Tag: Canada

  • Choosing Your Financial Advisor

      Choosing a financial advisor is as important as choosing investments.  With either, taking time to make the right decision can have a big impact on portfolio performance over the long term.  There is much to consider. Seek a professional who fits your financial goals.  Many advisors are specialists and, just as you wouldn’t use…

  • Toronto Rush partner with TSN to deliver live game coverage

    Toronto Rush partner with TSN to deliver live game coverage

      The American Ultimate Disc League has finalized a partnership with Canada’s leading specialty network, TSN, to deliver live access to the league’s ESPN-produced “Game of the Week” telecasts in Canadian markets. The agreement includes the coverage of four games on TSN GO featuring each of the AUDL’s four Canadian franchises: the Montreal Royal, Ottawa Outlaws, Toronto Rush, and Vancouver Riptide,…

  • Canada’s Trudeau ‘unequivocally opposed’ to coalition government

    Canada’s Trudeau ‘unequivocally opposed’ to coalition government

      OTTAWA (Reuters) – The leader of Canada’s opposition Liberals said on Wednesday that he is “unequivocally opposed” to forming a coalition government with the left-leaning New Democratic Party following an election set for October. Recent polls show a tight race between the governing Conservatives and Liberals in the run-up to the election, opening the…

  • Member of Parliament John Barlow announces support for the Willow Creek Gathering

    Federal Funding Supports Celebration of Western Canadian Cowboy Heritage Stavely, Alberta – The Government of Canada has provided the Willow Creek Cowboy Poetry and Music Society with $2,000 in funding through the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program in support of the 15th edition of the Willow Creek Gathering. John Barlow, Member of Parliament…

  • Children’s car seats and booster seats: How long are they safe?

    Children’s car seats and booster seats: How long are they safe?

      All children’s car seats and booster seats sold in Canada have an expiry or useful life date on them, even though this is not required by regulation. Manufacturers do this to inform current owners and prospective buyers of the potential risks of using car seats and booster seats that may be missing important parts,…

  • First Playoff Trip for Most of Flames Roster

    First Playoff Trip for Most of Flames Roster

    Canucks vs Flames – 2015 SCP First Round By Aaron Vickers – NHL.com Correspondent CALGARY — It’s about enthusiasm, not inexperience. Open minds, not star-struck eyes. It’s the message Calgary Flames coach Bob Hartley delivered to his players about to skate in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time. “Our team is built on…

  • Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day: The Responsibility to Remember

    Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day: The Responsibility to Remember

    TORONTO, April 15, 2015 /CNW/ – On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, 70 years after the last Nazi death camp was liberated, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation is mindful that the entreaty of “Never Again” takes on a new urgency. The extent of that tragedy and its reverberations across the decades are still difficult to…

  • Liberals present economic vision for middle class growth in Canada

    OTTAWA – Speaking at a Canada 2020 event today, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and former federal Finance Minister, the Hon. Ralph Goodale, presented a Liberal vision for economic and middle class growth in Canada, and derided the Conservative government for its failure to achieve either. “Under Stephen Harper, we have faced…

  • Revamped Code of Conduct ensures Visa, MasterCard rate cuts will be Passed on to Small Merchants

    Revamped Code of Conduct ensures Visa, MasterCard rate cuts will be Passed on to Small Merchants

      Better disclosure, dispute settlement and rules for mobile payments among key wins TORONTO – As credit card fee reductions promised by Visa and MasterCard begin to take effect later this week, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) president Dan Kelly joined Finance Minister Joe Oliver at the Arts Market in Toronto (Monday) to announce…

  • Assembly of First Nations National Chief Demands RCMP and Minister Valcourt Share Information Regarding Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls

    Assembly of First Nations National Chief Demands RCMP and Minister Valcourt Share Information Regarding Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls

    (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde expressed serious concern that the federal government and the RCMP are withholding important and sensitive information about violence against Indigenous women and girls, and is demanding that this information be shared immediately with First Nations so that it can help inform work to…

  • Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards: MP John Barlow Encourages Nominations

      High River, AB – John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, is reminding community members that the call for nominations for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards was recently announced by the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada, on behalf of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. The…

  • Harper Government Announces Winners of Canada’s Coolest School Trip Contest!

    Harper Government Announces Winners of Canada’s Coolest School Trip Contest!

    Students will spend five unforgettable days exploring La Mauricie National Park and the historic sites of Québec City as VIPs Hillsborough, New Brunswick  – The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) and Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister…

  • Brampton Beast Relieve Head Coach Brent Hughes of His Duties

    Brampton Beast Relieve Head Coach Brent Hughes of His Duties

      BRAMPTON, ON – The Brampton Beast Hockey Club has announced the relief of Head Coach & Vice President of Hockey Operations Brent Hughes of his duties, effective immediately. “It was a very difficult decision today, as Brent has been an instrumental part of the organization, since the teams inception two years ago,” said team President…

  • Amber Alert for Alysha Valdes Cancelled

    Amber Alert for Alysha Valdes Cancelled

    Alysha was found safe and unharmed.

  • DELTA BC AMBER ALERT!

    DELTA BC AMBER ALERT!

    BC AMBER Alert has Been Activated in the Search for 18 month old Alysha Valdes  Delta, BC – On Monday April 13, 2015, Delta Police received a report of a parental abduction. As a result of the investigation, Delta Police has issued a BC AMBER Alert in its efforts to locate 18 month old Alysha…