Tag: Canada

  • CFIB urges government to allow some TFWs in Canada to stay

    Letter calls for urgent action for TFWs awaiting permanent residence rulings Toronto – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the federal government to take urgent action to ensure that recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) don’t result in severe hardship for would-be Canadians. New rules in the TFWP…

  • Postmedia to Acquire Sun Media’s English Language Newspapers and Digital Properties

    Postmedia to Acquire Sun Media’s English Language Newspapers and Digital Properties

    October 6, 2014 (TORONTO) – Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (“Postmedia” or the “Company”) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Quebecor Media Inc. (“QMI”) to purchase Sun Media Corporation’s stable of 175 English language newspapers, specialty publications and digital properties (“Sun Media”), including the Sun chain of dailies, consisting of The Toronto…

  • Curl up by the fireplace with a hearty, turkey meal

    Curl up by the fireplace with a hearty, turkey meal

    Would you like a recipe for your Thanksgiving leftovers? Trade your uninspired cold turkey sandwiches for a revamped family classic: creamy turkey! Perfect to warm you up on a cold November evening, this recipe is the pinnacle of comfort food and is as satisfying to eat as it is easy to prepare: Creamy Turkey Servings:…

  • Home Smoke Alarm Basics

    Home Smoke Alarm Basics

    This NFPA video provides the latest information on types of smoke alarms you need, their placement and special features. Working smoke alarms give you early warning to help you escape a fire.

  • New Canadian Tourism Award Announced to Celebrate Excellence in Aboriginal Cultural Tourism

    New Canadian Tourism Award Announced to Celebrate Excellence in Aboriginal Cultural Tourism

    OTTAWA, ON – Today the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and the Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada (ATAC) are pleased to announce a new partnership to advance Aboriginal cultural tourism in Canada. Under a new Memorandum of Understanding, ATAC and TIAC will work collaboratively to produce industry research and recognize excellence in Aboriginal cultural tourism…

  • New Parks Canada Youth Tourism Entrepreneur Award announced for the 2014 Canadian Tourism Awards

    New Parks Canada Youth Tourism Entrepreneur Award announced for the 2014 Canadian Tourism Awards

    New award will highlight the achievements of young entrepreneurs in the tourism industry Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, together with David Goldstein, President and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), today announced the creation of a new award category for…

  • Attention Coaches, Parents: Minor hockey is for the children

    Attention Coaches, Parents: Minor hockey is for the children

    By Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun  Fifteen years ago, I wrote a piece on my experiences as a minor hockey coach. I never thought at the time that the piece would be printed and re-printed. Year after year. Minor hockey organization after minor hockey organization. The other day, when I Googled my name and the words…

  • Royal Canadian Mint to reveal new circulation coin during Wait For Me, Daddy memorial sculpture unveiling event

    Royal Canadian Mint to reveal new circulation coin during Wait For Me, Daddy memorial sculpture unveiling event

    OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Mint will reveal a new circulation coin during the City of New Westminster’s Wait for Me, Daddy memorial sculpture unveiling event this weekend. To learn more about the Wait for Me, Daddy memorial sculpture unveiling event, please visit www.waitformedaddy.com

  • Canada Post Kicks Off Annual Campaign for Community Foundation

    Canada Post Kicks Off Annual Campaign for Community Foundation

    Employee-led fundraising delivered $1.36M in grants for 2014 Ottawa (Ont.) – Today marks the beginning of a month-long fundraising effort by Canada Post and its employees to raise funds for the Community Foundation for Children. Funds raised through an annual in-store campaign, employee events and through sales of a special semi-postal stamp allow the Foundation…

  • Hudson’s Bay Company announces donation of historic mural to The Manitoba Museum

    Hudson’s Bay Company announces donation of historic mural to The Manitoba Museum

    TORONTO /CNW/ – Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) announced today the donation of a significant piece of its historic art collection to The Manitoba Museum (the “Museum”) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Pioneer at Fort Garry, a 16.5-metre by 3-metre oil-on-canvas mural, which had been a fixture in the Hudson’s Bay Winnipeg Downtown store since 1927, was…

  • 25th Anniversary of the Canadian Space Agency Celebrated on Silver Collector Coin

    25th Anniversary of the Canadian Space Agency Celebrated on Silver Collector Coin

    TORONTO, Sept. 30, 2014 /CNW/ – This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the organization which is committed to leading the development and application of space knowledge for the benefit of Canadians and humanity.The Royal Canadian Mint proudly celebrates this milestone with a unique silver collector coin featuring an achromatic hologram…

  • Animal Health Week emphasizes responsible use of antibiotics

    Animal Health Week emphasizes responsible use of antibiotics

    Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) would like to recognize Animal Health Week by drawing attention to the important role played by veterinarians in keeping animals, and, in turn, humans, healthy through the appropriate use of antibiotics. This year’s Animal Health Week theme is “Our…

  • Blood Inventory in Critical Condition

    Blood Inventory in Critical Condition

    Canadian Blood Services launches urgent appeal for blood donors (CANADA) – Canadian Blood Services is appealing to all eligible donors to make a blood donation immediately to increase Canada’s critically low blood inventory. All blood donors are needed, in particular those with type O and A blood. “Without the help of Canadians we may have…

  • Health Canada Expanded Recall: Linear recalls Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters

    Health Canada Expanded Recall: Linear recalls Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters

    The recalled Linear PERS transmitters are components of Linear PERS or personal emergency solutions products and allow users to push a button on the transmitter to summon assistance.  The transmitter may be worn as a pendant on a lanyard around the user’s neck, on a band around the user’s wrist or as a belt clip.…

  • PM announces HMS Erebus as the discovered Franklin Expedition ship

    PM announces HMS Erebus as the discovered Franklin Expedition ship

    Ottawa, Ontario, 1 October 2014 – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the Franklin Expedition ship discovered in early September by the 2014 Victoria Strait Expedition is Her Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Erebus. Sir John Franklin, who was in command of the Franklin Expedition, sailed on HMS Erebus. The confirmation was made by Parks Canada…