News by subject: AVO

OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says an overhaul of inspections for long-term care is great news and shows that the government is hearing the concerns of front-line workers and tapping into their expertise. ...

Today Novartis Pharmaceuticals...

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) submitted a public comment in response to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) intent to issue a new public charge rule for arriving immigrants....

FedUp PAC distributed more than 500,000 postcards and talking point flyers have been distributed via postal and email to conservative activists, to be copied and sent to millions of Virginia voters in the last weeks of the November 2nd election...

The CMA congratulates the new Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, who will be taking the helm of a vital portfolio for all Canadians and welcomes the Honourable Carolyn Bennett in the new role of Minister of Mental Health and...

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) congratulates the new cabinet and looks forward to working with new ministers on Canadian manufacturers' priorities. "The manufacturing sector is essential to Canada's economy. Not only does it produce the...

Today, the Fibroid Coalition voiced its support for Congressman Danny K. Davis' (IL-7) efforts to restore proposed CMS cuts that would significantly harm fibroid patients and interventional radiologists who perform uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)...

Following today's press conference at the Chicago Medical Society, the Dialysis Vascular Access Coalition (DVAC) voiced strong support for U.S. Representative Danny K. Davis' (IL-7) efforts to prevent across-the-board 20% payment cuts to...

While many provinces, including Quebec, are facing labour shortages that are compromising their health care systems and several sectors of the economy, Alberta has introduced a bill that should allow the province to access a wider pool of employees....

CIBC is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Youth Accelerator, an initiative aimed at removing barriers for the next generation of leaders from the Black community by supporting their education and career ambitions....

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is pleased that the Ministry of Labour has laid three charges against Kensington Village long-term care home in London under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, related to COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020 that...

CAA Manitoba (CAA MB) has compiled a list of ten things that Manitobans should be aware of if they are considering travelling abroad....

Orca Gold Inc. ("Orca" or the "Company") CEO comments on the political situation in Sudan. "The current political unrest in Sudan...

Amid Covid-19 variations and west coast fire season, Negative Population Growth, Inc. has published a new Forum paper positing the connection between refugee populations, the pandemic, the abuse of legal loopholes by unscrupulous groups, and U.S....

Earlier this month, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Washing Post released the Pandora Papers. In the Pandora Papers, Belize was listed as a prime tax haven and secrecy jurisdiction. Belizean lawyer and owner...

A report from chinadaily.com.cn: President Xi Jinping attended and delivered an important speech at a commemorative meeting marking the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the People's Republic of China's lawful seat in the United Nations in...

The best time to communicate with your deceased loved ones is when the Veil ? the time and space between the physical and spirit worlds ? is at its thinnest. These are the days surrounding Halloween and All Soul's Day/Día de los Muertos....

The introduction of legislation that would require companies to develop disconnect from work policies is a welcome start to improve work-life balance for Ontario workers....

Fifty years ago, on October 25, the lawful seat of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was restored in the United Nations (UN), marking a milestone event in the history of the international organization.   Starting a new course of China's UN story...

Noting that front-line registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals providing care in both for-profit and charitable nursing homes have experienced horrible conditions during the pandemic, the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) says the...

RBC is proud to announce that two exceptional women, Helena Gottschling, Chief Human Resources Officer, and Sara Son Hing, Vice-President, Retail Delivery Model & Advisor Role Strategy, have been honoured among Canada's Most Powerful Women by the...

The 2021 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners list was released by Women's Executive Network along with their sponsors today, recognizing 105 outstanding women across Canada who advocate for workforce diversity and inspire tomorrow's...

On Sunday, Hagee Ministries held its 41st annual Night to Honor Israel at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. More than 6,000 people were on hand to hear from several speakers, including founder of Hagee Ministries and Christians United for Israel...

The government of Quebec has just announced its intention to expropriate the rights of companies which, in good faith and strongly encouraged by the government, have over the decades invested several hundred million dollars in Quebec. These...

Non-partisan advocacy group All in Together (AIT) will host its 7th Anniversary Women Leading Change Gala in Washington, D.C. this evening at the Conrad Hotel. The event will celebrate AIT's legacy of educating and equipping women to reach their...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveiled a billboard right next to the Tropicana Field telling the Tampa Bay Rays that taxpayers wouldn't pay for their new stadium in Montréal, Canada. "The Rays are welcome to play in Montreal, but Quebec taxpayers...

GSB Gold Standard Pay KB Sweden: In the intensive care units of the Federal Republic of Germany, more people will probably have to be treated with Covid-19 again in the near future; as has been known for some time, this is due to the cold season....

The notion of Chinese democracy is not the same as that in the West. The political system in China is more about consensus building within a greater voice rather than the protracted bargaining to arrive at decisions common in the West. The country's...

GSB Gold Standard Pay KB: The Federal Republic of Germany will soon have a new Chancellor, but will the citizens and the world miss Dr Angela Merkel? Fifty-two per cent of German citizens surveyed said they would not miss Merkel as head of...

Today, local Central Valley healthcare organizations announced their opposition to the so-called "Fairness for Injured Patients Act," a medical malpractice lawsuit measure on next year's statewide ballot that could reverse regional health access...

The Ontario government is throwing caution to the wind and putting at risk the progress the province has made in keeping the spread of the COVID-19 virus in check. The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) says the province's ability to...

On the same day (Oct. 20) that the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation wrote to Dallas-based Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria seeking his intervention to end the seven-month strike of the St. Vincent nurses and to reopen desperately needed beds and...

On October 22, family members of Ahmaud Arbery, will join the Transformative Justice Coalition at a press conference to address recent attacks raised in court proceedings against the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC).  The press conference will...

The Official Tort Claimants' Committee (TCC), made up of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse survivors, is urging survivors to reject and vote NO on a proposed Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization (Plan) of the Boy Scouts of America. "'NO' is...

Today, following the U.S. Congressional House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on House Resolution 445, the Ethiopian American Civic Council (EACC) released the following statement from EACC Chairman and Founder Deacon Yoseph Tafari....

With a once-in-a-decade redistricting cycle underway, RepresentUs, the leading nonpartisan anti-corruption organization, is launching Gerry's Partisan Pizza, a pizza shop that only serves residents of Texas' new 37th congressional district--no matter...

Save a Star Foundation (SAS), an AstroAdvocacy nonprofit, launches their first international photography competition, ASTRO2021? The Competition on Monday, October 25, and accepts entries through November 29. The competition will award grand prize...

Voting rights advocates from the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda (People's Agenda) were not surprised or discouraged by the U.S. Senate's vote to block the Freedom to Vote  Act yesterday, and, according to the groups executive director,...

The Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable ("The Roundtable") welcomes the federal government's announcement that Canada will introduce a standardized proof of vaccination for domestic and international travel in the coming months. Today's...

Across the Commonwealth and the country, working people are rising up to demand better treatment and fair employment.  Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced a package that recognizes workers' rights on the job.  The officers of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO...

Consumer Watchdog today called Governor Newsom's draft rule creating a first-of-its-kind 3200-foot setback between oil wells and communities a "historic moment for California and the nation, but one that needs to followed with immediate denial of oil...

The Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) has responded to concerns raised by Inuit organizations about access to documents by rescheduling public hearings on the 2021 Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan until early 2022....

More than 146,000 Alberta children rely on buses for their transportation to and from school each day. Over the course of the past year, changes to insurance premiums have put bus contractors in an impossible situation, many being forced to park...

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is relieved that some broad-based business supports will remain in place following today's federal announcement on wage and rent subsidies for businesses affected by COVID-19, but concerned that...

Less than a month ago, we called for decisive actions and an all-hands-on-deck approach to address the state of crisis in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Today, the modeling revealed by Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab was both...

In the face of a mounting housing affordability crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, twenty leading affordable housing organizations today urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (collectively...

Free to Learn Action (FTL Action) released a television advertisement today highlighting policy positions of former Governor Terry McAuliffe that would sideline parents as they work to maintain their influence on what their children learn and are...

Khaled Salem, a candidate for U.S. Senate in New York running against incumbent Chuck Schumer in 2022, today announced his intention to overhaul current Middle East relationships. Salem is Egyptian-American and the CEO of American Human Rights...

Bad actors are using Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram to peddle illegal COVID-19 vaccination cards, a joint investigation by the Digital Citizens Alliance (Digital Citizens) and Coalition for a Safer Web (CSW) has found. The organizations uncovered...

Concerned by the tragic decades of conflict and continuing bloodshed in Cambodia during 1970th and 1980th, the international community, which Canada is one of the signatories, has multilaterally adopted the Paris Peace Accords (PPA) on 23rd October...