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28 march 2023

17:29
Today, the federal government has recognized the minerals and metals industry's central role in enabling the transition to a net zero economy and building Canada's future economy. "Without mining, there are no electric vehicles, no clean power from...

17:19
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is pleased that today's federal budget confirms a deal to lower credit card fees for small merchants, as promised in last fall's economic statement. However, the budget was a missed opportunity...

16:44
Nurses are urging the Ontario government to reverse a decision that is set to end access to funded health-care services for people without an OHIP card. The ministry of health announced last week it would be shutting down a program that has provided...

15:41
Today's Federal Budget contains a number of initiatives to address affordability challenges facing Canadian families, but we feel the government missed the mark by not including two key proposals from Retail Council of Canada (RCC) that could have...

12:03
Alberta's retailers are speaking up about the significant decline in projected tobacco tax revenue for 2022-23, from Alberta's budget projection of $760 million to $565 million....

11:37
Carling Jackson designed and produced the mural to support World Vision Canada's #NoChildforSale campaignStudents from across Canada to contribute to multi-medium art piece and message to Minister of LabourBill S-211, the Fighting Against Forced...

11:19
Political leaders and Indigenous artists gathered in Montreal today to demand that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and cultural institutions in Quebec and Canada introduce a 5% minimum quota of Indigenous music...

11:13
The Teamsters are condemning State Senator Blaise Ingoglia and other members of the Florida Legislature for their sponsorship of Senate Bill 256 (SB 256), legislation crafted to destroy public sector unions....

11:00
Today, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear told a House committee that Congress must do more to help the trucking industry develop and retain the workforce needed to meet the freight demands of a growing country and economy....

08:52
Janet Johanson, a Minneapolis business leader and Founder/CEO of BevSource, has been honored with the Gold Leadership Award from Junior Achievement. Selected from over 100,000 U.S. volunteers, Johanson is one of eleven recipients of the prestigious...

08:25
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. During 2020, suicide was the third leading cause of death for ages 10-34 and the sixth leading cause of death for ages 35-54 in...

06:00
Tomorrow, more than 40 LUNG FORCE Heroes ? people living with lung cancer, their loved ones and advocates from across the country ? will head to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress during the American Lung Association LUNG FORCE...

05:55
The annual CAA Worst Roads advocacy campaign is marking its 20th year of influencing change. For the past two decades, the campaign has given decision-makers a snapshot of the roads that the public perceives as not meeting their expectations. "Our...


27 march 2023

13:08
An opinion piece by Josef Gregory Mahoney, a professor of politics and international relations at East China Normal University, for Beijing Review: A community with a shared future for humanity, a term cited frequently by President Xi Jinping,...

12:54
The United States Department of Commerce today released a planning guide to provide additional information about child care requirements for companies seeking substantial CHIPS funding. Companies applying for more than $150 million will be required...

10:11
The National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco's (NCACT) Executive Director, Rick Barnum, responded today to the latest budget tabled by Ontario's Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy. Barnum is an over 30-year veteran of the Ontario Provincial...

08:47
The Stronger Together Conference, an event focused on educating the public about antisemitism, will take place on Sunday, April 2, 2023 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Thornhill, Ontario. The conference will feature keynote speeches from Rabbi Shmuley...

08:00
The Craneware Group (AIM: CRW.L), the healthcare market leader in automated value cycle solutions, today publicly announces it supports and underwrites the advocacy group 340B Matters....

07:30
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) will be available for comment prior to and after the release of the federal budget tomorrow. CFIB president Dan Kelly, senior vice-president of national affairs Corinne Pohlmann and...

06:30
Dr. Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), will be in Ottawa on Monday, March 27 and Tuesday, March 28 and will be available for media interviews to discuss the 2023-24 federal budget. The CMA anticipates a significant...

01:40
China's diplomacy has pressed the "accelerate button" and sounded the clarion call in the spring of 2023 with a series of major diplomatic activities that bring positive changes to a world in turbulence. Experts said that China has formally started...


24 march 2023

19:23
Healthcare providers at Community Health Center of Snohomish County have won the right to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists....

19:00
In 2021, Eli Lilly ("Lilly") announced it would forego pursuing a psoriasis indication for its IL-23 inhibitor mirikizumab, strategically focusing instead on the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) market. The decision created an opportunity to deliver...

15:46
The International Center for Peace Studies hosted a panel discussion: Kashmir - From Turmoil to Transformation: perspectives from the ground, on March 23 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Mr. Mir Junaid, President of the Jammu and Kashmir...

14:08
The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state's harmful "right to work" law. "Right to work" is a lie designed to weaken workers' rights and lower wages. ...

13:43
The modest investments in nursing announced in Thursday's provincial budget fall short of what is needed to solve the nursing crisis and the challenges facing a health system that is teetering on the brink, says the Registered Nurses' Association of...

12:55
The head of the nation's largest veterans organization double-downed on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' assurances that proposed Congressional Budget Office cuts to the VA budget will not happen....

11:14
Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) today celebrates Governor Glenn Youngkin's (R) signing of Virginia bills SB 1409 and HB 1640 into law, guaranteeing access to affordable Medigap coverage for thousands of Virginians under 65 living with end-stage renal...

10:59
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed, in the case of Feds for Medical Freedom et. al v Biden, that a lower court correctly entered a nationwide injunction against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. The...

08:12
What:                  CAA South Central Ontario (CAA SCO) will officially launch the 20th Annual CAA Worst Roads Campaign on March 28, 2023. The CAA Worst Roads campaign is a platform for Ontarians to make our roads safer by helping different levels...

07:00
The undersigned members of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition (CMC), a group of Canada's leading manufacturing sector associations chaired by Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), call on the federal government to support the manufacturing...


23 march 2023

19:14
Infrastructure, industry and health care investments are welcome in the Ontario budget, but government needs to take the next step and translate spending into good jobs and a stronger public health care system, including workforce development...

19:03
Today, Ontario's Doug Ford government introduced a budget that puts private profits and private interests over people, fair pay, and public services....

17:50
Following the release of the 2023 Ontario Budget, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) issued the following statement: IBC applauds the...

17:36
On March 23, 2023, animal rights organizations Last Chance for Animals (LCA) and Animal Liberation Wave (ALW) set up a replica of a dog slaughterhouse in Sinchon, Seoul. Titled "National Puppy Day: Room of Truth," the exhibit showed the appalling...

17:09
The Ford government's provincial budget released today continues the march toward private, for-profit health care at the expense of Ontarians' health and pocketbooks, says the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA)....

17:02
The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's State of the State letter to the Legislature:...

16:53
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) welcomes the commitment to advanced manufacturing in Ontario's 2023 Budget which introduces broad incentives to enable investments in technology adoption, skills development, and energy transition. This...

16:32
Today at the Queen Elizabeth II Building in Edmonton, Alberta, President Melanie Omeniho was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. This commemorative medal was created to celebrate the 70th anniversary year of Her Majesty Queen...

14:50
Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury for lack of enforcement of a drug price transparency rule which requires group...

14:31
A landmark measure to rein in skyrocketing California gasoline prices has cleared the California Senate by a vote of 30 to 8.  "This...

13:55
JBS Foods, the giant global meat producer, ranks highest in Greenhouse Gas emissions in World Animal Protection's new Factory Farming Climate Culprits Scorecard....

10:05
The American Library Association (ALA) today released new data documenting 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than...

09:26
The Ontario government's 2023 budget must reinvest in public health care and support workers and critical industries to make better use of recent windfalls, says Unifor....

08:30
The Regroupement des associations de pompiers du Québec (RAPQ), the Syndicat des Pompiers du Québec (FTQ) and the Association des gestionnaires en sécurité incendie et civile du Québec (AGSICQ), representing more than 1,000 managers from 632 fire...

06:00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) today announced a commitment to advocating for the federal legalization and regulation of adult-use cannabis by applying regulations similar to those implemented for alcohol, making them the first alcohol...

05:00
After a slew of reports regarding SHEIN's questionable business practices, human rights abuses, and ties to TikTok and the Chinese Communist Party, a new coalition today announced the launch of "Shut Down SHEIN." This campaign will educate relevant...


22 march 2023

20:04
SBx1 2, the newly amended proposal for a price gouging penalty and oil refiner transparency, passed its first test in the California Senate Utilities, Energy and Communications Committee by a vote of 12 to 2 today....

18:20
More than 140 water leaders from throughout the United States gathered in Washington, D.C. today to advocate for smart water policy to members of Congress at...

16:19
Today, The Kennedy Forum, founded by Patrick J. Kennedy, lead author of the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, released the statement below following the filings of amicus briefs by the U.S. Department of Labor and by 15 states and...