News by subject: AVO

Today, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) released its farm animal platform for the 2023 Farm Bill, urging Congress to include critical reforms to improve...

Canadian connections to child and forced labour continue to worsen, creating urgency for government action, according to a new report released today by aid agency World Vision Canada. The Supply Chain Risk Report 2023 reveals that the...

The Public Policy Forum released an important new report today entitled Taking Back Health Care: How to Accelerate People-Centred Reform Now, as well as an open letter to Canadians signed by leading authorities in health-care reform....

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is continuing its efforts to raise awareness among Canadians about dementia. This year the campaign is focusing on risk factors and actions they can take to help reduce the risk of dementia....

A Florida man wrongfully convicted of a 1989 murder has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for writ of certiorari on Friday in what may be his last chance for freedom in a case that now has far-reaching repercussions for all criminal defendants in the...

Today, Concerned Communities for America (CCA) Executive Director DaQuawn Bruce issued the following statement today in response to the violence that took place in Atlanta over the weekend as protesters attacked law enforcement property and...

Our America officially released the results of their Common Ground Survey today and announced the beginning of their policy issues campaign. Guided by the survey, the organization will focus its efforts in policy advocacy around five consensus...

Jon Stasevich's Vison ~ A NEW PATH FORWARD 1-23-2023 ~ The Official Launch of Jon's Independent Nonpartisan Presidential Campaign. In 2024, WE, the...

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) is calling for the employer at Community Living Association for South Simcoe (CLASS) to take immediate action in the wake of numerous incidents of workplace violence in the past year.  CLASS...

In a historic situation never seen before since the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU) was founded in 1991, 12 of its member unions throughout Quebec are currently in negotiations or will be very shortly....

Major new evidence shows the destruction of religious and cultural sites in Tibet; locals warn it's a second 'Cultural Revolution'. The new report by NGO Free Tibet and charity Tibet Watch, details previously unreported torture, detentions and...

This is a statement from cardinal Ouellet :  "Respecting the confidentiality of the Vatican's Vos estis lux mundi complaint process, until now, I had not wanted to comment on Golias magazine's allegations concerning the existence of a second...

Following is a statement from Brian Sauvé, President, National Police Federation, regarding details of a press conference in the matter of a horrific Saanich, B.C. bank incident staged to intentionally target police in June 2022: ...

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, new interactive maps from Power to Decide's Abortion Finder provide a compelling illustration of the terrible new chapter for abortion access that's unfolded over the past year. "January 22 would have ?...

The Bill Pulte Foundation, founded by The Founding Family of Fortune 500 PulteGroup Inc., today issued the following statement following PulteGroup's press release on the Company's confirmation of violations of the Company's Code of Ethical Business...

80 environmental and public health advocacy groups have sent a letter of support to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), author of legislation setting a price gouging penalty on refiners to be taken up in a special legislative session called for by...

The CSN and the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC) are denouncing Amazon's practices at its Montréal-area fulfillment centres. Amazon is engaging in behaviour that is a flagrant violation of the Labour Code and the Act respecting occupational health and...

Developmental Services workers at Community Living Association for South Simcoe (CLASS) will hold a rally on Monday, January 23 to call for their employer to take immediate action in the wake of numerous incidents of workplace violence in the past...

No Labels, a national movement of Democrats, Republicans and independents working to bring America's leaders together to solve our toughest problems, will appoint civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., entrepreneur, NAACP Life Member and...

Financial Executives International Canada (FEI Canada), a leading voice and informed choice for senior financial executives across Canada, is proud to unveil its 2022-2023 Board of Directors....

Following is a statement from National Press Club President Jen Judson on the news that Nexstar Media Group has decided to carry the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Tournament on The CW Network....

The Ontario government's plan to facilitate health worker mobility is a promising step to improve access to care, an objective the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has been advocating as a key solution to the current health care crisis. We urge...

Consumer Watchdog wrote Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto to investigate the Southern California Gas Company for the doubling of its customers' natural gas bills.  "Southern California Gas's curious failure...

The more than 25,000 nurses and healthcare professionals of the Massachusetts Nurses Association have joined with allies in...

More than 180 Teamsters at Aramark Uniform Services are preparing to strike in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and South Dakota....

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB), voice of the mortgage industry representing the interests of mortgage professionals and home buyers since 1973, strongly disagrees with recommendations from the Community Development Financial...

Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, applauds Delegate Shelly Simonds (D-Hampton Roads) and Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond) for working with Komen to introduce legislation that would remove financial barriers to imaging that...

Thefts of Kia and Hyundai automobiles increased dramatically across the United States in 2022, and insurance industry associations say misuse of social media platforms, like YouTube, by individuals and criminal organizations are contributing to the...

The Minister of the Environment, Benoît Charrette, has taken an authoritarian approach that will not only lead to confrontation with three Anishnabeg First Nations, but could also, through his own inconsistency, hinder the completion of the...

The Toronto chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC/Toronto) invites professional communicators, marketers, PR professionals and  storytellers to join in an impactful panel discussion about the power of story to move...

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Unifor is looking at all options to protect media workers after Postmedia announced restructuring plans today, which includes laying off workers in the media sector....

Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, applauds Senator Lynda Wilson (R-Vancouver) and Representative Amy Walen (D-Kirkland) for working with Komen to introduce legislation that would remove financial barriers to imaging...

The permanent closure of the pulp line at Canfor's Prince George mill was preventable, says Unifor. "Hundreds of families have been...

The state Oil & Gas Supervisor at the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) has been relieved of his job against the backdrop of a 745% uptick in new oil drilling permits issued in the fourth quarter of 2022. Nearly half of these...

Harms related to alcohol use represent a significant public health issue in Canada. This is why, as Chief Medical Officers of Health*, we want to encourage all people across the country to become aware of the risks associated with alcohol consumption...

Next-generation smoking cessation brand Sesh+ is now available at a variety of major retailers throughout Canada. The Vancouver-based brand, which has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) industry, is...

The turf industry is coming under fire for the mounting waste crisis. A local artificial turf company, InstallArtificial, is leading the charge to bring attention to this issue by petitioning Governor Newsom to make recycling readily available....

Citing the widespread and deceptive practices of Energix Renewable Energies, multiple Virginia communities have petitioned state and municipal authorities to withhold permits from Energix, a foreign company headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. Because...

Great-West Lifeco Inc. ("Lifeco") has been notified of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by Obatan LLC, made to residents of Ireland, to purchase up to 50,000 common shares of Lifeco. The unsolicited offer represents a discount of approximately 31.1%...

Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the action tonight by a Philippine court in the case of journalist Maria Ressa....

Mohamed Farah, CEO of Rising Nomads, appeals to United States, The Security Council, and the Presidential Administration at Villa Somalia to immediately open dialogue to end the violence in in North Somalia. I am calling for an emergency Summit of...

COVID-19 vaccines produced in China have been proven to be safe and effective by clinical trials and real-world data. The vaccines have helped save people in China and around the world, which is an irreversible accomplishment and cannot be challenged...

Gov. Chris Sununu has officially declared Jan. 22-Jan. 28 to be School Choice Week in New Hampshire. During the Week state, city, and county leaders nationwide will join parents, students, and educators to raise awareness of the importance of...

Home care workers employed by Simcoe/Muskoka ParaMed Home Health Care will be picketing their employer's head office in Barrie to tell them that poverty pay won't cut it as they count down to a strike. Rally date:          Wednesday, January 18,...

COVID-19 vaccines produced in China have been proven to be safe and effective by clinical trials and real-world data. The vaccines have helped save people in China and around the world, which is an irreversible accomplishment and cannot be challenged...

The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce today called on Canada's Competition Bureau to examine Air Canada's decision to terminate air service from Saskatoon to Calgary's regional hub, and the implications for travellers who now face less choice and...

Éduc'alcool takes note of the new Canadian Guidelines on Alcohol and Health released earlier today and commits to pursuing its primary mission: to inform, provide tools and educate Quebecers and to influence collective actions on alcohol consumption....

Your local Rexall Pharmacy in Ontario is now assessing and prescribing medications for several common illnesses. If you're experiencing symptoms related to a minor illness such as a UTI, cold sore, or nasal allergies, you can walk into your local...

Pharmacists at McKesson Canada's independent pharmacy network including Guardian, I.D.A, Remedy'sRx and The Medicine Shoppe in Ontario can now prescribe and treat 13 minor conditions, including cold sores, pink eye, hemorrhoids, hives and urinary...