News by subject: AVO

Have a heart by stamping out the growing problem of child and forced labour this Valentine's Day.   Canadians each consume an average of 5.5 kilograms of chocolate each yearWorld Vision Canada is releasing an updated version of its Good Chocolate...

More than 21,000 people from 144 countries have answered a call from The Voice of the Martyrs' to pray for Chinese Christians suffering persecution under the Chinese Communist Party government during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. At...

The Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable ("The Roundtable") issues the following statement in light of the federal government's announcement that it will revisit border and travel measures next week....

"This is a devastating week for potato farmers in Prince Edward Island. The worst-case scenario for any farmer is happening across the province ? the destruction of safe and healthy food. ...

The past two weeks have been challenging for Canadians across the country. This is true for RCMP Members who find themselves once again in the middle of difficult, and often highly politicized protests, while working around the clock to ease tensions...

Endo International plc  today announced that it expects a Tennessee state court to issue an order granting plaintiffs' request for a default judgment on liability against Endo's wholly-owned subsidiaries Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo...

After nearly five months of deliberations, the Court of Appeal of Quebec has rendered its judgement today in response to the Government of Quebec's reference challenging the constitutionality of an Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis...

Whistleblower and safety advocate Ed Pierson published a report entitled "Boeing 737 MAX?How Is It Really Going?" The report details the troubling increase of inflight technical issues with the Boeing 737 MAX. Pilots have reported 42 instances of...

The Vinyl Institute has joined a letter from the 174 trade association asking government leaders to replicate the successful U.S.-EU multi-sector statement for the industries in the U.S. and U.K. that have been negatively impacted by Section 232...

NATSO, representing America's truckstops and travel plazas, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, issued the following statement today in response to the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy's announcement that $5 billion...

A coalition of over 70 organizations representing a variety of charitable nonprofits and trade associations commended U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tim Scott (R-SC), Mark Warner (D-VA), Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) on today's...

A group of leading scientists have written to Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, urging him to reject the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority's (VFPA) proposed Roberts Bank Terminal II (RBT2) project if the...

After Tourisme Montréal, the Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain, the Alliance de l'industrie touristique du Québec, Transat A.T and WestJet, Air Transat flight attendants' union, representing more than 2,000 members, supports the demands...

Yesterday, the entire Teamsters Local 174 bargaining committee waited more than three hours outside Gary Merlino Construction headquarters, ready to negotiate a new contract to end the strike that has gone on for 83 days with no end in sight. While...

An overwhelming majority of voters support government actions to protect consumer privacy, families, and America's future from the power and influence of large technology companies, according to a recent survey conducted by Benenson Strategy Group...

The Board of Governors of Dawson College has passed a resolution calling on the Quebec government to move forward with an important infrastructure project that will house seven health programs and a clinique-école. "Dawson's space shortage was...

The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today issued the following statement: "I thank the Correctional Investigator for the work that went into the 2020-2021 Annual Report. As the Ombudsman for federal offenders, the Correctional...

Today, national health nonprofits, Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE) and Black Women for Wellness, advocacy research organization, Apothercare, and testing facility, CLIP Labs, released independent product-testing results that reveal potential harm...

Together with the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable (The Roundtable), a group of Canadian doctors are reinforcing sentiments from the medical community across the country and calling on the federal government to remove unnecessary and...

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) joined many patient and caregiver advocacy groups in writing to President Biden and urging the reinstatement of emergency paid sick and family leave time in a possible COVID supplemental...

A new report released by PatientRightsAdvocate.org shows that one year after a law requiring hospitals to post their real prices online went into effect, a large majority of hospitals continue to hide the cost of care from consumers. The Semi-Annual...

The Vinyl Institute submitted comments today to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) supporting reciprocal switching to help with supply chain logistics. If approved by STB, reciprocal switching would increase competition for manufacturers...

Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honor for any city; having the opportunity to do it twice means greater recognition and responsibility. As the first dual Olympic city in modern history, Beijing has attracted global attention with the ongoing...

Receiving a notice that you're being audited by the IRS, or another state tax agency is daunting under any circumstances. However, the worry and concern can be overwhelming when you have a history of knowingly making misrepresentations or...

The economic situation in recent years has pushed construction project costs up considerably. While this is true across the country, the regulatory framework governing the construction industry in Ontario poses additional challenges that further...

Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honor for any city; having the opportunity to do it twice means greater recognition and responsibility. As the first dual Olympic city in modern history, Beijing has attracted global attention with the ongoing...

In light of the ongoing failure of the Ontario government to honour its duty to seek informed and prior consent on changes to legislation affecting Indigenous Rights, specifically, in regard to games of chance, wagering and with the recent provincial...

Hut 8 Mining Corp. ("Hut 8" or "the Company"), one of North America's largest, innovation-focused digital asset mining pioneers, supporting open and decentralized systems since 2018. Hut 8 recognizes today's tabling of Bill C-249 in Canada's...

Today, Deborah Flint, President & CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), urged Canada to invest in airports and open up the possibility of alternative funding options for smart, innovative and sustainable infrastructure, and avoid the...

Just 55,590 deportable aliens were removed from the United States in FY 2021, according to long-delayed preliminary data quietly released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These historically low numbers are roughly a fifth of the...

Unifor welcomes the news today that Nova Scotia will be increasing the rate of pay for Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) in the province by more than 20% as of tomorrow....

The "Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home & Abroad" conference will take place at the National Press Club. The Gala Speakers fundraising dinner begins at 6:30 PM on March 3. The all-day conference and networking reception is on March 4 in the...

The rate at which consumers take bottles and cans for direct deposit refunds stands at 58.8% as of November, keeping California in third to last place among ten bottle deposit states.  Meanwhile unredeemed deposits in the state's main beverage fund...

COVID-19 has worsened a workforce crisis that affects nearly every human services field, putting Pennsylvania's most vulnerable residents at risk....

Canadians from coast to coast are invited to celebrate Canada's Agriculture Day on February 22. Canada's Agriculture Day is a day designated for our country to come together to recognize and celebrate the men and women who produce the food that...

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) have released "Poisoned Well," the troubling findings of an industry roundtable on journalists and online hate....

Michael (Mike) Dadson, Ph.D. is a widely published clinical counsellor in Langley, British Columbia and continues to figure among Langley's top rated marriage counsellors.   Since early 2020, Mike Dadson has been actively...

Peter Thalheim, an attorney and former gubernatorial candidate, has completed his new book "Connecticut: Formerly the Constitution State": a potent argument against the current state of politics in Connecticut. Thalheim is also a father, army...

Today, United Specialists for Patient Access (USPA) announced its full support of the bipartisan letter calling on the leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to address the clinical labor cuts initiated by Centers for...

Unifor representatives and frontline Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) met with Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliott on February 7, 2022 to discuss systemic issues and offer concrete solutions to retain and recruit health care workers in...

Legislative Republicans continued to prioritize advancing harmful abortion bans by holding a public hearing on SB 923 today. The Texas-inspired bill would ban abortions after 6 weeks, before most people even know they are pregnant, and includes a...

Unifor welcomes Green Party MP Elizabeth May's private members' bill VIA Rail Canada Act (C-236). "This bill alone won't solve all...

Today, JobsOhio President and CEO J.P. Nauseef released the following statement regarding Peloton's plans to wind down operations in Wood County, Ohio....

British Columbia Premier John Horgan, Minister of Citizens' Services Lisa Beare, and the provincial government of B.C. have been selected as the 2021 recipients of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy in the...

The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) will take a political stand this Tuesday, February 8, at 5:20 p.m. in the context of the specific consultations and public hearings on Bill 15, an Act to amend the Youth Protection Act of the...

Democrat Junaid Ahmed's grassroots campaigning efforts demonstrate that he's the most viable challenger in the Illinois 8th Congressional District race. In 2021, he outraised Republican challenger Peter Kopsaftis and Democrat challenger Faheem...

The Canadian Debtors Association is calling on all parties in the credit, debt and insolvency industry to work together and modernize Canada's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) to help Canadians in financial difficulty....

CAA Club Group of Companies (CCG) the parent organization of CAA South Central Ontario (SCO), CAA Manitoba, CAA Insurance, Orion Travel Insurance and Echelon Insurance, will be making a three-year annual donation to three charities. The selected...

OneChild Network & Support Inc. and Meta (formerly Facebook), announced today a partnership focused on building safer online communities for children. Through the partnership, OneChild will launch a youth-led anti-sex trafficking awareness campaign...

The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today released new data from a national poll conducted by Lake Research Partners that reveals 83 percent of Americans oppose the slaughter of U.S. horses for human...