News by subject: AVO

On Monday, Feb....

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...

The Autism Science Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and funding innovative autism research, has announced that Judith Ursitti and her daughter Amy Ursitti will receive this year's Caryn Schwartzman Spirit Awards. The...

Medtech Canada, the national association representing Canada's medical technology companies, released the following statement from its President and CEO, Nicole DeKort, in response to the federal, provincial, and territorial governments agreeing to a...

Today, 14 leading associations and non-profits representing patients and consumers, clinicians, hospitals, health insurers, and technology companies released a series of recommendations to advance data privacy and ensure patient access to health...

The Teamsters Union is demanding answers to the proposed change of operations at Yellow Corp. after the company sent revised change-of-operations notifications to the union on Feb. 7....

Campaign 2000 is a national non-partisan coalition monitoring federal progress (or lack of) on child and family poverty.  Their latest annual report finds that in 2020, despite the onset of a global pandemic and economic shutdown, child poverty was...

With the news of yet another drug bust in British Columbia, the province's independent retailers urge Premier Eby and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth to walk the talk when it comes to community safety....

There are 54.2 million school-aged children in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control indicates that reports of cyberbullying are highest in middle schools (33%) followed by high schools (30%), combined schools (20%), and primary...

Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, applauds Representative Alma Hernandez (D-Tucson) for working with Komen to introduce legislation that would remove financial barriers to imaging that can rule out breast cancer or...

Congress envisioned the Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) 45Q tax credit as an incentive that would spur innovations in technology and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But troubling trends have emerged, and public records reveal that close...

With Rare Disease Day fast approaching, the federal government has an opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of the one in 12 Canadians who suffer from a rare disease by delivering on its long-awaited national strategy for rare...

Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of The U.S. Conference of Mayors, on the mass shooting at Michigan State University:...

Amid the growing burden of Alzheimer's disease, a new white paper from the Alliance for Patient Access explains why policy solutions are critically needed to encourage innovation, treatment access and caregiving solutions. The Alliance for Patient...

The following statement is provided by retired Army Col. Paris Davis, who was notified today by President Joseph A. Biden that he will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, and his family: "The call today from President Biden prompted a wave of...

Unifor is extremely concerned about the reported editorial interference at Queen's Park Briefing (QP Briefing). These are serious allegations that undermine the integrity necessary for independent, fact-based journalism....

The Narwhal and award-winning photojournalist Amber Bracken have filed a lawsuit in British Columbia's Supreme Court today against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for the violation of their Charter rights after Bracken was wrongfully...

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) strongly supports the legal action brought forward in the Supreme Court of British Columbia earlier today by Amber Bracken and The Narwhal against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and related parties for...

Increasing the supply of housing and tackling the homelessness crisis in Ontario, brought on by decades of failed provincial social and economic policies, are the top priorities for municipalities across Ontario. That was the message from the...

On Feb. 15 ? Flag Day in Canada ? a legendary national icon will take to the nation's airwaves to support an immediate freeze on beer taxes....

Following the brand's 8th iconic appearance in the Big Game, Avocados From Mexico® is calling on all New Yorkers (and New York lovers), to make the world better by coming together in support of a common goal: Update New York City's iconic nickname to...

Rep. Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) introduced the Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023 to close...

Reacting to Israeli national-religious Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's comments Friday in Olam Katan, an Israeli conservative and religious weekly newsletter, that the deadly earthquake in Türkiye and Syria is "divine justice," World Jewish Congress President...

The following statement was released by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) regarding the deceptive January border data released tonight:...

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 this week's developments on press freedom issues in India....

More than one million vehicles had travelled on Cambodia's first-ever expressway connecting the capital Phnom Penh and the deep-sea port province of Preah Sihanouk in the first three months since its inauguration on October 1 last year. The...

NATSO, representing America's truckstops and travel centers, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) will file comments today on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed Renewable...

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Biden barely made mention of illegal immigration ? a national issue that now trails only government dysfunction and inflation on the American public's list of concerns....

Workers, community members, and allies will hold a public rally to protest the recent firing of three Developmental Service workers by the Community Living Association for South Simcoe (CLASS). The three workers had their positions terminated by...

Workers, community members, and allies will hold a public rally to protest the recent firing of three Developmental Service workers by the Community Living Association for South Simcoe (CLASS). The three workers had their positions terminated by...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is demanding Massachusetts lawmakers oppose SD 1162 and HD 2071. The legislation would grant multinational corporations like Uber and Lyft carte blanche to misclassify their employees as independent...

Earlier this week, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) filed a federal lawsuit in defense of a group of Christian students and parents who were kicked out of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for wearing hats with a religious,...

The staff of Cecil Facer Youth Centre (CFYC) learned this week that the 16-bed facility will close down two years from now, forcing Sudbury area youth in custody to move hours away from their families and communities. The news is devastating for the...

A Biden Administration proposed rule would reduce the harmful climate-related financial impacts of the $637 billion of products and services annually purchased by the U.S. government. It would enable the government to capitalize on climate-related...

Simmons University and the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership invite leaders throughout the U.S. and the world to attend the 44th Simmons Leadership Conference on March 14, 2023. During the event, Juju Chang, the Emmy Award-winning...

Unifor's Social Justice Fund is making a $75,000 donation to the Humanitarian Coalition for the Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund....

The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal has ruled that Unifor's challenge of an arbitrator's decision affecting Exploits Valley Air Services (EVAS) pilots can go forward....

Break Free NYFW, a runway show with a cause, announces their support of Daniel's Law, named after the late Daniel Prude who lost his life while in police custody while experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill for Daniel's Law proposes the...

The American Forest Foundation (AFF) announced today its new strategic direction that will focus on unlocking the power of family forests as a climate solution while helping thousands of rural landowners care for their land and improve forest health....

Yesterday, the Legault government announced a tobacco tax increase of $8 per carton of 200 cigarettes without taking into consideration the negative consequences....

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters applauds the call on Congress to pass the PRO Act during President Biden's State of the Union address. New labor legislation that puts the needs of working people ahead of corporations was mentioned...

Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) President and Chief Medical Officer of the Alaska Department of Health Anne Zink, MD, issued the following statement commending President Biden's State of the Union pledge to...

As the Prime Minister and Premiers convened in Ottawa yesterday to discuss much-needed reforms to Canada's health systems, cancer patients and stakeholder groups across the country are concerned by the lack of focus on cancer care outcomes in the new...

HEAL, Organizations for Health Action, who represent over 40 national health organizations dedicated to improving the health of Canadians and the quality of care they receive, responded today to the healthcare funding proposal between the federal...

EmpiRx Health, the industry's only value-based pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), published an urgent letter today raising the alarm on the mental health crisis in the United States. Penned by EmpiRx Health CEO Karthik Ganesh, the letter describes the...

Responding to the urgent need for a highly trained workforce that will take care of California's aging and disabled population, caregivers are signing up by the thousands for the free training offered by the Center for Caregiver Advancement (CCA)...

The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to President Biden's State of the Union address tonight:...

AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins issued the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union speech this evening: "AARP...

Today's commitment by the federal government to significantly increase health transfers to provincial and territorial governments is an important step to stabilize and transform our health care systems. The emphasis being placed on primary care,...

President Biden has delivered on his promise to create jobs, with our country witnessing record-breaking job creation over the last year. But gender and racial inequities in job growth remain and women and some ethnic groups continue to lag behind....