News by subject: AVO

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released a final rule under Section 1557, the core nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act. This groundbreaking rule marks a critical step in protecting access to health care and coverage for...

The Vinyl Institute, a U.S. trade association representing the leading manufacturers of vinyl, today commented on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) denial of the Center for Biological Diversity's petition to classify discarded PVC as...

This morning at OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2024, member delegates from across Ontario re-elected President JP Hornick to continue the worker fightback for better working conditions for public sector workers and strong public services for all...

On behalf of the San Francisco's more than 37 thousand Republican voters, twelve members of the Briones Republicans slate have sent a letter to John Dennis, Chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party (SFGOP), urging him to immediately seat all...

Today, Tuan "TQ" Nguyen has formally filed his candidacy for US. Senate in Florida. Nguyen, a no-party-affiliated candidate, is joining the race where Rick Scott and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell are the partisan front runners. To explain why he is running...

Unifor welcomes 800 new auto sector members at F & P, a Tier 1 Automotive Parts Manufacturer located in Tottenham, Ontario. "These...

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

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Us children in Palestine do not grow up." This snippet comes from a conversation between a reporter and a child in the war-torn Palestinian enclave that is the Gaza Strip in 2023. Even today, the agonies of...

NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praises Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for signing into law HB 1018, the Second Amendment Privacy Act. This NSSF-supported law protects the privacy and sensitive financial information of people purchasing...

The BC Treaty Commission congratulates the Haida Nation and the Government of British Columbia on a groundbreaking negotiated approach to title recognition. The introduction of the Haida Nation Recognition Amendment Act, 2024, marks a significant...

The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) supports the steps announced by the Ontario government yesterday to help family doctors and other primary care providers spend more time with their patients and less time on paperwork. "Our...

Family members confirmed that thanks to the growing international public and government awareness, illegally detained philanthropist, Ruben Vardanyan, was granted permission to speak to his wife, Veronika, today. This marks only his second call to...

Today, Unifor members rallied outside the Wescast plant in Wingham, Ontario. The protest is in response to Wescast Industries continued refusal to pay approximately $10 million in severance and termination pay owed to workers who were laid off in...

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...

As Drax stakeholders gather for the giant biomass company's annual general meeting on April 25 in London, community leaders, scientists, and activists on both sides of the Atlantic are calling for an end to the logging, wood-pellet making, and...

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...