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Toronto’s Changing Sport Scene

Toronto's changing sports scene Add ping pong, cricket and kabbadi to the roster of sports gaining popularity in a city whose demographic is constantly shifting Joe Friesen From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 4:11PM EDT … Continue reading

Canadian Authorities Board Tamil Ship Off B.C. Coast

Canadian authorities board Tamil ship off B.C. coast By Christina Spencer and Laura Stone; and Judith Lavoie and Katie DeRosa, Postmedia News and Times Colonist August 13, 2010 Canadian authorities boarded a Tamil migrant ship carrying 490 would-be refugees late … Continue reading

No Reconciliation After Sri Lanka’s Civil War

Column: No reconciliation after Sri Lanka's civil war By Jonathan Manthorpe Vancouver Sun August 13, 2010 A little over a year after Sri Lanka's civil war ended with an orgy of bloodshed on the island nation's northern beaches, there are … Continue reading

Obama Signs $600 Million Border Security Bill Into Law

Obama signs $600M border security bill into law The Associated Press, August 13, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081302827.html Washington, DC (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a $600 million border security that will put more agents and equipment along the … Continue reading

Canada A Choice Target For Tamil Migrants : Diplomat

Canada a choice target for Tamil migrants: diplomat (Photo : Martin Collacott, Ottawa's former High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, appears on CTV's Canada AM on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010.) (Photo : Large tents have been set up at CFB Esquimalt … Continue reading

Thai Ship And Suspect Human Cargo Nears Canada

Thai ship and suspect human cargo nears Canada Online news: World Bangkok Post Published: 12/08/2010 at 05:27 AM A Thai ship involved in human trafficking was reported Thursday to be inside Canadian waters and closing on the shore, with 500 … Continue reading

Only 29% of Americans Approve Of Obama’s Handling of Immigration, Says Gallup

Only 29 Percent of Americans Approve of Obamas Handling of Immigration, Says Gallup By Terence P. Jeffrey The CNS News, August 12, 2010 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71035 As the Senate reconvened on Thursday, taking a rare break from its August recess to pass … Continue reading

Foreign-Born Workers Get Three-Quarters Of British Jobs

Foreign-born workers get three-quarters of British jobs The Economic Times 12 Aug, 2010, 11.22AM IST,IANS LONDON: Workers born outside Britain bagged most of the jobs in the country despite a steep surge in recruitment this year, adding to the worries … Continue reading

Challengers Fail To Get Backing To Force BNP Contest

Challengers fail to get backing to force BNP contest Nick Griffin will remain BNP leader for at least another year BBC NEWS August 12, 2010 A British National Party leadership contest has ended after three candidates hoping to challenge Nick … Continue reading

Maple Ridge Prisons Prepare For 200 Tamil Refugees From Sri Lanka

Maple Ridge prisons prepare for 200 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka By Todd Coyne Vancouver Sun August 11, 2010 Two prisons in Maple Ridge have been prepared to receive an estimated 200 Tamil migrants expected to reach B.C. waters any … Continue reading

Tamil Ship With 500 Passengers Within 200 Miles Of B.C.

Tamil ship with 500 passengers within 200 miles of B.C. CTV.ca News Staff 11/08/2010 1:32:42 PM CTV News has learned that senior government sources believe Tamil Tigers organized the voyage of a cargo ship that is heading towards the B.C. … Continue reading

Peterborough ‘Under Seige’ By Migrant Camps, Locals Claim

Peterborough 'under siege' by migrant camps, locals claim Unemployed migrants have set up more than a dozen squatting camps in one city, creating pressures on local services, it was claimed. By Andrew Hough Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:30AM BST 11 Aug 2010 … Continue reading

Lanka, Canada Talks

Lanka, Canada talks Tamil Daily Mirror Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:00 The Sri Lanka High Commissioner in Ottawa met with Mr. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism of Canada and discussed mutual concerns on illegal immigration and human … Continue reading

UBC Plans Bilingual Website To Tell Story Of Chinese-Canadians

UBC plans bilingual website to tell story of Chinese-Canadians Jes Abeita Vancouver Sun August 10, 2010 A bilingual website to tell the story of Chinese-Canadians is in the planning stages at the University of B.C. The site, Chinese-Canadian Stories: Uncommon … Continue reading

UBC Gains $900,000 Federal Award For Unique Chinese Canadian History Web Portal

UBC gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal UBC Media Release Aug. 9, 2010 A bilingual website featuring the legacies of Chinese Canadians who helped shape this country will soon be a reality thanks to an … Continue reading

Should Children Born To Illegal Immigrants Automatically Become U.S. Citizens?

Should children born to illegal immigrants automatically become U.S. citizens? By Trish LaMonte The Syracuse Post-Standard, August 9, 2010 http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/should_children_born_to_illega.html The United States is one of the few countries that grants citizenship to anyone born in the country, based on … Continue reading

Lack Of Resources Curtails ICE Tracking Of Illegals

Lack of resources curtails ICE tracking of illegals By Jerry Seper The Associated Press, August 8, 2010 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/8/lack-of-resources-curtails-ice-tracking-illegals/ New guidance telling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to focus on apprehending terrorists and criminals has many of ICE's rank-and-file agents … Continue reading

Students Spared Amid An Increase In Deportations

Students Spared Amid an Increase in Deportations By Julia Preston The New York Times, August 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09students.html The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: … Continue reading

Across Texas, 60,000 Babies Of NonCitizens Get U.S. Birthright

Across Texas, 60,000 babies of noncitizens get U.S. birthright By Sherry Jacobson The Dallas Morning News, August 8, 2010 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/ 080810dnmetbabies.2be9a7e.html As Republican members of Congress press for changes to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, preventing automatic citizenship … Continue reading

Women Who Escape Forced Marriages

Women who escape forced marriages Aneeta is 20 and living in fear her male relations will discover where shes staying. Her crime? To want to study instead of submitting to a forced marriage. Cyrus Shahrad reports Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM BST … Continue reading