Tag: Canada

  • 9 Steps For a Winter Ready Car

    9 Steps For a Winter Ready Car

      The last thing any driver needs is to break down in cold, harsh winter weather. A vehicle check now before winter arrives is a sensible way to be car care aware and avoid the inconvenience of being stranded out in the cold and with the unexpected expense of emergency repairs, says the Car Care…

  • Premier Notley Statement on Human Rights Tribunal Ruling

      Premier Rachel Notley released the following statement on the ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on child welfare services for First Nations children on reserves. “Today’s Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling is a positive step towards correcting an injustice for children and families living on reserves across Canada. “We applaud the First Nations…

  • Elizabeth May responds to landmark ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

    Elizabeth May responds to landmark ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

    (OTTAWA) – “Today’s ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal reiterates what anybody who has been paying attention has known for years: Ottawa has been discriminating against First Nations children on reserve. From woefully inadequate and outdated funding models to a system that incentivized removing children from their families, the Tribunal found that that there…

  • Higher Corporate Taxes Mean Lower Wages for Workers

    Governments must realize that if they increase business taxes, the evidence shows ordinary Canadians pay the cost By Charles Lammam, Director of fiscal studies, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – With governments across Canada mired in persistent deficits, we have seen a surge of misguided tax increases in an attempt to close budget gaps. Often,…

  • Minister Ganley Discusses Key Justice and Public Safety Issues with Colleagues Across Canada

      Justice Minister and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley issued the following statement after meeting with federal, provincial and territorial justice and public safety ministers in Quebec City (last week): “Today was an important step in building collaborative and healthy relationships with my federal, provincial and territorial counterparts in justice and public safety. I look forward…

  • Canadian Angus Association: AC-TV Increases Frequency with Monthly Broadcasts

    Canadian Angus Association: AC-TV Increases Frequency with Monthly Broadcasts

    ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB – The Canadian Angus Association (CAA) has increased the frequency of their video communication platform, AC-TV. Shorter monthly episodes are replacing the quarterly broadcasts. AC-TV captures current Angus events, industry conferences and cattle shows, upcoming Angus events and deadlines, Robert C. McHaffie Junior Ambassador highlights and a myriad of other Angus…

  • Statement from Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall on Tragedy in La Loche

    Statement from Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall on Tragedy in La Loche

      Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche. My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, their families and friends and all the people of the community. Thank you to the RCMP and all the emergency personnel who responded quickly to the shootings. Saskatchewan Education and…

  • Maximizing the Benefits of TFSAs

    Maximizing the Benefits of TFSAs

    By Kim Inglis   For many Canadians, tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) may be the most advantageous change made to the tax code since RRSPs were launched in 1957.  Many professionals even contend that the popularity of TFSAs will ultimately surpass that of RRSPs. However, despite countless clarifications by Revenue Canada and others, TFSAs continue to…

  • Moving Canada Toward a True Health Care Accord

    Moving Canada Toward a True Health Care Accord

    Health minister Jane Philpott has an opportunity to improve the health care system. But will she take it? By Ryan Meili, Expert Advisor, EvidenceNetwork.ca SASKATOON, Sask. January, 2016/ Troy Media/ – This week Canada’s Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott, will meet with her provincial and territorial counterparts in Vancouver. This is no ordinary get-together. In his…

  • Farmers Continue to Bear the Brunt of Red Tape

    Farmers Continue to Bear the Brunt of Red Tape

      Toronto, January, 2016 – Government rules and paperwork continue to hit farmers even harder than other small business owners, according to survey data released today by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), on day four of Red Tape Awareness WeekTM. A national survey of small business owners shows that three in four (76…

  • Penguin Cam!

    Penguin Cam!

        Check out the penguins at the Vancouver Aquarium on their webcam as they splash, waddle and eat: http://www.vanaqua.org/learn/see-and-learn/live-cams/penguin The penguins at the Aquarium are African Penguins, sometimes called “black-footed” penguins. The live on the southern coast of Africa. Not all penguins live on the ice of Antarctica; of the 18 species of penguin only 4 live…

  • Cold Weather Increases Threat of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    Cold Weather Increases Threat of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    Although it is a four-season danger, carbon monoxide becomes an even greater threat in winter when furnaces and fireplaces are fired up and some of us choose to warm up a vehicle first thing in the morning. Carbon monoxide, or CO, comes from burning fossil fuels such as wood, oil, gas and propane. It is…

  • Government of Canada Partners with Provinces and Territories to Lower Cost of Pharmaceuticals

    Government of Canada Partners with Provinces and Territories to Lower Cost of Pharmaceuticals

    Joins pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance to help make drugs more affordable for Canadians Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, today announced that the Government of Canada’s federal drug plans will join the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA). The Alliance negotiates on behalf of provinces and territories to lower prices for Canadians on brand name drugs…

  • Alberta and Ontario Premiers Discuss Economy, Energy and Environment

    Alberta and Ontario Premiers Discuss Economy, Energy and Environment

      Premier Rachel Notley and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne met Friday in Toronto to discuss issues important to the future prosperity of both provinces. The meeting focused on climate change, the upcoming First Ministers’ Meeting and infrastructure, including Energy East. “I have said all along that we need to balance what must be done to address…

  • Quebec Ministers Win National Golden Scissors Award for Cutting Red Tape on Small Businesses

    Quebec Ministers Win National Golden Scissors Award for Cutting Red Tape on Small Businesses

      Toronto, January, 2016 – To close out Red Tape Awareness Week™, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) announced this morning that Quebec ministers Sam Hamad, and Jean-Denis Girard, are joint winners of the Golden Scissors award for leading and implementing measures to reduce red tape on small businesses. Hamad, currently the province’s Minister…