Spring is the season of rebirth, the awakening of new life.
May 13, is the day of femininity, smiles and warmth. It is Mother’s Day! On this day, I congratulate all women on earth as this wonderful day is dedicated especially to mothers and grandmothers!
On May 13, you will have the opportunity to tell the woman close to your heart how much she means to you. Send her love and wonderful wishes for a very Happy Mother’s Day.

Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a Commonwealth holiday to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918 (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice).

The poppy’s significance to Remembrance Day is a result of Canadian military physician John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy emblem was chosen because of the poppies that bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their red colour an appropriate symbol for the bloodshed of trench warfare. A Frenchwoman, Anna E. Guérin, introduced the widely used artificial poppies given out today.

In Canada, Remembrance Day is a public holiday in all provinces and territories except Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba.
(According to “Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia”)

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Many jobs available for Nannies/Caregivers in the Lower Mainland in the following areas:

o West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (toddler and a baby) is in need of a live-in nanny.Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

o West Vancouver – Family with 2 children school age looking for a live-in nanny. Top salary offered. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

o North Vancouver - Family with 1 child, school age, looking for a driver live-in nanny. Top Salary offered. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation, driving the child to activities. Starting date: ASAP

o Burnaby – Family with one baby looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

o Burnaby – Family with two toddlers looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping. Starting date: ASAP

o Vancouver – Family with three children, school age, looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

o Vancouver – Family with two kids, school age, looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

o Richmond – Family with two toddlers looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

o Victoria – Family with two children, school age, looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP

As of June 30, 2011 HRSDC has introduced a new regulation, bill C-35,concerning the ‘Live-in Caregiver Program’ (LCP) eliminating the possibility for nanny agencies to represent their clients for the purpose of obtaining the ‘Labour Market Opinion’ (LMO)required for their nanny to apply for a work permit with ‘Citizenship & Immigration Canada’ (CIC). Only a registered immigration consultant or a lawyer can represent the employer for this purpose.

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Human Resources and Skills Development Canada – www.hrsdc.gc.ca
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Notice for Employers:
New Requirements for Employers Using Third Party Representatives
On June 30, 2011, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), came into force, along with related amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). The new IRPA provisions will help regulate the intervention of paid third party representatives in the labour market opinion (LMO) and arranged employment opinion (AEO) application process. These amendments require the paid third party representatives to be authorized before providing services in order to better protect employers and temporary foreign workers from acts of fraud.
Authorized Paid Immigration Representatives
Only the following immigration representatives may charge a fee, or receive any other type of consideration, for representing or providing advice in connection with any Canadian immigration process or application:
• lawyers and paralegals in good standing with a provincial or territorial law society;
• notaries in good standing with the Chambre des notaires du Québec; and
• immigration consultants in good standing with the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council.
All immigration representatives paid by an employer must now be authorized before getting involved in any of the following activities:
• Representing an employer in an LMO or AEO application.
• Communicating with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) or Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)/Service Canada on behalf of the client.
• Explaining and providing advice.
• Providing guidance on how to select the best immigration stream and completing the appropriate forms.
• Representing the client in an immigration application or process.
• Advertising that they can provide immigration advice.

Statutory Holidays in British Columbia – 2011

As a live-in caregiver you are entitled to take a public holiday off work, with public holiday pay, regardless of how long you have been working. The following are the statutory holidays in British Columbia:

• B.C. Day – August 1, 2011 (Monday)

• Labour Day -  September 5, 2011  (Monday)

• Thanksgiving Day – October 10, 2011 ( Monday)

• Remembrance Day - November 11, 2011 (Friday)

• Christmas Day – December 25, 2011 (Sunday)

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On Mother’s Day, Thank your Mother

There is simply no way we can ever really thank mother for all she has done for us. She is the one who will be awake all night when we are sick. Praying to God to make us well and be ever ready to bear the pain that we may be experiencing. She is the one to wake up early in the morning to make the nicest snack and endure all our tantrums. Mothers are the ones who would forever complain that we are not eating enough or not eating right. They would cook all sorts of things so that we’ll be strong and healthy. In fact, mothers worry more for our examinations than we do. They would take pains to complete our school projects leaving all other works behind while we play around with friends or just away watching movies.

For all you are doing for us, thank you mom from the bottom of our hearts.

And Grandma’s Too…

While we honor all our mothers
with words of love and praise.
While we tell about their goodness
and their kind and loving ways.
We should also think of Grandma,
she’s a mother too, you see…
For she mothered my dear mother
as my mother mothers me.

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Many jobs available for Nannies/Caregivers in the Lower Mainland in the following areas:

Childcare and Elder care

o  Vancouver – Family with one child (school age) looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o  Vancouver – Family with one child (toddler)  looking for a live-out nanny. Hours of work: 9:00am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Top salary offered. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o  West Vancouver - Family with 2 kids (toddlers) looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o West Vancouver – Couple elderly looking for a live-out caregiver. Duties: companionship, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP.
o West Vancouver – Elderly  looking for a driver live-in caregiver. Duties: personal care, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP.
o  North Vancouver – Family with two children, a baby and a toddler, looking for a live-in nanny. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o North Vancouver – Family with two children, a baby and a toddler, looking for a live-out nanny. The job is 8 hrs per day, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.  Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o Surrey – Family with two children, toddlers, looking for a live-in nanny. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP.
o Pitt Meadows – Family with two children, a baby and a toddler, looking for a live-in nanny. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o Maple Ridge – Family with two children, a baby and a toddler, looking for a part-time live-out or live-in  nanny.  Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o Coquitlam – Family with one baby looking for a live-out nanny. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP.
o Richmond – Elderly looking for a live-in nanny. Duties: companionship, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP.

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Many jobs available for Nannies/Caregivers in the Lower Mainland in the following areas:

Elderly Care

* Burnaby – Elderly lady suffering from dementia is in need of a live-in caregiver. Experience and medical background is required. Very good salary offered. Duties: personal care. Starting date: ASAP
* Burnaby – Elderly lady looking for a live-in caregiver. The family is looking for a gentle, caring person. Nursing background is not required. Duties: personal care, companionship. Starting date: ASAP
* Vancouver – Elderly lady looking for a Cantonese speaking  live-in caregiver. Duties: companionship, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
* Delta – Senior needs a live-in caregiver with valid driver’s license class 5. Duties: Driving, companionship, housekeeping and meal preparations. Starting date: ASAP.

Childcare

o West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (toddler and a baby) is in need of a live-in nanny.Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o West Vancouver – Family with 2 children school age looking for a live-in nanny. Top salary offered. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o Vancouver - Family with 1 child, toddler, looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o Burnaby – Family with two children, 5 and 10 years old looking for a live-in nanny. Salary negotiable. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping, meal preparation. Starting date: ASAP
o Delta – Family with one baby looking for a live-in nanny. Duties: childcare as required, housekeeping. Starting date: ASAP