Tag: Canada

  • Canadian Army Set to Commence Their Largest and Most Complex Exercise of 2016

    Canadian Army Set to Commence Their Largest and Most Complex Exercise of 2016

    Wainwright, Alberta – As part of contributions to the operational readiness of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), over 6000 CAF personnel will participate in Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 2016, the Canadian Army’s largest and most complex training event of the year. Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE will take place in Wainwright, Alberta, from May 23 to June 6, 2016.…

  • Gastown Historic District National Historic Site of Canada

    Gastown Historic District National Historic Site of Canada

    Gastown Historic District is an intact urban area of business and commercial buildings dating for the most part from 1886 to 1914, representing, through the visual qualities of the buildings, an early Western Canadian city core and the economic flowering of the Western Canadian economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The District…

  • Why U.S. Doctors are Calling for Canadian-Style Medicare

    Why U.S. Doctors are Calling for Canadian-Style Medicare

    And why a B.C. court case challenging our single-payer health system threatens to ramp up Canadian costs and decrease accessibility of care By Karen Palmer, Adviser, EvidenceNetwork.ca BURNABY, B.C. / Troy Media/ – In a dramatic show of support for deep health-care reform in the U.S, more than 2,200 physician leaders are calling for sweeping change. Their…

  • Government of Canada Marks “Seal Day on the Hill 2016”

    Government of Canada Marks “Seal Day on the Hill 2016”

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO — On Tuesday, May 17th,  Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Hunter Tootoo, and Parliamentary Secretary and Member of Parliament for Labrador, Yvonne Jones, issued the following statement regarding Seal Day on the Hill 2016: “Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada is proud to…

  • Egale Canada Human Rights Trust Provided Expertise at UNESCO LGBTQ Education Summit

    Egale Canada Human Rights Trust Provided Expertise at UNESCO LGBTQ Education Summit

    PARIS — Egale was speaking Tuesday at the UNESCO’s International Ministerial Meeting: Education Sector Responses to Violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression in Paris, sharing internal research and practices with world-leaders from 60 countries in a high-level effort to make education systems around the world more LGBTQ-inclusive. The attending leaders will be discussing strategies of…

  • Laura Jones: B.C. Cities Could Learn From Small Business on Credit Card Fees

    In 2015, 10 municipalities in British Columbia paid almost $5 million to accept credit cards, ranging from a low of $87,577 in the City of North Vancouver to a high of $2,042,000 in the City of Vancouver. Is there a way to reduce these costs? Municipal governments could borrow some innovative ideas from small businesses. Municipalities,…

  • Why Canada Needs a National Housing Strategy Now

    Why Canada Needs a National Housing Strategy Now

    By providing secure, safe housing, we are also addressing persistent health problems By Danyaal Raza and Ritika Goel, EvidenceNetwork.ca TORONTO, Ont. / Troy Media/ – As family doctors, we see and know the powerful effect proper housing has on the health of our patients. When you feel unwell, whether from a minor cold or a devastating terminal…

  • Grade Six Girls from North Vancouver Create Hike Safe App

    Grade Six Girls from North Vancouver Create Hike Safe App

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  • NEB report recommends conditional approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

    NEB report recommends conditional approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

    May 19, 2016 – Calgary, Alberta – National Energy Board The National Energy Board (NEB or the Board) has issued a 533-page report recommending Governor in Council approve the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Project), subject to 157 conditions. The Board recommendation follows a public hearing process that included a thorough scientific and technical examination of all…

  • National Prescription Drug Drop-off Day

    National Prescription Drug Drop-off Day

    Drop off your expired or unused medication at Pharmasave in Black Diamond this Saturday! On Saturday, May 21, 2016, Canadians are reminded of the importance of cleaning out their medicine cabinets and safely disposing of unused and expired medications by returning them to their local pharmacy. Each year, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Poison Ivy

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Poison Ivy

      Contact dermatitis is another kind of allergy, one that appears as a skin rash after you have touched some sort of allergen. One of the most common triggers of contact dermatitis in the great outdoors is poison ivy. The resin of the plant contains an oily substance called urushiol that’s easily released and spread when…

  • Marie and Shelly, Our Circus Elephants, to Help Their Endangered Friends in Sumatra

    Marie and Shelly, Our Circus Elephants, to Help Their Endangered Friends in Sumatra

    The Royal Canadian Circus will be performing over the long weekend (May 20 – 23) at Spruce Meadows. Visit the website to see their full touring schedule and purchase tickets. The Royal Canadian Circus last minute relocation to the Town of Olds Alberta, from Fort McMurry, and the free benefit performance put on by the cast…

  • Government moves to strengthen laws against discrimination based on gender identity and expression

    Government moves to strengthen laws against discrimination based on gender identity and expression

    Diversity and inclusion are among Canada’s greatest strengths; Canadians must feel safe in their identities, and free to be themselves. That is why the Government of Canada is updating the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code to include gender identity and gender expression. Today, on International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the Minister…

  • Canadian Federal Government Tables Historic Gender Identity Protections Bill

    Egale Canada Human Rights Trust OTTAWA — On today’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia, the federal government has announced the tabling of Bill C-16  – A historic bill that would bring sweeping legal protection to Canadians by classifying discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender express as a hate crime. The passing…

  • Junior Canadian Rangers to compete in National Marksmanship Championship

    Junior Canadian Rangers to compete in National Marksmanship Championship

    Edmonton, Alberta – Fifty Junior Canadian Rangers (JCRs) from across Canada will have an opportunity to test their shooting skills at the National Marksmanship Championship (NMC) from May 17 to 19, 2016, at the Lecture Training Facility in Edmonton, Alberta. The marksmanship program is an integral part of the Junior Canadian Ranger Program’s traditional skills curriculum,…