News by subject: AVO

Canadians from coast to coast have another reason to celebrate their favourite protein. It's National Chicken Month! It's the time to cook and eat all sorts of chicken dishes in salute of all the hard-working Canadian farm families that raise the...

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that took the lives of nearly 3,000 people on American soil. As President Joe Biden participates in solemn ceremonies in lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., marking the events...

This week, Oregon redistricting public hearings started. We Draw Oregon(WDO) urges communities of interest, specifically communities of color, to get on the record and raise their voice to demand fair maps that keep their communities together....

MarijuanaDoctors.com has been a leading online resource for medical cannabis information since 2010. The new portal has been a valuable source of information, gauging public and patient opinion about the slow progress of federal legalization. The...

Today, the United Specialists for Patient Access (USPA) is highlighting the overwhelming opposition to the CMS proposal to move forward with the clinical labor policy. The concerns over the clinical labor policy are consistent with the bipartisan...

Four of the five parties in the current federal election support a strong and stable media, with increased funding for the national public broadcaster. A vague response by one national party however raises concerns about the future of...

As the Robert E. Lee Statue comes down in Virginia, effectively the capital of the Confederacy and a bastion, at least historically, of slave ideology, along with the recent removal of nearly 170 other Confederate Statues across the country since the...

The Annex Residents' Association (ARA) and Digital Public Square (DPS) have teamed up to launch Community Reflect?a privacy-first tool built by DPS to help people get more involved in their communities. "We need new tools that invite people into...

Commissioner of Official Languages Raymond Théberge made the following statement today: "During federal elections, all Canadians have the right to vote in the official language of their choice throughout the country and in designated polling stations...

SinglePoint Inc subsidiary BOX Pure Air announced orders to provide multiple units of their newest model, the Apex 2.0, to a school in North Carolina. Large spaces in schools used to be either too difficult or too expensive to properly filter. The...

On Wednesday, hundreds of activists gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia for a 'Rally to Save Our Schools,' hosted by 1776 Action and Fight for Schools, two groups fighting "anti-American indoctrination" in K-12 education....

On September 2nd the Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) formally responded to Health Canada's regulatory consultation on flavoured vaping products: Regulations that will, according to Health Canada, increase smoking rates, devastate the legal...

COVID cases are surging, schools are being forced to revert to remote instruction, and healthcare-acquired infections are skyrocketing. R-Water CEO Rayne Guest has again called upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...

The California Assembly refused to act on a budget proposal put forth by the Senate to shore up Californian's collapsing bottle deposit system and to offer consumers convenient ways to return bottles and cans for deposit. The refusal comes as...

Lanny J. Davis, American attorney for Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, today asked Kyiv Post editor Brian Bonner to commit the outlet to becoming a "Verified Signatory" of the "Code of Principles" of one of the world's most widely respected...

LetkoBrosseau, a leading Canadian investment manager, today announces its concerns about the significant reduction of investment in Canadian publicly traded equities by the country's pension fund industry. The Pension Investment Association of...

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) USA, expresses its deep concern about the upcoming online event titled "Dismantling Global Hindutva". We strongly condemn such events that amplify Hinduphobia, encourage Hindu hate, and incite violence against the...

The 2021 State of Our Schools Report: America's PK-12 Public School Facilities, released today by the 21st Century School Fund, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and the National Council on School Facilities, projects that the United...

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) calls on all party leaders to explain how their government would implement long-overdue reforms to Canada's archaic access to information system during tonight's French-language and tomorrow's...

The following is a statement from Dr. J.D. Crouch, II ? CEO and President of the United Service Organizations (USO) about the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks:...

With travel restrictions loosening and some provinces reaching their vaccination targets, Canadians are beginning to take advantage of opportunities to experience normal activities and are feeling increasingly confident that their financial...

The National Safety Council (NSC) released preliminary estimates today that show a 16% increase in motor vehicle deaths from the first six months of 2021 as more people began to hit the roads again. This increase is a deadly trend that started last...

Yesterday, the increased federal unemployment benefits originally created by the CARES Act expired after 18 months and multiple extensions. The expiration follows bipartisan support from executive and legislative officials at both the state and...

On Tuesday, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1, Texas's commonsense election reform legislation, and sent it to Governor Abbott's desk to be signed. The legislation implements a series of reforms that further secure election processes across...

Lanny J. Davis, American attorney for Dmytro Firtash, today challenged the Kyiv Post for refusing to correct the record after a false and defamatory attack piece by writer Daryna Antoniuk attacking Dmytro Firtash was published on September 3. "You...

Significant Medicare cuts set to take effect in less than four months threaten patient access to surgical care. These cuts come amid the COVID-19 pandemic and as rising caseloads continue to strain the nation's health care system. Critical...

By Janet Langsam Many Americans like me have blended families. In this case, I am referring to families that have become multicultural through marriage and other means. The recent fervor to assist Afghanis to leave their country (not an easy thing to...

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) continue to press the federal government to cut unnecessary 'red tape' and uphold its obligation to support Afghan journalists, and support workers, who...

Nurses condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the disruptive protests held outside health organizations in recent days. Health professionals have been called names, harassed and threatened. Access to health facilities has been disrupted,...

Human trafficking, as a $150 billion industry, is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world, according to the US Department of Justice. This criminal activity provides prime profit for terrorist organizations, who cheaply acquire and hold...

RESPECT RASTAFARI is launching an international movement to assert the Rights of the Rastafari Community in response to the ongoing persecution for Ganja and Dreadlocks. To reveal the magnitude of the injustice RESPECT RASTAFARI is holding a press...

Imran Khan makes the following comments in response to recent public statements by Facedrive Inc. ("Facedrive") and Sayan Navaratnam. I co-founded Facedrive in 2016.  Recognizing that Facedrive needed more capital, in late 2017 I had discussions...

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited ("CP") today said it is ready to re-engage with the Kansas City Board of Directors following its determination that CP's revised offer can reasonably be expected to lead to a "Company Superior Proposal." "We look...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on young officials to firm up their ideals, stay loyal to the Party, seek truth from facts, shoulder responsibilities, and strive to become the backbone of a society trusted by the Party and people...

Post-secondary students and workers in colleges and universities have faced many challenges throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.  While the announcement that post-secondary institutions will be opening in the fall is exciting news, safety needs to be...

Where were the issues that First Nations are faced with in the debate held last night on TVA's Face-à-Face 2021? The virtual absence of issues of concern to us was a demonstration that even if issues of concern to First Peoples have, over the past...

On the eve of Labor Day weekend as consumers emerge from pandemic isolation, they are likely to encounter "voracious marketing tactics" from timeshare companies, warns a Florida consumer advocacy group. The Florida Alliance for Consumers and...

The Armenian National Committee of America ? Western Region (ANCA-WR) Board of Directors today announced its unanimous support for Governor Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election, urging California-Armenians to vote "no" on their ballots by...

Since the start of the pandemic, health care professionals have worked tirelessly to contain the spread of COVID-19, treat patients and help manage the public health response. We have confronted uncertainty, exposed ourselves to risks, and worked...

The Ethiopian American Civic Council (EACC) commends Sean Jones, mission director of USAID to Ethiopia, for confirming reports of looting of the USAID's warehouses by the Tigray People's Libération Front (TPLF)....

Ms. Mary JunckChairwomanLee Enterprises, Inc.4600 E. 53rd StreetDavenport, IA 52807 Dear Mary, Cannell Capital ("CC"), a beneficial owner of 6.84% of Lee Enterprises, Inc. ("LEE") as of August 31, 2021, hereby amends its Schedule 13D filing. After a...

In reaction, yesterday, to the press release of the Bloc Québécois aimed at sending a message to other federal political parties to not contest Quebec's future Language Act which will recognize French as the official and common language of Québec,...

In its submission filed today, Imperial Tobacco Canada outlines the risks to public health posed by Health Canada's proposal to ban most flavoured vapour products and calls on them to instead support effective measures that advance harm reduction and...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is outraged by the decision of Ontario's Treasury Board to reject a freely negotiated first collective agreement between Royal Victoria Hospital and ONA health-care professionals....

A new report by AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) finds that antisemitic violence has increased in the two years since a landmark UN report on global antisemitism warned governments of its dangers. The JBI...

Researchers from the Observatoire des administrations publiques autochtones (OAPA) and the Observatoire de la politique et de la sécurité de l'Arctique (OPSA) of ENAP have launched an interactive analysis tool that measures the interest of federal...

Immigration Voice, a national non-profit organization with over 130,000 members that advocates for the alleviation of restrictions on employment, travel, and working conditions faced by legal high-skilled immigrants in the United States working as...

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) welcomes the Ontario government's vaccine certificate plan, declaring it an essential move to protect vaccinated persons and encourage vaccination among those who have yet to be fully immunized...

The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC) calls on more law enforcement agencies to report hate crimes data to the FBI following the release of the agency's latest Hate Crimes Statistics report. The report shows 7,759 hate crime incidents in 2020, up...

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) President Dave Walsh issued the following statements in response to announcements made today by the Biden Administration, HUD and FHFA to address the supply of affordable housing and help increase...