Tag: Canada

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Salt

    By Reena Nerbas Over Salting from Salt Shaker Dear Reena, I bought a brand new salt and pepper shaker set to place in the middle of my brand new dining room table. The set is quite nice but I find that the holes on the salt shaker were made too large. Salt pours out of…

  • A Commonly Used But Often Misunderstood Tool

    A Commonly Used But Often Misunderstood Tool

    By Kim Inglis According to Deloitte, the Canadian marketplace is home to over $14 billion in publicly traded convertible debentures.  Deloitte notes their appeal is growing because convertible debentures allow issuers to take advantage of lower cash costs and high yield potential, and they also give investors the opportunity to earn current income without giving…

  • Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $175,000 to PTSD Service Dog Program

    Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $175,000 to PTSD Service Dog Program

    Partnership with Paws Fur Thought will see 40 Veterans receive a Service Dog OTTAWA, July 5, 2016 /CNW/ – Wounded Warriors Canada is proud to announce a $175,000 investment in PTSD service dogs through a partnership with Paws Fur Thought. This investment ensures stable funding to Paws Fur Thought allowing them, in turn, to pair…

  • Postal Service Will Not Be Interrupted While Talks Continue

    Postal Service Will Not Be Interrupted While Talks Continue

    OTTAWA, July 10, 2016 /CNW/ – Earlier today, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, MaryAnn Mihychuk, encouraged both Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to continue their discussions beyond the lockout notice. Accordingly the Corporation has withdrawn its 72-hour notice. As a result, there will not be a lockout, which…

  • National Youth Survey: Revised Infographic

    National Youth Survey: Revised Infographic

    The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness would like to issue a correction to an infographic that was released on our social media sites in June 2016. In the fall of 2015, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, in partnerships with A Way Home and the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness, launched a large-scale survey of youth…

  • Canada’s Human Trafficking Report Card – We Can Do Better

    Canada’s Human Trafficking Report Card – We Can Do Better

    Last week, the US State Department released its’ annual Trafficking in Persons Report. This comprehensive resource describes the governmental response to human trafficking and ranks each country on a tiered scale. It is the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts. Canada maintained a Tier One ranking, indicating that the Canadian government complies…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Dangerous Sugar High

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Dangerous Sugar High

    What is impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)? IGT means that the body has become less sensitive to the effects of insulin, and has to work harder to control blood glucose levels. A person with IGT has blood sugar (glucose) levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to say they have diabetes. As in…

  • Northern Students Dig into Science

    Northern Students Dig into Science

    Education professor packs her bags—and a box of worms—to help students discover how science can boost composting. By Kateryna Barnes Not everyone would take a box of worms through airport security for the benefit of students learning about composting in Canada’s North, but that’s exactly what Jerine Pegg did this past spring. Pegg, a professor…

  • Sable Chief – A Comforting Mascot

    Sable Chief – A Comforting Mascot

    Remembering Beaumont-Hamel and the battle of the Somme On March 31, 1949, the Island of Newfoundland officially became a Canadian province. However during the time of the First World War, 1914-1918, Newfoundland was still a dominion of Great Britain. When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, Newfoundland was automatically at war as well. More…

  • Yukon Gold Mine Yields Ancient Horse Fossil

    Yukon Gold Mine Yields Ancient Horse Fossil

    700,000-year-old fossil discovered in Yukon permafrost yields genome world record. June 26, 2013 (Edmonton) When University of Alberta researcher Duane Froese found an unusually large horse fossil in the Yukon permafrost, he knew it was important. Now, in a new study published in the journal Nature, this fossil is rewriting the story of equine evolution…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Nail Polish Spill

    By Reena Nerbas Adhesive Stain on Upholstery Dear Reena, I recently picked up a used rear window, and left it in the back of my van, leaning up against the rear seat. The black adhesive softened in the heat and some transferred to the upholstery fabric, leaving an ugly black streak stain. What can I…

  • Canada Post Lockout: work stoppages and unsustainable pension plans need to end

    Calgary, July 5, 2016 – With unionized Canada Post workers on 72-hours notice for a lockout, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is encouraging the postal service to find a solution to their growing pension problem and urging a quick settlement before any mail disruption. CFIB issued a letter to Canada Post president and…

  • Canada Post Takes Steps to Respond to Rapidly Deteriorating Business Situation

    Canada Post Takes Steps to Respond to Rapidly Deteriorating Business Situation

    OTTAWA, July 5 2016 – Canada Post has notified the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that it will be changing the terms and conditions of employment for all employees represented by the union starting Friday, July 8, 2016. The uncertainty caused by the prolonged negotiations and the union’s strike mandate is having a negative…

  • Expanded CPP Will Lead to Reduction in Private Savings

    Expanded CPP Will Lead to Reduction in Private Savings

    And that means mess money for a home down payment, education upgrading, to cover emergencies and for your beneficiaries By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – Speaking to reporters on the newly minted “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said “we…

  • Calgary School Release Their Own Hitchbots Across the Canada

    Calgary School Release Their Own Hitchbots Across the Canada

    A team made up of Grade 4/5 students and teachers from Erin Woods School in Calgary got together to design and build a number of hitchhiking robots, modelled after the original hitchBOT that travelled across Canada in the summer of 2014. On Friday, June 24th they officially launched the first 3 Hitchbots! These were completed…