cannabis: According to a press release from the sheriff on July 15, the enforcement agencies will spend the week of July 15 to July 19 targeting the Eel River watershed to search non-permitted cannabis cultivation sites, according to NOW Magazine. The Eel River winds its way through the Northern California hills that have traditionally hosted much of America's illicit cannabis cultivation. ByJimi Devine Published on July 17, 2019 Share Tweet Comment Major enforcement actions against unlicensed cannabis farms across the Emerald Triangle continued this week, with the Mendocino County Sheriff's office announcing on Monday that the effort had been named Operation Clean Sweep and it was being conducted in tandem with the National Guard and numerous other agencies. However, since California opened up for adult-use cultivation licenses in 2018, many farmers have since made the jump to the legal market or quit the game entirely because of the increased cost of compliance. In addition to the National Guard, the sheriff's office said it was working with the state's Department of Food and Agriculture via its Cal Cannabis licensing arm, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Water Resource Board and Cal Fire to serve search warrants on both public and private lands to investigate illegal cannabis farming sites they've identified prior to the week's actions. All the sites will be those of non-permitted cannabis cultivation sites that are believed to be involved in water diversion and other situations of environmental degradation that impacts several watersheds in the greater Eel River area of Northern Mendocino County, the statement reads. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

colonial-era term: A spokeswoman for the Edmonton club said the team had no update Friday morning, according to CTV. Pressure has mounted in recent weeks for sports teams to eliminate racist or stereotypical names. TSN and Postmedia are reporting the Edmonton club will make the change, following the Washington NFL team's decision to do the same earlier this week. Critics say the Edmonton team's name is a derogatory, colonial-era term for Inuit. I had an extremely productive meeting with Edmonton's own football team today after they accepted my invitation to share ideas & perspectives, Paquette wrote. Aaron Paquette, a city councillor in Edmonton, tweeted that he met with the CFL club on Thursday and, while he didn't confirm the name will be changed, he was very impressed with the potential coming out of our conversation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

illicit-drug report: Before today's daily B.C. COVID-19 update, B.C. provincial health officer Dr, according to Georgia Asian. Bonnie Henry revealed the results of research that has affirmed that the province has been effective in mitigating the spread of the virus. Bonnie of British Health Minister Adrian Dix credit Province of British Danuta Centre for Disease 1 of 3 2 of 3Consistent with numbers over the past week, the number of new cases confirmed today July 16 remained above 20. Meanwhile, the B.C. Coroners Service released their illicit-drug report for June. Dr. As in May, the province saw a record number of deaths 175 people died in June. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

press: See the Latest Print EditionGEORGIA STRAIGHTHistory About UsSite Map CoversLEGALPrivacy Policy Terms & Conditions 2020 Vancouver Free Press, according to Georgia Asian. Best of Vancouver, BOV and Golden Plates are trade-marks of Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp. Thank you for your patience as we work towards bringing this back. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

breakfast media: If the president was not telling these four Congresswomen to return to their supposed countries of origin, to which countries was he referring Conway immediately fired back with her own question What's your ethnicity, according to Georgia Asian. Feinberg, who is with Breakfast Media, was momentarily stymied before asking why that was Conway and Feinberg started debating this issue before he got back on track with his original line of questioning. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway played this game when she was asked the following question by White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg. That's when Conway shifted gears and declared that the president has already commented on that. When Feinberg persisted, Conway claimed that Trump tweeted about the issue that Feinberg was inquiring about. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

engagement studies: The robot voice asked him to participate in a survey about Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, according to National Observer. It was a weird call, said the man, a Toronto resident who wished to stay anonymous because he works with the municipal and federal governments. The call came from someone using a 647 area code, identified on his cell phone screen as Tell City Hall. He thought the call was asking for some feedback for his past participation in several civic engagement studies. What people are reading Ottawa commits to national paid sick leave program championed by Horgan Doug Ford promotes cannery that's been reprimanded by environment ministry Ford government must phase out natural gas power plants, 29 groups say Four residents in Toronto and Mississauga told National Observer they were contacted by the mysterious group last week. Canadians across the country have been getting calls like this since Canada Day. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fellow citizens: Sir Desmond does not have a blanket objection to covering his visage, you understand he has previously described blackface as an entirely acceptable bit of fun after boasting of dressing up as the late soul singer James Brown, according to Rabble. But while Sir Desmond may believe that all freeborn Englishmen have a sacred right to racist fancy dress, measures to stop the spread of a pandemic that has killed one in every 1,000 of his fellow citizens represent objectionable tyranny. A monstrous imposition! is how our modern-day Boudicca, the Tory backbencher Sir Desmond Swayne, decried the new law compelling customers to cover their faces before entering a shop. He is far from alone social media abounds with Tory activists ripping up their membership cards, assailing an authoritarian government that is not remotely conservative . The anti-mask revolt on the right is a global occurrence. On one level, this is just another expression of dog-eat-dog individualism to hell with the common good if it requires sacrifice on my part, however minor. In Texas, anti-mask activists believe such an imposition belongs in a communist country while the Oklahoma city of Stillwater backed off from imposing a compulsory mask order after threats of violence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lgbt community: The Nieuwegein City Council called on the municipal executive council to sever ties on July 13 after becoming aware of recent reports on the treatment of members of the LGBT community in Pulawy, according to CTV. In Nieuwegein everyone is allowed to be who he or she is, regardless of his or her sexual orientation, gender, religion or ethnic origin, said alderman Marieke Schouten. Nieuwegein, a city near Utrecht in central Netherlands, released a statement announcing the immediate end to its friendly relationship with the Polish city of Pulawy on Wednesday. LGBT-free zones like Pulawy are really unacceptable as far as we're concerned. However, local authorities in Pulawy did not reply, the statement added. Nieuwegein council was made aware of Pulawy's declaration in January, said the statement, and sent a letter to its counterpart in the spring to express its concern. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

littering: If there's anything that would change my line, it would be the continuous littering, according to Georgia Asian. Vanessa Hanson Office worker and five-year smoker I enjoy smoking but I can understand why it's not appreciated by others around me. Smokers, if they want to maintain their privileges, should really be conscious about not littering on our beaches. It's a gross habit and a personal choice. That might deter some people, but if someone wants to smoke they'll just take the ticket and keep smoking. I'm all for the ban. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

majority government: The most recent survey shows them at 38 percent, within spitting distance of forming a majority government, according to Georgia Asian. With Andrew Scheer as leader, the Conservatives have not been below 37 percent all year among decided and leaning voters in any of the Angus Reid polls. That's because, according to the Angus Reid Institute, the Conservatives have remained stubbornly high in the polls all year. Meanwhile, the Liberals are languishing at 30 percent, which is an improvement over the three previous polls. Justin Trudeau's personal photographer always tries to put him in a good light, but it doesn't appear to have stemmed the growing tide of public frustration with the prime minister. The New Democrats are at 14 percent and the Greens have the support of 10 percent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

american citizens: Trump did not refer to specific representatives in his latest tirade, but the targets were widely taken by U.S. media outlets to be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts all of whom are American citizens, according to National Observer. So interesting to see Progressive Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world if they even have a functioning government at all now loudly...... Donald J. Trump real Donald Trump July 14, 2019 I think Canadians and indeed people around the world know exactly what I think about those particular comments. But Trudeau missed an opportunity to directly label the Twitter outburst by Trump as racist, as his NDP counterpart did, after Trump falsely tweeted on Sunday progressive' Democrat Congresswomen should go back to the supposedly foreign countries they all came from. That is not how we do things in Canada. What people are reading Global fossil burning breaks record in 2019. A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian, Trudeau said at a press conference in Petawawa, Ont., alongside NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

filippo grandi: Filippo Grandi, head of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees UNHCR says if the richest countries simply close their borders in response they will undermine their capacity to tackle the issue, and their civilisational values in the longer term, according to Rabble. In a perceptive interview with this newspaper Grandi defined this as the age of egotism in the richer world, dominated by me first, we first, our country first policies and closing minds. This paradox is at the heart of warnings about how foolish is a short-sighted approach to the global buildup in numbers of refugees, asylum speakers and displaced people. Scapegoating refugees in hate speech, cutting off access and failing to deal with the root causes of displacement and forced movement of people could be copied by the global south where 85 per cent of them actually reside. Migrant 39 who failed to reach Europe dies in Libyan detention centre Multilingual videos to better inform Ireland's migrants on Covid-19Fleeing poverty, hunger and political turmoil on the road to Lima A similar closing off of rescue and humanitarian facilities in the Mediterranean by European states and the EU is not only heartless but erodes civilisational and legal values built up over generations. He warns this response is fundamentally ineffective and will make the problems involved far more difficult, or impossible, to tackle in 50 years time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hamilton: The Flyers confirmed his death late Sunday afternoon, according to Hamilton Spectator. The Hamilton Spectator reported a man drowned after visiting a friend's boat at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. Getty Images By Getty Images Facebook Twitter Whats App SMS Email Print Save By Sam Carchidi The Philadelphia Inquirer Former Flyers goalie Ray Emery died at age 35 while swimming in Ontario on Sunday morning. It did not name the victim, but Toronto photojournalist Andrew Collins reported it was Emery. Emery and his friends reportedly went swimming in Hamilton Harbor at around 6 a.m. I'm really, really saddened by this stunning news, said Paul Holmgren, the Flyers club president and the team's general manager when the Flyers signed Emery in 2009. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

july directive: U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said federal immigration authorities agreed to pull the July 6 directive and return to the status quo, according to CTV. A lawyer representing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said only that the judge's characterization was correct. The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The announcement brings relief to thousands of foreign students who had been at risk of being deported from the country, along with hundreds of universities that were scrambling to reassess their plans for the fall in light of the policy. ICE did not immediately comment on the decision. With the policy rescinded, ICE will revert to a directive from March that suspended typical limits around online education for foreign students. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

administration attacks: The almost daily administration attacks on Beijing come as Trump defends his own response to the virus, with cases surging in parts of the United States, and as he works ahead of the election to portray Biden as soft on China, according to CTV. So Joe Biden and President Obama freely allowed China to pillage our factories, plunder our communities and steal our most precious secrets, Trump said, adding, I've stopped it largely. The legislation and order are part of the Trump administration's stepped-up offensive against China for what he calls the rising Asian superpower's exploitation of America and its effort to conceal details about the human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus from the world. Trump said that as vice-president, Biden advocated for the Paris Agreement addressing climate change; Trump withdrew the U.S. from the accord. Trump talked up his own tough approach to Beijing, though he spent the early weeks of the pandemic praising Chinese President Xi Jinping. It would have crushed American manufacturers while allowing China to pollute the atmosphere with impunity, yet one more gift from Biden to the Chinese Communist Party, Trump said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hagia sophia: Hagia Sophia happens to be Turkey's most popular tourist attraction, according to Rabble. Erdo an has been hinting at doing this since 2018, so it wasn't exactly a surprise. Minutes later, President Recep Tayyip Erdo an decreed that the Great Mosque of Ayasofya its other name will open for Muslim prayer in late July this year, righting what he framed as an 85-year-old legal injustice. Secularism has been enshrined in Turkey's Constitution since its founding in the 1920s, but the clearly politically motivated court decision is only the latest installment in the Justice and Development Party's broader campaign to promote Islam in Turkish public life. To do this, he exploits a loophole in the state's secularity rule that allows him to superfund the Religious Affairs Directorate the Diyanet which administers and promotes Hanafi Sunni Islam in public life and will now control Hagia Sophia. Erdo an says he wants to raise a pious generation by introducing religion into schools, having texts like Pinocchio rewritten, and firing tens of thousands of teachers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

post-graduation: As well, the government is allowing international students who are not able to submit all of the documentation needed to process their post-graduation work applications due to COVID-19-related closures but still want to begin their studies while in another country to do so, according to CTV. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox This is being facilitated through a new two-stage approval process. The government says it will be allowing students to count the time spent studying online while abroad towards their eligibility for a post-graduation Canadian work permit if at least 50 per cent of their post-secondary program is completed in Canada. The new process will allow prospective students to go ahead with their plans upon receiving an approval in principle. It would then be the responsibility of international students to submit all outstanding documents and be approved before being allowed to enter Canada. In order to be approved in principle, students need to show they have been accepted to a Canadian college or university and have the ability to pay for it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

matthew moroun: Moroun died of congestive heart failure Sunday in Grosse Pointe Shores, according to CTV. Employees of the various Moroun companies were told Monday of his death in a message from Moroun's son, Matthew. He was 93. My dad loved his family and that extended to his work family, Matthew Moroun wrote. As a great mentor to many, my father was so proud of the companies that he leaves behind and all the innovation that is yet to come. He poured his heart into his work and for over seven decades spent his time leading and protecting us. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mena middle: Jewish Privilege is when my grandparents were violently forced out of Iraq and Tunisia for being Jewish with only the clothes to their back, according to CTV. Along with 850,000 other MENA Middle East and North Africa Jews they arrived to Israel with nothing, only spoke Arabic, and lived in a tent/tin shack for years, Mazzig tweeted. According to Jewish News, the trend first started Sunday night when Israeli writer and activist Hen Mazzig shared his family's experience with anti-Semitism after others used the hashtag to accuse Jewish people of being privileged. I want all my Jewish followers to share the 'Jewish Privilege' them and their families experienced. A lot of these tropes are well known about Jews controlling media and government, and the economy and unfortunately, a lot of these conspiracy theories have ended in the past with violence, Shack told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Monday. Noah Shack, vice president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs CIJA told CTVNews.ca that Jewish Privilege has, for years, existed as an anti-Semitic hashtag used primarily by conspiracy theorists. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

morning updates: In his morning updates, COVID-19 aid packages amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars were unveiled and public health advisories were driven home, but what else did Trudeau have to say CTVNews.ca has analyzed the 81 national addresses and following media availabilities that Trudeau held during the 110 days between entering a 14-day self-isolation, on March 12, to his June 29 announcement that, going forward, he would only convene the Rideau Cottage updates when he had big news to share, according to CTV. The day after Trudeau entered quarantine on account of his wife Sophie having symptoms that were soon confirmed to be from COVID-19, the prime minister began what quickly became a daily routine addressing the nation from Rideau Cottage, his family's temporary home on the grounds of Rideau Hall. This was how the prime minister chose to speak to the country, day in and day out between March and July. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox Those morning addresses, mostly from the grounds of Rideau Hall, became a seven-day-a-week ritual, with few days off in the first two months. Analyzing the transcripts of his English-language remarks from all those Rideau Cottage updates, as well as the few offsite, CTVNews.ca identified his commonly used phrases and terms, as well as his go-to nouns and adjectives, before asking political communication experts and a linguist to assess the words he was using to deliver his messages, and whether they were effective. Then, as the public health crisis entered into the initial phase of reopenings, the routine was eased, with no press conferences on weekends and eventually only a few times a week. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

education sectors: In Thursday's nine-page speech from the throne written by Ford's office but read by Lt.-Gov, according to National Observer. Elizabeth Dowdeswell in the legislature the new provincial government vowed to begin a commission of inquiry into the previous Liberal government's expenditures to identify ways to restore accountability and trust in Ontario's public finances. But the speech also included new policies that would affect the future of Ontario's financial and education sectors. At the cabinet's swearing-in ceremony last month, Ford and Finance Minister Vic Fedeli both promised a line-by-line audit of the previous government's spending. We cannot afford to dither or delay. This was restated in the throne speech, along with the Conservatives' aim to balance the budget without creating new taxes for the public, and at a responsible, modest and pragmatic time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kirsty duncan: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet sometime in the next week, sources tell The Canadian Press, according to National Observer. Once Trudeau returns later today from the annual NATO leaders' summit in Brussels, his focus will shift to putting the final touches on a Liberal cabinet that will carry his government through to the 2019 election. Now Kirsty Duncan, minister of science and minister of sport and persons with disabilities, finds herself at the centre of speculation as talk heats up about a cabinet shuffle. Splitting Duncan's duties back into two jobs is expected to be one of the moves, since Trudeau is believed to be planning his first expansion cabinet since taking office, and he needs jobs to give the new faces. In January, she was sworn in as minister of sport and persons with disabilities just days after Kent Hehr, her predecessor in that post, was forced to resign from cabinet over harassment allegations from his time as a member of the Alberta legislature. Duncan has been the minister of science since the beginning of the Trudeau government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

telecoms infrastructure: Hostile rhetoric has ratcheted up in recent days over Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong, according to CTV. Britain's decision to offer refuge to millions in the former colony was met with a stern telling-off by China. Those friendly scenes now seem like a distant memory. And Chinese officials have threatened consequences if Britain treats it as a hostile country and decides to cut Chinese technology giant Huawei out of its critical telecoms infrastructure amid growing unease over security risks. Many are saying Britain has been far too complacent and naive in thinking it could reap economic benefits from the relationship without political consequences. All that is pointing to a much tougher stance against China, with a growing number in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party taking a long, hard look at Britain's Chinese ties. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

thunder bay: It's a record achieved in communities frequently in social distress, places where hunting rifles and shotguns are ubiquitous, according to CTV. The key difference from urban, non-Indigenous policing, insiders and observers say, is the relationship building between officers and the people they serve. It's a record of which the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is proud, especially in light of the recent uproar in North America over police killings and brutality involving Indigenous, Black, and mentally distressed people. In the past, you might have been the only officer in there, Roland Morrison, chief of NAPS says from Thunder Bay, Ont. You have to develop relationships with the communities in order to have positive policing. You would have no radio, you've got no backup, so you really effectively have to use your communication and talk to people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

asian invasion: Vancouver resident Kai Nagata u2019s grandfather was held at Hastings Park pictured above before he was transferred to a long-term Archives of for foreign money in Vancouver real estate that aired in a 1989 segment produced by BCTV will sound familiar to people paying attention to today u2019s conversations about the same issue. credit Global 1 of 4 2 of 4A message was recently scribbled across an overpass in Delta, according to Georgia Asian. Stop the Asian invasion, it reads. By that time, merchants were well-established at locations along Carrall Street pictured above in 1897 but the new laws put them at a distinct disadvantage to white land owners. credit James Matthews / Vancouver cartoon published in a Vancouver newspaper in 1907 illustrated white residents u2019 unhappiness with how they perceived the living conditions of Chinese Fraser the Second World War, Japanese Canadians saw the government confiscate and auction their property while they were held in internment camps. Last summer, in Nanaimo, a real-estate advertisement that included Chinese writing was spray-painted over with a swastika and the words Go away. And according to members of Vancouver's various Chinese and Asian communities, there are other, more numerous but less-visible examples. These are visible manifestations of a racism that has grown out of British Columbians' frustration with real-estate prices that have surpassed the affordability of many long-time residents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cannabis flowers: Unlike cannabis flowers or even concentrates, there is no real way to assess the smell or look of the product beforehand, so what's on the outside becomes a key tool in describing what lies within, according to NOW Magazine. Faun Chapin, the president and co-founder of a new line of vapes called Sonder, acutely understands this design-friendly approach to vape packaging. ByCannabis Now Published on July 11, 2019 Share Tweet Comment When it comes to choosing a vape cartridge, packaging can be key in the decision-making process. Chapin has applied her master's degree in design and branding to an industry she describes as the family business with the launch of both single-origin strains and blends in a CO2 vape pen line in May. My mother, who single-handedly raised three children, was a cannabis cultivator and businesswoman long before the green rush. I'm a second generation cannabis entrepreneur, I was born into the cannabis industry, Chapin says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.