News by subject: AVO

"For the last several weeks, the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) has been actively engaged in separate negotiations with CUPE, SEIU and Unifor. These negotiations follow the Bill 124 re-opener arbitration decisions that were released last year...

Coalition for Family Harmony released a video series about increasing safety and reducing gun violence in California this past month. Caroline Prijatel-Sutton, Psy.D, Executive Director of Coalition for Family Harmony, Erik Nasarenko, District...

While China prepares for the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year, President Xi Jinping extended messages of good wishes, support, and confidence for 2024 to all Chinese people during his inspection tour in North China's Tianjin...

On the first day of Black History Month, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III was formally installed as the President and CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 7 PM at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The sold-out installation...

Solar Insure, a leader in the solar warranty and monitoring industry, reveals alarming data showing the severe impact of recent state policies and economic factors on California's solar industry. Based on proprietary internal research, the company...

Teamsters recently testified in the Indiana General Assembly's Roads and Transportation Committee in favor of House Bill 1022, legislation requiring human operators in driverless trucks. HB 1022 and its companion bill in the upper chamber, Senate...

The long-awaited 'border security' agreement negotiated by the Senate Working Group would bring neither border security nor relief from the unprecedented wave of illegal immigration that began the day President Biden took office,...

In formal comments submitted Saturday on the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) rule, the American Water Works...

"The long-awaited 'border security' agreement negotiated by the Senate Working Group would bring neither border security nor relief from the unprecedented wave of illegal immigration that began the day President Biden...

Former Commerce Secretaries Gary Locke and Carlos Gutierrez recently joined three former directors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- including Council for Innovation Promotion Co-Chairs David Kappos and Andrei Iancu -- and four former...

Today, Kristi Wells, CEO of the Safe House Project, a national leader in the fight against human trafficking and in support of survivor recovery, officially announced the organization's endorsement of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act. This...

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the voice of police leadership in Ontario, and the Canadian Lenders Association (CLA) are raising concerns regarding legislation introduced by the federal government which could lead to a dangerous...

A Youth for Justice survey of 13-19-year-olds and the results of listening sessions in San Rafael's underserved community have led to the first-ever Big Game Watch Party - a safe Super Bowl watch party exclusively for teens....

The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety (ENVI) is advancing a proposal to deregulate GMO production in Europe. There is significant support for the proposal from some ministers and biotechnology developers....

Consumer Watchdog said that Chevron has itself to blame for its $1.8 billion in "higher US upstream impairment charges mainly in California" discussed in its earnings release today, saying its own low producing wells were the cause....

In a village greenhouse in north China's Tianjin Municipality, vegetables and fruits are waiting to be picked and transported. Some have been packaged for delivery to be served on people's dining tables. Diliubu Village, known as the main origin of...

Approximately 72 American workers employed in the U.S. forest products industry descended on Washington, D.C., this week and made more than 535 visits with Members of Congress and Administration officials. Their goal was to educate elected officials...

On February 6, over 140 veterinary professionals will meet with senators, representatives, and their staffs to discuss the importance of legislation that will help increase the availability of veterinary services in rural areas and protect against...

Following is a statement by Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the murder of Honduran journalist Luis Alonso Teruel on Sunday....

Appraisal Institute Board President Sandra Adomatis, SRA provided expert testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Federal Lands in support of H.R. 5443, the Accelerating Appraisals and Conservation Efforts (AACE) Act....

Working with recognized, independent scientists, the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) filed an expanded petition today with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) challenging the designation of the long-tailed...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new plans to block access to gender-affirming medical care for younger teens is a violation of fundamental human rights and will cause avoidable harm to transgender youth, says Unifor. "Premier Smith has prioritized...

For World Cancer Day, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) are announcing three key areas of policy focus as part of the Alliance...

Today, Americans for Prosperity launched a digital ad campaign to promote H.R. 5608, The ACCESS Act. This innovative legislation led by U.S. Reps. Greg Steube (FL-17) and Kat Cammack (FL-3)...

Jan 17, 2024, the Coroner's Service of British Columbia released the 2023 report regarding the opioid and overdose crisis in British Columbia. Following this release the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers is once again raising the Public Safety...

The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the preliminary determination of a combined anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duty rate of 13.86% in the fifth annual review of unfairly traded Canadian softwood lumber imports into the United States. The...

Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit citizen organization, has saved state consumers $5.5 billion over the last 21 years using a voter-approved law that gives Californians a powerful and direct voice in how much insurance companies can charge ? and...

Three months after the law banning flavours in vaping products came into force, the Québec government now finds itself faced with a large number of retail outlets which either infringe on the law or otherwise are using a variety of tactics to...

Following is a statement by Emily Wilkins, President of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on a Russian court's extension of the detention of U.S. journalist Alsu Kurmasheva....

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is delighted with the provincial government's announcement of $110 million in additional funding to support 53 new and 25 expanded interprofessional teams in primary care, including funding nurse...

The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety (ENVI) is advancing a proposal to deregulate GMO production in Europe. There is significant support for the proposal from some ministers and biotechnology developers....

Unifor Local 195 members who work at Jamieson Laboratories in Windsor, Ont. went on strike at midnight after rejecting the latest offer by the employer. ...

NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores, today urged the Minnesota and the Iowa Departments of Transportation to revise their National Electric...

Today, Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien demanded Anheuser-Busch deliver its last, best, and final offer, after the company wasted another negotiating session putting forth an unacceptable proposal that threatens to kill Teamster jobs by...

Jurisdictions across Canada are starting to make progress in reducing physician red tape, reveals a new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released today as part of the 15th annual Red Tape Awareness WeekTM....

Manhattan Mini Storage, known for their assertive and cheeky marketing messages and billboards, have launched their latest billboard campaign across New York City. This campaign gives their usual sassy take on current political matters, just in time...

We are deeply disappointed to learn that Hesai has been added to the U.S. Department of Defense's list of "Chinese Military Companies." We believe this inclusion is unjust, capricious, and meritless. Hesai lidars are for civilian use only. We do not...

Brooke Goldstein, Executive Director and Founder of The Lawfare Project (LP), and Sandra Zisckind, Managing Partner of Diamond and Diamond, issued the following statement in response to allegations that indicate York University allows teaching...

Family Research Council's Center for Religious Liberty today published an updated edition of its report "Free to Believe? The Intensifying Intolerance Toward Christians in the West," which seeks to provide a better understanding of religious freedom...

Consumer Watchdog today condemned the delay in the implementation of a price gouging penalty as articulated by the California Energy Commission (CEC) at a briefing this morning....

Marking a major victory for California gun owners and advocates of Second Amendment rights, a federal court in the District of Southern California today ruled to strike down the state's 2019 ammunition law requiring in-person background checks for...

While many animal shelters and veterinary clinics reduced services as a result of widespread workforce shortages, PETA's mobile spay/neuter clinics and fieldwork never stopped distributing free services?including deliveries of food, doghouses, straw...

Today, the Federal government announced that it is investing $121 million over five years to combat gun and gang violence, and auto theft, in Ontario. This is a significant investment in the fight against auto theft, which has increased in Ontario by...

If an employee continues to reply to job-related messages in off-duty hours, can this be counted as overtime? should the employers offer extra payment to their staff for working during this period of time? It is not easy to answer this question given...

View in browser Spearheaded by the National Consumers League and National Council on Aging, the Obesity Bill of Rights Results from a Yearlong Factfinding Effort Involving Experts and Communities; Goal is to Define Quality Obesity Care as the Right...

Today, State Armor, a non-profit organization committed to educating the American public and lawmakers about state policy solutions to global threats, announced its launch....

Rolling back policies that have created unaffordable costs of living and made homebuilding prohibitively expensive can alleviate the state's housing and homeless problems, finds a new book released today by the Free Cities Center at the nonpartisan,...

"FAIR applauds the vote by the House Homeland Security Committee approving articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It was an unfortunate, but fully justified and overdue...

Héma?Québec participates in the public hearings of the Committee on Health and Social Services of the Assemblée nationale du Québec, which has the order of initiative to look into ways to facilitate organ and tissue donation, notably the adoption of...

California oil regulators issued 95% fewer permits to drill new wells and 25% fewer to fix or redrill existing wells during 2023 in a cratering of permit approvals over 2022, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance said today. ...