houston: David J. Phillip / AP Photo Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, Saturday, March 30, 2019, according to Toronto Star. David J. Phillip / AP Photo Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, Saturday, March 30, 2019. O'Rourke is not a native Spanish speaker.A corrected version of the story is below Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, Saturday, March 30, 2019. David J. Phillip / AP Photo A supporter holds up a sign as he waits for Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke to take the stage for his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Clarice Silber / AP Photo Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during his presidential campaign rally kickoff in Austin, Texas, in front of the pink-granite state Capitol, Saturday, March 30, 2019. David J. Phillip / AP Photo Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during his presidential campaign rally kickoff in Austin, Texas, Saturday, March 30, 2019. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk along the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 31, 2019, according to Toronto Star. Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border as soon as this week if Mexico does not completely halt illegal immigration into the U.S. Andrew Harnik / AP Photo Kobach and Cuccinelli are far-right conservatives with strong views on immigration. Trump is weighing at least two potential candidates for the post former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, according to the people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the conversations publicly. Cuccinelli was seen at the White House on Monday. Aides hope the potential appointment, which they caution is still in the planning stages, would serve as the face of the administration on immigration issues and would placate both the president and his supporters, showing he is serious and taking action. The planning comes as Trump is threatening anew to close the U.S.-Mexico border as soon as this week if Mexico does not completely halt illegal immigration into the U.S. And it serves as the latest sign that the president plans to continue to hammer his hardline immigration rhetoric and policies as he moves past the special counsel's Russia investigation and works to rally his base heading into his 2020 re-election campaign. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

life sentence: A spokeswoman for Maryland's attorney general confirmed the offer on Sunday, according to CTV. Syed, who has maintained his innocence, is serving a life sentence for strangling his ex-girlfriend and burying her body in a Baltimore park in 1999. The Baltimore Sun reports that the finale of HBO's The Case Against Adnan Syed reveals that a deal offered four months ago would have brought Syed's release in 2022. He turned down the deal, since he'd have to admit to Hae Min Lee's murder. An appeals court ordered his conviction thrown out, but it was reinstated last month when Maryland's highest court ruled Syed didn't deserve a new trial. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

palace intrigues: The former investment banker and executive chairman of far-right Breitbart News became one of the leading ideologues of Trumpism building a creed that allied American nativism with the language of European far-right nationalism and helped push Trump toward his improbable electoral victory in 2016, according to Rabble. In the months after palace intrigues forced him out of the West Wing, Bannon remained close to figures within the administration and even closer to the world of journalists who report on it. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Though Stephen K. Bannon left his White House post as President Trump's chief strategist more than a year and a half ago, the shadow he casts over Western politics has hardly faded. Bannon extended his brand as both populist soothsayer and rabble-rouser across the Atlantic, offering support to a constellation of far-right, ultranationalist and anti-immigrant parties across Europe. This populist-nationalist revolt is a worldwide phenomenon,'' Bannon told Bloomberg News last December, adding that the upcoming elections were a historic moment. His listening tours and speeches last year in Britain, France, Italy, Hungary and elsewhere attracted large numbers of mainstream journalists, whose stories placed Bannon at the heart of a far-right insurgency that seeks to blow up the status quo in European parliamentary elections this May. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

passerelle: Leonie Tchatat and Guy Taffo run the non-profit La Passerelle I.D.E. In promotional material, the agency says it specializes in building bridges between forward thinking companies and talented Francophone newcomers, according to Toronto Star. La Passerelle I.D.E. Low-income kids Well, Leonie and Guy have used the tickets, and their family, and many of us in the office, said one insider at the non-profit the couple runs, called La Passerelle I.D.E. Toronto Raptors and Blue Jay games, Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift concerts are among the tickets that have been misused. The couple, Leonie Tchatat and Guy Taffo, run a government-funded agency that receives thousands of dollars worth of tickets from a Toronto charity on the condition they will be used to give low-income youth under the age of 18 a special night out. The charity that donated the tickets, Kids Up Front, is investigating and said no tickets have gone to La Passerelle since the Star began making inquiries in February. Seven insiders at La Passerelle all staff, former staff or people who worked on projects for the non-profit say the donated tickets were often in rows close to the action or in a corporate box. You just go and ask, are there any good tickets today said another insider at La Passerelle, who described to the Star a free-for-all atmosphere over the last two years at the non-profit's office at Yonge and Carlton Sts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

democrats: The episode, recounted by Democrat Lucy Flores highlighted an aspect of Biden's persona that has been publicly known for years the affectionate whispers, hugs and shoulder squeezes he has long doled out to women, often on camera and at high-profile public events, according to CTV. In a moment of national reckoning over sexual harassment and the treatment of women by powerful men, some Democrats said Biden's actions have taken on a new light. But a Nevada politician's assertion that Biden's kiss on the back of her head made her feel uncomfortable prompted some Democrats to question whether the 76-year-old is too out of step with his own party to run a successful 2020 presidential campaign. It looks different in 2019, said Maria Cardona, a Democratic strategist. He has to acknowledge that his behaviour made some women uncomfortable. Cardona said that while Biden's behaviour is not automatically disqualifying for the presidency, it all depends on how he continues to respond to this. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mass protests: No casualties were reported and no Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the rockets, though they appeared to be in retaliation for the deaths of the protesters, according to CTV. Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to mark the anniversary of their mass protests along the Israeli border. The rocket attack threatens to undermine Egyptian-mediated efforts to cement a deal that the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers hope will ease a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockage of the crowded territory. Most demonstrators kept their distance from the border, though small crowds of activists approached the perimeter fence and threw stones and explosives toward Israeli troops on the other side. Hamas had pledged to keep the crowds a safe distance from the fence to avoid inflaming the political atmosphere during negotiations of a possible easing of the blockade. The forces responded with tear gas and opened fire, killing four Palestinians and wounding 64. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hand: It's what I hope my children know is important, according to CTV. Off camera, the 43-year-old Oscar-winner is focused on trying to help millions of people caught up in the world's crises and conflicts, a passion that began in 2001 when she started working for the United Nations refugee agency and travelling to camps for displaced people often in poor developing countries. But in many ways, they go hand in hand, she said in an interview late Friday with The Associated Press. There are simply so many people around the world suffering, and with so little and in so much pain, and to not be spending our time conscious of them and finding solutions for them -- it's an empty life, she said. It is now supported by 156 countries. In the search for solutions, Jolie in 2012 launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative with former British foreign secretary William Hague. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prosecutors: Mayor Rahm Emanuel blasted the decision as a whitewash of justice and billed Smollett 130,000 for the cost of the police investigation, according to CTV. President Donald Trump called it a national embarrassment and promised a federal probe. Smollett saw his record wiped clean without offering so much as an apology. The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association said it was an affront to prosecutors across the state. I've heard people saying the relationship is broken and fractured, but that is absolutely, patently false, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. But for all of the public fury, the two agencies that handled the case -- the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office -- insist their relationship is strong, even if they didn't agree on the outcome. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ads discrimination: We've been working with them to address their concerns and have taken significant steps to prevent ads discrimination, Facebook said in the statement, according to Toronto Star. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg What the California-based company did, according to the release, was create a set of filters that allowed landlords to pick and choose who could see advertisements for housing based on categories that also included gender, colour, parental status, religious beliefs and disability. Facebook said it was surprised by HUD's decision. Facebook also mined consumer data to generate targeted ads that effectively bypassed some groups, according to the release. About 24 million Canadians use the social media platform every month, a company spokesperson confirmed. Using a computer to limit a person's housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone's face, Carson said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

caravans: We have information that a new caravan is forming in Honduras, that they're calling 'the mother of all caravans,' and they are thinking it could have more than 20,000 people, Sanchez Cordero said Wednesday, according to CTV. But a Whats App group calling for people to gather Saturday in El Salvador to set off for Guatemala only has about 206 members. Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero has said a caravan of migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala could be forming. Activist Irineo Mujica, who has accompanied several caravans in Mexico, said reports about the mother of all caravans were false, claiming this is information that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is using to create fear. Indeed, past caravans hit very serious logistical hurdles at 7,000-strong. His group, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, said in a statement there was no evidence the new caravan would be that large, noting there has never been a caravan of the size that Sanchez Cordero mentioned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

areas: Last year's fastest growing urban areas were in Ontario Peterborough, Ottawa Gatineau, Windsor and London, according to CTV. Permanent and temporary immigration is the key driver of population growth in urban Canada, and is linked to higher targets for permanent immigration and programs to encourage the admission of temporary workers and foreign students, Statistics Canada said. However the cities still rank sixth and eighth, respectively, and above the national average for all Census Metropolitan Areas CMA according to figures released by Statistics Canada on Friday. Canada continues to become more urbanized with 26.5 million people living in a CMA, and with gworth in large urban areas 1.8 per cent outpacing the rest of the country 0.6 per cent . Canada's three largest CMAs Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are now home to over one-third of Canadians 35.7 per cent . Population growth in Alberta's CMAs continues to be affected by the downturn in commodity production that began in 2014 and the resulting rise in unemployment rates, according to Statistics Canada. For the third consecutive year, the CMA of Calgary was not among the top 10 for population growth in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

enrico caruso: They were just short-sighted, according to Toronto Star. You may remember that one of the people who ran out into the street in his bathrobe when that giant earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906 was none other than Enrico Caruso, widely regarded as the greatest tenor in the world. And they weren't entirely wrong. And before going on to an international career as one of the world's greatest violinists, Yehudi Menuhin made the city of the Golden Gate his musical home. And if anything that culture is thriving as never before. Yes, San Francisco happens to be one of a number of places across the continent in which a musical culture has thrived beyond the precincts of Manhattan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

state: A caravan of about 2,500 Central Americans and Cubans is currently making its way through Mexico's southern state of Chiapas, according to Toronto Star. Isabel Mateos / AP Photo Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on a road in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2019. Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero has said a caravan of migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala could be forming.A Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on a road in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2019. A caravan of about 2,500 Central Americans and Cubans is currently making its way through Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. A caravan of about 2,500 Central Americans and Cubans is currently making its way through Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. Isabel Mateos / AP Photo Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on a road in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vest movement: The yellow vest movement in Saskatchewan was inspired by the months-long protests in France that began in opposition to planned gas tax hikes and have evolved to target other government policies, according to CTV. The NDP leader accused Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe of refusing to distance himself from the movement in Canada, despite suggestions that factions of the group have expressed anti-immigrant sentiments at rallies and online. During question period on Thursday, Saskatchewan Opposition Leader Ryan Meili once again brought up the subject of yellow vest protesters attending pro-energy rallies in the province in recent weeks. The Pipeline News said the other day, the yellow vest moniker is so tainted that now no one wants anything to do with it, Meili said. Earlier this month, Meili called on Moe to instruct his cabinet ministers to not attend pro-pipeline rallies if yellow vest protesters were in attendance. Meili's NDP party has refused to join several rallies in the province in recent weeks where yellow vest protesters have been present. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

alek krautmann: Louis secret, according to CTV. Krautmann pointed out it creates more slices and more surface area for cream cheese. Alek Krautmann on Monday tweeted a photo of his Panera purchase and called the vertical slices the St. He wrote the few remaining slices make nice bagel chips with hummus. The Democrat tweeted St Louis, fuhgeddaboudit. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York wasn't buying it over the traditional horizontal slice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

delay departure: House of Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom announced that Parliament would vote Friday on the 585-page withdrawal agreement that sets out the terms of Britain's departure -- but not a shorter declaration on future ties that is also part of the divorce deal agreed between the U.K. and the EU late last year, according to CTV. Its removal altered the deal enough to overcome a ban on against asking lawmakers the same question over and over again. But the agreement faced substantial opposition, even after May sacrificed her job for her deal, promising to quit if lawmakers approved the deal and let Britain leave the EU on schedule in May. If the withdrawal agreement is approved by 11 p.m. EDT the EU has agreed to delay Britain's departure from the bloc until May 22. U.K. time 2300GMT, 7 p.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

grade: What aren't I I am not a terrorist, I am not an immigrant, I am not the other, I am not an outsider, according to Toronto Star. Amaan Khandia is a Grade 7 student in Toronto We, as a community, as Candians, as humans, can tackle this hostility together. I'm a Grade 7 student, 12 years old, an older brother, a son, an activist, a Muslim, a human being. Yes, prayers and thoughts do help in these situations but it's not enough. Supplied photo There was an event in New Zealand that has saddened and broken the hearts of many around the world. We need to change more than anything. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

history lack: The case was handed to First Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Magats.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver man sent to prison for conspiring to burn Kerrisdale real estate office Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Lack of customers, high rents force Hobbs in Kerrisdale to close Teacher leaves classroom behind for life as police officer Foxx didn't directly answer the question when CBS 2 TV in Chicago asked if she believed Smollett was innocent, as Smollett has continued to contend, saying only that the matter was handled properly, according to Vancouver Courier. She pointed to Smollett forfeiting his 10,000 bond and doing community service in return for dropping the charges. Foxx recused herself before Smollett was charged last month because she had discussed the case with a Smollett family member. Magats has said that he does not believe Smollett is innocent and Chicago police say he faked the attack. She also insisted no one tried to intervene on Smollett's behalf, despite emails showing that Foxx was contacted by people linked to Smollett about the case. I believe that the outcome him having to forfeit the 10,000, having to do community service, based on the allegations, and again the low level felony and no criminal background, are an outcome that we could expect with this type of case, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

children jackson: N. bore traces of isobutane and butane, prosecutor Rhonda Vander Linde told a justice of the peace during a hearing in provincial offences court Tuesday, according to Toronto Star. The owner of the property pleaded guilty to several infractions under the Ontario Fire Code and was fined a total of 40,000. Aerosol cans found in the kitchen of a house at 116 Centre St. Four people, including two children, died in 2018 when fire ripped through a multi-unit house in downtown Oshawa. Facebook Alysha Margreet Macdonald and her father Steven Macdonald are seen in this Facebook photo. Three of the dead were from left Lindsey Bonchek, her children Jackson and Maddie. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

brett kavanaugh: To this day I regret I couldn't come up with a way to give her the kind of hearing she deserved, he said Tuesday night, echoing comments he delivered last fall as the nation debated sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh amid his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, according to CTV. I wish I could have done something. Biden, a Democratic presidential prospect who often highlights his white working-class roots, said Hill, who is black, should not have been forced to face a panel of a bunch of white guys about her sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas. Biden's role in the 1991 Thomas confirmation hearings is among his many political challenges as he considers making a 2020 bid for the presidency. His comments about Hill drew swift condemnation on social media, with many noting he was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time of the hearing. Should he run, he would be among a handful of white men in a Democratic presidential field that features several women and minorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cholera cases: The city of some 500,000 people is still struggling to provide clean water and sanitation after Cyclone Idai roared in on March 14, according to Toronto Star. In this Tuesday, March 26, 2019, photo, an elderly man lies on the ground after his bag of food was snatched from him in a scramble for bags of rice delivered by the South African Airforce helicopter at Nyamatande Village, Mozambique, following the devastating Tropical Cyclone Idai. The five cholera cases were confirmed in Munhava, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the hard-hit port city the national director of medical assistance, Ussene Isse, told reporters. A second week has begun with efforts to find and help some tens of thousands of people in devastated parts of southern Africa, with some hundreds dead and an unknown number of people still missing. Some 1.8 million people in Mozambique need urgent help after Cyclone Idai, the United Nations said in an emergency appeal for 282 million for the next three months. Phill Magakoe / AP Photo A church building damaged by Cyclone Idai in a neighbourhood in Beira, Mozambique, Wednesday March, 27, 2019. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

msf doctors: It has rescued almost 49,000 people trying to reach Europe in often unseaworthy boats, according to the EU.. In this Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 file photo, rescuers transfer migrants rescued by an oil rig supply ship to the Aquarius vessel of SOS Mediterranee and MSF Doctors Without Borders NGOs, in the Mediterranean Sea, north of Libyan coast, according to Toronto Star. Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey and especially in Libya with men facing abuse nearly as routinely as women, according to a study based on dozens of interviews with aid workers and migrants. The EU's Operation Sophia works to reduce migrant-smuggling, trains the Libyan coast guard and enforces an arms embargo on Libya. Darko Bandic, File / AP Photo European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said that without naval assets, the operation will not be able to effectively implement its mandate. For now, they want to recall the participating ships, but not aircraft. Italy commands Sophia but the anti-migrant government refuses to allow EU ships or the vessels private aid groups have looking out for migrants at risk of drowning or fatal dehydration to disembark in Italian ports, complicating the mission.EU countries agreed in principle to renew Sophia's mandate for six months. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

el salvador: The city said in a statement that it offered water and medical help to the caravan of 2,466 people, mainly from Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, according to CTV. It said the caravan included many children in the caravan, and some were suffering in the area's near-100-degree 39 C heat. The caravan walked past the city of Huixtla in the southern state of Chiapas on Monday, but police were lined up to keep them moving along a highway outside of the town, and did not let them enter -- a contrast to last year, when caravans were allowed to stay in the city centre. Such caravans aren't getting as a warm a welcome as they did last fall, when local governments and church groups handed out food, water and clothing and police sometimes helped the migrants get rides. It is a strategy to break them up ... to stop the caravans, said Irineo Mujica of the aid group Pueblo Sin Fronteras, which accompanied last year's caravans and the ones this year. Activists said that the Mexican government was trying to wear the caravans out, or stop them from trying to reach the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fellow members: At a news conference in Toronto, held hours before she was to travel to Montreal and move into her new home, Rodel said her fellow members of the group that came to be known as Snowden's Guardian Angels should be allowed to join her, according to Toronto Star. I don't want them left behind, she said of the group of five, who include Keana's father and two half-siblings. Vanessa Rodel said her excitement at now being in Canada with her seven-year-old daughter Keana was tempered by the knowledge that people with whom she still feels a strong bond have not been so lucky.A newly arrived refugee who once helped shelter whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong is calling on Canada to welcome others who helped the American fugitive. I don't want to feel that I forget about them because I'm here now in Canada. Rodel and Keana arrived in Toronto on Monday afternoon, two months after the federal government formally granted them refugee status. They're still hoping they can come in Canada to feel safe and free. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

half-siblings i: But Rodel's excitement over a new beginning in Canada has been tempered by concerns for the other five of Snowden's helpers who remain in Hong Kong, including Keana's father and two half-siblings, according to CTV. I am asking Canada to recognize the dire situation they are in in Hong Kong, she told CTV News Montreal. Vanessa Rodel and her seven-year-old daughter arrived in Toronto on Monday, nearly two months after the federal government formally granted them refugee status. Their arrival on Canadian soil marks the end of a chapter dating back to 2013, when Snowden fled to Hong Kong after leaking classified documents from the U.S. National Security Agency. I don't have regrets to help him, said Rodel. The so-called Angels hid Snowden until he fled Hong Kong, eventually being stopped in Russia where he now has asylum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.