Tag: Canada

  • Remember Them

    Remember Them

    Take time to remember today….. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance

  • Integrate Physical and Mental Health Services for Better Care

    Individuals with both psychiatric and medical illnesses can’t get the care they need it because of the way health services are delivered By Sanjeev Sockalingam and Paul Kurdyak Expert Advisors, EvidenceNetwork.ca TORONTO, ON/ Troy Media/ – Our health system often puts mental and physical health into distinct silos of care, yet no such mind-body separation exists in…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: A Question of Mold

      By Reena Nerbas Mold in Guest House Dear Reena, I own an insulated, waterproof, free standing building and use it as a guest room. It has an electric fireplace and an air conditioner. We did not use it this year, and recently I noticed green mold on everything even metal items. Last fall I put a wicker table and…

  • Canada Post Redefines Convenience: A drive-thru, a fitting room and self-serve kiosks with innovative store

    Canada Post Redefines Convenience: A drive-thru, a fitting room and self-serve kiosks with innovative store

      Concept store tests fresh ways of meeting online shoppers’ evolving needs Ottawa (Ont.) – Canada Post is taking customer convenience to a new level with the Drive-thru Parcel Centre that officially opened today in Richmond Hill, Ont. Two of its many innovations – a drive-thru for parcel pickup and a fitting room – are…

  • Canadian Pacific Holiday Train ready to brighten communities, warm hearts for 17th year

    Canadian Pacific Holiday Train ready to brighten communities, warm hearts for 17th year

    ​The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will be traveling across Canada and the United States again this November and December raising money, food and awareness for food banks and hunger issues. Since its launch in 1999, the program has raised more than C$10.6 million and 3.6 million pounds of food for North American food banks…

  • Debunking Myths and Redefining Beer

    Debunking Myths and Redefining Beer

    We all want to live a well-balanced lifestyle – but wading through the noise around healthy living can be exhausting. We’re programmed to believe that kale is good and beer is bad, but is that really the case? Abbey Sharp, registered dietitian and nutritionist, is an avid believer that by taking a balanced approach, you…

  • Canadian Transcontinental Railroad 130 years old Nov 7

    Canadian Transcontinental Railroad 130 years old Nov 7

    On November 7, 1885, the railroad’s ceremonial last spike was driven in Craigellachie, BC By Pat Murphy, Troy Media TORONTO, ON/ Troy Media/ – The public mood was optimistic when I first came to Canada, what with the impending Centennial year celebrations and the overall sense that things were good and could only get better.…

  • When it comes to pharmacare, be careful what you wish for

    Provincial governments are more interested in restricting access than in creating better programs By Nigel Rawson Senior Fellow The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, BC/ Troy Media/ – Almost 60 per cent of respondents to a recent poll thought that a national Pharmacare program would be good for Canadians. National Pharmacare appears to be regarded by many…

  • Jean Condems Keystone XL Rejection

      EDMONTON, AB (November 6, 2015): Today, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean released the following statement condemning US President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline: “It’s deeply disappointing the current White House administration rejected a pipeline that would have secured North America’s energy security, and meant tens-of-thousands of jobs for both Albertans and Americans.…

  • Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the Keystone XL Pipeline

    Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the Keystone XL Pipeline

    Ottawa, Ontario 6 November 2015 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today issued the following statement on the Keystone XL pipeline decision by the United States: “The application for a cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project was turned down by the United States Government today. We are disappointed by the decision but respect the right…

  • Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline

    Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline

    Roosevelt Room 11:58 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to ports in the Gulf of Mexico and out into the world market. This morning, Secretary Kerry informed me…

  • Municipal Overspending Costs each Household $5,200

      Senior levels of government should freeze unconditional transfers to cities  Toronto/Calgary, November, 2015 – Excessive city spending took $5,200 from each Canadian household over the past decade, according to the latest report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Cities of all sizes overspent by $68 billion between 2003 and 2013.  “We keep…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Pain – Does Twisting make you Shout?

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Pain – Does Twisting make you Shout?

    This is National Pain Awareness Week Back pain is a very common human bane. It often comes on unexpectedly and can be the result of an accident, sudden movement, or long-term stress on the spine. Once you have a back problem, there are ways that you can try to reduce repeat injuries and allow yourself to move…

  • Rona Ambrose Named Interim Leader of the Conservative Party

    Rona Ambrose Named Interim Leader of the Conservative Party

  • Six Winners Selected in RCMP “Name the Foal” Contest

    Six Winners Selected in RCMP “Name the Foal” Contest

    Ottawa, Ontario – Introducing Maple, Maya, Mavrik, Minion, Minuit and Monark, the six RCMP foals who now have names thanks to the creativity of young Canadians. Each spring, the RCMP “Name the Foal” contest asks young people from across Canada to submit original names for six of the foals born at the RCMP Breeding Farm in Pakenham,…