Tag: Canada

  • How can we Measure Hidden Homelessness?

    How can we Measure Hidden Homelessness?

    By Emma Woolley, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub: York University This question came from Kristina B. via our latest website survey: “To what extent is it possible to measure “hidden homelessness” (for example, when the person cannot afford their own home and has to resort to crashing with family or friends – possibly often moving frequently)?” It…

  • How to Save Journalism in Canada

    A significant impediment to any new news media model is the taxpayer subsidized CBC which can provide content that only appears to be free By Jackson Doughart Staff member, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies HALIFAX, N.S./ Troy Media/ – There is trouble in today’s news media industry. Large newspaper chains such as Postmedia have made staff…

  • Avalanche Canada Warns Backcountry Users to Be Careful This Weekend

    Avalanche Canada Warns Backcountry Users to Be Careful This Weekend

    This winter is shaping up to be a pretty bad season in terms of avalanche fatalities. Thirteen people have died in avalanches this year, 12 of them were snowmobilers. Four were killed within 48 hours on March 13 and 14. March is the worst month for avalanche fatalities. It’s still a complex winter snowpack at…

  • A New Monument Will Pay Tribute to the 125th Anniversary of the Stanley Cup

    A New Monument Will Pay Tribute to the 125th Anniversary of the Stanley Cup

    The unveiling of the monument is planned for 2017, during the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the centennial of the National Hockey League Ottawa – David McGuinty, Member of Parliament (Ottawa South), announced $2.15 million in funding from the Government of Canada’s for the creation of the Lord Stanley’s Gift Monument. Mr. McGuinty made this announcement on behalf…

  • Federal Funding Enables Canadian Angus Association to Offer Members Reduced Genetic Testing Fee

    Federal Funding Enables Canadian Angus Association to Offer Members Reduced Genetic Testing Fee

    ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB – The Government of Canada through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) has invested $1 million to increase adoption of genomic technologies in Canada’s cattle sector and Canada’s Angus breeders will benefit. The financial investment will enable the Canadian Beef Breeds Council to demonstrate to producers the use…

  • RCMP Name the Puppy Contest Extended to March 31st

    RCMP Name the Puppy Contest Extended to March 31st

    INNISFAIL, Alberta – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) needs help in naming puppies that will become Canada’s future RCMP Police Dogs. The Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta, is asking young Canadians to suggest names for 13 German Shepherd puppies that will be born at the Centre in 2016. Children are encouraged…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: DASH for High Blood Pressure Relief

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: DASH for High Blood Pressure Relief

    Experts say the DASH diet can help lower your blood pressure. Do you know what the DASH diet is? DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Simply stated, hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. This diet differs from most other traditional diets as it does not restrict the quantity of food…

  • BC Coroners Service identifies victim of snowboarding accident

    BC Coroners Service identifies victim of snowboarding accident

    The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died after a snowboarding incident at Fernie Alpine Resort on March 20, 2016. She is Alexa Marie Britt Hugh, aged 20, of De Winton, Alberta, near Calgary. Ms. Hugh was snowboarding with a companion at the Fernie Alpine Resort about 1:30 p.m. on…

  • Why Remember?

    Why Remember?

    We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our…

  • Out-of-Control Liberal borrowing won’t create jobs and means higher taxes for Foothills residents

    Out-of-Control Liberal borrowing won’t create jobs and means higher taxes for Foothills residents

    Ottawa, ON – Official Opposition Deputy Critic and Member of Parliament for Foothills John Barlow is disappointed the Liberals have once again not provided adequate support to workers in the energy sector hit hard by the downturn in oil prices, have completely ignored the agricultural sector and have increased taxes on job creating small businesses.…

  • Statement by the Leader of the Official Opposition on the passing of Jim Hillyer

    Statement by the Leader of the Official Opposition on the passing of Jim Hillyer

    March 23, 2016, OTTAWA – Rona Ambrose, Leader of the Official Opposition and interim Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, issued the following statement today on the passing of Jim Hillyer, Conservative Member of Parliament for Medicine Hat – Cardston – Warner: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of our friend…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Wonders of Washing Soda

      By Reena Nerbas Potato Chips Dear Reena, I was given several boxes of potato chips from my ex-husband. Other than stuffing my face with them or giving them to friends. What can I use them for and do they ever expire? Do they last longer if you freeze them? Why are potato chip bags…

  • 2016 Budget Breaks Election Promise to Small Business

    2016 Budget Breaks Election Promise to Small Business

      Decision to defer small business tax cut will cost nearly $1 billion per year Ottawa, March 22, 2016 – In reacting to the 2016 federal budget presented today, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is deeply troubled that the federal government broke an election commitment to middle class small business owners across the…

  • Minister Morneau’s First Budget Restores Hope for the Middle Class

    Minister Morneau’s First Budget Restores Hope for the Middle Class

    March 22, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario The Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, today tabled the new Government of Canada’s first federal budget, Growing the Middle Class, a plan that takes important steps to revitalize the Canadian economy, and delivers real change for the middle class and those working hard to join it. A strong economy starts…

  • Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Terrorist Attacks in Brussels, Belgium

    Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Terrorist Attacks in Brussels, Belgium

    Ottawa, Ontario, 22 March 2016 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement after learning of a number of terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium: “I am outraged and deeply saddened by the news that so many have been killed and injured in terrorist attacks targeting the people of Brussels, Belgium. “Sophie and I join…