News by subject: AVO

In the third installment of its special series on industries that benefit from illegal immigration, Negative Population Growth (NPG) has released a compelling paper authored by Edwin S. Rubenstein titled "Hotels Say They Can't Find US-Born Workers;...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced two final rules that protect the rights of airline passengers and put an end to some of the most notorious airline deceptive behavior. First, the DOT announced a rule "To Protect Consumers...

NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, commends Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for signing into law SB 2223, the Second Amendment Privacy Act. This NSSF-supported law protects the privacy and sensitive financial information of people purchasing...

The federal government recently delivered Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation. It is a plan to build a Canada that works better for everyone, where younger generations can get ahead, where their hard work pays off, and where they can buy a...

Today, Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) Board President Andrew Conkling issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ). Rep. Payne received dialysis treatment, advocated for better care and insurance coverage for...

The following statement is from the National Police Federation's (NPF) President and C.E.O., Brian Sauvé, regarding the recent Halifax Regional Municipality Council decision for additional funding towards the hiring of six new RCMP Members in the...

On Friday, hundreds of OPSEU/SEFPO members will take to the streets of downtown Toronto in a march to protect public services.  This...

The federal government recently delivered Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation. It is a plan to build a Canada that works better for everyone, where younger generations can get ahead, where their hard work pays off, and where they can buy a...

Jeremy Roseberry, representative of the Investor Protection Initiative (IPI), an investor advocacy group, testified today before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding unlawfully collected and poorly disclosed hidden fees extracted from...

Today, Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan Jr., issued the following statement: "On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed five garment factories, collapsed. Over 1,100 were killed, and more than 2,500 people were injured....

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reemphasized the need to boost the high-quality development of China's western region during his inspection in Chongqing Municipality on Monday and Tuesday. He said the western region is of great importance for the...

Intense and sustained opposition by Iowa Teamsters to SF2374, legislation that would gut public sector unions, led to the bill's final defeat at the close of the legislative session on Saturday....

This week Ottawa welcomes 4,000 delegates from the United Nations to discuss how they will oversee a reduction and even possible elimination of plastics from our lives. The key problem is no one has ever figured out how they will replace this...

The signing of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2001 marked a historic moment, as it was the first global treaty aimed at eliminating or restricting chemicals harmful to human and environmental health. The addition...

The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, made up of leading U.S. solar manufacturers from across the country (Convalt Energy, First Solar, Meyer Burger, Mission Solar, Qcells, REC Silicon, and Swift Solar), represented by DC law...

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative today announced that co-founder Noubar Afeyan has issued a global call to action to prevent a second Armenian genocide, on this 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Day of Remembrance. Afeyan made the global...

Today, the Senate followed the lead of the House of Representatives in approving $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, without including any provisions to secure our own borders and end the unprecedented surge of illegal immigration to...

The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, alongside Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, will tour the PEI Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association, which...

Assembly Bill 3155 (Friedman), which creates new financial liability for oil producers for harm from community oil drilling, cleared its second policy committee today and now moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The bill passed out of the...

Seven in 10 Ohioans support a bill that would require businesses with 75 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system to ensure they hire only legal workers, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA. "This E-Verify bill...

Salah Bachir, esteemed long-time gay activist and author of the memoir First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People... Who Happen to be Famous, has announced a bold initiative in response to the recent surge in book bans across Florida. In...

In the face of escalating violence and growing concerns for the safety of our families, former SJPD Violent Crime Detective Joe Grasso has taken matters into his own hands. Grasso's street experience prior to becoming a cop, combined with his time as...

In an announcement titled, "An Edict," a new movement was launched by A Friend of Medjugorje. The movement is called, "Peasants in the Pew." Peasants in the Pew is very simple. It is a confrontation from faithful Catholics to their leaders,...

The National Military Spouse Network (NMSN), the premiere organization supporting the professional and personal growth of the nation's military spouses, today released its sixth annual National Military Spouse Network White Paper. The latest report,...

The National Kidney Foundation is applauding a move by Congress to increase access to care and improve outcomes for some patients on dialysis. The Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act (HR-8075) was introduced today in the U.S. House of...

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is concerned that capital gains tax changes introduced in the 2024 federal budget will have adverse effects on physician recruitment and retention across the country. While we support the health care...

EARTHDAY.ORG, is shining a light on the plastic industry and their apparent indifference to the health implications of microplastics and their toxic chemicals.  Strokes, cancers, obesity, male infertility, ADHD and more have all been associated with...

Quebecor is disappointed by today's CRTC arbitration decision on the rates it must pay for access to TELUS' wireless network under the MVNO* regime.  Statement by Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor, in response...

We are advised by Avenue Investment Management that journalists and other readers should disregard the news release, Avenue Investment Management Expresses Concern Over Proposed Merger Between Encore Wire and Prysmian, issued 18-Apr-2024 over CNW....

On Friday, April 19, the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) filed an application with the Administrative Labour Tribunal (ALT) to represent the 200 employees at Amazon's DXT4 warehouse in Laval. It will be the first Amazon fulfillment centre...

Today the Environmental Health Trust (EHT) revealed that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hid test results showing that radiation exceeded federal limits when smartphones were in close proximity to the human body, such as in a pants...

Below are National Press Club World Press Freedom Day events that take place on May 3. World Press Freedom Day has always been important to the mission and purpose of the Club. In 2011 ? the only year where WPFD took place in the United States -- it...

The U.S. House of Representatives has successfully passed two critical Ukraine Aid Bills, H.R. 8035 (311-112) and H.R. 8038 (360-58), unblocking approval in the Senate and subsequent signing by President Biden to ensure the swift provision of...

The Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HEiTC) and its partners are urging the federal government to address the discrepancy revealed by a Freedom of Information...

Today, Teamsters Local 25 members were joined by State Senator Lydia Edwards (D - Third Suffolk) at a monthly membership meeting where they voted unanimously to endorse S.627/H.1158. The two bills, authored by Edwards and State Representative Andy...

Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the death of former Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson....

Following the Vardanyan family's urgent appeal to the international community regarding his hunger strike, Ruben Vardanyan was allowed to call his family for the first time, after more than two weeks of incommunicado detention. During the call,...

The family of illegally detained philanthropist, Ruben Vardanyan, announced today that he entered into a hunger strike to demand the immediate and unconditional release of himself, and the other Armenian prisoners illegally held in Baku.   The...

Late yesterday the United States District Court for the Northern California ruled that CVS acted intentionally under the "deliberate indifference" standard when it implemented a drug program that discriminates against people living with HIV....

In a historic first, California oil regulators approved zero new drilling permits in the first quarter of 2024, effectively halting new drilling permit approvals at 5,947 since Governor Newsom came to office in 2019, according to Consumer Watchdog...

On Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 10am ET, members of Teamsters Local 25 will be joined by State Senator Lydia Edwards at a general membership meeting to vote on the endorsement of S.627 and its companion legislation, H.1158. If enacted, the legislation...

NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, commended the Biden Administration for permitting summertime sales of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol (E15) to ensure optimal fuel availability for...

A commentary by China's Diplomacy in the New Era (chinadiplomacy.org.cn) on the topic of "Peak China". Are you sure about 'Peak China?' Why China still has room to grow By Fabien Pacory The world economy is experiencing what the World Bank calls "the...

Collective bargaining for registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals with the province's for-profit nursing homes has broken down just three days into five days of scheduled negotiations, with no deal reached, says the Ontario Nurses'...

Calling attention to the growing problem of construction industry tax fraud, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) is proud to expand the 'Community Builder' recognition campaign to shine a light on some of the many contractors who play by the...

Nova Ukraine, a California based nonprofit supporting Ukraine's fight for liberty, extends its backing to two critical pieces of legislation, H.R. 8035 - Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 and H.R.8038 - 21st Century Peace through...

At a General Assembly on Thursday evening, McGill University's 1,600 teaching assistants (TAs) put an end to their month-long strike. They walk away with 15.5% pay rises over the next four years and guarantees for transparency on how the University...

65,000 Ontario hospital workers represented by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions-CUPE (OCHU-CUPE) and SEIU Healthcare will see a 6% wage increase (3% wage increases in each of the next two years), improvements to health and dental benefits,...

The availability of safe and affordable housing is essential. Carpenters and other construction workers are key to building houses and Canada needs many diverse and well-trained tradespersons to address the national housing crisis. The United...

A delegation from the W8banaki Nation went the United Nations headquarters in New York this week, to raise awareness among the UN, States and Indigenous organizations on all continents of the issue of identity theft affecting the Abenaki, as well as...