Tag: Canada

  • What Canadian First Nations can Learn from New Zealand’s Maori

    How Indigenous-led business partnerships can lead the way By James Wilson, Advisor, EvidenceNetwork.ca WINNIPEG, Man./ Troy Media/ – Moving Manitoba’s Indigenous peoples from the liability to asset column was a topic that consumed some of Manitoba’s most innovative First Nations and mainstream business minds during a two-day ‘design-thinking boot camp’ recently. It was facilitated by Karl Wixon…

  • Canada’s Afghanistan Memorial Vigil 

    Canada’s Afghanistan Memorial Vigil 

    One of the ways the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) commemorated Canada’s mission in Afghanistan was through the Afghanistan Memorial Vigil. The Vigil commemorated those who lost their lives during the mission: 158 CAF personnel, a Canadian diplomat, a DND contractor, a Canadian journalist who was embedded with the…

  • United Nurses of Alberta proud to support #HaveAHeartDay

    United Nurses of Alberta proud to support #HaveAHeartDay

    United Nurses of Alberta First Vice-President Jane Sustrik signed a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (yesterday) calling on the federal government to improve services for First Nations children and youth in Canada. The letter is an initiative of Have a Heart Day, a national child and youth-led reconciliation campaign aimed at bringing together caring Canadians…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Spring Cleaning

      By Reena Nerbas Cleaning Cabinets Hi Reena, I read your column and wonder if you can tell me how to clean my cabinets? They are not melamine; they are custom made laminate cabinets. Thanks, Rudy Dear Rudy, The following is recommended for cleaning cabinets: Mild dish soap and water use a damp clean cloth…

  • Assisted Suicide a Deadly New Form of Normal

    The Supreme Court’s Carter decision set the floor, not the ceiling, according to one proponent By Peter Stockland, Senior Fellow, Cardus HAMILTON, Ont./ Troy Media/ – Euthanasia? Assisted suicide? There’s an app for that. Or there soon might be, the executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association told a joint Senate-Commons committee this week. The committee…

  • Withdrawal from ISIS combat mission a “step backward for Canada”: Ambrose

    Withdrawal from ISIS combat mission a “step backward for Canada”: Ambrose

    MONCTON, NB – Canada’s withdrawal from the combat mission against ISIS is a “step backward for Canada” from our country’s traditional role as fighters for human rights and international security, said Rona Ambrose, Leader of the Official Opposition and Interim Leader of the Conservative Party. “For generations, our men and women in uniform have fought…

  • Canada’s National Defence: Update on Operation IMPACT

    Canada’s National Defence: Update on Operation IMPACT

      As directed by the Government of Canada in February 2016, the CAF will end the conduct of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria by the 22 February, 2016. As a result, the six CF-188 Hornets, along with associated aircrew and support personnel currently deployed to the region, will return to Canada in a phased approach. Train, Advise…

  • The 33rd Yukon Quest Got Underway on the Weekend

    The 33rd Yukon Quest Got Underway on the Weekend

    THE 1,000 MILE INTERNATIONAL SLED DOG RACE – FAIRBANKS, ALASKA TO WHITEHORSE, YUKON Day 2 Update: Sunday, February 7, 2016 Broncos & Jaguars couldn’t hold a candle to sled dogs this Sunday as the second day of the Yukon Quest played out under beautiful bluebird skies. “We don’t care about the game,” said one checkpoint volunteer,…

  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park no longer threatened by “Mother Canada” project

    Cape Breton Highlands National Park no longer threatened by “Mother Canada” project

      OTTAWA – CPAWS welcomes today’s decision by the federal government to reject the proposed seven-storey “Mother Canada” statue in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This is an important step in implementing the government’s election commitment to limit development in our National Parks. “It is heartening to see our federal government demonstrate respect for the…

  • Liberal Approach to Economy Doing Further Harm and Stalling Job Creation

    Liberal Approach to Economy Doing Further Harm and Stalling Job Creation

    By John Barlow, MP for Foothills Ottawa, ON – Canadian families are being hurt by Liberal economic policies that are making it tougher for them to keep working or replace jobs they’ve lost, said the Conservative Party Deputy Critic for Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, John Barlow today. “Justin Trudeau’s plan for jobs and growth…

  • Canada Pension Plan is not ‘low cost’

    Despite its reputation, the cost of the CPP is actually above the average for comparable plans By Philip Cross and Charles Lammam, The Fraser Institute OTTAWA, Ont. and VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – A recent meeting of Canada’s finance ministers rightly put the brakes on the federal government’s proposal to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). After…

  • Sale of Rona to Lowe’s is Raising Concerns

    Sale of Rona to Lowe’s is Raising Concerns

      LAVAL, QC, February, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ – News of Lowe’s, the American home improvement giant, purchasing of Rona is raising concerns among workers represented by Teamsters Canada Local Union 1999. The American company’s previous attempt to takeover Rona in 2012 was met with strong opposition from the former provincial Minister of Finance, Raymond Bachand. The…

  • CMHC Releases its 2016 Q1 Housing Market Assessment Report for Canada and 15 Markets

    CMHC Releases its 2016 Q1 Housing Market Assessment Report for Canada and 15 Markets

      OTTAWA, January, 2016 — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) latest Housing Market Assessment (HMA) 2016 Q1 reports moderate evidence of overvaluation in housing markets across the country. Broken down across the 15 centres covered by the HMA, overvaluation and overbuilding are the most prevalent problematic conditions with overvaluation detected in eight centres and overbuilding in…

  • Victoria Believes in Love: The City is Named the Most Romantic City in Canada by Amazon.ca for the Fourth Year in a Row

    Victoria Believes in Love: The City is Named the Most Romantic City in Canada by Amazon.ca for the Fourth Year in a Row

    Calgary is number 6, making the top 10 North Vancouver and Waterloo continue to show love and affection, remaining at No. 2 and No. 3 on the annual top 20 list British Columbia and Ontario dominated the list with six cities each in the top 20 SEATTLE, February, 2016 /CNW/ – Victoria continues to let…

  • Decisive Farming Curlingtown Wrap-up

    Decisive Farming Curlingtown Wrap-up

    Steve Laycock and his men’s curling team have won numerous honours over the years, but it was the people of Carnduff, Sask. who were the big winners when the provincial champs recently paid them a visit. Laycock and his two-time defending SaskTel Tankard-winning rink visited the southeast Saskatchewan town on Jan. 23 as part of…