han chinese: This is a Communist Party showcase for its efforts to tame the Xinjiang region, the heartland of China's often restive Uighur Muslim minority and an unforgiving terrain, according to Vancouver Courier. The free or low-cost houses are assigned alternately to Uighurs and Han Chinese, who work side-by-side in greenhouses and send their children to school together. A Chinese flag flutters above the settlement, and a billboard at the entrance says, Welcome to the Hotan Unity New Village. It is the future the party envisions for Xinjiang after a massive security crackdown that has sent by some estimates more than a million Muslims to internment camps, and many of their children to orphanages.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver group hypes 'happy hours' in B.C. But a closer look at what the party calls ethnic unity reveals what isn't there mosques for Muslim worshippers, or traditional Uighur brick homes, often adorned with pointed arches and carved decorations. In the village's new public square, Uighur children banter with Han Chinese children in fluent Mandarin, the language of the Han majority, rather than in their native tongue. In their place are colorful murals of what authorities consider to be scenes of unity, such as a Uighur man and his family holding a Chinese flag. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

confidence vote: Nothing is inevitable, the government says in the speech, read by Lt.-Gov, according to National Observer. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau. The speech, delivered Tuesday afternoon, promised a balanced budget by March 2020 or sooner and suggested a page has been turned in the province. ; Sometimes we can hear our challenges repeated so often that we accept them as inevitable. Nothing says small towns must grow smaller, nothing says children will struggle to learn, that young people will leave, that hospitals will close, and nothing says our population will decline, she read. The Tories were sworn-in two weeks ago, after defeating a Liberal minority government on the confidence vote on their throne speech with the support of the three-member People's Alliance party. The speech sets out five main themes finances, energizing the private sector, health care, education and helping the poor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tourist destination: They are unheard of in most other areas, including where the school is located in the southern Guangxi region, a popular tourist destination known for spectacular scenery, not violence or terrorism, according to Vancouver Courier. That's why the planned checks worry some. The Guilin University of Electronic Technology is reconsidering a search of cellphones, computers, external hard disks and USB drives after a copy of the order leaked online and triggered such an intense backlash that it drew rare criticism in state-run newspapers.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver group hypes 'happy hours' in B.C. Searches of electronics are common in Xinjiang in China's far west, a heavily Muslim region that has been turned into a virtual police state to tamp down unrest. Xinjiang has emerged as China's surveillance laboratory, said James Leibold, a scholar of Chinese ethnic politics and national identity at La Trobe University in Australia. Under President Xi Jinping, the government has in recent years tried to tighten controls over what the public sees and says online and stepped up political oversight of universities. It is unsurprising that some of the methods first pioneered in China's west are now being rolled out in other regions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouver vancouver: It's actually a very familiar story, said Adrienne Montani, provincial co-ordinator with First Call, according to Vancouver Courier. We have one in five kids poor. In its annual poverty report card released Tuesday, First Call said the latest data from Statistics Canada show that 172,550 children and youth were living in poverty across the province in 2016, the most recent year for which numbers are available.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vancouver can't get enough of otter on the loose in Chinatown garden Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver group hypes 'happy hours' in B.C.B.C.'s child poverty rate, as measured by the Census Family Low Income Measure, is down slightly from 2015, but still above the national rate, the report says. That's where we're at and that's what the data tell us. The situation is even worse for Indigenous and immigrant children and those in single-parent families, the report says. We still have a big problem with a very high level of child poverty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

administration: Trump stopped family separations at the border earlier this year after a global outcry, but it was a federal judge who ruled the administration had to reunify the families, according to Vancouver Courier. Another judge rejected the administration's request to try to detain migrant families in long-term facilities. The administration argued that caravans of migrants approaching the southern border made the new restrictions immediately necessary.article continues below Trending Stories Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver police ask for help finding suspect who pushed man into traffic VIDEO East Vancouver youth recovery home celebrates 30 years of hope Burnaby woman killed in suspicious crash was student support worker at Templeton secondary Whatever the scope of the President's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden, said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama. Monday's ruling remains in effect for one month, barring an appeal. Our asylum system is broken, and it is being abused by tens of thousands of meritless claims every year, the departments said. In limiting asylum, Trump used the same powers he used to impose a travel ban the third try was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court.A joint statement by Homeland Security and the Justice Department said the Supreme Court had already shown the president had the legal right to restrict asylum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elections: This comes after over 67,000 permanent residents in the City of Winnipeg were unable to vote in the last civic election, according to CTV. It signifies that great change is coming. On Monday night the chair and members voted in favour of a motion for all Winnipeg School Division residents, regardless of citizenship, the entitlement to vote in municipal and school board elections. It's a good start, said Abdikheir Ahmed of Immigration Partnership Winnipeg. The board will now draft a letter to the minister of education to change the section of the Municipal and School Board Elections Act. The motion also included changing the voting age for school board elections to 16 years old. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

official ports: The administration argued that caravans of migrants approaching the southern border made the new restrictions immediately necessary, according to CTV. Whatever the scope of the President's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden, said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar agreed Monday with legal groups that immediately sued after President Donald Trump issued a Nov. 9 proclamation saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. Trump stopped family separations at the border earlier this year after a global outcry, but it was a federal judge who ruled the administration had to reunify the families. Monday's ruling remains in effect for one month, barring an appeal. Another judge rejected the administration's request to try to detain migrant families in long-term facilities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ford city: Her mother's grandparents were married at a church in Ford City just two years after thousands rioted on Sept. 8, 1917 to protest the arrival of a priest who they believe was supportive of Regulation 17, newly-imposed controversial rules in Ontario schools aimed at curbing French, according to National Observer. One thing is certain, though, sarahdorner defiantly tells toulastake, more than three hundred years of French in Ontario isn't going to end with Doug Ford. She's a descendant of the original French settlers of Detroit-Windsor. My grandfather's parents were married by that very priest, Father Fran ois-Xavier Laurendeau inthe Ford City church just two years after the riots, says Dorner. Regulation 17, which was enforced from 1912 to 1927, was a shameful chapter in the province's history that banned elementary schools from using French as a language of instruction beyond grade two. The community asked the Vatican to remove him, but the response was that they would be excommunicated if they didn't comply and accept him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hells angels: Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the body of 43-year-old Chad Wilson was found Sunday morning in Maple Ridge, where he was living.article continues below Trending Stories Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver police ask for help finding suspect who pushed man into traffic VIDEO East Vancouver youth recovery home celebrates 30 years of hope Burnaby woman killed in suspicious crash was student support worker at Templeton secondary Jang says Wilson was a member of the Hells Angels and describes the killing of a member of the biker-gang as unsettling news, according to Vancouver Courier. He says detectives will be working with gang enforcement experts to avoid any retaliation. Cpl. Wilson had a previous criminal conviction in the United States stemming from a shooting in South Dakota in 2006 that injured five affiliate members of a rival motorcycle gang and Jang says officers are looking into his past. Jang said Tuesday that members of the Hells Angels may have intimate knowledge of what happened and he urged them to speak to officers, regardless of their current involvement in criminal activity. Police are also appealing to Wilson's friends in the Hells Angels to come forward. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

meeting request: The moves affect about 600,000 francophones in Ontario. ; Mulroney told reporters that the government would not reverse the decision, but she had accepted Joly's meeting request because there are a lot of things that we can work together on, according to National Observer. I want to work with the federal government to make sure that we are increasing access to justice and access to health services for francophones, she said, adding that if Ottawa offered up cash to jump-start the canceled French-language university, that's something we'd be very interested in discussing with them. Federal Tourism and Official Languages Minister M lanie Joly is scheduled to meet with her Ontario counterpart, Caroline Mulroney, on Friday to urge the Conservative government to reconsider its cancellation of a French-language university and the closure of the French-language services commissioner's office. In question period in the House of Commons on Monday, Joly declared There are millions of francophones and millions of francophiles who will fight with our government and all of the parties who are in agreement about defending to a question from New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus, who represents the northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay, Joly addressed federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. When we face unacceptable situations, we must openly denounce them. I ask the leader of the Conservative party to make sure he speaks to his boss, Doug Ford, in Ontario to make the Progressive Conservative government back down from this decision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rachel e: The World and Goin' Down The Road captures a snapshot of those spots at different points in time, according to NOW Magazine. The resulting map shows a heavy cluster of filmmaking action gravitating around mid-to-high income mostly white areas, while suburbs like Rexdale and Scarborough, homes to a higher concentration of visible minorities, only have only a few dots. The Toronto Film Map, a University of Toronto research project created by Rachel E. Beattie, Jordan Hale and Keith Nolwenn Bellec-Warrick allows users to point and click at blue dots splashed across local streets and venues, discovering whether Degrassi, Scott Pilgrim Vs. Expand University of Toronto The Toronto Film Map The overlap between the Toronto Film Map and U of T professor David Hulchanski's census study that showed how Toronto is divided by income and race is telling. High-income areas are 73 per cent white. His team's research discovered that low-income areas, which are all untouched in the Toronto Film Map, housed 68 per cent visible minorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouver: Plymouth, Massachusetts, whose European settlers have come to symbolize American liberty and grit, marks its quadricentennial in 2020 with a trans-Atlantic commemoration that will put Native Americans' unvarnished side of the story on full display.article continues below Trending Stories Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver police ask for help finding suspect who pushed man into traffic VIDEO East Vancouver youth recovery home celebrates 30 years of hope Burnaby woman killed in suspicious crash was student support worker at Templeton secondary It's history, according to Vancouver Courier. It happened, said Michele Pecoraro, executive director of Plymouth 400, Inc., a non-profit group organizing yearlong events. The seaside town where the Pilgrims came ashore in 1620 is gearing up for a 400th birthday bash, and everyone's invited especially the native people whose ancestors wound up losing their land and lives. We're not going to solve every problem and make everyone feel better. Organizers are understandably cautious this time around. We just need to move the needle. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian press: No one wants to be duped by anybody, according to National Observer. Sajjan made the comments while attending a defence and security conference in Halifax, where experts, military officers and politicians representing democracies from around the world spent a great deal of time discussing cyber-warfare. We have taken this into account very seriously in our defence policy, Harjit Sajjan said in an interview with The Canadian Press. ; We need to further educate our citizens about the impact of fake news. When we stand up for human rights, and when we stand up ... to nations like Russia who are going against the rules-based order ... you become a target, Sajjan said, adding that Canada's decision to protest Russia's annexation of Crimea has also raised Russia's ire. Rose Gottemoeller, deputy-secretary general of NATO, stressed that Russia is not the only country using the internet to spread disinformation, citing a NATO report released Sunday that drew attention to North Korea, China and Iran. He said the Canadian government has a cyber-security plan that includes establishing the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security within the Communications Security Establishment, which is focused on collecting foreign signals intelligence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent martinez: Clemens rose to 57.3 per cent in the 2018 ballot but fell 75 votes short of the 75 per cent needed, and Bonds was 79 votes shy at 56.4 per cent, according to Vancouver Courier. Martinez was 20 votes short at 70.4 per cent, Mike Mussina at 63.5 per cent and Curt Schilling at 51.2 per cent. Left-hander Andy Pettitte and infielders Todd Helton, Michael Young and Miguel Tejada also are among the newcomers on the ballot announced Monday.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver mayor reacts to departure of housing CEO for job with modular housing company Cyclist throws poop at car following collision in Victoria, B.C. VIDEO Vancouver weather sunny streak to end with days on days of rainfall SkyTrain switch threatens to derail Surrey transit link Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds each appear on the ballot for the seventh time. Rivera had 652 regular-season saves and 42 in the post-season during 19 seasons with the New York Yankees that included five World Series titles. Halladay won Cy Young Awards with Toronto in 2003 and Philadelphia in 2010 and was 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA in 16 seasons. He was 8-1 with a 0.70 ERA in 32 post-season series. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elena musikhina: It means Musikhina and her husband, who faced removal from Canada early next month, will now have time to apply for permanent residency, May said in a statement, according to CTV. May, who advocated on the family's behalf, thanked Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen for his timely intervention, saying the couple would have faced jail -- or worse -- if sent back to Russia. Elena Musikhina, a vocal critic of the Kremlin, has been granted a two-year visitor's permit, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said late Monday. Oxana Genina, a friend of the family, said Musikhina is very happy and relieved, but realizes she has more work to do in order to remain in Canada permanently. She also says her research work uncovered information about serious environmental hazards and pollution from military activity around the large freshwater Lake Baikal in Siberia. Musikhina believes her family fell into disfavour with Russian authorities for condemning Moscow's military incursions in Ukraine and for saying Russia illegally annexed Crimea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

group canadians: That international agreement says that genocide includes any acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, such as by imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group, according to CTV. Canadians should not tolerate allegations of forced sterilization in their country, Saganash said, and Ottawa must address the issue as victims share their stories. Coerced sterilization clearly breaches human-rights standards that Canada must fight to uphold, Saganash in an interview Monday, and said that authorities should very carefully read Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by the UN in 1948. I think they have to take this seriously, said the Cree lawyer and MP from northern Quebec. The issue of forced sterilizations will also be raised at the UN Committee Against Torture this week, when Amnesty International Canada and a national law firm call for accountability for the practice. Just the fact that it is happening and people are coming out makes it serious enough to look for a solution. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minority: Throughout his career, former prime minister Brian Mulroney showed great political courage in defending minority rights, writes Andr Pratte, according to Toronto Star. Keith Beaty / toronto star file photo This incident is particularly sad when you consider that these decisions were justified by Ontario's attorney general, Caroline Mulroney, daughter of Canada's 18th prime minister, a man who, throughout his career, showed great political courage in defending minority rights. Not only will eliminating the position of the French Language Services Commissioner and killing the project of a French language university in Toronto have little impact on the provincial government's balance sheet; they demonstrate a profound indifference, if not worse, toward the French minority's rights and needs. Unfortunately, neither Ms. It was 35 years ago. Mulroney nor Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, have shown anything resembling that kind of courage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nikki haley: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly looks on during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Oval office of the White House October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. Asked whether he would keep Kelly in his post through 2020, the president offered only that it could happen, according to Toronto Star. OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP/GETTY IMAGES There are a couple of things where it's just not his strength. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview that aired on Fox News Sunday, praised Kelly's work ethic and much of what he brings to the position but added, there are certain things that I don't like that he does. It's not his fault. Asked whether he would keep Kelly in his post through 2020, the president offered only that it could happen. It's not his strength, said Trump, who added that Kelly himself might want to depart. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rajapaksa: Sri Lanka has been in crisis since Oct. 26, when President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa, according to Toronto Star. On Monday, lawmakers submitted a motion to suspend the expenses of Rajapaksa, who has has lost two no-confidence motions in Parliament. Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena, right, and prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a rally held out side the parliamentary complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Eranga Jayawardena / Associated Press The lawmaker, Anura Dissanayaka, said Parliament has the power over public finances and it was on that basis that Monday's motion was submitted. Sri Lanka has been in crisis since Oct. 26, when President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa, a former president. The vote will take place Nov. 29. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

york yankees: Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds each appear on the ballot for the seventh time, according to CTV. Clemens rose to 57.3 per cent in the 2018 ballot but fell 75 votes short of the 75 per cent needed, and Bonds was 79 votes shy at 56.4 per cent. Left-hander Andy Pettitte and infielders Todd Helton, Michael Young and Miguel Tejada also are among the newcomers on the ballot announced Monday. Martinez was 20 votes short at 70.4 per cent, Mike Mussina at 63.5 per cent and Curt Schilling at 51.2 per cent. He was 8-1 with a 0.70 ERA in 32 post-season series. Rivera had 652 regular-season saves and 42 in the post-season during 19 seasons with the New York Yankees that included five World Series titles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

president wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka has been in crisis since Oct. 26, when President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa, a former president, according to Vancouver Courier. Wickremesinghe has said he still has the support of a majority in Parliament.M.A. Sumanthiran, another lawmaker opposed to Rajapaksa, said Monday's motion was presented by a group of 122 lawmakers. The vote will take place Nov. 29. He said it is a token of what the powers the Parliament can exercise when the group claiming to be the government does not have the majority in Parliament and refuses to bow to a no vote. Both Rajapaksa and Sirisena have refused to accept the results of the no-confidence motions, saying proper procedures have not been followed. The latest motion was presented a day after a crucial meeting among political party leaders failed to reach a breakthrough to resolve the political crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

defence staff: Jonathan Vance, the chief of defence staff, told a defence and security conference Saturday that the military has to change because the very nature of warfare is changing, particularly when it comes to cyber-warfare. ; I think we ... stand accused of looking backwards and seeing what worked in the past and keeping those practices going forward, Vance told the Halifax Security Forum, which has attracted more than 300 experts, politicians and military officials from around the world, according to National Observer. That worked through a great stretch of warfare that was state-on-state, that matched physical versus physical. Gen. All of us in this room are infused with that DNA. He said the problem is that the nature of warfare is changing fast. We know that the future of warfare is going to demand different ways of thinking in different domains so that we can prevail. It has required that we become diverse so that we attract the talent we need he told a panel discussion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

interview monday: Canadians should not tolerate allegations of forced sterilization in their country, Saganash said, and Ottawa must address the issue as victims share their stories, according to Vancouver Courier. I think they have to take this seriously, said the Cree lawyer and MP from northern Quebec. Coerced sterilization clearly breaches human-rights standards that Canada must fight to uphold, Saganash in an interview Monday, and said that authorities should very carefully read Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by the UN in 1948.article continues below Trending Stories Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver mayor reacts to departure of housing CEO for job with modular housing company Cyclist throws poop at car following collision in Victoria, B.C. VIDEO Vancouver police arrest suspect in weekend assault That international agreement says that genocide includes any acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, such as by imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group. Just the fact that it is happening and people are coming out makes it serious enough to look for a solution. Maurice Law is leading a proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal government, the government of Saskatchewan, all its health authorities, and individual medical professionals. The issue of forced sterilizations will also be raised at the UN Committee Against Torture this week, when Amnesty International Canada and a national law firm call for accountability for the practice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

plans: Ford to manage those types of things, Scheer said, according to National Observer. I told him as prime minister in 2019 I would absolutely work with premiers across the country to ensure that French-language services are not affected by any kinds of changes. The federal Conservative leader told a news conference on Sunday that be brought up the issue with Ford at this weekend's Progressive Conservative convention in Toronto, but that ultimately the decision is the premier's to make. ; It's up to Mr. Ford's government announced it would scrap plans for the university on Thursday in its first fiscal update since taking office over the summer. Plans for the school were announced by the previous Liberal government in 2017. The government did not immediately say how much money the move would save. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

web development: There will likely be a demand for 182,000 information and technology workers in Canada by 2019, which is why some believe coding should be introduced as early as grade school, according to NOW Magazine. Whether at a post-secondary institution or through independent workshops, these are some of the top places around Toronto where you can pick up this vital skill. According to ICTC Digital Talent's Road To 2020 And Beyond report, web development is one of the fastest-growing careers. Independent workshops If you work full-time or are already a student, intensive boot camps or quick classes could fit into your schedule and help you pick up coding essentials. Besides diving deep into various coding languages HTML, CSS, Java Script, jQuery, RWD, React, Gulp and Git, participants also learn personal branding and public speaking skills. Hacker You An intensive crash course, Hacker You at Queen and Spadina is a nine-week, eight-hour-a day boot camp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

budget cuts: M lanie Joly, federal minister of official languages and La Francophonie, described the Ontario government's budget cuts as devastating decisions that will have a lasting impact on the more than 600,000 Franco-Ontarians and the more than 7.9 million francophones across Canada, according to Toronto Star. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Premier Doug Ford's government revealed the cuts Thursday in its fall economic update. In a letter that was sent Friday and obtained by the Star, Official Languages Minister M lanie Joly expressed what she described as her sincere disappointment at the provincial Progressive Conservatives' move to eliminate the office of the French language services commissioner and to scrap plans for a French-language university. The Tories said they were necessary in order to reduce costs and address what the party says is a 15-billion deficit left behind by the previous Liberal government. Joly said the promotion of the French language is central to our common approach of supporting our two official languages and defending the rights of minorities in Canada, and warned that eliminating the commissioner's position and abandoning plans for the university will have severe consequences on the vitality of the Franco-Ontario community and the Canadian Francophonie. These are devastating decisions that will have a lasting impact on the more than 600,000 Franco-Ontarians and the more than 7.9 million francophones across Canada, Joly wrote in the letter addressed to Caroline Mulroney, Ontario's minister responsible for francophone affairs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.