gates: The PBS series demonstrates that we're all descended from immigrants, whether they came to America willingly or as slaves, and all share a common origin, Gates told a TV critics meeting Monday.article continues below Trending Stories How do you deliver 24 new Canada Line trains from Korea to Vancouver Very carefully Reckless driver speeds in the wrong direction on Lions Gate Bridge VIDEO 'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history People want that reassurance that we're all the same, he said, especially as some seek to divide the nation and distinguish between who does and doesn't have the right to be an American and live in America, according to Vancouver Courier. It was an apparent reference to President Donald Trump's call for four Democratic House members of colour to go back to their countries, although all are U.S. citizens and all but one was born in the United States. The celebrity ancestry show Finding Your Roots has a message to counter divisive political rhetoric, said its host, educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. Guess what, we're all home. And our ancestors came here and fought for the right to make this our home. ... and we all have an equal purchase on the rights guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Gates said. This is our home. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

opening statement: Don't let what happened is happening to us happen to you, according to National Observer. Heyman's warning came on the heels of special counsel Robert Mueller's much-anticipated congressional testimony last Wednesday, during which he told the country that Russia's efforts to interfere in America's democratic process are ongoing and will take aim at the 2020 campaign, too. Protect your upcoming elections from foreign government interference. Over the course of my career, I've seen a number of challenges to our democracy, Mueller said in his opening statement to Congress. It wasn't a single attempt, Mueller said later in his testimony. The Russian government's effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mexico city: The video was posted on Twitter by Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, according to CTV. Mexico's national disaster prevention agency posted a statement about the volcanic event, warning the public to stay away from the volcano, and particularly the crater, in case of falling fragments of rock. Pillars of grey ash and smoke suddenly unfold out of the smooth volcano crater into the sky in new footage captured Saturday of Popocatepetl, an active volcano outside Mexico City. The statement said that there had been eight minor explosions, and that at night, a glow was visible from the crater. In the earlier video, thin tendrils of smoke leak out of a small hole in the centre of the crater presumably, the same spot that exploded a week later. This follows another video taken on July 19 in which the precursor to this eruption can be seen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian government: Now, while other members of the LGBTQ community in Montreal are gearing up for Pride celebrations, Karim is facing deportation back to Guinea, where homosexuality is outlawed, according to CTV. He spoke before media on Sunday with his back to cameras, afraid to expose his identity. Karim fled his home country of Guinea around four years ago, after he was outed as a bisexual man. I'm asking the Canadian government to save my life and my children's lives, he said in French, the rainbow flag pulled around his shoulders. As a member of a major Guinean political party, he was the victim of a smear campaign when his sexual identity was made public, and an arrest warrant was issued for him. Karim has been in Canada since he was forced to escape Guinea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

film: And yet, Tewkesbury's film, initially reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, is the rare yarn in which the protagonist grows more mysterious as the story progresses, according to Rabble. By the end of Old Boyfriends, the audience will learn a bit about Dianne's past, but it may ultimately feel as if you understand her less than you did at the start of the film. As Dianne explains her intentions via voiceover, I realized if I could figure out why I loved them then, I could figure out myself and love myself. Old Boyfriends opens with a dramatic helicopter shot of a car speeding through the streets of Los Angeles before crashing into a stone wall, followed by a disconnected shot in which we see Dianne's hand dial an unknown number and hold the receiver up to a speaker that's playing the Duprees's You Belong to Me. Each time that Dianne tracks down a man from her past, she seems to create a new personality for herself. It's indicative of Tewkesbury's deliberately alienating approach that we don't grasp the import of these scenes until nearly halfway through the film, by which point it's difficult to connect them to the Dianne we've come to know, a woman who is, by turns, mousy, playful, emotionally withdrawn, and sexually forward. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

police: The mother was able to escape but the boy was hit and run over by the train and suffered fatal injuries, according to CTV. The suspect then apparently tried unsuccessfully to push another person onto the track, police said. The mother and then the boy were pushed onto the tracks as a high-speed ICE train was pulling into the station, one of Germany's busiest. The 40-year-old suspect fled the scene with passers-by in pursuit and was arrested near the station. Police spokeswoman Isabell Neumann said there appeared to be no connection between the suspect and the victims. He was being questioned and there was no immediate information on his possible motive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

expansion increases: Due to the potential for impacts to federally managed species, this project has undergone an extensive Environmental Assessment conducted by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, which commenced when the initial project description was submitted in 2013.A review of the Environmental Impact Statement by Raincoast Conservation Foundation salmon biologist Dave Scott revealed the proposed expansion poses several potential problems for juvenile Chinook and other salmon that would prefer to use the productive eelgrass beds at Roberts Bank, according to National Observer. Primarily, the expansion increases the barrier to the natural movement of juvenile salmon created by the construction of the original four-kilometre-long causeway and terminal in 1969. The Port of Vancouver is proposing to expand the existing terminal at Deltaport, in Tsawwassen, doubling its capacity to offload containers through the creation of a 108-hectare berth in the heart of the Fraser River delta at Roberts Bank. Added to this were three additional terminal pods in the early 1980s. To do so requires swimming through deeper and saltier water to reach the eelgrass beds to the south. This large structure now extends five kilometres from the shore, forming a physical barrier juvenile salmon must navigate around. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

self-defence forces: Muhammad Bulama, council chairman of the Nganzai local government area, told reporters that 11 other people were wounded during the attack at midday Saturday, according to CTV. He called it a reprisal after villagers and civilian self-defence forces fought off a Boko Haram ambush in the area two weeks ago, killing 11 extremists. It was the deadliest extremist attack against civilians in the region this year. Nigerians last week marked the grim 10-year anniversary of the Boko Haram insurgency, which has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and created one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. The extremists, who seek to impose a strict Islamic state in the region, have defied the claims of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration over the years that the insurgency has been crushed. The extremists are known for mass abductions of schoolgirls and putting young women and men into suicide vests for attacks on markets, mosques and other high-traffic areas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration policy: She said some damage has already been done, with the loss of researchers and influence since Brexit was set in motion, according to CTV. She also urged Johnson to increase state research spending to match that in Germany, and devise a more welcoming immigration policy so Britain can still attract top scientists and their families. Wellcome Trust chair Eliza Manningham-Buller wrote that barriers to global collaboration must be minimized in Europe, where Britain's closest and most extensive science relationships are. Johnson has promised that Britain will leave the EU by Oct. 31, with or without a divorce deal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

gulag solzhenitsyn: On the drive the trunks were still wet, shrinking, turning cold, leaving a damp patch on his trousers and the back seat, according to Rabble. He had to keep them on during the interrogation. They ordered him to get dressed quickly, pull his trousers over his wet trunks. There he was, trying to keep up a dignified facade, but all the time the dank trunks made him squirm. It was 1976, in Odessa, Soviet Ukraine, and my father, Igor, a writer and poet, had been detained for distributing copies of harmful literature to friends and acquaintances books censored for telling the truth about the Soviet Gulag Solzhenitsyn or for being written by exiles Nabokov . He was threatened with seven years' prison and five in exile. It struck him they had done it on purpose, these mid-ranking KGB men masters of the small-time humiliation, the micro-mind game. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

uncle scrambles: This heart-rending image was taken after an airstrike crippled buildings in northwestern Syria, according to CTV. A closer look reveals that there is a third sister under the rubble, also reaching towards the baby. With that one free hand, she's clutching onto her baby sister's shirt, desperately trying to stop the infant from falling to her death. Above, a man believed to be their uncle scrambles frantically down the slope of the devastated building towards them. Airstrikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilians several times a week, and the response seems to be a collective shrug, said Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The photo encapsulates the plight of children and families in Syria right now a plight the international community seems to have largely forgotten about. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chaos candidate: During the scrum among candidates preceding Trump's ascent to the Republican nomination for POTUS, former front-runner Jeb Bush in December, 2015, said of the future 45th commander-in-chief, Donald, you know, is great at the one-liners, according to Rabble. But he's a chaos candidate. Such fatigue has covered a wide spectrum of issues in American life, including sports, race, gender immigration, free press, foreign relations and the foundations of United States democracy itself. And he'd be a chaos president. And then there was only Crooked Hillary Clinton to surmount in the 2016 runoff for the presidency. Bush, along with being prescient about the future American CEO, soon became one of the rabble of nicknamed victims as Trump careened past Low Energy Jeb, Little Marco Rubio, Lyin Ted Cruz, etc. enroute to the nomination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nevada: He says they're usually attracted to ultraviolet light sources, according to Vancouver Courier. Knight recalls several similar migrations in his more than 30 years at the state Department of Agriculture, including one about six or seven years ago. Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on Thursday the number of adult pallid-winged grasshoppers travelling north to central Nevada is unusual but not unprecedented and they pose no danger.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver Coastal Health surprised at federal government reaction to free crack pipe plan Metro Vancouver hires City of Vancouver's chief engineer Province releases class size numbers here's what that means for Vancouver Lions Gate Bridge construction starts this weekend, expect delays Knight says the insects don't carry disease, don't bite, and probably won't damage anybody's yard before they're gone in several weeks. This year, the Las Vegas area recorded more rain in six months than the annual average of just under 4.2 inches 10.7 centimetres per year. Read Related Topics var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul Vancouver Courier (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

climate chaos: While the conversation surrounding prevention versus mitigation was born long before I was, it is now more relevant than ever given the imminent threat of climate chaos, according to National Observer. We will not know peace until we resolve the climate crisis. Next time, start by turning off the tap. These were my first words at the Voice of Women for Peace award ceremony in May. It seemed a little far from the pro-composting and biking war many assumed I was leading. I was attempting to justify why a climate-justice activist like me had been invited to speak in front of women fighting to free journalists in Venezuela, to dismantle NATO, to ban nuclear weapons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

two-decade history: And it took us a couple of days to really understand the nuances, according to National Observer. The Doug Ford government's appointee told him that Legal Aid Ontario would be facing a 30 per cent cut in its operating budget the biggest cut in its over two-decade history. Right away we were going through numbers with them, Field recalled. In total, the cuts added up to 133 million and took effect immediately without any notice, despite the fact that Legal Aid's 2019 budget had already been finalized. Field is the current CEO of Legal Aid Ontario, tasked with finding a way to deliver these cuts in a way that doesn't disrupt the agency's mandate of providing cheap legal assistance to the province's most marginalized communities. But none of this was known until that phone call. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian sports: When we first entered into Canada, my parents went to the Open Door Society and they helped out generously, it was so amazing, said Ripa, according to CTV. My parents encouraged me to come here and meet other people and so through this program, I've gained a lot of friends. Programs such as the four-day sports camphosted by the Regina Open Door Society and Ehrlo Sport Venture this week have helped her transition into life in Canada. The camp has been hosted by the Open Door Society since 2016 and sees newcomers learn the basics of popular Canadian sports over the course of the week. Not only will they learn about Canadian culture, but they will also learn about values such as sportsmanship, cooperation and discipline, said Roberto Misterio, Youth Program Coordinator of the Regina Open Door Society. The goal is to use sport to help newcomers become a part of the community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

oceans manson: The latest version of the Can Coast map has combined six key factors to create visual ratings of coastal sensitivity on the three oceans, according to CTV. Manson said in an interview Wednesday that when you start to consider how wave height rises due to a lack of sea ice or the slope of the shore, it can make a major difference in erosion and flooding. The mapping effort led by Gavin Manson has taken into account factors like the disappearance of sea ice, rising waves and the makeup of the shoreline. It includes a whole lot more information on factors that affect the physical sensitivity of Canada's coasts, he said from the Geological Survey of Canada office at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax. In parts of Atlantic Canada where coastal land is sinking as seas rise, the ocean is predicted to be an average of between 75 centimetres to one metre higher by the end of the century -- increasing flood risk during storms. The expectation of rising sea levels has already been documented in the Changing Climate Report Ottawa released in April for large portions of Atlantic Canada, the Beaufort Sea, the Fraser River lowlands and northern British Columbia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

technology company: The settlement also comes with restrictions and government oversight, according to CTV. Facebook for a decade had largely been trusted to regulate itself and keep its 2.4 billion users' interests at heart. The FTC fine is by far the largest the agency has levied on a technology company. Then came Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, fake news and the Cambridge Analyticascandal, in which a political data mining firm affiliated with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump improperly accessed the personal data of as many as 87 million users. Facebook now faces the prospect of not only billions of dollars in additional fines, but also new restrictions. Regulators in Europe and the U.S. took notice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

adventures: I don't agree with her prophecy, according to NOW Magazine. But I have a prediction of my own. Louis, Missouri area in the coming weeks. Using data about how cosmic forces are conspiring to amuse and titillate your rapture chakra, I predict a major lovequake for many Aries between now and August 20. How Brainstorm about adventures and breakthroughs that will boost exciting togetherness. I suggest you start preparing immediately. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

murray rankin: Trudeau named Rankin and University of Ottawa law professor Craig Forcese to the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, whose job is to examine any security or intelligence activities of the federal government to make sure they're legal, reasonable and necessary, according to National Observer. The members of the new National Security and Intelligence Review Agency will play an important role protecting Canadians and their rights and freedoms, while keeping our country's national security and intelligence agencies accountable to the citizens they protect, Trudeau said in a statement. Murray Rankin has been the member of Parliament for Victoria since 2012 and until recently was the NDP justice critic, but isn't seeking re-election this fall. The new agency is taking over from the Security Intelligence Review Committee, which had a narrower focus. The review agency will look at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment, plus some of the work of the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Department of National Defence and other government bodies if they do intelligence or security. ; Legislation passed just before Parliament broke for the summer revised the oversight system for Canada's national-security agencies. That committee's four members are staying on in the new group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ont .,: I can understand why immigrants would want to bring the rest of their extended family here, including older ones who will benefit from our health-care system, Bernier said in the prepared text for his speech Wednesday evening, according to National Observer. But we cannot be the welfare state of the planet. With his People's Party of Canada barely touching two per cent in opinion polls, the Quebec MP chose to hit one of his key themes at an event in Mississauga, Ont., a western suburb of Toronto. He pledged to reduce the number of immigrants admitted to Canada each year to 100,000 or 150,000 at most, if the economy and other circumstances allow that many. Bernier said Canada must look after its own citizens first, and focus on newcomers who bring economic value to the country. Canada currently admits about 350,000 immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sex lives: Starnes loved the excitement and endless variety of the news, according to The Waterloo Record. He was a curious man. Starnes, 75, died Monday, eight days after a tear to his aorta led to marathon surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He always said that he was lucky he had a job he loved and was passionate about. He had a self-deprecating sense of humour and joked that senior management would soon find out that the emperor had no clothes. He would write about anything, from the sex lives of bees to Hans Christian Andersen, said his wife, Mary Pfaff. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

site wednesday: Officials are exploring everything from transporting salmon by helicopter to shooting them over the waterfall using a fish cannon to avoid possible devastating effects to the populations, according to National Observer. The premier visited the incident command post in Lillooet, accompanying officials on a helicopter tour of the slide site and helping tag a few fish for monitoring during his visit. Horgan was on site Wednesday at the Big Bar landslide that was discovered last month northwest of Kamloops, where crews are working to help salmon pass a five-metre waterfall blocking their path to spawning grounds upstream. In a phone interview, Horgan says the situation has the potential to be an ecological disaster but he says crews are showing a level of optimism and co-operation that is rarely seen in disaster situations. And the consequences of three to four million sockeye not making it to their spawning grounds are going to be significant four years out, so we want to make sure we're doing everything we can to get those fish home, Horgan said. Horgan attributed part of that teamwork to the relationships that were built in 2017 and 2018, when wildfires scorched enormous areas of the province and required co-ordination between federal, provincial, local and Indigenous governments. ; We are at a good place right now but we have to always be cautious. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

morning news: His lawyer, Claudia Galan, confirmed he had been released, less than a day after The Dallas Morning News' reporting about his case drew national attention, according to CTV. ICE did not immediately comment. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centre in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday. Nor did U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol, the agency that first detained Galicia. According to Galan and the Morning News, agents apprehended Galicia on suspicion that he was in the U.S. illegally even though he had a Texas state ID. Galicia was detained for three weeks by the Border Patrol, then transferred to the ICE detention centre. Galicia lives in the border city of Edinburg, Texas, and was travelling north with a group of friends when they were stopped at a Border Patrol inland checkpoint. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pro-immigrant beliefs: Over three decades in public life, Johnson has shifted between social liberalism and right-wing provocation, according to Rabble. As London mayor for two terms between 2008 and 2016, he spoke of his pro-immigrant beliefs and presented the British capital as a tolerant, multicultural melting pot. Johnson has been a little of everything during his career. Responding in 2015 to untrue claims by Donald Trump that the police had lost control of parts of London to radical Muslim groups, Johnson said, London is a city where 300 languages are spoken, and spoke of the proud history of tolerance and diversity in the city. Is this what's needed to lead Britain through Brexit Or will Johnson face a challenge to his leadership in the near future A protester wears a hat that denigrates Boris Johnson's signature issue Bollox to Brexit' Reuters/Kevin Coombs Principles or strategy As a historian of British politics who is currently working on a book about Brexit, I can see that populist rabble-rousing has served Johnson well. But as Johnson enters the prime minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, his views have become much more nationalist and populist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

interview tuesday: We rely a lot on ice roads, according to National Observer. Their life span is getting shorter and shorter, he said. It's getting harder to resupply our communities, Bob McLeod said in an interview Tuesday from Saskatoon, where he spoke at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region summit. McLeod noted fuel had to be flown in to three communities last year. And disappearing wildlife has made it tougher to put food on the table. ; A lot of people can only afford to live in the Arctic because they're able to harvest their food off the land, McLeod said. Declining rainfall meant reservoirs didn't replenish enough for two hydroelectric facilities to run, meaning diesel generators had to be fired up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.