Tag: Canada

  • Harper Government announces common sense firearms measures for law-abiding firearms owners

    Harper Government announces common sense firearms measures for law-abiding firearms owners

    October 7, 2014 – Ottawa – Today, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, introduced the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act. This bill meets the Government’s objective to cut red tape for law-abiding firearms owners and provide safe and simple firearms policies. Changes to the Criminal Code and the classification regime…

  • Health Canada: Food Safety Tips for Thanksgiving

    Health Canada: Food Safety Tips for Thanksgiving

    It is a tradition in many Canadian homes to serve poultry (turkey, chicken and duck) at Thanksgiving. However, if poultry isn’t prepared, cooked or stored properly, you and your family could be in danger of getting food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness). While cooking poultry to the proper internal temperature kills harmful bacteria in…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Fire Safety for Seniors

    Fire Prevention Week: Fire Safety for Seniors

    The two leading causes of fire deaths and injuries among older adults are smoking materials and the misuse of portable space heaters. TIPS TO REMEMBER: Smokers should have a designated area away from upholstered materials, such as the kitchen table. Never smoke in bed while reading – it is too easy to fall asleep and…

  • The Impact of Investor Emotions

    The Impact of Investor Emotions

    By Kim Inglis A BMO Psychology of Investing report revealed some worrisome data on investor emotions that included; two-thirds of those polled have not been in total control of their emotions when investing and; a majority of Canadians have invested on impulse at least once. That’s bad news for portfolios because investor emotions are 180…

  • Le Saint-Sulpice Hôtel Montréal Brings Together 14 Canadian and International Writers in the Creation of a Book

    Le Saint-Sulpice Hôtel Montréal Brings Together 14 Canadian and International Writers in the Creation of a Book

    MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ – After producing its short film, La Valise, in 2012, for which the Hôtel was rewarded at the 2013 Worldwide Hospitality Awards in Paris, then inaugurating its permanent exhibition, Body and Soul, by Jean-Claude Poitras, in May of 2014, Le Saint-Sulpice Hôtel Montréal has conceived of yet another innovative project. This time,…

  • Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms

    Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms

    Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Kidde Affected products This recall involves Kidde branded AC/DC powered residential smoke alarms and combination smoke/CO alarms, models KN-COSM-IBACA, i12010S-CO-CA and i12010S-CA. AC/DC Combination Alarm 120v with front load battery backup Model #: KN-COSM-IBACA Kidde part #: 900-0119 UPC code:…

  • New stamp collection celebrates Canada’s hockey passion

    New stamp collection celebrates Canada’s hockey passion

    Six hockey legends, seven Canadian NHL teams featured in 2014 issue TORONTO (Ont.) – With the puck about to drop for the 2014-15 NHL® season, Canada Post delivered today a quintessentially Canadian line-up that reflects the country’s deep passion for hockey. In a special ceremony at the Hockey Hall of Fame, it unveiled a collection…

  • Canada Votes on Action Against ISIS: 157 vote in favour of motion in House of Commons, 134 against

    Canada Votes on Action Against ISIS: 157 vote in favour of motion in House of Commons, 134 against

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  • Fire Prevention Week: Farm Safety

    Fire Prevention Week: Farm Safety

    LIFE-SAVING TIPS: Install smoke alarms inside and outside all bedrooms and in all principal buildings. Install the appropriate fire extinguishers in key areas. Work with the local fire department to develop and practice a fire escape plan with family and employees, and determine a meeting place. Identify who may require special assistance (the elderly and…

  • Stamp commemorates “Wait for Me Daddy” photograph made famous as symbol of sacrifices on home front in war

    Stamp commemorates “Wait for Me Daddy” photograph made famous as symbol of sacrifices on home front in war

    New Westminster (B.C.) – A spontaneous burst of affection and excitement, frozen in time by a newspaper photographer’s lightning-fast reflexes, the “Wait for Me Daddy” photograph became famous to a generation. Now, 74 years later and in time for Remembrance Day, Canada Post has again captured the moment the shutter was snapped, with a commemorative…

  • Company Website and Facebook Are Top e-commerce Tools for Canadian SMEs

    Company Website and Facebook Are Top e-commerce Tools for Canadian SMEs

    Small and medium-sized enterprises identify customer demand for online promotion and sale platforms MISSISSAUGA, ON /CNW/ – According to a recent UPS Canada survey, the majority of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agree that e-commerce plays an important role in their business (62 per cent). The first of two parts of the Small Business Challenges survey,…

  • Senator Black Applauds Canadian Government on South Korea FTA and CETA

    Senator Black Applauds Canadian Government on South Korea FTA and CETA

    OTTAWA – Alberta Elected Senator Doug Black congratulates Prime Minister Harper on his recent advancements on free trade agreements with South Korea and the European Union and encourages quick implementation of both agreements. “These agreements represent a watershed in free trade for Canada and Alberta,” said Senator Black. “They are critically important for Alberta because…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Smoke Kills

    Fire Prevention Week: Smoke Kills

    Hundreds of people die in residential fires in Canada every year. In many fires that have been extinguished in their early stages, people have been found dead of smoke inhalation without having suffered burns. It has been conservatively estimated that many of these lives could have been saved by the installation of properly functioning smoke…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Homemade Cleaners

    By Reena Nerbas Crayon on Walls Dear Reena, Recently my young daughter colored a beautiful picture; the only problem was she used the wall as her canvas. Can you please give me a few tips as to how to remove crayon from walls? Thanks, Bethany Dear Bethany, Smear the area with either lemon essential oil…

  • Smoke Jumpers

    Smoke Jumpers

    By Tracey Walshaw A smokejumper is a wildland firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires. During our visit Yellowstone National Park this year we learned about the Smoke Jumpers program in West Yellowstone, Montana. We found out that there are not only smokejumpers in the U.S. but in Europe as well. The…