News by subject: AVO

Today, the New York County Supreme Court issued a preliminary injunction stopping the City from forcing a quarter-million elderly and disabled retirees off of their longstanding Medicare insurance and onto an inferior type of insurance called...

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is urging the B.C. Maritime Employers Association to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair deal that meets the needs of the almost 7,500 port workers represented by the International Longshore...

Calling all past, present, and future Birthing Center parents, kids, families, and friends, The North Central Massachusetts Legislative Delegation in conjunction with the Community United to Save Our Birthing Center campaign campign and the...

Manitoba is home to an expansive four-season festival scene that showcases vibrant arts and culture, offering unique year-round experiences for people to come together and enjoy the best of what the province has to offer. One of those events that...

The Alzheimer's Association welcomes today's announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) about their plan to enable access to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) traditionally approved Alzheimer's treatments. The announcement ?...

Today's FDA approval of the monoclonal antibody lecanemab (Leqembi) for the treatment of...

In the wake of Meta's threat to ban Canadian news on its platforms because of the Online News Act, Unifor is calling on all provincial and municipal governments to follow the federal and Quebec governments' announcements that they will stop...

Torstar Corporation, the owner of the Toronto Star and Metroland Media Group, announced today that effective immediately it is pausing all company advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The move is in response to Meta's intention to block access to...

The heat that has been scorching southern Ontario over the past few days, along with today's record temperature, have increased electricity consumption in Alectra Utilities' service territory....

Following is a statement from Eileen O'Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the brutal assault by masked assailants on Russian investigative journalist Elena...

Unifor calls on the BC Maritime Employers' Association to bargain in good faith and negotiate a fair settlement with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. "Unifor is very familiar with the underhanded tactics used by employers at the ports...

AARP Pennsylvania State Director Bill Johnston-Walsh provided the following statement today in response to the passage of the Property Tax and Rent Rebate Relief Expansion:...

In anticipation of the Council of the Federation next week, Cancer Action Now issues the following open letter to Canada's Premiers, calling on them to prioritize cancer care and address the issues in cancer systems so that those living with cancer...

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, and the Ohio Land Title Association (OLTA) applaud the Ohio legislature for passing House Bill (HB) 33, which included provisions...

Every day, too many Canadians struggle to access timely health care. Access is no longer equitable or reliable. Government leaders today have the responsibility to stabilize and rebuild health systems that have been in a downward trajectory for far...

Keep McGuinness Moving, an organization created to counteract this dangerous proposal to reduce McGuinness Boulevard to just two...

Today petitions were presented to the Ohio Secretary of State to place a proposed Constitutional Amendment on the November Ohio Ballot. The language of that amendment attempts for the first time since 1803 to create a new civil right as part of the...

Stellantis and the federal and Ontario governments have reached an agreement that will see construction of the Windsor EV battery plant resume, preserving current and future jobs in Canada's auto manufacturing sector. "We knew the high stakes. We...

JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, is...

The news of the past few days has revealed to Canadians the flip side of Bill C-18, which now requires web giants to negotiate with Canadian news publishers to pay royalties for the journalistic content they broadcast on their platforms. Following...

Fertilizer Canada is calling on the federal government to take immediate action to end the work stoppage at the West Coast ports. Canada exports 95 per cent of the potash we produce to global markets with the majority flowing through the Port of...

Gov. Mike DeWine has once again vetoed legislation that would block (preempt) local governments in Ohio from passing critical, lifesaving measures to reduce tobacco use, including laws ending the sale of flavored tobacco products. The tobacco...

Health care remains top of mind heading into the Council of the Federation Summer Meeting in Winnipeg next week, as provinces and territories prepare individual action plans relating to the Canada Health Transfer. However, there are a number of other...

Around 4 a.m., UPS walked away from the bargaining table after presenting an unacceptable offer to the Teamsters that did not address members' needs. The UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously rejected the package....

Today, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) expresses serious concern regarding the damaging effects strikes taking place at ports across British Columbia are having on the mining industry and the broader Canadian economy. "B.C.'s ports play an...

In response to the mass shootings in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Lansing, Wichita and Chicago this holiday weekend, below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors' President and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve:...

Nurses, health-care professionals and other staff from the Rapids Family Health Team will be picketing and distributing pamphlets this afternoon at Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey's constituency office....

Front-line nurses, medical lab technologists, healthcare aides, cleaners, clerical and other hospital staff from Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre are rallying on Tuesday, July 4, committed to stopping Doug Ford's plan to contract out...

The Chief Justice of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States1 First Street, NEWashington, DC 20543 Dear Chief Justice: On behalf of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), we write to express our strong...

Gregory Toussaint, CEO of Shekinah.fm and senior pastor of Tabernacle of Glory, announced Shekinah.fm's 'Relief for Haiti' to be held on Sunday, July 9. This event will bring together thousands in the U.S.?including all 50 states?plus participants in...

The British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) and The Assembly of First Nations Quebec ? Labrador (AFNQL) is pleased with the ruling of the Federal Court on a motion filed by Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario (IPCO). IPCO filed a motion...

A ceremony was held in Beijing on Saturday to mark the release of A Concise history of the Communist Party of China in multiple languages including Russian, French, Spanish, German, Arabic and Italian, commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the CPC's...

We are children of men and women shipped here by force and greed. We are the children of those whose names were stolen, whose land was plundered, and whose freedom was ripped away. We are the children of sharecroppers who were free in title alone. We...

In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of a website designer that wanted to use her religious beliefs to deny her commercial services to same-sex couples.  The Court held that the First Amendment Free Speech Clause permits...

Thomasino Media learned last week, Congressional Recognition was received from Congressional Representative Nanette Diaz Barragan for #teamfibro, a campaign by the Veteran Voices for Fibromyalgia to work with government leaders and share education...

Teamsters are celebrating the passage of Senate Bill 399 (SB399) out of the California Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment. The legislation bans mandatory attendance at "captive audience" meetings ? employer-held, closed-door gatherings where...

The Supreme Court's decision in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College declaring affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina will have serious repercussions for all of...

Today, UPS ? under extraordinary pressure from the Teamsters to deliver a strong contract ? gave the union a revised counterproposal with significant movement on wages and other economic language. The company pleaded for the opportunity to continue...

The American HFC Coalition applauds the U.S. Department of Commerce for initiating anti-circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of Chinese hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are circumventing the 2016 antidumping duty order on HFC blends. Since...

The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare is deeply concerned with the additional 5.653% payment cut to home healthcare services included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Home Health Prospective Payment System ("HHPPS")...

Front-line nurses, medical lab technologists, healthcare aides, cleaners, clerical and other hospital staff from Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre are rallying on Tuesday, July 4, committed to stopping Doug Ford's plan to contract out...

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a key component of the Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP)....

From now to August 27, 2023, a portion of proceeds from every Harvey's Angus Burger Combo purchase in-store, online and on the Harvey's app will go towards planting up to 50,000 trees in Canada. Guests can also add a $1 or $2 donation to any order in...

The National Organization of Black County Officials (NOBCO) is profoundly disappointed by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court to end affirmative action in the college admissions process. This ruling represents a significant setback...

The ongoing efforts by...

Starting July 1, the major U.S. tobacco companies must begin to post eye-catching signs telling...

SEEDS ? Access Changes Everything ensured education access for young people from low-income backgrounds when Affirmative Action was the law of the land. We vow to fervently and passionately continue that work despite the Supreme Court's decision to...

Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the nation's largest dialysis patient advocacy organization, released the following statement regarding a new rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would only increase...

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and Frank Trinity, JD, AAMC chief legal officer, issued the following statement on the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Students for...

Today, the Supreme Court has ruled that colleges are no longer allowed to use race as a criterion for admissions, stripping college admissions officers of one of their most effective interventions for making their campuses the types of diverse...