care agency: In her early days as the Hab Center's executive director, when the fledgling Palm Springs-based nonprofit was still building a donor base, she wouldn't hesitate to use her personal credit card to help keep the place running, whether to gas up a van, buy food or pay the occasional water bill, according to Rabble. By the time she retired in 2017 after 34 years, her beloved Hab Center had grown into a thriving care agency with a 6 million budget, nearly 100 employees and a reputation for hosting a highlight of the Palm Beach charity season the annual Hab-a-Hearts luncheon at Mar-a-Lago, attended in recent years by President Donald Trump. Tina Philips' name adorns the entrance to the Palm Beach Habilitation Center, a tribute to the nearly four decades she invested in shaping the taxpayer-supported agency into a vital service provider for adults with intellectual, emotional and physical disabilities. It would all add up to a gratifying legacy, if not for the controversy that has dogged her departure. At the heart of the debate Explosive allegations by two board members that Philips and close agency confidantes concealed two of her center-financed savings plans and manipulated the books to avoid paying taxes. For the past 10 months, Hab Center leaders and board members have been consumed by questions over how Philips acquired three retirement plans worth more than half a million dollars. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

john steinbeck: But he was a world citizen for much of his adult life, and he absorbed enough of Paris to write down some memories and impressions, and add a funny, fictional spin, according to CTV. In the mid-1950s, Steinbeck wrote a series of columns for the French newspaper Le Figaro titled One American In Paris. Hemingway's contemporary and fellow Nobel laureate, John Steinbeck, was best known for The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men and other fiction set in his native California. One of those pieces, widely believed to have never come out in English, appears this week in the summer issue of The Strand Magazine, a literary quarterly which has published rare works by Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many others. In his Paris piece, Steinbeck teases the French cafe culture and apparently his own literary stature as a serious, even self-important, writer who helped define the Great Depression through the impoverished but steadfast Joad family of The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck is seen as a uniquely American writer, who wrote about American themes ... but this story casts light on Steinbeck the international traveller, says Strand Managing Editor Andrew Gulli, who found the Paris story in the online Steinbeck archive at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

spending money: The report, titled The Public Cost of Pollution Ontario's fossil fuel subsidies, found that, in 2018, these subsidies existed in the form of tax breaks for fuels used by air and rail industries 320 million tax breaks for fuel used in agriculture 225 million and natural gas expansion programs 100 million . Spending money on fossil fuel encourages their use, increases pollution and hinders efforts to transition to a clean economy, the report said, according to National Observer. These forms of subsidies ultimately incentivize investment in and use of fossil fuel infrastructure, creating long-term fossil fuel lock in' for Ontario's communities. The International Institute of Sustainable Development IISD tallied up all existing tax incentives and subsidies for fossil fuels in Canada's most populous province in a report released Wednesday. The same amount of money could cover annual health-care costs for 189,000 Ontarians or job training for 70,000 people in the province, according to the report. For example, Ontario introduced the Natural Gas Grant Program in 2017, which was intended to invest roughly 100 million to connect northern rural and First Nation communities and help offset home heating costs. Fossil fuel subsidies in oil, gas and coal businesses are widely viewed as roadblocks to achieving a low-carbon economy and making more investments in clean technology and alternative sources. ; While fossil fuel subsidies are not unique to Ontario, the report notes that Ontario has specific exemptions and refunds available that encourages the consumption of fossil fuels through direct spending. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jon batiste: Special performances are planned by French Montana, Ben Platt, and Jon Batiste & Stay Human, according to CTV. Deborra-lee Furness and Hugh Jackman will return as hosts. Organizers on Tuesday also announced One Republic, H.E.R and Carole King are among the other artists who will appear at the event on the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park on Sept. 28. The festival calls on government and businesses to fight infectious diseases, empower women and girls around the world, combat plastic pollution and provide quality education for all. It coincides with the annual UN General Assembly meetings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

emigration account: A newly released review by Statistics Canada said the census could have identified between 270,000 and 298,000 Jews in Canada in 2016 if response patterns remained steady, instead of the almost 144,000 captured in the population count, according to CTV. The review said the decline is most likely linked to the removal of Jewish on a list of examples that goes along with the question about ethnic and cultural origins. The number of people identifying themselves as ethnically Jewish on the census has been steadily declining since 2001, but the 53.6 per cent drop between 2011 and 2016 was far too precipitous to be part of an ongoing trend. Deaths and emigration couldn't account for the dramatic decline, nor were there errors in how the information was compiled. The national statistics agency has opted to test a new way to ask people about their ethnic origins, trying to wrangle a complex issue into a simple-to-understand question in time for the 2021 population counts. Dropping the examples entirely wasn't an option, the review said, because doing so could cause additional problems that would affect the results, such as respondents not understanding the question. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

spy: Perhaps it was only a matter of time before this franchise got so big that it would produce spinoffs, and Hobbs & Shaw breaks away from la familia to follow the exploits of two of the series's former antagonists turned unlikely heroes Diplomatic Security Service hulk Luke Hobbs Dwayne Johnson and rogue spy Deckard Shaw Jason Statham . Hobbs and Shaw, who earned a grudging respect for one another by the end of The Fate of the Furious, team up again to protect Shaw's sister, Hattie Vanessa Kirby an MI6 agent who's trying to stop a bio-engineered supervirus from falling into the hands of a multinational tech company that wishes to eradicate most of humanity and repopulate the planet with mechanically enhanced superhumans, according to Rabble. This tech-eugenicist outlook is personified by the corporation's chief foot soldier Brixton Lore Idris Elba whose electronically upgraded eyes, super strength, and bulletproofing make him, in his own words, a black Superman. Its narrative trajectory has traced the improbable transformation of talented thieves who steal wholesale goods into international agents capable of foiling geopolitical terrorist threats. The virus is a McGuffin that keeps David Leitch's Hobbs & Shaw moving, but the film is by and large less interested in its apocalyptic stakes than its leads, particularly Johnson, whose charismatic, boastful persona is hardwired into everything from the tempo of the film's dialogue to its extravagant action. Hobbs and Shaw's conversations suggest nothing less than wrestling promos, as both men are prone to launching into competing monologues in order to affirm their masculine supremacy. As much as the absurdity of the Fast & Furious series has remained grounded in the chummy relationship between its stars, so, too, does the quick-witted chemistry shared by Johnson and Statham anchor their characters' adventures. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tree seedlings: Throughout Monday, Ethiopia's minister of innovation and technology Dr, according to CTV. Getahun Mekuria was updating his followers on the country's progress. Staff from the United Nations, the African Union and foreign embassies took part in the effort, with BBC News reporting some Ethiopian government offices have been shut down to let civil servants take part. By early evening, he tweeted that the country had planted 353,633,660 tree seedlings in 12 hours. Forest coverage in Ethiopia has declined from 35 per cent in the early 1900s to little more than four per cent in the 2000s, according to UN statistics. The mass tree-planting effort was part of the country's Green Legacy Initiative, which intends to grow four billion trees in Ethiopia this summer -- with the intended goal to tackle the effects of deforestation and climate change. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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