Canada’s Muslims say,
Thank You Minister Kenney!

The Muslim Canadian Congress invites you to a reception to thank Canada’s Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, the Honourable Jason Kenney for his courageous decision to ban the burka at the oath taking ceremonies for new Canadian citizens.

Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Days Inn Hotel
1677 Wilson Ave., Toronto

Program:
3:10 PM – Welcome Speech by Farzana Hassan, past president, MCC
3:20 PM – MCC Agenda & Mission Statement by Tahir Gora, Secretary General MCC
3:30 PM – Minister Kenney
4:00 PM- Q & A
4:15 PM- Word of thanks by Syed Intizar Zaidi, President MCC

Please R.S.V.P.

Tahir Gora, Secretary General MCC

Tel: (905) 320-0906
E-Mail: goratahir@yahoo.ca

Papi Ngoqo was beaten severely in 2008. Prosecutors have just filed charges and say the attack was racially motivated. (Photo from CBC video.)

Shawn Macdonald is accused of a racially motivated attack on Papi Ngoqo, a Black Vancouver man from South Africa.

Prosecutors charge man with hate crime in brutal beating caught on camera
Published 06 January, 2012 10:12:00 CBC

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Papi Ngoqo was beaten severely in 2008. Prosecutors have just filed charges and say the attack was racially motivated. (Photo from CBC video.)

Shawn Macdonald is accused of a racially motivated attack on Papi Ngoqo, a Black Vancouver man from South Africa. The attack happened in 2008, but charges — and the racial angle — are just now being brought.

A man suspected of being a member of a Canadian Neo-Nazi group has been charged with hate crimes in connection with the savage beating of a Black Vancouver man from South Africa.

Khaled Wehbe, centre, is shown in a December 2010 courtroom sketch with Abdulhamid Wehbe, left, who faces a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of 16-year-old Yazdan Ghiasvand Ghiasi, and Zakaria Dourhnou, right, who was sentenced last April to a year in jail for helping Khaled Wehbe clean the car.

Ottawa man who helped clean blood-splattered car asks to be spared more jail time
By Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa Citizen January 19, 2012 3:13 PM

Khaled Wehbe, centre, is shown in a December 2010 courtroom sketch with Abdulhamid Wehbe, left, who faces a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of 16-year-old Yazdan Ghiasvand Ghiasi, and Zakaria Dourhnou, right, who was sentenced last April to a year in jail for helping Khaled Wehbe clean the car.

OTTAWA — An aspiring police officer who helped clean a car used in a teenager’s shooting death asked to be spared any more time in jail Thursday.

An apologetic Khaled Wehbe said he made a mistake when he agreed to help wash out blood and other evidence from the Nissan Maxima where Yazdan Ghiasvand Ghiasi was shot to death on Dec. 6, 2010.

Enbo Cui, whose mother was stabbed to death in a Chinatown restaurant in December, thanked the Toronto Chinese community Tuesday for their support. NICHOLAS KEUNG/TORONTO STAR

Son of slain Chinatown restaurant worker thanks Toronto, pledges to carry on
Published On Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Nicholas Keung
Immigration Reporter

Enbo Cui last saw his mother in 2007, when she left China for Toronto to pursue the family’s immigrant dream.

Nearly five years later Cui, 22, finally arrived on Canadian soil to see Guang Xia Lu. But sadly, it was for the 45-year-old woman’s funeral.

Ever since her arrival from Shandong province, Lu had been toiling in Chinatown restaurants, saving money for Cui’s education in Australia. Her dream was to reunite with her son and see him succeed.

That dream was cut short Dec. 28, when Lu was stabbed, allegedly by a co-worker at Chinese Traditional Bun restaurant near Dundas St. W. and Spadina Ave. She died of her injuries.

Straight up – MLA Kevin Lamoureux
What goes on at the Immigration Office in the Phils.

In an earlier edition of Ang Peryodiko, I had indicated that in 2010 the Philippines was Canada’s #1 source country for immigrants. In that year, over 36,000 (13% of all immigrants that came to Canada) originated out of the Philippines. Based on that fact, I thought I would share with you some specific information regarding the staffing of the immigration programming office at the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines and give you a better idea of what that office does on a daily basis.