charles officer: Charles Officer's Unarmed Verses, a study of the upheaval and creativity in Toronto's Villaways housing community, won the best Canadian feature documentary award, while Pau Ortiz's The Other Side Of The Wall, about a family of Honduran immigrants in Spain, was named best international feature documentary, according to NOW Magazine. Both awards are accompanied by a cash prize of 10,000. Hot Docs runs straight through the weekend, but North America's largest documentary festival held its awards ceremony last night at the Isabel Bader, handing out 12 awards and some 67,000 in cash and prizes. If you missed Radheyan Simonpillai's cover story on Officer and Unarmed Verses last week, here you go; the film has its final Hot Docs screening today Saturday May 6 at 3 15 pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. The special jury prize for Canadian feature documentary, which includes 5,000 cash, went to Carlo Guillermo Proto's Resurrecting Hassan, about a family of Montreal buskers grieving the loss of a child. Expand Resurrecting Hassan won a special jury prize for Canadian feature documentary. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

housing agency: CMHC routinely does stress tests to estimate what could happen under various severe conditions, but chief executive Evan Siddall said the stress tests focus on what's considered to be plausible scenarios, according to CTV. We did, back in January, look at a pandemic scenario that was not as severe as this, Siddall said in a teleconference to discuss CMHC's annual financial report for 2019. The housing agency also cautioned that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is unpredictable and beyond its worst-case estimates prior to the outbreak. And I'm sure that you'd understand that the realm of plausibility has expanded significantly as a result of all the experience we've had. He said preliminary figures indicate that about 10 per cent of homeowners across Canada have chosen to defer their mortgage payments, although the rate seems to be higher in parts of the country that rely heavily on the oil and gas industry. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox Siddall said the federal Crown corporation -- which provides market analysis for housing-related industries, mortgage insurance for lenders and funding for public housing projects -- is now revising its estimates on an expedited basis based on experience during the spring and summer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee camps: This column is part of a package on the impact that the spread of Covid-19 will have on immigration, according to Rabble. For more, see Tracy Walsh on how to prevent coronavirus from decimating refugee camps, and the Bloomberg Editorial Board on the post-pandemic changes needed to fix U.S. immigration policy. Search first keyup' ; ; listener ; ;No matching results for ''Tip Try a valid symbol or a specific company name for relevant results Cancel Sign in Mailif window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && U.S. Markets open in 5 hrs 16 minsS&P 2000 window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && May Make Attitudes to Immigration Healthierif window.performance window.performance.mark && && Mishra Bloomberg May 6, 2020if window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && window.performance window.performance.mark && && 06 May 2020 13 00 40 06 May 2020 13 00 40 GMT headline Virus May Make Attitudes to Immigration Johnson, Donald Trump, Germany, migrant / 2Virus May Make Attitudes to Immigration Healthier Bloomberg Opinion -- As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Bloomberg Opinion will be running a series of features by our columnists that consider the long-term consequences of the crisis. It's hard to find the words to express my debt, the ordinarily garrulous British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he emerged from a close encounter with death last month. In recent weeks, doctors, nurses and care workers for the British National Health Service NHS have garnered the kind of heartfelt respect and gratitude that New York City firefighters elicited after 9/11. His main debt, Johnson significantly added, was to two nurses, Jenny from New Zealand and Luis from Portugal, who stayed at his bedside for 48 hours in an intensive care unit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wednesday night: On Wednesday night, Hot Docs unveiled Brothers In The Kitchen, a live documentary about the long, perilous journey of Tamil refugees from Sri Lankan civil war zones to the back of your favourite souvlaki spots, according to NOW Magazine. The performance at the Centre for Social Innovation had two women standing in a kitchen preparing payasam, a Tamil dessert similar to rice pudding, for a limited audience of about 150. He isn't alone in that observation. At the intimate and interactive gathering, speakers shared traumatic memories, with support from video installations, a live band and dancers whose fluid Bharatanatyam movements channelled the show's poetry, and on occasion, horror.A few technical glitches during the experimental production were welcomed as part of the collaborative process, and the audience was sometimes called on to read archival newspaper clippings aloud. Author Amarnath Amarasingam remembered the strangers who'd aggressively knock on his door in Toronto, collecting money for the Tamil Tigers from Tamil families weighed down by guilt over what they'd left behind. The CBC's Manjula Selvarajah hid at a bar until it was her turn to grab the mic and tearily offer a heartbreaking childhood memory of rioters trying to break into her house during Black July, the anti-Tamil pogrom that killed thousands and displaced many more. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cp photo: And just him, according to National Observer. The Conservatives in office were like a parrot sketch on loop, without the humour. Who could forget - well, we already have, haven't we - the previous occupant of the defence portfolio, Jason Kenney Kenney, who never saw a day of military combat in his life, made false claims about the Canadian military that were directly contradicted by NATO itself, tweeted a misleading photograph about Muslim women, and misled the public about a FAKED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY. That's just for starters. Government employees impersonate new citizens for staged ceremony in 2012.CP photo But there they all are, reeking with the fresh stench of converted sinners, ladelling out the sanctimony like there's no tomorrow. What people are reading Feds vow to fix gap in commercial rent-relief program Have Americans gone crazy Not just another statistic And there's Tom Mulcair leaping and jumping at their heels. Draping themselves in the honour of the fallen to bray at a decorated war veteran who mis-stated his role in a military offensive, for which he's apologized. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

department friday: Some said they felt the measures Smithfield has taken would protect them from another virus outbreak, while others were not confident that infections could be halted in a crowded plant, according to CTV. Lydia Toby said she was kind of worried as she entered the plant before 6 a.m. for her first shift in over two weeks. Employees reporting for work in Smithfield Foods' ground pork department filed through a tent where they were screened for fever and other signs of COVID-19. Managers met employees in her department Friday and explained they had installed dividers on the production line and would require everyone to wear masks. In the wake of an executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump ordering meat plants to remain open, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods was also resuming limited production Monday at its pork plant in Logansport, Indiana, where nearly 900 employees tested positive. I think it's going to be OK, Toby said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

morishita: We've managed to calm it as we came into the weekend and we've seen the numbers kind of go and we've seen the recoveries come around, according to CTV. The city currently sits at 1,005 cases with five deaths. Two weeks ago we were at zero, now we're just under a thousand, said Brooks mayor Barry Morishita. They have also recorded a ton of testing. I think that's why the numbers have grown to the extent they have, said Morishita. 3,500 were tested asymptomatically that's nearly a quarter of our population. We have tested a lot more than any jurisdiction. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

student centre: The switch is a huge loss for the city, according to NOW Magazine. CHRY's slogan was Your leading source for diversity, and you could hear shows in French, Tamil, Italian, Tagalog, Twi, Hebrew and many other languages. On Friday, May 1, CHRY 105.5 FM, located in York University's Student Centre, converted to an urban alternative format called VIBE105 FM that will broadcast a mix of electronic, Caribbean, Afrobeat, hip-hop and R&B music in addition to talk programming. There was also a decided focus on queer, social justice and multicultural programming. The station had been working on improving broadcast quality and on its branding, but this totally came out of nowhere. We were informed last night and this morning that all volunteers were no longer needed, Mathieu Pression, host of the French-language punk show Sous Pression, told NOW. We didn't have any warning. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sophia dros: There's a strong selection of trans and non-binary content in this year's festival, which runs from May 24 to June 3, according to NOW Magazine. Documentary programming includes Sophia Dros's Genderbende, about five young Dutch people who identify as non-binary or genderqueer and the way they negotiate daily life; T Cooper's Man Made, a look at four trans men training for the world's only all-trans bodybuilding competition; Kiko Goifman and Claudia Priscilla's Bixa Travesty, celebrating the Brazilian trans artist Quebrada, and PJ Raval's Hot Docs hit Call Her Ganda, recounting the attempt to prosecute an American serviceman for the murder of a trans woman in the Philippines.A number of shorts continue the conversation, including Milena Salazar and Joella Cabalu's Do I Have Boobs Now about trans activist Courtney Demone's efforts to challenge Instagram's image restrictions and Mary Evangelista's Fran This Summer, about a teenager in transition. The Inside Out film festival announced its 2018 lineup today, and it's packed the 28th edition of the festival will screen 49 features and 84 shorts from a total of 27 countries, all dedicated to exploring and illuminating LGBTQ issues. Trans issues also feature strongly in Luis De Filippis's Sundance winner For Nonna Anna and Chandler Levack's We Forgot To Break Up, which both premiered at TIFF last year. Canary, Christiaan Olwagen's musical drama about a young man coming of age in Apartheid-era South Africa, makes its world premiere as the festival's Centerpiece, while Amy Adrion's documentary Half The Picture, a documentary taking stock of female filmmakers in American cinema, will receive its Canadian premiere as this year's Women's Gala. Silas Howard's A Kid Like Jake, starring Claire Danes and Jim Parsons as the parents of a gender-fluid four-year-old, was announced as the opening night film last month, but now we know Inside Out 2018 will close with the international premiere of Brett Haley's Hearts Beat Loud, starring Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons as a father and daughter whose close relationship is fractured when they start a band together and have an unexpected hit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

spice levels: At first glance, the menu at a Sri Lankan spot might seem to feature a lot of familiar South Indian eats - curries, biryani, pappadums, dosas, according to NOW Magazine. Though South India may be the largest influence on Sri Lankan cuisine, the difference on the plate is clear Sri Lankan food tends to feature elevated spice levels in terms of both complexity and, some say, heat. That's a shame, since it means most of Toronto is missing out on some unique dishes and flavour profiles. Curry dishes staples include mutton and crab as well as beef, chicken and legumes often have a looser consistency. But there are numerous specialties exclusive to the island nation - and, like any country with many distinct regions and ethnic subgroups, Sri Lankan cuisine often features multiple variations on the same dish. Though flatbreads and rice the latter both cooked and turned into flour for noodles and bread are staples, you'll also find liberal doses of coconut and coconut milk, particularly in desserts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-tamil pogrom: When we hopped off, Canadian border agents were there, ready to welcome us to our new home Sri Lankan refugees, this way, according to NOW Magazine. My story is not unique, especially in Canada, where an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 Tamils reside, most in the GTA. We only make up one wave of refugees. We were escaping Sri Lanka after our home was looted and set ablaze during the 1983 Black July riots, an anti-Tamil pogrom in which years of ethnic tension boiled over and gave way to a full-out war between the nation's army and the LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . We escaped to Hong Kong, then Tokyo, got a visa to Peru and a flight that connected in Vancouver. The Vietnamese came in the 70s, the Somalis in the 90s and the Syrians today. In Dheepan NNNNN a former Tamil Tiger lands in Paris with a woman and child who pretend to be his family. Next week, Toronto theatres will welcome a Palme d'Or-winning film that captures the Sri Lankan refugee experience like none before. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kim: These weapons would eventually be capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States as well as Canada, although Canada is an unlikely priority target, according to National Observer. The situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un is confusing enough without having to consider what an erratic and dangerous leader like U.S. President Donald Trump might do to carry out his previous threats to take action against him. There's a grim reality North Korea's totally unpredictable leader Kim Jong-un continues to carry out nuclear weapons tests, including launching long-range missiles. Both of these individuals are totally unpredictable. He is quite prepared to attack anyone seen as a threat to his power. In recent days, Kim has pledged to react forcibly if attacked. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mummers parade: For more than a century, Philadelphia has celebrated New Year's Day with the Mummers Parade, a regional tradition that brings thousands into the streets to wear costumes, play music, dance and perform satirical sketches on local and national politics, according to Rabble. Almost every year, however, the parade sparks controversy. In reality, they came during a campaign to change the city charter so that Rizzo could run for a third consecutive term the following year. In 2019, for example, City Council President Darrell L. Clarke denounced the mummers because he incorrectly thought that the rapper Jay-Z had been portrayed by a white man in blackface, not an African American. And until the city imposed a ban on blackface makeup in the parade in 1963, many mummers marched in blackface, a practice inherited from the 19th-century minstrel show.ADADEven today, the Mummers Parade is imbued with performances reminiscent of blackface minstrelsy. While Clarke was wrong, the mistake was plausible, given that black Philadelphians, who make up more than 40 percent of the city's population, have never participated in the parade in large numbers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nova scotia: On June 26, his car was found three kilometres from the Canadian border, according to CTV. Whisenand made his way to Nova Scotia and was apprehended by police at a store in the Bayers Lake Business Park. A video from the Manitoba RCMP shows 28-year-old Derek Cameron Whisenand after he illegally crossed into Canada near Haskett, Man., at the end of June. Shortly before one o'clock, our officers were alerted to a shoplifter that was trying to escape custody in the 200 block of Chain Lake Drive, said Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Const. The man fled on foot and was followed by officers, who arrested him about 30 minutes later. John Mac Leod. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rapper jay-z: In 2019, for example, City Council President Darrell L. Clarke denounced the Mummers because he incorrectly thought that the rapper Jay-Z had been portrayed by a white man in blackface, not an African American, according to Rabble. While Clarke was wrong, the mistake was plausible, given that black Philadelphians, who comprise over 40 percent of the city's population, have never participated in the parade in large numbers. Almost every year, however, the parade sparks controversy. And until the city imposed a ban on blackface makeup in the parade in 1963, many Mummers marched in blackface, a practice inherited from the 19th-century minstrel show. I am black.' Perspective Related stories Your guide to the 2020 Mummers Paradeby Grace Dickinson The Mummers can't be saved Opinionby Tayyib Smith, For the Inquirer Jay-Z Mummer There was no blackface. Related stories Your guide to the 2020 Mummers Parade The Mummers can't be saved Opinion Jay-Z Mummer There was no blackface. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

selim esen: We've captured it all these past 10 years, according to CTV. In no particular order, here's our list of the most read and talked about stories from 2010 until 2020. Some of these stories have left us grieving, while others have caused laughter and celebration. RAPTORS MAKE HISTORY The Toronto Raptors made history in June 2019 after they dethroned the Golden State Warriors and won the franchise's first-ever NBA championship. Every door to the city is open to you' Toronto Raptors given key to the city at victory rally BRUCE MCARTHUR MURDERS The city was left in shock when police revealed in January 2019 that a man named Bruce McArthur had been charged with first-degree murder for the deaths of Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman, who had been reported missing months before. The big win shook the entire country, but the epicentre of it all was in Toronto, where a massive celebration parade brought millions of people to the city's downtown core. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stafford: After much deliberation and consultation of top-10 lists from years past, here are the top stories in our coverage area from 2010 to 2019, according to CTV. Top story of 2010 Terri-Lynne McClintic pleads guilty in the death of Tori Stafford A publication ban was lifted in December 2010, revealing that Terri-Lynne McClintic had pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford. Including a maximum of two stories from each year, this list is by no means comprehensive dozens of other stories, from the rise and fall of RIM to a serial child predator's arrest to the ongoing opioid and addiction issues, have shaped the region over the past 10 years. Stafford disappeared outside her school in April the year before. The girl's remains were found more than 100 km north of her hometown, Woodstock. McClintic and Michael Rafferty, 30, had been charged a month after she went missing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

labour: Underpinning it is both triumphalism and insecurity, according to Rabble. A traumatised left must unite in the face of unprecedented adversity Triumphalism, because Labour has been subjected to a devastating defeat, leaving it shattered and demoralised, stripped of seats it has held for decades; and because it has no plausible leader who can confidently presume to take the party to victory in 2024. This grand national project was rudely interrupted when Labour deprived the Conservatives of a majority in 2017 it will now be renewed with vigour. Insecurity, because support for Labour among younger voters is at an unprecedented high, while for the Tories it's at an unparalleled low; because the right knows Labour's economic policies are popular, driving its 2017 surge and provoking the only doubts Tory strategists had about victory this time around; and because it is keenly aware that a left-led Labour party came horrifyingly close to forming a government just two and a half years ago, falling short by just 2,227 votes in seven constituencies. The electoral map is already rigged in favour of the Tories it took on average just 38,264 votes to elect a Tory MP, compared to 50,835 per Labour MP. That advantage will now be entrenched. That near-death experience, so far as they are concerned, must never be repeated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

class actions: What is a class action Class-action lawsuits allow groups of people to seek justice against a defendant who is accused of causing loss or harm to others through product liability, privacy breaches, consumer protection issues, environmental accidents, mass personal injury, institutional abuse, and labour and employment issues, according to CTV. They are usually brought by one individual on behalf of many people, with one plaintiff acting as a representative for the class. Here's how they work. Class actions are often lengthy, complex and multinational cases. It has been an effective tool for systemic change and is still used to assert minority rights, such as the protection of migrants and veterans, for instance. The concept of representative litigation dates back to medieval England but the modern class action took shape in the U.S. in the 1960s, largely to address civil rights, says Jasminka Kalajdzic, an associate professor of law and director of the Class Action Clinic at the University of Windsor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

intelligence branch: The squad, which included members of the provincial and Toronto police forces, kept tabs on the travel of prominent criminals, watching flights daily from 6 a.m. into the wee hours of the next morning, according to CTV. They operate a briefcase camera and have become adept in collecting very good photographs, the RCMP memo said. The idea of snapping surreptitious images developed in late November 1964 when a member of the RCMP's security and intelligence branch drafted a memo touting the possible help of a special police squad working at the bustling Toronto International Airport. At the time, two decades before the birth of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP was responsible for monitoring suspected subversives and foreign spies. The Canadian Press obtained details of the RCMP's Photographic Sighting Program from Library and Archives Canada through the Access to Information Act. In light of frequent air travel by leading Communist Party of Canada members, East Bloc embassy personnel and others of interest to the Mounties, the future co-operation of the airport squad might prove rewarding, and its members had already indicated a willingness to assist, the memo said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

xinjiang uighur: However, there are some places that may seem attractive to travellers, such as Venezuela or Haiti, but which have been shaken by popular uprisings or political instability, according to CTV. In the case of the 'Pearl of the Antilles', the phrase 'avoiding all non-essential travel' is added. Predictably, North Korea, Iraq, Syria and many states at war or under the yoke of repressive regimes include this advisory. At a less alarming level, there are nearly a hundred countries in the world where Global Affairs Canada recommends 'exercising great caution'. Many European, South American or Asian destinations are found on this list. Ottawa also warns of certain practices observed in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. In the case of China, Canadian travellers are advised to be careful because of the 'risk of arbitrary application of local laws'. A mention that is reminiscent of the detention of two Canadians, ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor, arrested in December 2018 in what appears to be retaliatory measures in response to the Canadian arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on a US extradition warrant. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

personality development: Let me first state the obvious, then move on to more troubling concerns, according to Rabble. The obvious is that Donald J. Trump, President Trump, personifies the naked id of Freudian fame. Republicans have become the Party of Id. In Freud's theory of personality development, the id is curbed by ethical ideals and normative constraints, which normal children after graduating from their Terrible Twos internalize as humankind's superego. Undeterred by his failure to matriculate the Terrible Twos, Trump recklessly advances as a toddler-adult, uncurbed and unrestrained by ethical ideals or normative constraints. But, of course, there are always exceptions to every rule. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

priyanka: Singh has also written that whatever rumours are doing rounds on social media of heckling and strangulating Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are wrong, he added, according to Rabble. Kalanidhi Naithini, Lucknow Singh has also written that whatever rumours are doing rounds on social media of heckling and strangulating Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are wrong. https //t.co/5Isy HvTWdJ ANI UP ANINewsUP December 28, 2019 Kalanidhi Naithini, Lucknow SSP told news agency ANI, Today, morning area incharge, Dr Archana Singh has presented a report to Additional Superintendent where she has mentioned that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's car was not moving in the scheduled route rather a different route. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

london people: He was critical of the parliamentary system since he felt impediment while imposing his sole decisions in the country, according to Rabble. Now when ailing Ex. Some months ago, the same debate regarding the implementation of the presidential system circulated when Imran Khan raised voice against the parliamentary system. PM Nawaz Sharif made his journey to London; people have begun to curse the parliamentary system. Let's start the discussion whether Pakistan should have presidential democracy or parliamentarian democracy. In this trend, the parliamentary system in place was called out the remnant of the British legacy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mainstream u.s: It highlighted the strategic blindness of NBC political director and Meet the Press host Chuck Todd and others in dealing with the Trump administration and the Republican Party, according to Georgia Asian. Rosen described Todd's response to the onslaught of lies as malpractice and willful blindness to what the Republican Party had become . The right wing ecosystem for news does not operate like the rest of the country's news system, Rosen pointed out. On Boxing Day, I read an enlightening essay by NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen about the mainstream U.S. media. And increasingly conservative politics is getting sucked into conservative media. Yet Meet the Press and other mainstream current-affairs network programs operate on the premise of a symmetry between the two major political parties according to Rosen. It makes more sense to see Fox News and the Trump White House as two parts of the same organism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bauchi state: Yakubu Dogara is 52 years old today, according to Rabble. Born on December 26, 1967 in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State, Dogara rose from a humble background in that rural community, where Nigeria's first and only Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa came from. Hon. He was first elected into the House of Representatives in 2007 from one of the most diverse constituencies in the country, with Christians and Moslems, and many ethnic groups co-existing. Close associates and family members would say he is never desperate for anything in life. Yet, within a short time, he won the confidence of all segments of the people, whose lives he has touched positively. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.