inauguration.article: It followed Guaido's decision two days earlier to declare himself his country's interim leader, two weeks after Maduro's contested inauguration.article continues below Trending Stories Mental health rated low in B.C. despite healthy lifestyles and long life doctor Amanda Tapping on coping with miscarriage Downtown Eastside Free dental clinic offers help with a smile Popular gluten-free bakery reveals plans to expand into Vancouver But emboldening Venezuela's opposition has been a labour of months, The Canadian Press has learned, according to Vancouver Courier. Canadian diplomats in Caracas, with their Latin American counterparts, worked to get the country's opposition parties to coalesce behind the one person who emerged strong enough to stand against Maduro 35-year-old Guaido. Juan Guaido's defiant pronouncement against President Nicolas Maduro whom Canada has branded a dictator who stole an election marked the latest dramatic development in Venezuela's political crisis. The turning point came Jan. 4 when the Lima Group the bloc that includes Canada and more than a dozen Latin American countries rejected the legitimacy of Maduro's May 2018 election victory and his looming Jan. 10 inauguration, while recognizing the legitimately elected National Assembly, sources say. The Canadian Press interviewed senior Canadian government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the crisis in Venezuela. They were really looking for international support of some kind, to be able to hold onto a reason as to why they should unite, and push out somebody like Juan Guaido, said one source. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

food court: I thought I'm not going to be here at that age, and then it's like holy s---, she says, drinking an iced coffee in the food court below the store that has felt like home for the better part of three decades, according to Toronto Star. Jean Machine store manager Susan Cripps-Campbell, director of operations Darren Perlman, senior assistant manager Shida Dastoom and district manager Iggy Eterno, at the Toronto Eaton Centre store this month. Her manager was 26. Says Eterno, who was in charge of recruiting We wanted personality. Steve Russell / Toronto Star She has been here exclusively since 1994, an endless cycle of skinny and wide fit, low- and high-rise, near the escalator bank that whisks shoppers toward Nordstrom, Sears or Eaton's, depending on the decade. We had a lot of challenging employees ... but God were they fun. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saka: Documents show that Saka, who was at London's Chaldean Catholic Church, took money that was supposed to help new immigrants to Canada, according to CTV. Among other spots, he gambled at casinos in Windsor and Niagara. Father Amer Saka told the court he had a serious gambling addiction and pleaded guilty to fraud over 5,000. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 6. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration pilot: This is exactly what we're looking for, said Winkler Mayor Martin Harder who recently met with Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, according to CTV. In Winkler alone, as an example, at the meeting we said there was 200 million worth of manufacturing goods that could be exported out of this country a year if we were able to have the labour source in order to do that. The community is hopeful a new program announced Thursday by the federal government, called the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, will help attract skilled workers to the region. Communities have to apply to be part of the program. Communities with up to 200,000 people will be considered in more remote areas. To be eligible communities must have a population of less than 50,000 people and be located at least 75 kilometres from metropolitan area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people trudeau: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a town hall meeting in Miramichi, N.B., on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, according to Toronto Star. Speaking to a crowd of about 250 people Trudeau reminded them that it was his Liberal government that granted asylum to 40,000 Syrian refugees in 2015-16. The prime minister made the prediction Thursday during a town hall meeting in northern New Brunswick, where a young Syrian refugee thanked him for allowing her family to come to Canada. Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS I came all the way from Syria, and I came here to thank you, Tasmeen Ali told the prime minister in a soft voice, her words met with warm applause from the 250 people gathered inside a high school in Miramichi. He said his government was glad to help, but he stressed it was Canadians those in church and community groups, neighbourhoods and families who made the integration of Syrians a success. Trudeau reminded the crowd it was his Liberal government that granted asylum to 40,000 Syrian refugees in 2015-16. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

subject cluster: You are the shining stars and future of this nation, according to Rabble. The point of discussion here is what after 10th And what subject cluster after 12th Have we ever thought about knowing self before choosing any subject/stream or cluster What are we really good at What can we do differently than others The important question is what my passion is and what am I made for Suppose in a group of 20 students, 10 students are performing well in all subjects and 5 students in just math. God bless all of you. However, the rest 5 students are performing average in most of the subjects. adsbygoogle window.adsbygoogle .push ; We never ask why We just label them as Non-Performers or in Kashmiri Naa Kabili-e-Mahaz . Are they really Naa Kabili-e-Mahaz or just our viewpoint is negative Are they good at or in Kashmiri Kabil in some other fields Have we ever thought about the vast horizons of learning different fields of studies or just Med or Non-Med The solution to the problem cannot be the pieces of advice or suggestion of our relatives or friends. Remember nothing is important than discussing your career on the table with a good counsellor. It is much more complicated than we think. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

toronto star: Hussam Eddin Alzahabi, 20, at his home in Kingston after he was released from RCMP custody Friday, according to Toronto Star. May Warren/Toronto Star At the same time, a teenager, whose gender was not released by police Alzahabi said he was male was charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity; and counselling a person to deliver, place, discharge or detonate an explosive with intent to cause death or serious bodily injury. The 20-year-old says he was handcuffed and taken to the Kingston police station on Division Street, where he was held overnight in a cell. He cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. There was some accusation that I work for some terrorist group, he said, sitting on a brown sofa in his family's living room after his release from custody Friday afternoon. Asked how he knew the minor who's been charged, Alzahabi said he is just a friend and a former classmate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trudeau government: The weekend event, which kicked off Friday, will feature a number of activities and discussions about campaign strategy and preparedness, according to CTV. Many of the 110 candidates who have been elected in ridings not currently held by Conservatives will attend special victory school campaign training alongside MPs and take part in discussions about how to rally support from Canadians. The MPs and Senators have gathered in part to prepare for the reopening of Parliament next week after the lengthy Christmas break, but it is Oct. 21 -- election day -- that is getting most of their attention. The party is sharpening its message to Canadians to convince them the Conservatives are ready to topple the Trudeau government. She said the Conservatives want Canadians to understand that leader Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party understand the struggles of ordinary Canadians who don't have an infinite pot of money from which to draw. Our priority is going to be talking about Canadian families and Canadian families' affordability today, the fact that they are feeling the pinch, because that's what we're being told in our ridings, Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt told reporters as the retreat was getting underway Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

actions: The RCMP tweeted Thursday evening that all actions are being taken to ensure public safety and more information will be provided on Friday.article continues below Trending Stories Mental health rated low in B.C. despite healthy lifestyles and long life doctor Aussies living in Vancouver say they prefer Canadian lifestyle to Down Under Are you ready for La Poutine Week B.C. Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's historyA senior government official speaking on background confirmed that the arrests were related to a national security investigation, according to Vancouver Courier. The official, who did not wish to be identified because the investigation is in its early stages, said the situation is contained and there's no threat to public safety. The RCMP have made two arrests in Kingston, Ont., in what a government official confirms is a national security investigation. The RCMP said they are working closely with Kingston police on the probe, calling it an ongoing and evolving situation. The government of Canada has no greater responsibility than to keep its citizens safe. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said any operational details on the RCMP investigation will be released by the Mounties, adding that the country's security agencies act on credible information about potential threats. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kingston police: The official, who did not wish to be identified because the investigation is in its early stages, said the situation is contained and there's no threat to public safety, according to National Observer. The RCMP said they are working closely with Kingston police on the probe, calling it an ongoing and evolving situation. The RCMP tweeted Thursday evening that all actions are being taken to ensure public safety and more information will be provided on Friday. ; A senior government official speaking on background confirmed that the arrests were related to a national security investigation. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said any operational details on the RCMP investigation will be released by the Mounties, adding that the country's security agencies act on credible information about potential threats. Earlier today, the RCMP and other police partners took action in Kingston, Ontario, based on credible information, to ensure public safety, Goodale said in a statement Thursday evening. The government of Canada has no greater responsibility than to keep its citizens safe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

beirut suburb: The refugees had gathered since the early hours in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud, according to CTV. There, they boarded buses that took them home. Thousands of Syrians have returned home from Lebanon since June as calm returns to parts of the country. Hundreds of others also gathered in other parts of Lebanon from where buses took them home. The returns come as Syrian government forces have made gains in recent years, capturing nearly 60 per cent of Syria. Syrian state news agency SANA said buses carrying the refugees began arriving in the Syrian border villages of Jdaidet Yabous in the east and Dabousiyeh in the north in the early afternoon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration pilot: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said the aim of getting more immigrants to settle in rural areas and small communities is to help fuel economic growth, according to Toronto Star. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Thirty per cent of our GDP comes from rural Canada. The five-year Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot requires remote communities to submit a thorough plan identifying available middle-class job opportunities and developing social support infrastructure to help the newcomers settle. These communities are experiencing out-migration and are having difficulties in filling unfilled jobs when 78 per cent of our immigrants are settling in large urban centres, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told the Star in an interview from Sudbury, where he made the announcement. Hussen said the program aims to bring 2,750 principal applicants plus their family members each year to communities with less than 50,000 people or where the population is under 200,000, but are far away from urban centres. This is a major move to make sure our rural communities can grow their economies and populations through immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: Crowds on the beach in Hollywood for Canada Fest, according to Toronto Star. Courtesy of Canada Fest So the 36th annual Canada Fest, the largest French language musical festival in the United States, has moved off Hollywood Beach Boardwalk this year to a 10-acre park in the middle of U.S. Highway 1 as its cuts through downtown Hollywood. But, it was all too much for thousands of Canadians who fled inland seeking the shelter of tall buildings, dense trees and urban structures. Those lovely breezes moderated the hot tropical sun, but played havoc with the microphones and recording equipment that play a vital role in the operations at the Canada Fest Musical Festival, which Louis St. Louis St. Laurent launched on the beach in 1983. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

collection: Here are some highlights of Wednesday's spring-summer 2019 couture collections VALENTINO'S FLOWER WOMEN On couturier Pierpaolo Piccioli's request, Valentino's seamstresses named each and every couture dress after a flower or emotion, according to CTV. This detail reveals the preciousness that the designer and his atelier bestowed on the 65 carefully constructed looks, in which each model was transformed into a silken bloom. The VIP crowd that was surrounded by multicolored perfumed flowers whooped during a standing ovation as snow fell outside. A surreal red rose hood opened the collection, enveloping the model's head. Wednesday's effort lacked some of the vigour of Piccioli's standout collection last season, but it was poetic, thoughtful and colour-rich. Later gowns were less unusual or daring, producing a display in which Piccioli offered a more classical interpretation of floral couture. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jagmeet singh: I'd say, 'OK, let me check with my wife.' I'd get back a day later and the place would be gone, Singh said, according to CTV. The market's really hard out here. Jagmeet Singh began calling landlords last year as he prepared to move across the country from Brampton, Ont., to run in a byelection in Burnaby South. If it's hard for me, I can only imagine how hard it is for so many people. In Burnaby, renters have been kicked out of older apartments to make way for luxury condos, and sky-high prices are shutting millennials out of the market. Housing is shaping up to be a defining issue in the byelection, set for Feb. 25, and in the federal election later this year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

luxury condos: DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS I'd say, OK, let me check with my wife.' I'd get back a day later and the place would be gone, Singh said, according to Toronto Star. The market's really hard out here. Jagmeet Singh began calling landlords last year as he prepared to move across the country from Brampton, Ont., to run in a byelection in Burnaby South.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing to build 500,000 new affordable units over the next decade. If it's hard for me, I can only imagine how hard it is for so many people. In Burnaby, renters have been kicked out of older apartments to make way for luxury condos, and sky-high prices are shutting millennials out of the market. Housing is shaping up to be a defining issue in the byelection, set for Feb. 25, and in the federal election later this year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

email: It can be punished by up to two years in prison or a fine of up to 10,000, according to National Observer. The NEB has denied it broke the law.I still don't know exactly what was in that deleted email sent on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at 2 40 a.m. We should have the BB phone records checked again using the same date range, but adding in De Souza's telephone number, wrote a private investigator in an email to NEBCanada about Nat Observer 's mikedesouza cdnpoli records of business value is an indictable offence under Canadian law. However, based on what I was told over that lunch, the email appeared to be related to a request by one NEB employee who was asking a private detective to investigate another NEB employee in the office. In one response to a formal request made through access to information legislation, I learned that the NEB had spent 24,150 on a sole-source contract to a private security firm, Presidia, to interrogate employees and try to find my sources. Private eye hunted for sources ; This unusual activity might seem out of place for a regulator that has powers of a federal court and, as a result, is expected to be fair, impartial and credible in its reviews and oversight of major energy infrastructure projects and operations.I have asked a lot of questions and requested a lot of information from the NEB about the mysterious deleted email and related issues over the past three years, getting answers that sometimes prompt more serious questions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ships: It measures minute particles of air pollution that, when inhaled, can cause harm to your heart and lungs, according to National Observer. Kennedy, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, is the author of a new study, released Thursday, which details the findings of a two-year study exposing poor air quality on four Carnival Corporation ships the largest cruise operator in the world including one that left Vancouver for Los Angeles in October 2018. ; The report, titled An investigation of air pollution on the decks of four cruise ships, found that air pollution on these ships was significantly worse than some of the world's most polluted cities like Beijing, China or Santiago, Chile. This device is a portable digital contraption. Kennedy measured air pollution every second for one minute and created an average for each minute for twenty minutes at time, during the day and night. The lowest particle count across these four ships was 38,888 particles per cubic centimeter pt/cc while the highest was 157,716 pt/cc. His findings reveal that while all four ships were traveling at sea, average pollution particle counts were significantly higher at the stern the area on a ship behind the smokestacks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

archives curator: The title of the book translates to Statistics, Media, and Organizations of Jewry in the United States and Canada, and it was unveiled to media in Ottawa on Wednesday, according to CTV. It's an in depth statistical report or census, of the American and Canadian Jewish communities, said Michael Kent, Library and Archives curator of the Jacob M. Lowry Collection. Those who procured it say the information within the book would have likely been the building blocks for Hitler to carry out his Final Solution plan for eradication of all Jewish people in North America had the Nazis won the Second World War. This Judaic collection includes other important holocaust remembrance items. He and Kent went on to acknowledge that, while the item may contentious, they defend its acquisition as key to a full historical picture of the realities of the Second World War, Hitler's rule and the Holocaust. Librarian and Archivist of Canada Guy Berthiaume began the unveiling event stating that historical significance does not come with caveats. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chinese-canadian population: But the area's new-found diversity has hindered social cohesion, according to a new report from the Hua Foundation, as newcomers are having trouble integrating into the existing community, according to Toronto Star. Developers have been building new condominiums in Vancouver's Chinatown in recent years. Chinatown used to consist predominantly of businesses that catered to the Chinese-Canadian population. Jennifer Gauthier / For Star Metro We rarely talk about how neighbourhoods with so many different stakeholders across cultural as well as socioeconomic differences, how we can get along and work together, said Kevin Huang, executive director of the Hua Foundation. Racist policies in the mid-1900s pushed Chinese-Canadian business owners in the Lower Mainland to create a separate supply chain that connected restaurants and green grocers with culturally appropriate farmers and distributors. The non-profit has studied food-security gaps in the neighbourhood before, but its most recent report highlights parallel food systems in the Lower Mainland and how gentrification has deepened the divide between those systems within Chinatown itself. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

countries: In U.S. News and World Report's 2019 Best Countries Report, produced with the BAV Group and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 20,300 respondents from 36 countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa were asked to score 80 countries based on 65 attributes, according to CTV. The attributes were grouped under categories like adventure, citizenship, cultural influence, entrepreneurship, heritage, movers, open for business, power and quality of life. In other categories, Canada was deemed to have the best quality of life and the U.K. best for education. For the third year in a row, Switzerland took to the top spot, scoring high in areas of business, quality of life and cultural influence. It's carved out a brand internationally, one of quality and impartiality, said Dan Hamilton of the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in a statement. Or in this case, its perceived international neutrality. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mali obomsawin: Lula Wiles are provocateurs of the best kind, rabble-rousers with the purest intentions, according to Rabble. One of the brightest recent signees to Smithsonian Folkways, the Smithsonian Institution's nonprofit record label, Lula Wiles are a Boston-based folk trio made up of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland and Mali Obomsawin, and it seems like they're hellbent on stirring up folk conventions for the better. Curated by the Paste Music Team. They make traditional roots music stacked with warm harmonies, acoustic expertise and the occasional electric element, but there's nothing antiquated about the subject matter of their songs. To that end, one of their most in-depth tunes is Good Old American Values, a single from their label debut What Will We Do, which is out this Friday, Jan. 25, on Folkways. The three women, who were swapping songs at summer camp in Maine long before they attended college in Boston and became a band, sing with distinctly American voices, but they're not afraid to question every single thing it means to be just that. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

miles kilometres: As she spoke in the yard of a Catholic Charities shelter in South Texas, the boy played nearby, according to CTV. He had a hairless scar on top of his head in the shape of a jagged, capital T. I will always feel culpable, said Orbelina, 30. After quietly planning for months, she took the 3-year-old boy and his two brothers and headed north without telling her husband. Always. The Trump administration wants to use that money to construct more than 200 miles 320 kilometres of border wall. U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a 5.7 billion wall -- a demand that triggered the longest government shutdown in history -- is unlikely on its own to stop families with stories like Orbelina's, who are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by the thousands each month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government shutdown: Even then it seemed doubtful that the 1,300-page End The Shutdown And Secure The Border Act released by Senate Republicans had any chance of passing swiftly, according to Toronto Star. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority but would need Democrats to reach the usual 60-vote threshold for bills to advance. Despite the fanfare of the president's announcement and the rush to release the legislative package late Monday, voting in Congress was not expected to unfold until later in the week. Not a single Democrat publicly expressed support for the deal in the 48 hours since Trump announced it.U..S President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the southern border and the partial government shutdown at the White House on Saturday. The package would reopen the shuttered parts of government and boost some spending. Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post Details released late Monday highlight the centrepiece of Trump's offer 5.7 billion U.S. to build the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border alongside temporary protection from deportation for some immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bargainers time: One vote will be on his own measure, which reflects Trump's offer to trade border wall funding for temporary protections for some immigrants, according to CTV. It was quickly rejected by Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., set up the two showdown votes for Thursday, a day before some 800,000 federal workers are due to miss a second paycheque. The second vote is set for a bill approved by the Democratic-controlled House reopening government through Feb. 8, with no wall money, to give bargainers time to talk. Pelosi has shown no sign of yielding and Democrats hold the upper hand in public opinion -- polls show Trump gets most of the blame for the shutdown. In the Democratic-controlled House, Wednesday will bring more votes on legislation to reopen the government in line with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's demand to end the shutdown before negotiations begin. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

disinformation campaigns: In advance of four provincial elections and one federal election coming up in 2019, Canada's director of general military strategic communications is warning that Canadians should be alert for attempts to influence the electorate, especially disinformation campaigns on digital and electronic media, according to Rabble. He urged Canadians to pay close attention to their news sources, to learn to identify fake news, and to support professional, credible, dedicated journalists. The deciding factor in future warfare will be narrative -- whose story wins. There was a time, he said, when newspapers would print columns from both sides of an issue, side by side, so people could compare them. Back then, in the first armed conflict ever telecast live, CNN sent 15 people and tons of equipment to cover the 1990 Gulf War -- the U.S. attack on Saddam Hussein and Iraq over his attack on Kuwait. That was back when people trusted the legacy media. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.