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On April 10, 2017, Van Tan Le, skipper of the commercial crabbing vessel Vitamin Sea Vl, pleaded guilty to violating the Fisheries Act by harvesting Dungeness crab, between June 21 and June 30, 2015, in a closed area. Judge H J Seidemann III ordered...

Edison Electric Institute (EEI) President Tom Kuhn issued the following statement on President Trump's Executive Order on infrastructure permitting and siting. "EEI and its member companies thank President Trump for...

API Pennsylvania today released a new poll showing that the overwhelming majority of Pennsylvania voters would oppose legislation that would force consumers in the state to pay a special fee to bailout nuclear power companies. API Pennsylvania urged...

The Government of Canada and 23 Anishinabek Nation First Nations made history today by signing the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement. This Agreement recognizes Anishinabek control over education on reserve from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 in...

Rev. Frederick Shaw Jr., the National Director of Public Affairs for the mental health watchdog group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), addressed Harlem community leaders on August 15th at the opening of an exhibition that...

Terrorism-related emergencies require responses that are complex, quick and dynamic, with many stakeholders involved. They combine various challenges that add layers of complexity and volatility not present in other emergency situations. A new...

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) will host its annual meeting and information session on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 in Québec City, Québec. The theme of the information session is: The Physician Voice: Empowering better healthcare....

API President and CEO Jack Gerard called President Trump's executive order to streamline energy infrastructure an important step in speeding up projects, creating jobs, and improving government efficiencies in delivering energy Americans demand....

The Honourable Ron McKinnon, Member of Parliament, Coquitlam?Port Coquitlam, on behalf of the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, will join Peter Xotta, vice president planning and operations, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority for an...

Canadian fruit growers need the best varieties of plants to be successful. In the case of Canadian strawberry growers, they grow the best varieties of plants, which foreign buyers demand. The import and export of fruit plants, however, must go...

A greenhouse gas emission units auction is being held today. This is the twelfth joint auction held jointly by Québec and California since their respective carbon markets were linked on January 1, 2014. The Ministère du Développement durable, de...

Uncertainty with the Affordable Care Act and rising costs will prompt more out-of-court restructurings in the healthcare industry, while the retail and energy sectors will have a steady flow of restructurings through the end of the year, according to...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on National Acadian Day: "Today, we celebrate the proud heritage and vibrant culture of the Acadian people. We also recognize their resilience through history, and the...

Only two days from the opening of North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations, Canadians are still waiting for meaningful commitments from the federal government on jobs and labour and environmental standards. "The U.S. and Mexico have for...

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario's Annual Conference kicked off in Ottawa today with President Lynn Dollin calling for a 1% sales tax devoted solely to local infrastructure services such as roads, bridges and transit. Municipal...

Acting in accordance with the order of a King County Superior Court judge, the City of Seattle on Monday afternoon revealed what had been suspected for more than a year, that its revenue from a so-called "gun violence tax" was far below projections...

In response to the past weekend's gathering and resulting violence perpetrated by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aaron Dorfman, president and CEO of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), issued this statement on...

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke wishes to advise the media that it will be holding a press conference tomorrow (Tuesday) at which Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton will be sending a strong message to the Government of Quebec regarding its proposed...

Canada must be prepared to walk away from the table if meaningful and enforceable labour, gender and Indigenous rights, as well as environmental protections cannot be achieved in a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement, Unifor says. "Workers...

Today, Gary Grant, National Spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco (NCACT) spoke to representatives from Northern Ontario at the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference about the epidemic of...

As Canada's Energy and Mines Ministers convene for their 74th annual conference, a national coalition of mining associations is recommending several government actions to help unlock billions of economic activity across the country, address climate...

Today the Keep Ontario Working Coalition (KOW) released the first and only independent economic impact analysis of Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces Better Jobs Act. Conducted by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis (CANCEA), the study revealed that...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on International Youth Day: "Today, on International Youth Day, we celebrate the limitless potential of young people. We put a spotlight on their ideas and aspirations, which...

Qausuittuq National Park, composed of a cluster of islands in the High Arctic has been a significant historical site for Inuit dating back 4,500 years. The National Park is a traditional hunting and fishing area that has sustained Inuit of Resolute...

In the news release, Simmer Law Group Announces $16 Million Settlement with Virginia Defense Contractor ADS for Alleged FCA Violations, issued 10-Aug-2017 by Simmer Law Group PLLC over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first...

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) No matter how big their projects are, entrepreneurs help communities strategically diversify their economies and develop sustainable regional competitive advantages. They are also an undeniable...

MOAR, a grassroots movement, announces its first nationwide rally to peacefully unite in honor of America. You are invited to join with us on September 16 at the National Mall in Washington DC. Due to increasing political and social unrest, many...

The Simmer Law Group PLLC announced today that a federal lawsuit it filed on behalf of its client against Virginia Beach-based defense contractor Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS) has settled for $16 million. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which...

SOCAN welcomes the announcement by the Government of Canada concerning the undertaking of consultations on the reform of the Copyright Board of Canada made by Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Mélanie Joly,...

Next week, between August 13 and 18, Bishop's University will host 50 young leaders at the inaugural Bishop's Forum - a week-long conference where young English-speaking Quebecers will engage in discussions about Quebec society. "The Bishop's Forum...

Interim Commissioner of Official Languages Ghislaine Saikaley voiced her concerns today about the reliability of the 2016 Census data released last week by Statistics Canada on Quebec's English-speaking communities. "We absolutely need to be able to...

BBVA Compass economists, citing the weak first quarter and lack of progress on fiscal policy, have revised downward their baseline forecasts for U.S. GDP growth to 2.1 percent for 2017 and 2.2 percent in 2018. The...

The Government of Canada and Alberta are investing $1.6 million in three women's shelters in north-central Alberta, for maintenance, repairs and new construction of shelters and transitional housing to support women and children fleeing family...

Checks and Balances Project (C&BP), a national investigative watchdog blog, today filed a pair of lawsuits against Bakersfield-area politicians to get to the bottom of their dealings with Realtor lobbyists to kill a popular home improvement financing...

The Washington State Supreme Court's ruling that upholds Seattle's so-called "gun violence tax" shows that elections ? especially those for state Supreme Court justices ? matters now more than ever, the Second Amendment Foundation said. "The high...

Costing the world economy as much as $23 billion a year, illegal fishing on the high seas is a serious threat to the world's marine resources. That is why Canada is proud to announce that we have again contributed to important multinational fisheries...

Feminist activists, journalists, and authors, Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes, announced the release of a limited-edition charity T-shirt, "Gloria and Dorothy's Equal Rights Now Tee," to raise funds to support the growing momentum behind...

Today, the late Milton Friedman's open letter calling for full repeal of the federal estate tax was reissued with the signatures of 727 economists from some of the world's top institutions, including four Nobel Laureates (Milton Friedman, 1976;...

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today announced a new white paper, "The Trump Administration at six months: Labor and employment," examining impacts on labor and employment law thus far in 2017, and looking ahead at upcoming events that will...

A program to avoid duplicate property tax payments has handed back $32.3 million to property owners this year, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said today. The Stop Taxpayer Over-Payment System (STOPS) automatically returns a second tax payment on...

The Canadian Music Publishers Association and Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. welcome the federal government's consultations on how to review the work of the Copyright Board of Canada and are committed to participating fully in the...

We have read the statement from Air Transat in response to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) inquiry with respect to the diversions at the Ottawa Airport on July 31, 2017.  The CTA ordered Air Transat to explain circumstances surrounding a...

For the first time in its history, the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) has taken a bold stance on two issues directly related to correcting chronic injustices committed against Latinos and many other Americans. NHCSL today...

Everyone has the right to live a life free of violence. Canada will only reach its full potential when everyone has the opportunity to thrive, no matter who they are or where they come from. That's why today, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of...

Dmitry Leus of East-West Connect has written for EU Reporter, exploring how will the banks cope and adjust to possible restrictions on London-based operations post-Brexit. The full article can be found at...

A Food Policy for Canada will set a long-term vision for the country's health, environmental, social, and economic goals related to food, while also identifying actions that can be taken in the short-term to improve Canada's food system. Agriculture...

The Online Lending Policy Institute (OLPI), the leading voice for policy analysis, in-depth research, and education for the online lending industry, today announced it will host its Second Annual Summit on Sept. 25 at The Renaissance Hotel in...

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates applauds the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Administrator Scott Pruitt on completing review of the backlog of more than 600 pre-manufacture notices (PMNs) on new chemicals under the...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: "On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we recognize Indigenous Peoples around the world, and...

Today, CAPG submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding its proposed rule that would make changes in 2018 to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)....