fort st: The next morning, we found new colouring books and crayons in the fireplace, according to Vancouver Courier. We had no heat, no furniture and little food, but there it was Christmas in our fireplace.article continues below Trending Stories Girl found Are you sitting on a million B.C. regulator says fracking caused earthquakes near Fort St. He never visited us. John Judge expands Coastal Gas Link injunction against pipeline blockade Though my maternal grandfather came to Canada from India in the early 1900s, my parents arrived in the mid-1960s and started a family. They befriended neighbours through conversations in broken English, creating bonds that have lasted until today. They had 7 and little education when they landed in Vancouver, but they made a priority of becoming employable by learning to speak, read and write English. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

john: Video of John Grant - Queen of Denmark Strongroom Sessions John Grant sings Queen of Denmark, according to National Observer. Video from You Tube The purists will insist that a depression that is caused by something isn't a true depression. To borrow a line from the singer-songwriter, John Grant I wanted to change the world but I could not even change my underwear. The real stuff drops on you from nowhere like a toxic mudslide carrying off a village, or a biblical rainfall of frogs. But this separation between one's internal state and one's external influences strikes me as unnecessarily strict. Maybe they are right and certainly brain chemistry has a role to play. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

czech republic: But the escalating debate over people leaving their home countries for new ones has sparked increasing opposition and reservations among the U.N.'s 193 member states, according to CTV. The General Assembly resolution endorsing the compact was approved by a vote of 152-5, with Israel, the Czech Republic and Poland also voting no and 12 countries abstaining. The Global Compact for Migration, the first international document dealing with the issue, is not legally binding. The vote in favour of the resolution was lower than the 164 countries that approved the agreement by acclamation at a conference in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the resolution's adoption, saying the compact provides a platform for international co-operation that points the way toward humane and sensible action to benefit countries of origin, transit and destination as well as migrants themselves. The compact represents a UN-led effort to give migrants seeking economic opportunity a chance to find it and to have authorities crack down on the often dangerous and illegal movements of people across borders that have turned human smuggling into a worldwide industry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

election campaign: The province awaits a judicial review on whether bilingual paramedic services must be provided throughout New Brunswick, according to Toronto Star. Kevin Bissett / The Canadian Press I consider today's actions to be in the best interests of New Brunswickers because I am putting their lives and their safety first. The province's efforts to address a shortage of bilingual paramedics became a heated issue during the recent provincial election campaign, and critics have said any move to change the requirement could violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the province's Official Languages Act to provide equal services in both English and French. To me, there is no other path available, Health Minister Ted Flemming said Tuesday. The change is being made despite a judicial review of language requirements for ambulances, slated to begin next month. He said the changes would only be made in areas of the province that are primarily unilingual. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mciver: She was detained and questioned over a visa issue, according to CTV. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the situation earlier on Wednesday, saying that McIver's case did not appear to be linked to a matter of national security for the Chinese. She has been identified as Sarah McIver, of Alberta, and had been teaching in China. The first indications are that this is a very separate case compared to the two others that occurred, Trudeau told journalists at his year-end news conference. Earlier in December, China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor in Beijing. The others that were arrested at the start of the week were accused of serious crimes, problems regarding national security, intelligence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

merrill brother: But their son showed absolutely no emotion as he was sent away for life, according to CTV. In a chilling victim impact statement, Merrill Gleddie's brother, Graham Gleddie, described phoning his nephew at the moment of the murders on November 20, 2016 and a calm Cameron Rogers explaining everything was fine. It was an emotional day in court for the family of this couple who were painted as lovely people who adored their son. I spoke to Cameron when he was in the middle of killing my sister, Gleddie said outside court today. Graham said he called at 2 p.m., learning later through a police videotaped confession from Cameron that he had started murdering his parents at 11 a.m. that morning and that it had taken some time for his mother to die. The family had planned a dinner to celebrate the Gleddie family's mother turning 91 and Graham explains that Merrill had asked him to call between 2 and 4 p.m. that day. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wind chill: I am thinking about it, according to Toronto Star. When you wake up from the bed you see your hands and you don't have your fingers, Iyal, 36, said in an interview last month. It comes into my dreams all the time. Razak Iyal, one of two asylum seekers who walked across the Canada/U.S. border in December and lost his fingers and toes because of severe frostbite, is photographed as he enters his refugee hearing in Winnipeg, Man., June 13, 2017. The overnight wind chill dipped to -30 C as the men trudged through snowy fields in the dark. JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS A powerful winter storm was pounding southern Manitoba as Iyal and Seidu Mohammed, whom he had met at a bus station in Minneapolis in 2016, made their way to the Canada-United States border near Emerson. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

albums: Listeners enjoyed a buffet of diverse melodies, savoring in the choice of curating the tunes they craved as opposed to consuming more than they can digest, according to Rabble. Rumored albums from veterans like Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V and The Carters' first joint project battled its way to the top of our personal charts alongside music's innovators like Noname, The Internet, Buddy, and Janelle Monae. What a year 2018 has been for music lovers. Within that aforementioned list of artists, a new generation of lyricists and vocalists found their footing with fans and critics alike. While we took into account the albums released from Dec. 1, 2017 to Nov. 20, 2018, that moved us emotionally, we also checked off a list of requirements like replay value, overall production, critical reception, and cultural impact. The rising crop of talent released projects that should motivate each of them to carve out space for forthcoming awards. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

appropriations committee: The president would consider other options and the administration was looking at ways to find the money elsewhere, Sanders said, according to CTV. It was a turnaround after days of impasse. The White House set the tone when press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicated that Trump doesn't want to shut down the government, though just last week he said he'd be proud to do so. Without a resolution, more than 800,000 government workers could be furloughed or sent to work without pay beginning at midnight Friday, disrupting government operations days before Christmas. The chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Sen. One option that has been circulating on Capitol Hill would be to simply approve government funding at existing levels, without a boost for the border, as a stopgap measure to kick the issue into the new Congress next month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

food industries: Behind locked gates, men and women are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S. college campuses and sports teams, according to CTV. This is one of a growing number of internment camps in the Xinjiang region, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Dozens of armed officers and a growling Doberman stand guard outside. Now, the Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and food industries. The Associated Press has tracked recent, ongoing shipments from one such factory inside an internment camp to Badger Sportswear, a leading supplier in Statesville, North Carolina. Some of them are within the internment camps; others are privately owned, state-subsidized factories where detainees are sent once they are released. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

police officers: Among other changes, the bill spells out that police officers are able to demand a breath sample from any driver they stop, according to CTV. Previously, police needed to have a reasonable suspicion of impaired driving before they could conduct a test. Those changes are the result of Bill C-46, which was passed in June and came into effect Tuesday. Mothers Against Drunk Driving has welcomed the change, saying similar rules in other countries have improved road safety, while the Canadian Civil Liberties Association has expressed concern that racial minorities will be disproportionately affected. The bill also increases maximum prison terms for many impaired driving offences from five years to 10, and gives the Crown the ability to seek dangerous offender designations for dangerous drivers, impaired drivers, hit-and-run drivers and people convicted of fleeing from police. Police officers are also now able to test drivers for impairment by using any device approved by the attorney general. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

security guards: PUNA, Hawaii Island When members of the Fern Forest Community Association held their annual meeting this month, someone was clearly expecting trouble Uniformed security guards and off-duty police were watching as over 50 residents of the subdivision in rural Upper Puna arrived at the meeting, according to Rabble. Displayed on the sign-in table was a pre-printed stack of trespassing notices. By Alan D. McNarie / December 18, 2018Reading time 8 minutes. A sign on the wall of the Quonset-style meeting hall announced that no video or audio recording was allowed. Melissa Fletcher immediately rose from the audience. In his opening remarks, the outgoing president of the association's board of directors, Ken Gryde, announced that questions would not be taken from the floor and noted that if an association member disrupted the meeting, a sequence of three warning signs would be held up If the third sign was raised, that member would face trespassing charges. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trudeau government: That was the third consecutive month of decreases in irregular migrant arrivals and the lowest monthly number since June 2017, according to Toronto Star. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen speaks to reporters outside the House of Commons on Parliament Hill on May 31. Newly published federal data shows 1,019 irregular migrants were apprehended by the RCMP crossing into Canada between official border crossings last month. Hussen's press secretary Mathieu Genest says the board will be able to hire 248 new staff over the next two years, including 64 new decision-makers, thanks to this year's cash infusion from the Trudeau government. Of the 34,854 irregular migrant claims that have been referred to the IRB, less than one quarter of them have been finalized. PATRICK DOYLE / THE CANADIAN PRESS But while the number arriving irregularly via nonofficial entry points may be on a downward trend, the Immigration and Refugee Board IRB the arms-length agency that adjudicates refugee claims has struggled to keep pace with the number of new cases being added to its backlog of files. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

penguin droppings: But some researchers have found a new way to use satellites to figure out what penguins eat by capturing images of the animal's poop deposits across Antarctica. ; A group of scientists studying Ad lie penguins and climate change have found that the color of penguin droppings indicates whether the animals ate shrimp-like krill reddish orange or silverfish blue . The distinction is interesting because the penguin's diet serves as an indicator of the response of the marine ecosystem to climate change, according to National Observer. Separate research is starting to show, for example, that penguin chicks that are forced to rely on krill as their main source of food don't grow as much as those who have fish in their diet. Satellites watch many things as they orbit the Earth hurricanes brewing in the Caribbean, tropical forests burning in the Amazon, even North Korean soldiers building missile launchers. The penguins' guano deposits build up over time on the rocky outcroppings where the birds congregate, making them colorful landmarks. There's a clear regional difference, krill on the west, fish on the east, says Casey Youngflesh, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Connecticut who presented his findings last week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington. The researchers took samples from the penguin colonies, found their spectral wavelength, then matched this color to images taken from the orbiting Landsat-7 satellite. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

alberta separation: Many people like myself, who are Albertans and proud to be Canadians, we're tired of being pushed out of this country, said Strathmore-Brooks MLA Derek Fildebrandt, according to CTV. I believe it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees, but right now we are living on our knees. From Albertans expressing their anger over pipeline woes, to concerns over immigration rules, many people are frustrated. Online, Alberta separation is a hotly contested topic but whether or not the self-imposed exile is feasible is another conversation. I actually think this could get a lot worse before it gets better. It would be very time consuming and very messy, said political scientist Duane Bratt. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

police: It gives police officers the right to ask for a breath sample from any driver they lawfully stop, lowering the bar from the previous legislation, which required that an officer have reasonable suspicion that a person had been drinking, according to CTV. Such a system is already in place in more than 40 countries. The legislation, which passed in June at the same time as new rules for drug-impaired driving, is intended to curb injuries and death by helping police catch drivers with more than the legal limit of alcohol in their bloodstreams. Toronto-based lawyer Michael Engel, who often defends those charged with impaired driving, said the new rules are a big change that raise concerns about baseless searches. The new rules could lead to a backlog in the legal system as lower courts wait for higher courts to make a decision on likely challenges to the law's constitutionality, he said. This is a radical departure from previous law, which insulated people against warrantless searches without probable cause, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian press: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday, December 11, 2018 in Ottawa, according to Toronto Star. During a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said he believes a broad Canadian consensus holds that immigration is good for the country, in the face of growing opposition to it in other places. During a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said he believes a broad Canadian consensus holds that immigration is good for the country, in the face of growing opposition to it in other places. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS The Liberal leader's line suggests a theme for next year's election campaign. The prime minister says he welcomes debate and discussion about immigration as long as it sticks to meaningful areas of policy, such as the right number of immigrants to bring to Canada each year and how to properly integrate newcomers within the country. The decision that the Conservatives have taken recently to, for example, go after the global compact on migration in a way that is deliberately and knowingly spreading falsehoods for short-term political gain and to drum up anxiety around immigration is irresponsible, is not the way we should be moving forward in a thoughtful way on one of the big issues that is facing our country, Trudeau said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

knockout stages: While any outcome was likely to spell bad tidings for Manchester United, the news they'll be playing PSG may have prompted a handful involved with the club their manager, all their players and every single one of their fans to wish they hadn't actually over-achieved by getting out of their group, according to Rabble. It's usually customary to say these are the games you dream of playing in ; after the shellacking they suffered at the hands of Liverpool, this is the stuff of nightmares for United. And on Monday morning, in the dormant volcano Uefa calls its lair, those teams were paired for the first of the knockout stages to take place in February next year. Even a Jos Mourinho gripped by defensive dogma was better than this Jonathan Wilson Read more We have the quality to win at Old Trafford, cheered PSG manager Thomas Tuchel, as Kylian Mbapp Edinson Cavani and Neymar could be seen high-fiving and flossing in the background. While even the most delusional of United loyalists could be forgiven for dreading what PSG might do to the disorganised rabble that currently constitutes their team, they can at least console themselves with the notion that the first leg isn't for two months and whoever has replaced Mourinho by then might have whipped United into something resembling a shape. I'm confident for my team, but it's a great test, a challenge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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saikawa: Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa told reporters that the board approved a special committee of outsiders to strengthen governance at the company, according to CTV. A date for the selection of a chairman was not decided. Nissan Motor Co. We plan to be cautious in this process, and I do not plan to rush this, Saikawa said. The board meeting came amid an unfolding scandal that threatens the Japanese automaker's two-decade alliance with Renault SA of France and its global brand, and highlights shoddy governance at the manufacturer of the Leaf electric car. The recommendations for beefing up governance are due in March, and Saikawa said he was willing to wait until then to choose a chairman. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian press: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday, December 11, 2018 in Ottawa, according to Toronto Star. During a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said he believes a broad Canadian consensus holds that immigration is good for the country, in the face of growing opposition to it in other places. During a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said he believes a broad Canadian consensus holds that immigration is good for the country, in the face of growing opposition to it in other places. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS The Liberal leader's line suggests a theme for next year's election campaign. The prime minister says he welcomes debate and discussion about immigration as long as it sticks to meaningful areas of policy, such as the right number of immigrants to bring to Canada each year and how to properly integrate newcomers within the country. The decision that the Conservatives have taken recently to, for example, go after the global compact on migration in a way that is deliberately and knowingly spreading falsehoods for short-term political gain and to drum up anxiety around immigration is irresponsible, is not the way we should be moving forward in a thoughtful way on one of the big issues that is facing our country, Trudeau said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration policies: The protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's government, which began as a criticism of fuel taxes have entered their fifth week, according to CTV. Over 66,000 people decided to defy the government's orders to suspend protests this past weekend. Many were held Saturday across the country criticizing the tax and immigration policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. At least eight people have been killed since riots began in that country. They made their way to Canada on Saturday, with protests and counter-protests hitting cities including Saskatoon, Toronto, Moncton, N.B., Calgary, Halifax and Edmonton. Similar demonstrations have taken place in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the last several weeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saudi arabia: When asked how he'd describe Putin in one word, that was the word Trudeau chose, according to CTV. And when it came to another controversial world leader Mohammad Bin Salman Trudeau said Canada continues to demand answers from him over the death of a journalist, and is engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to Saudi Arabia. This was revealed as part of a year-end sit down with Evan Solomon, host of CTV's Question Period. During the wide-ranging interview, Trudeau also spoke about how the so-called China clause in the new NAFTA deal is actually significantly changed from what the U.S. first proposed, and states that there will be unintended consequences for Canada and other countries as the result of the clash between the two economic mammoths, the United States and China. Here's a full transcript of the interview, edited for clarity. The prime minister also offers new perspective on his own MeToo moment, what he thinks when he reads U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets, and states why no work has been done on his official residence, 24 Sussex Drive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government support: So this cut of government support really does put that extra burden on midwives, according to CTV. Brandeis was reacting to a statement by the College of Midwives of Ontario on its website Thursday that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care would no longer provide it with operational grants. Midwives really do shoulder a proportionally higher burden of professional fees through our regulatory college to begin with, Elizabeth Brandeis, president of the Association of Ontario Midwives, said Friday. The college said it has received annual grants from the ministry for 25 years and the loss of this funding creates a significant budgetary shortfall and will force it to operate with a deficit until at least 2021. On Nov. 8 the college was informed the grant was being cancelled. In 2017-2018, the college received 799,415 from the Health Ministry -- about one-third of its budget -- and had requested an operational grant for the coming fiscal year of 750,553. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

import cocaine: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times/TNS Fran ois had served four years when he disappeared while on a furlough granted by Correctional Services Canada on May 31, 1995, according to Toronto Star. He had been convicted in Florida of conspiracy to import cocaine into the U.S. and sentenced to 15 years after being arrested attempting to unload a large quantity of cocaine from a boat docked in Miami in 1990. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated that federal officers sent fugitive Laveaux Fran ois back to Canada, from where he vanished on furlough 23 years ago. He was transferred back to Canada in September 1994. Article Continued Below The U.S. authorities say Fran ois continued to smuggle large amounts of cocaine into the United States from Haiti before being arrested in Haiti by Drug Enforcement Administration agents in July 2007 and extradited back to the U.S. He was convicted the same year on conspiracy, importation and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and sentenced to 33 years behind bars. After eight months behind bars he was granted a furlough, and he never returned, fleeing instead to Haiti. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

american families: By the end of the two-hour drive, she had stopped breathing, according to CTV. Jakelin hadn't had anything to eat or drink for days, her father later told U.S. officials. Some seven hours later, she was put on a bus to the nearest Border Patrol station but soon began vomiting. The death of the Guatemalan girl is the latest demonstration of the desperation of a growing number of Central American families and children showing up at the U.S.-Mexico border, often hoping to claim asylum, and it raises new questions about how well authorities are prepared. Authorities said her father spoke in Spanish to Border agents and signed a form indicating she was in good health, though a Guatemalan official said late Friday that the family's native language was a Mayan dialect. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that the girl initially appeared healthy and that an interview raised no signs of trouble. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.