News by subject: GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada's premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the clean-up and environmental restoration of three temporary storage sites as part of the Port...

Ottawa, ON ? August 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ? As economic and fiscal pressures loom in Ontario, province-wide immigration can provide relief. To get there, newcomers need to settle across more regions says a report released today from The...

TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy or the Company) today announced the Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed the November 2017 decision by the Nebraska Public Service Commission that approved the Keystone XL Pipeline route through the state. "The...

Eavor Technologies Inc. has developed an innovative "made in Alberta" geothermal energy solution. In a demonstration project near Rocky Mountain House, the Eavor-Litetm project uses existing Alberta oil and gas drilling technology and expertise to...

Today, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) welcomed Waterloo Wellington as the seventh community to sign on to its national Roots of Hope suicide prevention project. The five-year partnership with the MHCC, which will be led by the Waterloo...

PRESS RELEASE  The Conference Board of Canada Cannabis report examines workplace implications, ripple effects OTTAWA ? August 13, 2019 ? The one-year mark since cannabis legalization is quickly approaching, and with it, an ever-expanding ripple...

The UNITED SIKHS legal team is working with the family of an elderly Sikh man after receiving a report today that he encountered several brutal attackers inside his own home during a suspected hate crime. According to details provided by the family,...

Last Thursday, upon the federal chief of justice in the New Jersey District ordering a recall and reassignment of two federal judges in a civil lawsuit for securities fraud claims filed by the Securities and  Exchange Commission, trial court...

In the wake of today's authoritative new report on how land can help or hurt climate change, WWF-Canada is urging all levels of government to radically transform our land use by enlisting nature-based solutions to secure a climate-safe...

By Order G-177-19, dated August 1, 2019, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) has established an inquiry to examine the regulation of energy utilities affiliated with municipalities and regional districts (Inquiry). The Inquiry seeks to...

After months of bad northern climate-change news ? Canada's Arctic warming at three times the global rate, permafrost melting 70 years ahead of predictions, the worst polar wildfire season on record ? plans have now moved forward to protect...

PRESS RELEASE    The Conference Board of Canada Whose ride is it, anyway? The impact of shared mobility on public transit Ottawa, July 23 2019 ? Public transit ridership levels vary across Canada, raising questions and debate about the impact of...

The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) is outraged by the announcement made today by City of Toronto councillors Joe Cressy, Mike Layton and Kristyn Wong-Tam. The trio said that they would red light any development that...

Proposing to reduce health and safety requirements for Alberta farms and ranches is unconscionable, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. "Alberta's farms and ranches are already the most dangerous workplaces in the province," says Gil McGowan....

A new study released today by the Fraser Institute highlights positive reform lessons from Switzerland and the Netherlands?two countries that provide universal access to high-quality health care with shorter wait times, greater availability of...

Restaurants Canada applauds Alberta's new UCP-led government for wasting no time ushering in critically needed labour reforms, which will provide welcome relief for the province's struggling foodservice sector. Bill 2: An Act to Make Alberta Open...

Brother Stéphane Lacoste, General Counsel at Teamsters Canada since 2004 and former lawyer for Teamsters Local Union 106, has been appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Québec for the district of Montréal. Brother Lacoste had been involved in...

CentralSquare, a leader in public sector software, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Gwinnett County, GA, for CentralSquare Public Safety Suite Enterprise which includes Computer Aided Dispatch, Records Management and Mobile...

In his press conference announcing the cabinet shuffle, Premier Doug Ford claimed that more than 80 percent of his platform had been implemented. The Health Coalition notes that nothing could be further than the truth when it comes to health care. ...

Indigenous-owned small and medium enterprises are proving highly adept at breaking into foreign markets, according to a new report jointly released today by Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and the Office of the Chief Economist of...

CentralSquare, a leader in public sector software, today announced the launch of the ShareBlueSmiles campaign to raise awareness of positive, compassionate stories about law enforcement going above and beyond to serve citizens across North America....

In response to the passage of a new secularism law, which prohibits public civil servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at their workplace, UNITED SIKHS today launched a plan to formally remove the ban. Citing human rights...

On June 19, 2019, the Government of Alberta (GoA) introduced Bill 11, the Fair Registration Practices Act. This bill aims to increase the speed at which internationally trained applicants' credentials are recognized for self-regulated professions....

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) is pointing to a newly commissioned report based on research by the Conference Board of Canada as evidence that provincial cuts to public education could impact high school graduation...

June 19, 2019 ? Southern Ontario waterways are showing dangerously increasing road salt levels in WWF-Canada's Great Lakes Chloride Summer Hot Spot Map. Although road salt ? sodium chloride, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride ? keeps public...

Opportunities for Canadian provinces to achieve greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector are abundant?using approaches adapted to a province's energy resources and economy?concludes a new report published by The...

CARP applauds the government's release of Canada's first national dementia strategy, and additional funding for Phase II of the Canadian Consortium of Neurodegeneration of Aging (CCNA), the largest national dementia research initiative. CARP has...

Alberta labour leaders will present a united front today as they gather at the legislature to protest what they describe as the UCP's latest attack on workers' rights. "Despite the innocuous sounding name, the government's latest bill isn't about...

The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is urging the federal government to move forward with steps that will expand access to prescription medicines for those who need it and control prescription drug costs. "We believe there is an...

WWF-Canada welcomes the federal government's announcement to ban single-use plastic by 2021. While details are still to come, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that determining which products fall under the ban will be based in scientific...

Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, will move to the last hour of debate at 3rd Reading and is expected to reach a final vote in the House of Commons this morning. Bill S-203 prohibits the wild capture, captivity, and...

The government of Ontario has tabled a Bill to limit salary increases to a rate well below inflation. This is another example of the Conservative's continuing attack on the workers of Ontario. Never in Ontario's history has this type of legislation...

Ontarians are joining forces across the province to send a message to the government: stop cuts and privatization of public services that hurt Ontario families. Actions will be held on June 7 & 8 in more than 25 Ontario communities to tell the...

Ontario faculty are deeply concerned by the Ford government's attempt to cap public sector compensation increases at one per cent per year. This legislation represents an attack on the right to free and fair collective bargaining, a threat to pay...

The government of Ontario has tabled a Bill to limit salary increases to a rate well below inflation. This is another example of the Conservative's continuing attack on the workers of Ontario. Never in Ontario's history has this type of legislation...

Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) applauds the federal government for modernizing and streamlining its Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) program to better meet the needs of young people seeking jobs in today's challenging labour...

Restaurants Canada welcomes today's announcement from the federal government regarding its Climate Action Incentive Fund, which acts on recommendations to help foodservice businesses reduce their environmental footprint while improving their bottom...

Attention: Environmental, agricultural, & municipal business reporters/editorsMay 30, 2019  ? Cambridge ON ? For Immediate Release | Award-winning biosolids and organics solutions firm, Lystek International (Lystek), leverages its low temperature...

May 29, 2019:  NanoSphere Health Sciences Inc. CEO Robert Sutton today congratulated the Governor and Legislature of Colorado for their passage of an historic bill allowing physicians to recommend cannabis instead of opioids for relief of pain. ...

The union representing over 7,000 Beer Store employees has sent a letter to the Auditor General and Ombudsman of Ontario asking their offices to investigate the activities of the provincial government in working together with the convenience store...

A new study produced by Altus Group for the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) found that municipalities across the GTA have accumulated $1.13 billion in unspent parkland reserve funds on the backs of parkland cash-in-lieu...

Yesterday, the BC government released reports which detail the findings of two in-depth reviews of suspected money laundering activities in BC's real estate market. The Appraisal Institute of Canada ? BC Association (AIC-BC) welcomes the reports and...

RavenQuest BioMed Inc. (the "Company" or "RavenQuest") a federally-licensed producer of cannabis, is pleased to announce it has secured a Health Canada sales license at the Company's Markham facility, also known as "Bloomera Inc." The license allows...

RavenQuest BioMed Inc. (the "Company" or "RavenQuest") a federally-licensed producer of cannabis, is pleased to announce it has secured a Health Canada sales license at the Company's Markham facility, also known as "Bloomera Inc." The license allows...

The Government of Ontario's More Homes More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan demonstrates that it is committed to addressing the housing challenges facing Ontarians. The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) supports...

They came from across Ontario in the middle of a work day by the thousands with a message for the Doug Ford government. From a stage in front of the Ontario Legislature Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition called on the...

Across Ontario in more than one hundred hospitals and health care facilities, staff and patient advocates are staging a "Health Action Day" today, Tuesday, April 23. In an unprecedented show of unity, more than 150,000 health professionals and...

Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editorsApril 22, 2019 ? Cambridge, ON ? For Immediate Release | It is almost impossible not to be aware of the alarming rate at which some of our most precious...

Ontario's faculty are alarmed by the Doug Ford government's budget proposal to allocate 60 per cent of university funding based on institutional performance. By design, performance-based funding threatens education quality as it rewards institutions...

The Ontario government can balance its budget in just two years with a modest one per cent spending reduction from 2018 levels, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank....