aviation administration: Eighteen of the victims were Canadian citizens, although several others were foreign nationals living in Canada, according to Toronto Star. Lawyers in Chicago filed Monday's suits in the U.S. on behalf of a Brampton, Ont., family that lost six members and a man who lost his Hamilton-based wife and three young children. All 157 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed on March 10. Blinded by its greed, Boeing haphazardly rushed the 737 Max 8 to market, with the knowledge and tacit approval of the United States Federal Aviation Administration while Boeing actively concealed the nature of the automated system defects, the unproven claims alleged. Article Continued Below Boeing said it could not comment on the lawsuits. Numerous decisions by Boeing's leadership substantially contributed to the subject crash and demonstrate Boeing's conscious disregard for the lives of others. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ctv atlantic: He completed his medical degree in 2009 and spent two-and-a-half years working as an orthopedic surgeon in his native Syria, according to CTV. When he left Syria due to the civil war, he spent three years practising medicine in Jordan. Loai Al Rifai is one of them. Read more on this story from CTV Atlantic Now in Canada, Al Rifai is not yet able to share his medical knowledge with Nova Scotian patients. Although he has taken classes and is conversant in English, he feels his language skills haven't developed to the point where he is comfortable writing Nova Scotia's mandatory medical exam. Instead, he finds himself working at a hardware store in Halifax. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

gas industry: I jumped instead of being pushed, according to National Observer. Kenney's government is due to be sworn in to office on April 30 after winning a majority of seats and defeating Premier Rachel Notley's New Democrats in Alberta's April 16 election. I cannot support the government's tactics and policy direction, and they were going to fire me anyway, so let's call it a case of irreconcilable differences and save everyone some time and money, he told National Observer in a phone interview on Monday. Fight disinformation with facts. Goal 75,000 27,750Donate The premier-designate had said he would fire Whittingham, whom he accused, without evidence, of being part of a conspiracy of economic sabotage against Alberta's oil and gas industry. Support the Election Integrity Reporting Project!This is how much readers like you have donated so far. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mowat centre: The Ford government found the centre useful enough to cite as a source of information in its recent provincial budget, in a section discussing manufacturing job losses in Southwestern Ontario, according to National Observer. Fight disinformation with facts. The 10-year-old Mowat Centre, a research organization at the University of Toronto, has recently examined issues such as the uneven success of the province's settlement of immigrants, the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous education and the differences between urban and rural Ontarians. Support the Election Integrity Reporting Project!This is how much readers like you have donated so far. The Mowat Centre was receiving an annual 1-million grant from the government of Ontario that helped pay the bills including 1.8 million in salaries and benefits, according to the organization's most recent year-end financial statements.A letter published Monday from director Andrew Parkin said the centre has started the process of wrapping up its work over the next two months. ; The Mowat Centre would like to inform its many partners and supporters that, as the result of the cancellation of its funding agreement with the Government of Ontario, it will soon be closing, Parkin wrote. Goal that citation, the government is moving ahead with cancelling funding for all think tanks, Ontario Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Minister Todd Smith's office confirmed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

effect monday: The ban, which took effect Monday, has been touted as a security measure, according to CTV. However, it criminalizes a practice more associated with an ultraconservative form of Islam previously unknown on the island, one that more closely adheres to the strict beliefs more common in Saudi Arabia. Now in the wake of Easter suicide attacks launched by Islamic State group-linked militants that killed more than 250 people, Sri Lanka's president has used his emergency powers to ban the practice previously unheard of in the island nation off the southern coast of India. It also can focus public suspicion on women who practice their religious beliefs peacefully, while the government and foreign diplomats say IS-linked militants armed with explosives still roam the island. Sri Lanka's pain from the Easter attacks should not be used to promote failed policies. As we have seen in Afghanistan and elsewhere, Muslim women will become a convenient cover for military action, wrote Nimmi Gowrinathan, a professor at the City College of New York. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ibrahim abubakar: Ibrahim Abubakar said in a statement to the Daily Mail, according to CTV. A Nigerian citizen was also kidnapped when about a dozen gunmen stormed the rig, firing weapons and grabbing three men, according to local news reports. The workers were taken during an 8 a.m. raid on the rig owned by Niger Delta Petroleum Resources, military spokesman Maj. They then fled into an area of thick forest and swamps. Global Affairs Canada said in a statement Sunday they were aware that a Canadian citizen was the victim of a kidnapping in Nigeria, and that consular officials are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information. The military has dispatched troops to search the area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mac lauchlan: Last Tuesday, Prince Edward Islanders not only elected a PC minority government but were sooner ready to consider the Green Party than re-elect Wade Mac Lauchlan's governing Liberals, according to Toronto Star. Progressive Conservative leader Dennis King, accompanied by his wife Jana Hemphill, right, addresses supporters after winning the Prince Edward Island provincial election in Charlottetown on Tuesday. And with that, the inescapable conclusion that the Liberal brand is, if not in crisis, certainly not what it was on Election Day in October, 2015. Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS For those keeping count of such things, that's five straight conservative victories. And so, it should come as no surprise that outgoing Premier Mac Lauchlan's Liberal campaign opted not to reach out to their cousins in Ottawa for assistance. In four of them, the Liberal vote share dropped to the lowest levels seen, wait for it, since Confederation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

building answers.ca: I would like to thank the hundreds of residents who submitted questions at Building Answers.ca for us to answer over the past three weeks, according to Toronto Star. Here are the top three questions The amount of new home construction in the GTA is driven by factors including natural growth and rural-to-urban migration. The objective is to demystify the development and home-building process in the GTA, and to have a dialogue with residents about the housing challenges facing the region. Richard Lautens / Toronto Star 1. Questions came from a wide range of residents from young and old, to single parents and single-income families. How will the challenge of affordability affect our ability to purchase a home By far the largest number of questions we have received pertain to people's ability to afford a home in the GTA. Questions included the challenges of finding rental properties and the status of purpose-built rental buildings in the region. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

detention centre: It said only 35 of those who escaped had returned without explaining why it had lowered its figures, according to Toronto Star. Migrants waits for their transfer from an immigration detention center in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Mexico's National Immigration Institute said in a statement that rather than the 1,300 escapees it reported Thursday night, only 645 migrants had actually fled. Moises Castillo / AP Photo The centre was holding 1,745 people at the time, nearly double its capacity, the statement said. That caused a commotion and migrants gained access to other parts of the detention centre before eventually making it to the main entrance. The escape began with Cuban migrants escaping their holding area into an area reserved for women, who were mostly Honduran. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

alexandre: Raymond Bissonnette's letter states that the use of the word terrorist to describe his son is putting his family at risk, according to CTV. The day after the crime committed by my son Alexandre Bissonnette at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre, you stated categorically Make no mistake-- this was a terrorist attack. Alexandre Bissonnette killed six people and injured many more when he walked into a mosque during evening prayers and opened fire in January 2017. A few days later, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner confirmed that several Canadian politicians had already labelled Alexandre Bissonnette a terrorist, wrote Raymond Bissonnette. He added that his son's crime was extremely terrible and severe, and that the absence of terrorism charges in no way diminishes the gravity of the crime but it has no link to terrorism or to any particular ideology. Raymond Bissonnette points out that his son was charged and convicted on six counts of first degree murder, but was never charged with terrorism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

boris johnson: People who read out bits from papers on late-night news shows, a former I'm A Celebrity because I'm Boris Johnson's sister contestant, an I Grew Up Damaged because I'm Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister casualty, and a woman seen in more TV car wrecks than a crash test dummy, Ann Widdecombe, according to Rabble. Everyone's least-favourite right-wing banshee has teamed up with Nigel Farage, slightly too late to make the casting for the Laurel and Hardy film, but still feeding us comic lines like the reason for her joining his Brexit Party Britain is a laughing stock. . Any no-deal stockpiler who's storing up mirrors, please send one to Widdecombe's house, pronto. No sooner was the Brexit delay announced, and vacancies to stand in the European elections for new parties realised, than a host of the usual suspects planted themselves before the cameras. Ann Widdecombe and Nigel Farage are two of the usual candidates Image PA Read More Ann Widdecombe 5 shocking things Brexit Party candidate has said and done The man who has failed seven times to be elected an MP believes anger over Theresa May's Brexit shambles will give him a resounding victory at these unwanted EU polls. But every solid Labour voter needs to realise that voting for Farage is like putting a picture of Thatcher over your fireplace or placing an advert in the Satanic Times saying, soul for sale . Because he does not represent your values. And he's making a serious play for Labour voters to join his protest bandwagon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian females: And they don't wear scarves and they don't wear black, according to CTV. The group of six Muslim friends were standing outside the Wilfrid Laurier University library in Waterloo, Ont., when the woman in the video stopped to stare at them like zoo animals, wrote Shama Saleh in a Facebook post. In footage posted to Facebook, a white woman in a pink puffer jacket describes what she says is a standard look for young Canadian females the ripped jeans, the little jean jacket and the running shoes. This happened to us because being born and raised in Canada is not enough for people that look like us, wrote Saleh. This incident is incongruent with the values of equity, diversity and inclusion that we strive to foster at Laurier, the statement read. The university released a statement Wednesday condemning the woman's words and offering support for anyone in the school community affected. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

energy studies: Premier John Horgan says helping people keep their homes cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter makes sense, and the efficiency they're investing in will help B.C. reduce climate pollution, according to CTV. Incentives include a 3,000 rebate for those who switch to high-efficiency electric heat pumps, up to 2,000 in rebates for upgrades on doors and windows and up to 20,000 for energy studies to help identify improvements in commercial buildings. The Better Buildings program offers thousands of dollars in rebates and incentives to entice the switch to high-efficiency heating equipment and improve building envelopes, which include walls, windows, roofs and foundations. The plan allows for 14,100 for a home and 220,000 for a commercial business to make the energy-saving changes. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall says in a news release that energy-efficient buildings are a key part of a cleaner future. The CleanBC program announced last year was part of the agreement Horgan's NDP signed with the B.C. Green party in order to form a minority government in 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news outlet: United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood In an interview with writer Stuart Thomson that ran in the National Post over the weekend, Kenney suggested that the online news outlet, which makes no secret of its ties to the pro-New Democrat Broadbent Institute, is not a legit media outlet, but a de facto political action committee and third party advertiser, according to Rabble. The NDP, if they can't get mainstream media to pick up on their research, they just email it over to Press Progress to breathlessly write it up, he argued. The site also provided regular bulletins on allegations of irregularities in the inaugural UCP leadership race, including claims of voter fraud and accusations that the eventual victor and now incoming premier Jason Kenney's campaign had covertly cooperated with one of his ostensible rivals, otherwise known as the kamikaze candidate scheme. If sharing a few memes with another leadership candidate constitutes a contribution, then running a full-time attack website, dumping NDP research into the campaign cycle definitely constitutes a campaign contribution. That was enough to set off alarm bells for Alberta blogger, David Climenhaga, who shared his concerns via another progressive platform, Rabble. So this is something that we will be looking at. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sri: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/For The Washington Post By Pamela Constable and Pamela Constable Foreign correspondent covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Latin America and immigration Email Bio Follow Amantha Perera April 26 at 11 25 PMCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's president said Friday that intelligence failings allowed the devastating Easter attacks to take place and that a major reorganization of the security services would occur in the coming days, according to Rabble. Speaking to local media executives at his residence, President Maithripala Sirisena said the national police chief and defense secretary had both been warned about the attacks but did not inform him. Anthony's Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 25, 2019. Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and police chief Pujith Jayasundara resigned this week at Sirisena's request. It was a serious lapse on their part and shirk of responsibility, he said. They did not say a word about this warning letter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

railroad track: Honduran migrants Sandra Montoya, her husband Jose Vallecinos and their daughter Brittany rest on the railroad track before a freight train leaves Arriaga, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, according to Toronto Star. The train known as The Beast is once again rumbling through the night loaded with people headed toward the U.S. border after a raid on a migrant caravan threatened to end the practice of massive highway marches through Mexico. But getting there has proved much harder than expected Vallecillo, wife Sandra and 4-year-old daughter Brittany have endured a fruitless wait for visas, spent all their money on food and transportation, and escaped a police raid in which hundreds were arrested and hidden out in the countryside. Moises Castillo / AP Photo Honduran migrant Sandra Jeane Garcia Romero poses for a photo at the Hermanos en el camino migrant shelter, during her journey towards the US-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Of her five children, one was murdered, one is missing and another is facing drug charges, she said. Garcia Romero, who does not know how to read or write, says she joined the latest migrant caravan trying to escape the violence in her country, and is now taking refuge at the migrant shelter with her two remaining children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

firefighter mother: The White House, however, has not said whether Trump intends to do so, according to Vancouver Courier. Shanahan is not thought to face any organized opposition to Senate confirmation, although his career service in the defence industry and limited government experience could be issues.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in VancouverNDP candidate looks to make Canadian electoral history Vancouver teens get a snapshot of life as a firefighter Mother of missing B.C. woman makes emotional public plea VIDEO After Mattis quit last December in protest of Trump's policies, the president installed Shanahan as acting secretary but did not nominate him. The decision by the Defence Department inspector general appears to open the door for President Donald Trump to nominate Shanahan to succeed Jim Mattis as defence secretary. Although he has publicly praised Shanahan's work, Trump has seemed content letting him remain in limbo, as he has with a number of other Cabinet-level officials and others. It gives me more flexibility, Trump said in January. I like acting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouverndp candidate: It is a political fight, which Canada's top commander in the region believes could be decided in the coming months based on the actions of Iraq's government.article continues below Trending Stories Bike share program gets ready to roll'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in VancouverNDP candidate looks to make Canadian electoral history Vancouver teens get a snapshot of life as a firefighter This summer will be pretty important to them, honestly, as they move out of the wet season and into the dry season, Brig.-Gen, according to Vancouver Courier. Colin Keiver, the commander of Joint Task Force-Iraq, said in an interview Thursday. That battle, however, won't be fought with bullets and missiles. The rolling electrical blackouts, potential water shortages, things like that, this will be a big test for the government of Iraq in terms of how they react and how they respond to the needs of their citizens. These factors have been repeatedly cited as key contributors to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014, as the group used these grievances against Baghdad to gather support and take control of large swathes of territory. The Iraqi government has long been blasted for failing to provide basic services such as water and electricity to Iraqis, let alone cracking down on endemic corruption and discrimination against certain religious and ethnic groups. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mac lauchlan: Welcome to a new day in Prince Edward Island! Tory Leader Dennis King told supporters, who immediately roared their approval, according to CTV. Welcome to a new era of Island politics. With all polls reporting Tuesday, the Tories had won 12 seats, the Greens held eight, and the incumbent Liberals, led by Premier Wade Mac Lauchlan, had won six. Welcome to the tremendous honour and the tremendous responsibility of governing. It shows that Prince Edward Island wants the parties to put partisanship behind them ... to do what's best for Prince Edward Island, he told the crowd. Remarking on the strong showing by the Greens, King said it showed that Island voters want their political parties to work together. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

aarav mishra: Hindu Society of Manitoba president Ajay Pandey says Aarav's older brother, Shreyaan, remains in critical condition, according to CTV. Winnipeg police say paramedics pulled the three out of an indoor pool at an apartment building Sunday. A member of the city's Hindu community who knows the family says Aarav Mishra died Tuesday afternoon, one day after his father, 38-year-old Ram Nivash Misra, died in hospital. Police did not release further details, but confirmed the boys' ages as nine and 10. Misra's wife and sons moved to the city about two months ago, he said, and they were living in the Courts of St. Pandey says Misra is originally from India and moved to Winnipeg about a year ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

reason moore: Over time, though, it's become clear that having no idea what he's talking about when it comes to fiscal or monetary policy isn't the only reason Moore should probably be kept far away from the central banking system, the other being that he's a raging unrepentant misogynist who's had some unfortunate things to say about transgender people to boot!We know this, because Moore has proudly shared such views in numerous columns over the years, though now that they've been highlighted in light of his new job prospect, he thinks he's the victim of an attack not unlike the one waged on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was forced to suffer through credible allegations of assault and misconduct on his way to a lifetime appointment, according to Rabble. I was so honored when I got the call from Donald Trump, he told a conservative talk-radio show Tuesday morning. When Donald Trump first announced his intention to nominate Stephen Moore for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, the conservative economist's candidacy was panned far and wide on the basis of Moore being so unqualified for the job that, in the words of University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics Justin Wolfers, Ivanka would have been a better pick. But all it's been since then has been one personal assault after another, and a kind of character assassination having nothing to do with economics . . . They're pulling a Kavanaugh against me, he said, suggesting that because he might be making less money on the Fed board, people should shut up about the gross things he's said about women, gender equality, and trying to pick up a younger mommy for his kids, in front of his kids. So, you know, I mean, it's true public service. I'm taking a 60 percent pay cut to do this job, he added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

alberta election: Only days after Kenney's United Conservative Party won a decisive majority in the Alberta election, the campaign, which was launched by the youth-led organization Climate Justice Edmonton CJE has surpassed 12,500 and counting, according to National Observer. About 200 people have chipped in with donations. It started with an online campaign that was initially a tongue in cheek response to Kenney's promise to develop a 30-million war room against environmental activists. Fight disinformation with facts. Goal 75,000 24,385Donate And although Kenney's party captured about 55 per cent of the electoral vote and two thirds of the seats in the provincial legislature, the group says it wants to send a message that not all Albertans agree with the incoming premier's views and policies related to the oilpatch. Support the Election Integrity Reporting Project!This is how much readers like you have donated so far. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

marine environment: There will be incremental benefits to the whole value chain of marine traffic in the Salish Sea, according to National Observer. Anderson, Trans Mountain Corp.'s president and chief executive officer, was referring to measures recommended by the National Energy Board NEB to mitigate significant adverse environmental impacts on Southern resident killer whales orcas and on Indigenous cultural use related to them. There will no doubt be measures taken that will make the transit and the understanding of the marine environment better than it was before, Anderson said in a podcast interview with ARC Energy Research Institute, the investment analysis arm of an energy-focused private equity fund. Fight disinformation with facts. Goal 75,000 24,385Donate He also said in the April 4 podcast that absent an injunction that stops construction, his crews would be ready to break ground and get in the water by the summer, despite what he called pockets of opposition from Indigenous groups. Support the Election Integrity Reporting Project!This is how much readers like you have donated so far. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

amal alshteiwi: CTV Calgary CBE stands behind supports offered despite young girl's suicide Aref Alshteiwi and Nasra Abdulrahmin, speaking through a translator, told CTV News Calgary that their daughter's teacher was informed of the bullying, but claim the school did nothing to address the issue, according to CTV. When I noticed that my kid was having problems at the school and slipping away, and all my other kids they are not happy at school, I went to the school myself, explained Nasra Abdulrahmin, Amal's mother. Amal Alshteiwi -- whose first name translates to 'hope' -- died by suicide in March, following what her parents say was tireless bullying that resulted in her changing schools. Her parents ultimately decided to transfer Amal to another school. The kids were bullying my daughter and even asking her to go and hang herself and kill herself, said Aref Alshteiwi, her father. She died by suicide four days after the move. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian press: During last month's G7 meeting of foreign ministers in Dinard, France, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland met with stiff resistance from some fellow attendees over the language she wanted to use in a joint communique, The Canadian Press has learned, according to CTV. Freeland wanted the G7 to issue a joint statement after the mosque shootings that killed 50 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, but it didn't end up going out because we couldn't get agreement from all other countries about white supremacy and Islamophobia, said one Canadian official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the deliberations. The quiet but at-times-controversial diplomacy has come as Justin Trudeau's Liberals, gearing up for a federal election campaign this fall, try to portray Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and his party as soft on white supremacy and so-called alt-right views. Prior to that meeting, Freeland spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, where she singled out white supremacy as the greatest security threat facing the world -- remarks that later sparked a clash with a Conservative senator during testimony before the upper chamber's foreign affairs committee. On Islamophobia and the threat of white nationalism, Canada tends to be the country that speaks the most about these issues and pushes the hardest to get the language included in communiques. When the ministers met in France in early April, some of her counterparts pushed back against Freeland's assertion that white supremacy now poses broader threats, the official said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pulitzer prize: The reporters were arrested in December 2017 and sentenced last September after being accused of illegally possessing official documents, a violation of a colonial-era law, according to CTV. The court did not given a reason for its decision, which was quickly decried by rights advocates. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo earlier this month shared with their colleagues the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, one of journalism's highest honours. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo should never have been arrested, much less prosecuted, for doing their jobs as investigative journalists, said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for New York-based Human Rights Watch. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are being held in a prison in Yangon, were not present for the ruling, but their wives were. Sadly, when it comes to media freedom, both Myanmar's military and the civilian government seem equally determined to extinguish any ability to question their misrule and rights violations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.