article Continued Below 2015 3,7832016 5,1432017 3,1302018 as of Aug. 18 1,527Yes, it's happening far away from us, the bountiful nation that is Canada. Because there was a heart-wrenching photo of a Turkish paramilitary officer carrying the toddler's body, an image burned into the world's conscience. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

quebec solidaire: Marissal is trying to pry the seat from Jean-Francois Lisee, the leader of the PQ. Earlier in the day, Nadeau-Dubois was in the riding of Laurier-Dorion with fellow co-spokesperson Manon Masse, according to CTV. It's the riding vacated by former Liberal MNA Gerry Sklavounos, who resigned from caucus following sexual misconduct allegations. Party co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois was in Rosemont with Vincent Marissal, a former La Presse reporter running under the Quebec Solidaire banner. Masse and Nadeau-Dubois said that the environment and climate change are at the top of their agenda. Quebec Solidaire is the youngest of the political parties in this election, with the average candidate being 41 years old. 53 percent of its candidates are female, and 10 percent are visible minorities, both the highest among the parties. They also promised free education for Quebecers, and an increase to the minimum wage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.