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netflix feature: Presumably this incredible coincidence will be explored further in Morgan Neville's documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, which arrives on Netflix the same day as Welles's feature, according to NOW Magazine. November 2The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs Originally announced as a miniseries, Joel and Ethan Coen's Netflix feature still has an anthology structure, lining up a magnificent ensemble for a series of Old West campfire tales. The biggest twist It's actually about the attempts to understand and complete the unfinished work of a notoriously complicated filmmaker, played by Welles's pal John Huston. There's Tim Blake Nelson as the eponymous singing cowboy and James Franco as an outlaw; Tom Waits plays a grizzled prospector and Zoe Kazan, a reluctant pioneer; Liam Neeson is a travelling showman and Brendan Gleeson, Tyne Daly and Saul Rubinek are stagecoach companions on a long, dark ride. November 16House Of Cards season 6 In the trailer for the sixth and final season of House Of Cards, States Claire Underwood the glorious Robin Wright declares, The reign of the middle-aged white man is over. Saddle up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

connecticut: Officials said they notified Jermaine Mann's mother that her son had been identified and located, according to Vancouver Courier. After taking his son away from his son's mother, this defendant is alleged to have lived a lie for the last 31 years in violation of numerous U.S. laws, said Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham. A Canadian man accused of abducting his toddler son 31 years ago during a court-ordered visitation was arrested Friday in Connecticut, where authorities said he and his son had lived under aliases in a quiet suburb.U.S. federal agents said they found Allan Mann Jr. in Vernon after receiving a tip from a relative that he may be living in Connecticut under another name.article continues below Trending Stories This 22-year-old mural depicting Vancouver's transit history was painted over Vancouver has one of the best new restaurants in Canada Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Meet your new Vancouver city councillors It was not immediately clear where Mann's now-adult son, Jermaine, was when Mann was arrested. We thank the many law enforcement agencies, in the U.S. and Canada, that have investigated this matter, worked hard to apprehend this fugitive and finally provided some answers to a mother who has suffered with her son's absence for far too long. Allan Mann appeared briefly Friday in federal court in Hartford. A message left at a phone listing for Jermaine Mann's mother, Lyneth Mann-Lewis, of Brampton, Ontario, was not immediately returned Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

joseph pulitzer: American politicians were lamenting the scourge of invented occurrences as far back the late 19th-century during the media rivalry between William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, whose respective newspapers would publish stories that were outrageous and salacious and which it's rumoured led to war and assassination, according to NOW Magazine. Since the migration of news online, the consequences can be far more sinister than the term clickbait implies. While the expression fake news has been appropriated by President Donald Trump to dismiss the mainstream media, the term's misuse papers over the reality that fake news has indeed existed for a long time often in the form of the tabloid press. In Canada, there are a few culprits to highlight, chief among them the Post Media-owned Sun Media chain. For instance, late last month a trio of figures on the local far-right scene visited a Scarborough hotel housing refugees from Nigeria to film an expos on Trudeau's refugee hotel, allegedly to determine if rumours of the migrants sic destructive behaviour are true. It's become all-too-common for the Sun's various iterations around the nation to engage in smear campaigns, the reporting of conspiracy theories and the spreading of false information about communities and individuals, in particular, Muslim communities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

taxi: Taxi permits in Quebec, once highly sought after given their limited number, have significantly dropped in price and are not in demand, according to National Observer. On Thursday, several month-old listings for permits priced around 100,000 were listed on Kijiji, the online marketplace. He's unsure whether retiring at 65 will be possible anymore. Before Uber, an international ride-hailing company, entered the scene four years ago, taxi permits sold for 220,000, Hajjar said. ; The problem is that we are stuck with the licenses that we have. If I want to do something else, I have to sell my permit. I can't sell it, and I'm not going to throw it away . It's too much money, Hajjar, who works for Taxi Champlain, told National Observer on Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

telecommunications commission: The Montreal-based company which operates the Virgin Mobile and Lucky wireless brands in addition to various Bell services was named in 346 of about 1,300 complaints filed as part of the CRTC's inquiry, according to Vancouver Courier. We did a deeper dive on those, and 201 fell into the category 'price not as expected' . . . and 78 fell into the category of potentially aggressive sales tactics, Malcolmson said. Rob Malcolmson, who led a Bell delegation to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, said the company has a stringent code of conduct for employees and contractors.article continues below Trending Stories This 22-year-old mural depicting Vancouver's transit history was painted over Vancouver has one of the best new restaurants in Canada Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history These Vancouver dogs camouflage with the fall foliage PHOTOS But the senior vice-president of regulatory affairs for Bell's parent BCE Inc. acknowledged that more can be done to strengthen the confidence and trust Canadian consumers have in our industry. So we looked at those and we said, that seems to be the core issue and asked How do we fix it Bell's proposed solution is to have several measures required of the industry as a whole including allowing a customer to terminate a new service within 30 days of installation, without an early termination fee. Rizwan Jamal, president of Bell Residential Services, said that if customers don't agree after reviewing the written material they can walk away with no termination penalties. Bell also says all service should provide order confirmations, written in plain language, within 24 hours of an order being placed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

asylum: Asylum seekers may not be arriving in the numbers of the previous peak, but they still number about 50 per day, according to Toronto Star. A recent poll suggests that most Canadians are concerned about the government's response to them. It is a small ditch, recently filled in with gravel by the local community so as to prevent accidents as asylum seekers haul, push and carry their belongings over to Canada. Two Canadian senators visited Lecolle, Que., to view Roxham Road, above, and found asylum seekers there crossing into Canada in an orderly fashion. MARTIN TREMBLAY / La Presse file photo Four agencies are charged with carrying out the complicated process of managing and processing the irregular arrivals the RCMP, Canada Border Services Agency, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board. The senators say the problem is not actually at the border, but with the lengthy immigration approval process that comes after. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cannabis use: Sign up to receive the Pot Post newsletter delivered to your inbox On Dec. 18, new impaired driving penalties will take effect, raising the maximum penalties for most of these offences from five years to 10, according to CTV. It means they will fall under the definition of serious crimes for immigration determination purposes. The measures are part of the sweeping package of changes taking place as Canada becomes the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis use. The impact of these new penalties on permanent and temporary residents could be significant, the Immigration Department advises in a statement. The posting is the first part of a multi-pronged education campaign to be rolled out in the coming weeks to ensure newcomers to Canada are informed of the impact that Canada's new impaired driving laws could have on their ability to remain in Canada. The Immigration Department quietly posted a statement on its website this earlier this week advising permanent and temporary of the upcoming penalty changes, noting they could be particularly affected. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

audience i: It's a big caravan, he said, prompting boos from the audience, according to CTV. I called up the military. Every citizen benefits when we have a strong, beautiful border, Trump told several hundred young black conservative leaders at a White House event on Friday. We're not letting them in, they ought to go back now because we're not. Mattis, who is travelling in the Middle East, is expected to approve the actual deployments after all the details are ironed out, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss planning that has not yet been completed or publicly announced. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis signed off on a request for help from the Department of Homeland Security and authorized the military staff to work out details such as the size, composition and estimated cost of the deployments, according to a U.S. official. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian economy: The biggest population increase in six decades, driven by international migration, is one reason the Bank of Canada has been able to match the Federal Reserve hike-for-hike since June 2017 making the two easily the most hawkish central banks in the Group of Seven, according to Toronto Star. In its latest increase Wednesday, the Ottawa-based central bank highlighted how the surge has bolstered consumption and housing activity. The Canadian economy Well, it has its human stimulus. The biggest population increase in six decades, driven by international migration, is one reason the Bank of Canada has been able to match the Federal Reserve hike-for-hike since June 2017. Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's population has jumped by 1.4 per cent over the past year, double the U.S. pace, driven by a surge in non-permanent residents like students and higher immigration levels. Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS Labor income is being boosted by the larger population, the Bank of Canada said in a report Wednesday that accompanied its decision to increase borrowing costs for a third time this year, keeping pace with the Fed's three moves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

marijuana event: Marijuana joints rolled with Canadian-themed paper are photographed at a Wake and Bake legalized marijuana event in Toronto on Wednesday, October 17, according to Toronto Star. The federal government is warning newcomers that stiffer impaired driving and cannabis-related penalties could lead to their removal from Canada. The measures are part of the sweeping package of changes taking place as Canada becomes the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis use. Christopher Katsarov / THE CANADIAN PRESS On Dec. 18, new impaired driving penalties will take effect, raising the maximum penalties for most of these offences from five years to 10. The impact of these new penalties on permanent and temporary residents could be significant, the Immigration Department advises in a statement. It means they will fall under the definition of serious crimes for immigration determination purposes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

thursday reports: The suspects, two Senegalese citizens and one Nigerian, were being held on suspicion of murder, group sexual assault and distributing drugs in the death last week of 16-year-old Desiree Mariottini, Italian authorities said Thursday, according to CTV. Reports that two of the subjects were in the country illegally and that a residency permit for the third had expired have fueled Italy's already-fierce debate about immigration. The case has drawn outrage over the degradation in parts of the Italian capital that have been taken over by gangs and drug dealers. Some have demanded that the Italian government accelerate expulsions of immigrants who are in the country illegally, as promised by the League party during the election campaign. The worms of this horror will pay to the end, without a break, for their infamy, Salvini pledged. Hard-line Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said a fourth suspect would be quickly apprehended. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cannabis use.article: It means they will fall under the definition of serious crimes for immigration determination purposes, according to Vancouver Courier. The impact of these new penalties on permanent and temporary residents could be significant, the Immigration Department advises in a statement. The measures are part of the sweeping package of changes taking place as Canada becomes the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis use.article continues below Trending Stories Meet Vancouver's youngest life-saving hero VIDEO Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Halloween safety tips from Vancouver police, fire and paramedics You can leave your shoes on On Dec. 18, new impaired driving penalties will take effect, raising the maximum penalties for most of these offences from five years to 10. The Immigration Department quietly posted a statement on its website this earlier this week advising permanent and temporary of the upcoming penalty changes, noting they could be particularly affected. Our main message to permanent residents and temporary residents is make sure you know and follow our laws, including our tough new rules for cannabis-related crimes and impaired driving. The posting is the first part of a multi-pronged education campaign to be rolled out in the coming weeks to ensure newcomers to Canada are informed of the impact that Canada's new impaired driving laws could have on their ability to remain in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

election campaign: The action comes as President Donald Trump has spent recent days calling attention to the caravan of Central Americans slowly making their way by foot into southern Mexico, but still more than 1,000 miles from U.S. soil.article continues below Trending Stories Meet Vancouver's youngest life-saving hero VIDEO Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Halloween safety tips from Vancouver police, fire and paramedics You can leave your shoes on Trump, who made fear about immigrants a major theme of his 2016 election campaign, has been eager to make it a top issue heading into the Nov. 6 midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress, according to Vancouver Courier. The president and senior White House officials have long believed the issue is key to turning out his base of supporters. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to sign an order sending the troops to the border, bolstering National Guard forces already there, an official said Thursday. The additional troops would provide logistical and other support to the Border Patrol, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a plan that had not been finalized and formally announced. Active duty troops, however, are rarely deployed within the United States except for domestic emergencies like hurricanes or floods. It's not unusual for the National Guard to help with border security. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

drag persona: Based on hours of interviews with people of all political stripes, this segment looks at the issue of immigration and free speech, according to NOW Magazine. A partnership between Crow's and Montreal's Porte Parole The Watershed co-created by Annabel Soutar, Alex Ivanovici and Brett Watson, the Chris Abraham-directed show brings together left and right for a scripted dialogue, with a section for audience interaction. This play, the first part of serialized documentary theatre project, examines how we got here. Like all Porte Parole shows, be prepared to talk about it afterwards. Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua Justin Miller remounts his razor-sharp, interactive recreation of a tent revival by his drag persona. From October 25 to November 3 at Crow's Theatre. 345 Carlaw. 8 30 pm. 25- 50. crowstheatre. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

profit plenty: The Jays shot up in the standings, bolstered by newcomers Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki, who came with bobbleheads that attracted droves of collectors, according to Vancouver Courier. The shift taught Wlodarski the owner of about 650 bobbleheads at his collecting peak, who insists his love of the figurines is about passion not profit plenty about how to master the collectibles market. The Toronto Blue Jays, whose bobbleheads he coveted most, Wlodarski says were just horrid and their merchandise were hardly desirable.article continues below Trending Stories Meet Vancouver's youngest life-saving hero VIDEO Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Halloween safety tips from Vancouver police, fire and paramedics You can leave your shoes on That changed around 2015. The market can be fraught with high price tags and even higher emotions, but experts say there are tens of thousands of dollars to be to made, if you're willing to part with high-value items like baseball cards, comics, coins, stamps and vintage film posters. The trick to making money off collectibles, Wlodarski said, is learning how to assess a market. They say maximizing what can be made or nabbing an item for as little as possible can be tough because it takes a mix of timing and luck. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ward: The discovery led to the publication of The Ward Uncovered, according to NOW Magazine. Join the editors of the anthology for a panel discussion at Queen Books. John's Ward. Select artifacts will be on display. 7 pm. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

home: She winced as she recalled his confession days later of being involved with a student.article continues below Trending Stories Hot Dog Water returns in protest to Vancouver's 'In Goop Health' wellness summit Victoria mom desperate for second kidney after heartbreaking transplant result Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Chinatown Transformation Team aims to sustain the neighbourhood's living heritage My fear is I am home settled, being faithful to an unfaithful man, but who knows what kind of disease he will carry for me home the 27-year-old fruit vendor in Uganda's capital told The Associated Press, according to Vancouver Courier. She is not alone. When she confronted him, he beat her like an animal and briefly kicked her out, she said. Millions of women across sub-Saharan Africa are still living in the complex relationships of polygamy, a centuries-old practice once the norm among African men seeking large families to cultivate the land. Campaigners urge governments to enact laws that protect women's dignity and reject any religious argument for polygamy, saying the practice shackles women and often worsens the risk of disease and poverty. According to the United Nations, which opposes the practice, polygamy was legal or generally accepted in 33 countries, 25 of them in Africa, as of 2009. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

african refugees: The left has sought to portray him as an open racist a charge the blunt-talking Bolsonaro denies, according to Toronto Star. Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate for the Social Liberal Party, celebrate after polls closed during the first round of presidential elections in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 7. So many people here are stunned by an apparent contradiction How could a man like Jair Bolsonaro be this close to winning the presidency The far-right former army captain once said his sons would never fall in love with a black woman, and in 2015, he dubbed African refugees coming to Brazil the scum of the earth. Dado Galdieri / Bloomberg But this is what has perhaps shocked his opponents the most. In Latin America's largest nation, Bolsonaro is now the top candidate among black and mixed-race voters, according to a major polling agency, Ibope. Now polling in the lead by 18 percentage points, the 63-year-old will enter Sunday's presidential runoff with a surprising group of backers people of colour. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

neighbouring areas: You have to be careful, according to CTV. You must have a gun. The residents have reported break-ins, cases of arson, and animals killed for food in the village of Moria located only a short distance from the country's biggest refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. You must have a knife to protect your family, to protect your property, resident Vassilis Batzakas told CTV's Daniele Hamamdjian during her recent trip to the camp and its surrounding areas. Reading this in our app Click here for a media-rich version Refugees and migrants predominately from Afghanistan, but also from 57 other nations have the ability to come and go from the camp and often wander into neighbouring areas untouched by the horrors inside. The residents say the presence of the refugees is not the problem, it's the fact that the camp is uncontrollably overcrowded. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

brands weren: As I explored the outside, I recognized that a lot of brands weren't reflecting stories like my own or showcasing people like myself out in nature, she told CTV Calgary on Tuesday, according to CTV. In response, MEC reached out to Kasiama and they began discussions on how to improve the outfitter's advertisements. In March, Judith Kasiama wrote to MEC and other sports companies on social media to complain about the lack of diversity in their marketing. The Vancouver-based company, known for selling outdoor recreational gear and clothing to its members, eventually made Kasiama a MEC ambassador in April. Six months later, MEC's CEO David Labistour posted an open letter on the company's website in which he admitted the retailer has perpetuated the vastly incorrect notion that people of colour in Canada don't ski, hike, climb or camp. We can't say Canada is diverse but then don't want to talk about these hard issues, Kasiama said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

capital city: During her visit Jolie met Venezuelan refugees who live at a shelter in the capital city and also went to a border crossing in the north of the country, according to CTV. On Tuesday, Jolie met with Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra to discuss potential solutions to the migrant crisis and ways of securing international support. Jolie was ending a three-day visit to Peru as a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency. After the meeting she thanked Peru for taking measures that are helping Venezuelans in that country to get legal status, and urged governments around the world to support procedures that help refugees to apply for asylum. More than 1.9 million people have left Venezuela since 2015 according to the United Nations and some 400-thousand have moved to Peru. Jolie says none of the Venezuelans she met want charity-- they want an opportunity to help themselves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

officials october: U.S. President Donald Trump concludes his remarks at the White House State Leadership Day Conference for Alaska, California, and Hawaii local officials October 23 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee There must be consequences for illegal actions, Sessions said before dozens of sheriffs from counties on the United States' border with Mexico, according to Toronto Star. Because they did not know about the zero tolerance policy in advance, officials at the Department of Homeland Security said, they did not take steps to prepare for the resulting family separations. The Department of Homeland Security, which apprehends border crossers, and the Department of Health and Human Services, which cares for separated migrant children, were both caught off guard when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans to criminally prosecute anyone who crossed the border illegally, the report said. Staff members at the Department of Health and Human Services said their leaders told them not to prepare for an increase in children separated from their families because Homeland Security officials claimed that they did not have an official policy of separating parents and children, according to the report, which was prepared by the Government Accountability Office, Congress' non-partisan investigative arm. The president eventually relented and moved to halt the family separations, though the government struggled in some cases to reunite those it had already separated. The enforcement of the policy led to the separation of nearly 3,000 children from their parents, setting off weeks of national protests, with Democrats and many Republicans calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to end it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

seat count: The disaffection with the Conservatives easily led to 'Stop Harper' and 'Go Vote' campaigns that were arguably very successful, according to Rabble. The Harper government was defeated -- its seat count reduced from 159 seats to 99 seats -- and voter turnout went up from 61.1 per cent in 2011 to 68.49 per cent. What analysis and hope can social justice activists offer to the more than 17 million people expected to vote in the 43rd general election in this country In the October 2015 federal election it seemed clearer. But the Harper agenda was hardly defeated. And we still ended up with the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 'Comprehensive and Progressive' unconvincingly tacked on to the front of it. Notably the Trudeau government kept the Harper government's weak emission reduction target and then went a step worse by buying the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline and kept the Harper government's funding formula for health care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

signature discrepancies: The lawyers behind both lawsuits had filed emergency requests asking May to make certain immediate changes while the litigation is pending, according to Vancouver Courier. May's order comes in the final weeks of Georgia's tight, nationally watched governor's race between Democrat Stacey Abrams, who's trying to become the country's first black woman governor, and Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp. She outlined a procedure to allow voters to resolve alleged signature discrepancies.article continues below Trending Stories Victoria mom desperate for second kidney after heartbreaking transplant result Hot Dog Water returns in protest to Vancouver's 'In Goop Health' wellness summit Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Chinatown Transformation Team aims to sustain the neighbourhood's living heritage Two lawsuits filed earlier this month allege that election officials are improperly rejecting absentee ballots and applications in violation of their constitutional rights. The two have fought for years over voting rights and ballot security measures, Abrams as a longtime legislative leader and Kemp as Georgia's chief elections official. He has denied it vehemently. Abrams has accused Kemp of using his office to make it harder for minority voters to cast ballots. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

intercultural understanding: The evening will feature comedy by Jeremy McLellan, dinner and other performances. 7 pm. 20, according to NOW Magazine. Supports CAMP and Urban Alliance on Race Relations. It's goal is to enhance intercultural understanding and the inclusion of people of all cultures, religions, and ethnic groups. Pre-register. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indian butcher: Rating NNNAnosh Irani's Governor General's Award-nominated new play about a struggling Canadian cricket team attempts an ambitious balance between humour and dark realities with mixed results, according to NOW Magazine. The story is deeply relevant, juxtaposing two distinct worlds Hasan Chanakya Mukherjee is a poor Indian butcher with an adorable crush who dreams of making a name for himself in cricket as an all-rounder. See listing. Meanwhile his brother, Abdul Gugun Deep Singh plays for a Vancouver cricket team struggling for the respect of its peers, but lives in constant fear of deportation. In the audience, so do we. When Hasan's surrogate father, Baba Huse Madhavji hears of the cricket team's plan to bring Hasan to Canada to help them win, he questions whether Abdul's Canadian life is better. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.