Tag: Canada

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Cancer in the Family

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Cancer in the Family

    Families are deeply affected by a member’s diagnosis of cancer. Feelings can range from anger to despair to fear. Spouses fear losing their partners, parents fear losing their children, and children fear losing their parents. Children can have an especially hard time when a parent or sibling is ill. Frequently, they aren’t included in discussions,…

  • Quality of Job Candidates Slipping: Small Businesses

    Employers love their workers, but offer advice for job-seekers Toronto/Calgary – As new Statistics Canada data confirms that job vacancies remain stubbornly high despite persistent unemployment levels, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is releasing new data on what’s on the minds of small business owners when they look to hire. The results show…

  • History of the Liberal Party

    History of the Liberal Party

    E.P. Whinters Until this year, Canadian history could be seen as a relatively constant battle between the Conservatives and Liberals – if one was not leading our government, it was the other. In my last writing, I looked at the history of the Conservative party and this time I will turn the spotlight on the…

  • AGA Presents the Art of Calgarian Chris Cran

    AGA Presents the Art of Calgarian Chris Cran

      The Art Gallery of Alberta celebrates acclaimed Alberta artist Chris Cran’s three decade-long career with a major survey exhibition September 12, 2015 to January 3, 2016 Edmonton, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) presents CHRIS CRAN, Sincerely Yours, from September 12, 2015 through January 3, 2016. Organized by the Art Gallery of…

  • New Brunswick Corn Maze Pays Tribute to Terry Fox

    New Brunswick Corn Maze Pays Tribute to Terry Fox

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  • National Job Vacancy Rate Drops in Q2

      Toronto/Calgary, August 25, 2015 – Approximately 325,200 job openings remain unfilled across the country, according to the latest Help Wanted report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Nationwide openings in full-time, part-time and temporary positions sit at 2.6 per cent, down a tenth of a percentage point from last quarter. “Vacancy rates…

  • New Study Shows Canadians are Concerned about the Long Term Care Needs of Seniors

    New Study Shows Canadians are Concerned about the Long Term Care Needs of Seniors

      Canadian Alliance for Long-Term Care calls for all national parties to put forward their plans to ensure the long-term care needs of seniors are being met. CHARLOTTETOWN, /CNW/ – An alarming new poll finds that Canadians are overwhelmingly concerned about the ability of Canada’s long-term care system to care for seniors when living at home…

  • Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Officially Opens New Shriners Hospitals for Children®- Canada!

    Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Officially Opens New Shriners Hospitals for Children®- Canada!

      MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ – Over 2000 people attended the Shriners Hospitals for Children®- Canada dedication ceremony (August 20th) and watched as Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Shriners Hospitals for Children® leadership cut a huge red ribbon officially opening the Montreal-based facility. Also present were Quebec Health and Social Services Minister Mr. Gaétan Barrette, M.D., Mr.…

  • Guilty! Turkey factory farm convicted of animal cruelty following shocking undercover video

    Guilty! Turkey factory farm convicted of animal cruelty following shocking undercover video

      Hybrid Turkeys Pleads Guilty to Animal Cruelty Following Hidden-Camera Footage from Mercy For Animals Canada Showing Turkeys Punched, Thrown, Kicked, and Beaten WOODSTOCK, ON,  /CNW Telbec/ – Hybrid Turkeys, the world’s largest primary turkey breeder, pled guilty to one count of animal cruelty under the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Honey

      By Reena Nerbas Dog Odour in Leather Dear Reena, Our dog’s favorite place to sit was on our leather sofa, and now that she is gone we cannot seem to get the odor off of the leather! We have tried leather cleaners but to no avail. I had a professional here yesterday to clean…

  • Canadian Army Reservist Earned Top Shot Honour at International Shooting Competition

    Canadian Army Reservist Earned Top Shot Honour at International Shooting Competition

    OTTAWA – Sergeant Tatyana Danylyshyn, from The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s), in Victoria, B.C., earned the top shot honour at the annual Bisley shooting competition held in Bisley, United Kingdom, from June 21 to July 1, 2015. Sgt. Danylyshyn competed in two of the three weapons categories: service rifle and service pistol. Her top…

  • Royal Canadian Mint Unveils Northern Lights Collector Coin in Canada’s North

    Royal Canadian Mint Unveils Northern Lights Collector Coin in Canada’s North

    WHITEHORSE, Aug. 24, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – The final coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s stunning silver coin series A Story of the Northern Lights was unveiled today in Whitehorse with local community and First Nations leaders. The coin features a soaring raven set against a dazzling holographic sky lit by the northern lights. “This…

  • Class Action Lawsuit Launching Against AshleyMadison.com

    Class Action Lawsuit Launching Against AshleyMadison.com

      WINDSOR, ON, /CNW/ – The law firms Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg LLP have filed a national class proceeding on behalf of all Canadians who subscribed to Ashley Madison and whose personal information was disclosed to the public. The action is brought against Avid Dating Life Inc. and Avid Life Media Inc., the corporations…

  • Homelessness in Rural Populations & Northern Communities

    Homelessness in Rural Populations & Northern Communities

    One of the challenges in understanding homelessness and responding to it is that it is often framed as an urban, inner-city issue. There are several important reasons for this, including the fact that it is often in large cities where big investments have been made in homelessness infrastructure, including the building of shelters, drop-ins, housing…

  • How Can We Incentivize Building Low-end Rental Housing?

    How Can We Incentivize Building Low-end Rental Housing?

    Emma Woolley, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub: York University In our latest website survey, Lara .C. asked: How can we change Canada’s institutions (e.g. tax code, zoning laws) to incentivize building low-end rental market housing? This is a great question Lara, and certainly one many researchers, activists and advocates have been asking for decades. I…