News by subject: AVO

As the war in Ukraine enters its 16th month, Lance Zaal, founder of US Ghost Adventures, announces his fourth trip to the war zone June 6th to continue to support the men he trained and others he met along the way. Some of the fighters include...

On May 30, the debut of a video selection of the National Communication Center for Science and Technology (NCCST), with a theme of "Promoting Science Literacy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Value-Creation", was launched through a featured page....

In a historic vote last week, 220 Metroland Media Newspaper union members overwhelmingly voted YES to move forward and start the consolidation of their newspaper collective agreements. The process to achieve the Memorandum of Agreement began in early...

80-20 calls on the media to fairly report the case, Students for Fair Admissions vs. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College ("SFFA v. Harvard")1. Most of the media attention has focused on how the anticipated Supreme Court decision will end...

Honorees include Vietnam veteran Jack Jacobs; NAMVETS founder William Sims; Team Rubicon CEO Art Delacruz; Women Warriors CEO Jodie Grenier; Actor Montel Williams; CreatiVets co-founder Richard Casper; IAVA Founder Paul Rieckoff; Blue Star Families...

A Wescast Industries internal company memo obtained by Unifor says the Wingham foundry's overseas owners will not close the facility, a claim the union says is dubious....

AARP Pennsylvania joined State Senator Art Haywood and Representative Kyle Mullins to discuss Keystone Saves, legislation that would help over 2 million Pennsylvania workers earn retirement savings through their jobs....

Finding no avenues for justice in Canada, the family of murdered Mexican environment defender Mariano Abarca have filed a groundbreaking complaint against Canada at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)....

The National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE), a new nonprofit organization, launched today to advocate for the proper enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States ? a practice that is critical to national security,...

The 902 nurses and healthcare professionals who work on the three campuses of Cambridge Health Alliance, and who are unionized with the Massachusetts Nurses Association, are speaking out against the hospital network's recent decision to lay off five...

The filmmakers behind the powerful documentary "Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West" announced the launch of the advocacy website IStandWithWildHorses.com to bring awareness to the plight of wild horses and stop the cruel and often deadly use of...

We Called Her America (WCHA) launched today, June 5, 2023, with a mission to deliver these services anywhere in North America, anytime, and as frequently and for as long as required by each individual's treatment plan. The primary objective of We...

The Renew Democracy Initiative announces its plan to commission a comprehensive study of the legal foundations for seizing frozen Russian assets and transferring them to Ukraine. The Making Putin Pay initiative aims to rectify the destruction caused...

Saturday, June 3 was the final day of the Quebec consultation period during which the public and interested parties could submit their opinions on the Government of Quebec's proposed bill that would, if adopted, ban all flavours in vaping products,...

Today, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Target announced the winners of this year's Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant Program designed to identify, promote, and support police policies and practices that cities of all sizes are finding to be...

Billboard & Music Week Charting Recording Artist, NOAH®, is back with a sensational new pop/dance single that is bound to ignite discussions and raise awareness about the critical issue of abortion rights in the United States. Inspired by the recent...

In September 2021, a Beijing resident called a city hotline to report there were no bus routes near a newly built school in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area.   Two months later, a new bus route was...

For a long time, some people held a skeptical attitude toward China's 5,000 years of civilization due to a lack of systematic data. Since its launch in 2001, the project to trace the origins of Chinese civilization has made significant achievements...

Children are not targets. Children are not soldiers. Children are not weapons. As we commemorate the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we call on leaders everywhere to embrace the commitments outlined in the Convention on...

Legislation to improve physician oversight and give consumers rights at the Medical Board of California was approved by the state Senate 32-1 this week and moves ahead to the Assembly. ...

Congress is set to vote on the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which would block a proposed Department of Energy regulation that would result in longer cooking times and the loss of many valued gas stove features....

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) celebrated today's signing of Senate Bill 252 by Colorado Governor Jared Polis at a public ceremony in Denver. The bipartisan legislation requires Colorado hospitals to comply with federal price transparency rules by...

The National Prayer Altar, an interdenominational and international platform of Christians who pray for Nigeria, has expressed concern over the ethnic conflicts that followed the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State. The group organized a...

Against the backdrop of parliamentary hearings held this week by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to study Bill C-20, the National Police Federation appeared before the Committee and has submitted recommendations on ways...

Fellow shareholder Samara Capital Inc. holding voting control over approximately 7.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Nickel 28 as of the record date, votes YELLOW Proxy "FOR" all Pelham's director nomineesISS recognizes that "several...

York University Staff Association (YUSA) Unit 2 members will be holding a strike vote after the university proposes wage increases that would set their hourly pay below minimum wage. The workers' contract expired February 2022 and negotiations only...

Teamsters Local 533 is commending the signing of Assembly Bill 214 (AB 214) into state law by Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo. AB 214 will increase safety for transit workers by requiring transit authorities to save security footage for 10 days. It also...

The California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA, AB 886) passed out of the California State Assembly today in a floor vote of 46-6. The bill, which was introduced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) in March, would require Big Tech platforms...

Today, leading national work-family justice organization A Better Balance released a new report, "Winning The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act," detailing the inside story on the decade-long movement for passage of this groundbreaking new civil rights...

Hours before going into effect today, UnitedHealthcare rightly stopped its draconian prior authorization policy that would have forced its 27.4 million commercial beneficiaries to wait for time-sensitive endoscopy services, increasing the risk of...

The 902 nurses and healthcare professionals who work on the three campuses of Cambridge Health Alliance, and who are unionized with the Massachusetts Nurses Association, are speaking out against the hospital network's recent decision to lay off five...

Human rights attorney Yevgeniy Yavorskiy has released an updated report alleging that officials in Kazakhstan have denied due process to political prisoner Arman Dzhumageldiev, one of the country's prominent political figures....

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) voted today to maintain Antidumping Orders on unfairly traded imported shrimp from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. The vote was taken in connection with the Third Five Year Sunset Review on...

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) has launched a province-wide advertising campaign called 'Save Public Healthcare' to warn against the Ontario Conservative government's recent actions to expand private healthcare delivery....

The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, today issued the following statement to kick off Pride Season in Canada. "Today marks the start of Pride Season, which encapsulates a wide range of events held around the...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien on the Supreme Court's ruling today in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, which opens the door for corporations to sue...

YWCA Toronto, WomanACT, Social Planning Toronto, and City for All have joined forces with more than 45 community organizations to launch the Show Up for a Better Toronto - #ShowUpTO campaign. This initiative aims to rally Torontonians to show up for...

Mr. Cerqua, I write this open letter with the sincere hope that you will grasp the seriousness of this matter. Two weeks have passed since realtor.ca began incorrectly advertising apartment 112 at 3445 Ridgewood, Montreal, H3V 1B7 (the ('112') in its...

Swing States Action Fund, a new nonprofit political organization, has formed to help inspire, engage, and mobilize Democratic voters to reside, vote, and thrive in key swing states that have a huge stake in U.S. presidential and congressional...

Youth Employment Services (YES) is hosting a community round table ? Minister Mercier-Minister of State for Workforce Development will provide opening remarks....

During Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month in June, the Alzheimer's Association is ramping up its efforts in making FDA-approved treatments for early-stage...

California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a Teamster-supported bill that would require a trained human operator in autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds, overwhelmingly passed the California State Assembly today with strong bipartisan support....

Don't be fooled by the clever packaging: Most of the eggs in your grocery store are produced on factory farms. The Cornucopia Institute's most popular tool ? the recently updated Organic Egg Scorecard ? is the resource you need to successfully...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien regarding the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023:...

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 an open letter signed by leading journalists in support of Chinese journalist Yuyu Dong....

Democrats and Republicans agree that the U.S. should pay dues owed to the UN peacekeeping budget, according to a new poll released by the Better World Campaign and conducted by Morning Consult. There is strong alignment across parties, with 87% of...

Today the government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has published new rules to regulate depictions of tobacco use in video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Hot Star. ...

Ontario's doctors say that primary care is in crisis and they are committed to working with the government and others over the coming months to find solutions that will lead to better patient care....

Heart & Stroke commends Health Canada's precedent-setting announcement requiring health warnings directly on individual cigarettes, making Canada the first country in the world to do so. The new regulations also include strengthened health messages...

Alcohol Justice has just released its Spring eNews. The quick-read highlights current interesting stories about alcohol industry shenanigans and public health and safety advocates' responses....