employment losses: The increase in the unemployment rate, which topped the previous record of 13.1 per cent set in December 1982, came as more people started looking for work, according to CTV. The monthly labour force survey showed that men gained back more jobs than women in May, resulting in a wider gender gap in employment losses as a result of COVID-19, and that the pandemic continued to disproportionately affect lower-wage workers. Still, the unemployment rate in May rose to 13.7 per cent, the highest level in more than four decades of comparable data. The increase in the number of jobs -- which mirrored a similar bump in the U.S. -- came after three million jobs were lost over March and April and about 2.5 million more had their hours slashed. Combined with the increase in jobs, Statistics Canada said the country recovered 10.6 per cent of employment losses and absences related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada said the number of people who worked less than half their usual hours fell by 292,000 in May. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

geneneral gowon: The year was 1970 and the day was January 15, according to Rabble. On that date in history, Major-General Phillip Efiong, Biafra's chief of general staff and interim head of state announced the end of the two-and-a-half year armed conflict that took the lives of an estimated two million human beings. Working together and not against each other will alter our trajectory and carry us further. Though Geneneral Gowon had declared the war as having no victor, no vanquished', which was widely hailed, the reality on the ground was far from the magnanimous picture he painted. In fact, Igbos were let in to what was to come way before the war ended with the Abandoned Property Edict of 1969. Every Igbo man, regardless of prior financial standing prior to the was was handed a meagre twenty pounds to start all over. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

george floyd: It is recognizing that policing itself is a form of harm, says author Robyn Maynard, whose book Policing Black Lives chronicles the history of state violence against Black people in Canada, according to National Observer. What do we need to prioritize instead of these massive, bloated policing budgets, of over a billion dollars in the case of Toronto. The death of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer last month has revived calls to defund police amid frustration that reforms such as more sensitivity training for officers and the use of body cameras has not stopped police violence, which disproportionately targets people of colour. What would it mean to direct that towards people's real needs she asks. What people are reading It's time to call out denialism on racism and on climate change Canada's managed forests have turned into super-emitters, and 2018 set a record Inside Amazon with a fired whistleblower and former Maren Costa and Tim Bray But the concept of actively diverting funding from Toronto's police force, which has a long-acknowledged history of racial discrimination, is not on the agenda for John Tory, the city's mayor. This is a project that in many ways is calling for us to imagine and think about the possibility of safety entirely differently, she says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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rahul gandhi: Is he auditioning to be an Anchor, chatting up well known faces Or is he trying to show he has an open mind But after 11 yrs in parliament this appears an amateurish & lazy arm-chair politics, according to Rabble. K. C. Singh ambkcsingh June 4, 2020 Is Rahul, I wondered, testing a new career option as television anchor Or reinventing himself after the routing by the Modi-Shah juggernaut in two consecutive Lok Sabha elections His political status today remains indeterminate as after resigning and being incommunicado for months, he is back at the forefront of the Congress. Wonder if Rahul Gandhi is looking at career change. Aspiring politicians have been known to write books both to come to terms with themselves as also to create their public persona for political gain. That began his journey to the White House; he used personal charisma and cited his family's sacrifice during the war in which his eldest brother died in a mid-air plane explosion. John F. Kennedy, already a US senator, drew attention to his own war-time heroics by penning Profiles in Courage in 1956, which retold stories of eight United States senators as heroes in the Second World War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anders tegnell: Swedish authorities have advised people to practice social distancing, but schools, bars and restaurants have been kept open the entire time, according to CTV. Only gatherings of more than 50 people have been banned. Sweden has stood out among European nations and the world for the way it has handled the pandemic, not shutting down the country or the economy like others but relying on citizens' sense of civic duty. I think there is potential for improvement in what we have done in Sweden, quite clearly, Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency told Swedish radio. Denmark has had 580 coronavirus deaths, Finland has seen 320 and Norway has had 237, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox Sweden, a nation of 10.2 million people, has seen 4,468 deaths linked to COVID-19, which is far more than its Nordic neighbours and one of the highest death rates per capita in the world. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

block parties: This proves George Orwell's premise that governments will say one thing while they do the opposite, according to Georgia Asian. Vision Vancouver is proposing city-wide block parties as a means to engage citizens, rather than including people in meaningful discussions on how they want their city to develop over the next 30 years. Meanwhile, the Mayor's Engaged City Task Force is released with great fanfare declaring the virtues of earlier public involvement in the planning process. The Official Development Plan and Regional Context Statement is Vancouver's overarching plan. All of the city's development and land use policies are bundled up into this one document and presented with a plan to Metro Vancouver for approval. It will direct all development in the city of Vancouver for the next 30 years, which presently includes proposals to hand over regional designation of large swaths of the city, yet it is being fast-tracked through the system without public involvement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hong: There are roughly 300,000 Canadians currently living in Hong Kong, according to CTV. All of those people are Canadian, and of course, dear Canadians living in Hong Kong, you are very, very welcome to come home anytime, Freeland said. She made the comment during a press conference Wednesday, just hours after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared in an op-ed that his country would be willing to open the door to almost three million Hong Kong citizens. As the tensions continue to boil over in the region, Freeland would not commit to bringing in any specific amount of asylum seekers from Hong Kong. Canada continues to be a country that welcomes immigrants and asylum seeks from around the world, Freeland said. She did, however, emphasize Canada's general continued openness to those seeking refuge from dire situations abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chinese: Not only are they from various generations, ranging from those who have emigrated from Asia to third- and fourth-generation Canadians, but they also hail from a multitude of countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Fiji, India, the Philippines, and more, according to Georgia Asian. They speak a variety of different languages and have different cultural traditions and influences. Gay Canada 2014 credit Craig 1 of 5 2 of 5One of the largest and most diverse groups I know in Metro Vancouver's gay community consists of Canadians of Chinese descent. Although they identify as Indonesian, Malaysian, Filipino, and so on, they could also be regarded as ethnic Chinese . However, this might not be evident to onlookers simply by glancing at them. This issue has repeatedly arisen with protests against LGBT initiatives from people who appear to be of Chinese descent. What doesn't help is the repeated representation of the local ethnic Chinese community as a homogenous group by the media. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

donald trump: It's difficult not to notice similarities to the current U.S. president, Donald Trump, who publicly endorsed Johnson ahead of his state visit to the UK this week, according to NOW Magazine. They were both born in New York City unlike in the U.S., you do not have to be born in Britain to be PM . Both come from wealthy backgrounds. The clear favourite of bookmakers is former London mayor and foreign secretary Boris Johnson, or as the media has taken to calling him, Bojo. Both are known for contradicting themselves and turning serious debate into a prime-time spectacle. And like Trump, Johnson's past includes a long list of incidents of foolishness, buffoonery and childish outbursts. Then there's the hair. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

family: It was a fruitless search, according to Georgia Asian. He found the oils here bland by comparison. After Sebastian Gomez Callejon moved to Vancouver from the south of Spain, he longed for the kind of pure, aromatic olive oil that his family has been producing for generations. So he decided to introduce the fragrant, pure, pleasantly bitter oil to Canadians. Sebastian Gomez Callejon's family grows Picual olives in Andalucia to make extra-virgin olive oil. Earlier this year, Callejon launched Sol d'Espa a. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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nations agency: The International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO a United Nations agency which designs aviation's environmental and safety standards, has headquarters in Montreal, according to National Observer. ICAO's committee on aviation environmental protection is making critical decisions this year behind closed doors on carbon emissions that will affect the world's climate system for decades to come. Amid all the talk of data sharing and citizen empowerment, there was no mention that Canada is home to one of the most opaque, secretive rule-making bodies in the world. But its meetings are closed to the public. The policy stance of the Canadian and all other ICAO member governments on cutting aviation's giant carbon footprint remains secret before decisions are actually made. Journalists are literally not allowed in the building. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

palm beach: Email Bio Follow Shawn Boburg Shawn Boburg Investigative reporter Email Bio Follow June 3, 2017 Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post The crowd rose to its feet and roared its approval as Sen, according to Rabble. Jeff Sessions bounded onto the stage at the Breakers, an exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Investigative reporter covering the Trump administration, technology and cybersecurity. Stephen Miller, an aide to the Alabama Republican, handed him a glass trophy honoring his bravery as a lawmaker. The ceremony that day, in November 2014, turned out to be a harbinger It brought together an array of hard-right activists and a little-known charity whose ideas would soon move from the fringes of the conservative movement into the heart of the nation's government. Heyyyy! Sessions yelled out to the crowd. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

police brutality: In a forceful statement posted to the company's website late on Tuesday, Ben & Jerry's describes the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of a white police officer as the result of inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy, according to CTV. What happened to George Floyd was not the result of a bad apple; it was the predictable consequence of a racist and prejudiced system and culture that has treated Black bodies as the enemy from the beginning, said the brand, which is owned by Unilever. The ice cream maker has called on Americans to dismantle white supremacy and grapple with the sins of our past as nationwide protests against racial injustice stretch into their eighth day. Companies including Nike, Netflix, Twitter, Disney, Facebook and Intel have condemned racism and injustice in recent days. The murder of George Floyd was the result of inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy. https //t.co/YppGJKHkyN Ben & Jerry's benandjerrys June 2, 2020 Slavery, Jim Crow and segregation were systems of legalized and monetized white supremacy for which generations of Black and Brown people paid an immeasurable price. But the statement from Ben & Jerry's is unusually comprehensive and direct, addressing the historical roots of discrimination in the United States and calling out systemic racism, while advocating specific policies to prevent further police abuses and redress racial inequality. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stone show: On top of that, statistics obtained by Rolling Stone show that other protest songs, including Childish Gambino's This Is America Kendrick Lamar's Alright and YG's FDT saw a sharp increase in numbers as well, according to Rabble. In only a two-day span May 31-June 1 F k tha Police amassed just over 765,000 streams which is reportedly five times more than it received the previous Sunday and Monday combined. The anti-racial profiling, anti-police brutality track saw a whopping 272 per cent increase in on-demand audio streams between May 27 and June 1, in comparison to the week before Floyd's death, according to a report from Alpha Data. The Ice Cube/MC Ren-written and performed track which also features the late Eazy-E came from N.W.A's world-renowned debut album Straight Outta Compton. Brown was shot to death by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on Aug. 9, 2014. Star Wars' actor John Boyega rallies crowds at Black Lives Matter protest F k tha Police 's last resurgence occurred in 2015, a year after the killing of Michael Brown an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., according to the data. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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education system: The reader included in the note a series of emails between her own family members, according to National Observer. What followed was a crash-course in the effects and the effectiveness of disinformation. I would like to be able to refute this opinion with facts. Citing various far-right websites, her relatives warned about fictitious threats, such as leftists supporting jihad against Canadian society, the Muslim Brotherhood penetrating the education system, and the wave of destruction unleashed by immigration. What people are reading It's time to call out denialism on racism and on climate change Montreal protesters galvanized by U.S. riots Sask. at odds with federal assault weapons ban From videos hyping the fictitious threat of creeping Sharia law in Canada to posts warning that Muslims would take over Canada and destroy the country if they weren't stopped, the so-called news network read more like the website of a hate group than a news organization and in at least one instance, it shared content from an internationally-known hate group. To back up these claims, the reader's relatives linked to the National Conservative News Network Canada, which at first seemed like any other right-leaning Facebook page.A closer look revealed a darker theme lurking among the seemingly-innocuous political content. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fusion elements: Next to them and across the street from Rodney's Oyster House, 21 Nautical Miles Seafood Bar opened its stylish doors on May 21 at 1257 Hamilton Street. 21 Nautical Miles The high-ceilinged, split-level room features opulent and swank modern d cor accented with traditional Chinese flourishes. 21 Nautical Miles The menu specializes in Northern Chinese cuisine with fusion elements. 21 Nautical Miles It covers barbecued items, including lobster, pork belly, and tiger prawns; signature dishes such as lobster with rice; and Chinese burgers . 21 Nautical Miles Vietnamese veggies For those who love Vietnamese food and are interested in vegetarian and vegan dishes, Chau Veggiexpress opened its second location at Granville Island Public Market 1689 Johnson Street on May 9, according to Georgia Asian. It's located in the public market's food court across from Terra Breads. We recently covered the new modern Vietnamese eatery House Special and the Japanese-Korean Kuma Izakaya that set up shop in that Yaletown area. Chau Veggiexpress at Granville Island Public Market Chau Veggiexpress While it offers all the same savoury items as their East Vancouver location, you'll have to head over to their 5052 Victoria Drive spot if you're interested in their desserts or alcoholic drinks . However, vegan ice cream made by their pastry chef Andrew Han as well as take-home sauces and broth, will also be available at their Granville Island. Maria Huynh's mother and father first opened Caf Chau in 1978 in a refugee camp in Indonesia after fleeing Vietnam. Chau Veggiexpress' Golden Temple soup, or turmeric coconut curry soup Chau Veggiexpress Like Vietnamese restaurants House Special and Anh Chi, Chau has a strong family connection and history. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hollywood suite: The launch date still hasn't been confirmed, though the company said it will be soon, according to CTV. It marks the first time cord cutters who have ditched traditional cable and satellite companies will have access to several popular channels, including kids' broadcaster Nickelodeon, and multi-channel movie packages Super Channel and Hollywood Suite. Amazon says it's finalizing plans to make Prime Video Channels available in Canada for the first time, giving its Prime Video subscribers who pay 7.99 per month the option to purchase from a selection of 13 channels of live and on-demand programming. There's also StackTV, a juiced-up selection of TV channels that's almost like a mini cable package in itself. A selection of existing streaming platforms round out the current lineup, including horror outlet Shudder, indie movie hub Sundance Now, reality TV chest Hayu and LGBTQ-centric OutTV, which can all be added to Amazon for a range of 3.99 to 6.99 per month for each channel. For that bundle, subscribers will pay 12.99 per month for access to live and on-demand programs from a roster of 12 networks, including Adult Swim, Food Network, Global, Slice and Showcase, all owned by Corus Entertainment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

marine ecosystems: For much of human history, we've affected marine ecosystems primarily by what we've taken out of the seas, according to Georgia Asian. The challenge as we encounter warming temperatures and increasing industrial activity will be to manage what we put into them. It's a fitting time to contemplate humanity's evolving relationship with the source of all life. As a top predator, humans from the tropics to the poles have harvested all forms of marine life, from the smallest shrimp to the largest whales, from the ocean's surface to its floor. Yet the ocean continues to provide food for billions of people, and improved fishing practices in many places, including Canada, are leading to healthier marine-life populations. The staggering volume of fish removed from our waters has had a ripple effect through all ocean ecosystems. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news: After she was censured late last month, Dupont was removed from external boards and committees, according to Georgia Asian. To date, it's unclear what confidential information was allegedly released. Port Coquitlam councillor Laura Dupont's lawyer has told the Tri-City News that she's suing the city for defamation in connection with two city news releases last month. Her lawyer, Sebastien Anderson, has reportedly sent a notice to the city demanding that she be reinstated to her former positions and be returned to the rotation to serve as acting mayor.CBC News reported this morning that the legal notice was sent to Mayor Brad West, with whom Dupont has clashed in the past over environmental issues. In addition to serving as mayor, West earns a six-figure salary as communications and political action coordinator with District 3 of the United Steelworkers union. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

racism: Of course there's systemic racism in Ontario, there's systemic racism across this country, Ford said, according to CTV. I know it exists, Mr. Ford's comments came during a sitting at Queen's Park Wednesday, when the premier was asked by Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath about her call for the immediate collection of race-based data as it relates to COVID-19. Speaker, what I don't know is the hardships faced by those communities. Speaker, Ford continued. And a lot of us in this chamber do not know the hardships within those communities, Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

show solidarity: We will not be silent and we will not be inactive, Grindr said in a message posted by its official Twitter account. ; We will continue to fight racism on Grindr, both through dialogue with our community and a zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech on our platform, according to Rabble. The move came as the Internet was flooded with expressions of support for protests and demonstrations calling for an end to systemic racism in the US.A Blackout Tuesday trend online had ranks of people posting black squares as a way of going silent on social media to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. ; Leaders across the United States sought ways on Tuesday June 2 to stem mounting unrest over police racism, from extending curfews to engaging protesters, as President Donald Trump faced wide criticism for deploying force to break up a peaceful protests have brought a multiracial coalition peacefully to the streets for the past week but each night has descended into mayhem, with both activists and officials blaming rabble-rousers. Grindr said the change, which critics have long called for in the spirit of the platform being neutral when it comes to race, was prompted by feedback from users. The uprising began in the Minnesota city Minneapolis after the May 25 killing of Mr George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man. Related Story'I can't breathe' becomes anthem of despair for black Americans Mr Floyd died after he was pinned for nearly nine minutes under the knee of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who ignored Mr Floyd's pleas for his life and had remained on the force despite multiple complaints. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

afternoon june: Emergency crews shut down Pacific Street between Jervis and Bute streets as they battled a blaze at a West End apartment building late this afternoon June 2 . Around 5 p.m., fire crews responded to a fire at the 23-storey Pacific Surf Apartments located at 1275 Pacific Street, which was upgraded to a three-alarm fire, according to Vancouver Fire Chief Darrell Reid, according to Georgia Asian. Video of Apartment fire in Vancouver's West End on June 2, 2019Smoke, which initially appeared whitish-grey but quickly turned black, began billowing from the corner suite, with flames rising out of the open sliding doors and windows. See this article for more information. Craig Takeuchi Much of the fire and smoke appeared to be extinguished by around 5 30 p.m. but emergency crews remained on scene and street remained closed for some time afterward. There were no cause of the fire is under investigation. According to Reid, firefighters were able to contain the fire to the 15th floor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

front steps: Unconscious bias is real, according to CTV. Systemic discrimination is real. Anti-black racism is real. And they happen here, in Canada, Trudeau said, speaking from the front steps of Rideau Cottage on Monday. Protests took place in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal in solidarity with those decrying anti-black racism in the United States, as well as to protest police-involved deaths here in Canada. His comments come on the heels of protests against anti-black racism that took place in cities across Canada over the weekend. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.