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The Ontario Federation of Labour demands that MPPs return to the legislature immediately. While Ontario continues to break single-day records for COVID-19 cases and deaths, the legislature's recess has paused work on urgent issues including...

LMN Architects is pleased to celebrate the opening of the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal in Mukilteo, Washington. With input from local tribes, the two-story terminal building, designed in partnership with KPFF Consulting Engineers, replaces the...

The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Alaska in Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., et al. v. State of Alaska, et al. NCLA is asking the court not to defer to a legal...

Using the pandemic emergency as an excuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has issued a nationwide eviction moratorium that far exceeds the constitutional limits of its...

The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and the Ontario Home Builders' Association (OHBA) support today's provincial government action to combat rising COVID-19 cases. While construction may continue with strict protocols in...

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Today, on UN Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services announced funding over five years through the Indigenous Led Initiative Fund (ILIF) towards the anti-human trafficking protection and healing of Indigenous women...

Dear Premier Ford, The government of Ontario has missed a critical opportunity to protect some of its healthcare heroes with the new legislation that will amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. The current bill purports to support employers...

Today, Protein Industries Canada announced a partnership that will research and develop new applications for pulse flours. Avena Foods, Big Mountain Foods, Daiya Foods, Bakenology and The Village Bakery have joined forces to test and develop new...

Canada's unions will be responding to the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot, scheduled for today. Canada's unions have been calling for targeted federal investments to help workers and their families get through the pandemic and to...

Canada's unions will be responding to the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot, scheduled for Monday, November 30. Canada's unions have been calling for targeted federal investments to help workers and their families get through the...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is increasingly dismayed with the Ford government's lack of targeted action to stop the surge of COVID-19 currently running rampant in Peel, and across Ontario. The OFL is once again calling for the immediate...

Implementing a new national child care system would generate several important benefits for Canada's economy as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver. A...

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LMN Architects is pleased to celebrate the opening of the Plant Sciences Building at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The latest addition to the V. Lane Rawlins Research and Education Complex, the $66 million building was funded by...

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations will welcome Canada and India's top diplomats on Tuesday to discuss the growing strategic partnership between Canada and India in the era...

Ducks Unlimited Canada has acquired one of the few remaining coastal wetlands on Lake St. Clair in southwestern Ontario, a decisive conservation success that ensures the long-term protection of habitat in a critical region for migrating waterfowl and...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is pleased that the Ford government has recognized the urgent need to establish a legally enforceable minimum standard of an average of four hours direct care time per resident per day in long-term care, but...

Bow Valley College is pleased to announce that Dr. Misheck Mwaba is the new President and CEO, effective November 2, 2020. Dr. Mwaba previously held the role of Vice-President, Academic at Bow Valley College since 2017. He will lead the College's...

Election Eve Special ? A Conversation with Julian E. Zelizer, Author of "Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, The Fall of a Speaker, And the Rise of the New Republican Party" Join Michael Zeldin in a conversation with Princeton historian, Julian...

Establishing and maintaining trust.  This is the core of the communications professionals' work - and something we all do.  Yet, on an almost daily basis, we see the eroding trust in nearly all of our institutions (governmental, religious,...

New Frontier Data, the authority in data, analytics and business intelligence on the worldwide cannabis industry, releases its 2020 U.S. Election Special Report: Shifting Cannabis Sentiment & Consumption in partnership with global law firm Dentons...

The Government of Canada is investing $1.9 million through Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) to fund a Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (CanPath) study looking at COVID-19 seroprevalence across Canada, with a particular focus on...

On Oct. 26th, URAC joined 80 other organizations, led by the Alliance for Connected Care, in calling for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to implement a telemedicine special registration. This registration process would enable providers...

Establishing and maintaining trust.  This is the core of the communications professionals' work - and something we all do.  Yet, on an almost daily basis, we see the eroding trust in nearly all of our institutions (governmental, religious,...

FiscalNote, a global technology and media company, today announces the addition of Michael McNair, the former Head of Policy and Senior Economic Advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to its Board of Advisors.  "Michael brings a wealth...

After years of testing and developing hyperloop technology at their full-scale test site, Virgin Hyperloop unveiled today that West Virginia will be home to the Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC).  "Today is one of the most exciting days in...

In support of the rapidly growing humanitarian crisis in Armenia and Artsakh, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) in coordination with the Hayastan All Armenian Fund announced the #Aid4Artsakh Matching Gift program, open for donations...

Nikki Martin, President of the IAGC today issued the following statement regarding the United States District Court, District Of South Carolina, Charleston Division Dismissal Order in the Atlantic Seismic Survey litigation. "Today, Judge Gergel...

LMN Architects celebrates the completion of the Grand Avenue Park Bridge in Everett, Washington. The 257-foot-long asymmetrical weathering steel truss spans from the hillside to a vertical concrete tower, creating a sequence of new civic spaces and...

Over the last week, the Ford government has rolled out a series of media announcements about health care funding and staffing. Today the Ontario Health Coalition issued the following statement to break down what has been announced, what it means, and...

The Regroupement des centres d'amitié autochtones du Québec (RCAAQ) wishes to extend its deepest condolences and support to the family and loved ones of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who died Monday under tragic circumstances in a Joliette...

Date: 28 Sept 2020 l Time: 09:00 - 10.30 ET  l Venue: Virtual (streamed here) WHATAhead of the UN Summit on Biodiversity, this high-profile event co-hosted by WWF is bringing together world leaders from more than 20 countries, including Prime...

Ottawa, September 24, 2020?The Conference Board of Canada's Chief Economist Pedro Antunes offers the following economic insights on yesterday's Speech from the Throne: "In a sparsely attended ceremony, Governor General Julie Payette delivered a...

CentralSquare Technologies, an industry leader in public sector software, announced today that the City of Garden Grove, California, has successfully gone live with CentralSquare Finance Enterprise software. The two-phase technology upgrade will...

A municipal benchmarking study compiled by Altus Group and released today by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) examined 18 different towns and cities across the GTA and found tremendous variability in planning features,...

For the many poorly paid frontline heroes who keep our economy running, Ontario's minimum wage adjustment scheduled for October 1, 2020 should have provided much better financial relief. Instead, after Doug Ford's 34-month freeze, Ontario's minimum...

This morning, representatives from Ducks Unlimited Canada (Ducks), City of Woodstock and the Cowan Foundation met at Woodstock City Hall to confirm their ongoing commitment to making Woodstock's natural environment even better.  The partners have...

Environmental Tectonics Corporation ("ETC") announces the final acceptance by the U.S. Air Force of a suite of four Research Altitude Chambers delivered to the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH, USA.  ...

On September 9, 2020, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) initiated its engagement with entities in the wholesale fuel industry who, in accordance with the Fuel Price Transparency (FPT) Regulations, are required to make regular reports...

Provincial Court Chief Judge Redman announced today that the Provincial Court of Alberta will enter its Final Resumption Stage on September 8, 2020. Beginning on that date, most of the circuit courthouses will start reopening for in-person and remote...

The federal government is potentially wasting more than $22 billion of $81.6 billion in COVID recession spending because the assistance is not being adequately targeted to those in need, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an...

Today, the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) are taking a meaningful step towards reconciliation with the signing of the Declaration of Mutual Commitment and Friendship:...

Today, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) welcomed the BC government's announcement establishing the regulations for fuel wholesalers in accordance with BC's Fuel Price Transparency Act (FPT Act). Order in Council (OIC) No. 474 outlines...

The Canadian Energy Centre (CEC) launched a new national campaign today to highlight the central role Canada's energy sector has in the country's economic recovery. Titled: ?When we work, Canada works,' the campaign features facts and multimedia...

July 8, 2020 Building on history of collaboration & innovation, Philips helps the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) increase Veterans' access to enhanced critical care Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, MA, U.S. ?...

The Ontario Health Coalition issued an open letter to Premier Doug Ford on May 28, 2020 calling for key improvements to safety and care in Ontario's beleaguered long-term care homes where more than 1,860 residents and staff have died as a result of...

The National Police Federation (NPF) is calling on the Surrey Police Board to finally address key unanswered questions about Mayor Doug McCallum's costly transition plan. "Now that the Surrey Police Board is in place, members of the public will...

List of Events Wednesday June 24 at noon (unless otherwise specified): IN TORONTO AT THE LEGISLATURE:12 o'clock, noon, on Wednesday June 24 ~ On the lawn at Queen's Park (outside the Ontario Legislature in Toronto) and across Ontario ~ We are...