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A group of 26 grocery chains, seafood industry stakeholders and experts are calling on the federal government to commit to a timeline and plan to fulfill its mandate to implement boat-to-plate traceability for seafood in Canada. This comes at a...

Migrants, refugees, undocumented people, workers, and international students are taking action on March 20, 2022 in 10 cities in Canada, and and 16 locations in Jamaica, Trinidad, St. Vincent, and Cayman Islands to call for full and permanent...

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) is proud to announce that Lisa Doig, P.Eng., will become APEGA's 103rd president at the 2022 annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday, April 22. Doig, a professional...

Efforts to conserve a provincially significant area for wildlife in southern Ontario have received a major boost. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is receiving support from both the governments of Canada and Ontario to protect and care for a...

Sweegen's entire Signature Bestevia® portfolio of nature-based sweeteners and sweetener systems is now accessible to brands in Mexico after the country's food safety authority adopted the Codex Alimentarius (Codex) specifications for steviol...

Six Tsimshian Nations: Gitga'at Nation, Kitasoo / Xai'Xais Nation, Kitselas First Nation, Kitsumkalum First Nation, Lax Kw'alaams Band and Metlakatla First Nation signed the Tsimshian Leadership Protocol on December 10, 2021. It is an historic...

The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship has announced that: Normand Beaudry, Director of International Recruitment, Université Laval, and Treasurer/Member, CALDO ConsortiumTimothy D'Souza, Senior Vice-President,...

Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada is pleased to announce our selection as a delivery organization for the Government of Canada's new $55 million Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund.  Announced in Budget 2021, this initiative recognizes that...

The claims process for individuals and Impacted First Nations in the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement is now open. Impacted First Nations have up to December 2, 2022, to file acceptance. The deadline for individuals to submit a claim is March...

Sixteen infrastructure and technology initiatives across Seneca's campuses are benefiting from Ontario government funding through the College Equipment Renewal Fund (CERF) and Facilities Renewal Program (FRP). Seneca received $4.8 million in...

The Police Association of Ontario (PAO) is thrilled that Ontario has announced a dedicated mental health facility for first responders thanks to commitments at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. The provincial and federal governments...

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA), with support from the province's real estate boards, has published a white paper and series of sweeping recommendations for the BC government aimed at addressing current concerns with the...

British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) Chief Executive Officer, Darlene K. Hyde, will be announcing a series of sweeping recommendations addressing current concerns with the province's housing market, the real estate transaction process and...

The Canadian Red Cross wishes to thank Global Affairs Canada following an announcement that it will match donations to the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal. The Government of Canada will match every donation made by individual Canadians to the...

Ottawa's recent $40 billion settlement of a First Nations claim following a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision will likely encourage more organizations and individuals to seek large settlements from governments across Canada, finds a new study...

British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) Chief Executive Officer, Darlene K. Hyde, will be announcing a series of sweeping recommendations addressing current concerns with the province's housing market, the real estate transaction process and...

Patriot One Technologies  ("Patriot One" or the "Company") today announced it was awarded a contract worth nearly $1 million CAD with Canada's Department of National Defence (DND), to further develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled full...

Canada Foundation for Innovation On behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Parliamentary Secretary Andy Fillmore will announce major funding in support of science and research in...

Canada Foundation for Innovation On behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Parliamentary Secretary Andy Fillmore will announce major funding in support of science and research in Canada...

The international conference "The Arctic: Developments from the Perspective of the Humanities" took place February 15-16 as part of the main events of the Russia's chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The conference was organized and managed by the...

What: The Ford government has announced plans to bring in private for-profit hospitals in Ontario. They are handing more than 18,000 long-term care beds to for-profit companies in 30-year contracts and despite many repeated announcements, they have...

The Automotive Retailers Association (ARA) applauds today's announcement by the B.C. government that skilled trades certification is coming to the province in the near future. The association has long-advocated for skilled trades certification for...

Innovate BC and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) are providing a combined total of over $2 million in research and development funding to help 14 companies pilot their technologies and create...

Roberts O'Kelly Law, in response to the statement from the Government of Alberta regarding the dismissal of the mandatory school mask mandate injunction, confirms that injunction is moving forward. The injunction was filed on behalf of concerned...

Roberts O'Kelly Law has filed an injunction challenging the February 8, 2022, decision made by Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) to remove the mandatory mask mandate for children attending Alberta schools in person, which went into...

The Ottawa police reported today that their 911 emergency and police phone lines are being flooded in a "concerted effort" by protesters, warning this is endangering peoples' lives. Yesterday the Manitoba RCMP reported that a 74-year-old male was...

Greater Toronto Area, February 8, 2022 ? The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) welcomes the new report from Ontario's Housing Affordability Task Force and its 55 recommendations on how to address the structural shortage of...

Grain Farmers of Ontario, the province's largest commodity organization, representing Ontario's 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers, urges all parliamentarians to support Bill C-234 introduced today by Ben Lobb, Member of Parliament...

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. reports that on January 28, 2022 it received a notice (the "Notice") from the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales ("SEMARNAT") which advised that SEMARNAT has made a typographical error in the extension to...

The BC Bud Union, a division of UFCW 1518, has grown its power significantly after 14 cannabis workers at the Original Farm Hillside dispensary joined the union last Friday, following their coworkers' lead. Now staff at the downtown Victoria shop and...

The world is home to 281 million international migrants at any given time, many of them vulnerable women and children. For most, leaving their homeland is not desirable, but because they feel they have no other option, they go in search of basic...

A parent and a teacher, both members of OPEN, are the plaintiffs in an application served on the Ontario Government by the lawyers Adair Goldberg Bieber stating that the current public funding of Ontario Catholic schools violates s.15(1) of the...

Neology UK Limited, a global innovator that is re-imagining mobility for smart cities and safer communities, today announced it has been appointed onto the National Highways Operational Technology Commercial Framework . The OTCF is a commercial...

The Royal Canadian Legion strongly condemns the shocking actions of protestors who encroached upon the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Saturday. They jumped on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and parked vehicles on the surrounding grounds. This...

Pretium Resources Inc. ("Pretivm" or the "Company") today announced that the Company has obtained a final order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the "Court") approving the previously announced acquisition of the Company by Newcrest Mining...

Ontario workers have come together to sound the alarm and issue an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis. A joint statement endorsed by over 30 organizations outlines six demands that frontline...

Sweegen's health and wellness commitment through global sugar reduction solutions became stronger after Codex Alimentarius (Codex), the international food standard safety authority, recently adopted the specifications for all four stevia...

The number of home sales in British Columbia is expected to fall and home price growth will moderate because of rising interest rates according to a new report from the British Real Estate Association (BCREA) examining the potential impacts of the...

Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) is pleased to announce business leader, Robert Louie, as the 2022 recipient of the annual Aboriginal Business Lifetime Achievement Award. Louie, a former practicing lawyer, received an Honorary Doctor...

Grain Farmers of Ontario, the province's largest commodity organization, representing Ontario's 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean, and wheat farmers, has opened registration for its 2022 March Classic: Sowing the Seeds of Opportunity, Innovation and...

In the next few days, owners of more than 1,076,600 properties throughout the Lower Mainland can expect to receive their 2022 assessment notices which reflect market value as of July 1, 2021. "British Columbia's real estate market remains highly...

Microbix Biosystems Inc. , a life sciences innovator and exporter, announces receipt of a follow-on order of C$ 4.7 million for its viral transport medium (generically known as "VTM" and branded "DxTMtm" by Microbix). DxTM is a sample-collection...

Canada's propane industry believes that like other essential goods, fuels such as propane should be subject to a zero-rated tax ? meaning taxable but with a zero rate, when used for heating homes and other residential applications. "At a time when...

The Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers (CAPPEM) would like to thank all House members for the unanimous vote of approval for the federal government to supply Canadian made PPE in the parliamentary precinct and various departments and...

On December 16, 2021, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA), issued an award to Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC (ETC), a Quarterhill Inc. company , for ETC to provide electronic toll collection integration and maintenance...

SNOMED International released today its refreshed SNOMED CT Case for Investment report. Available on a new interactive platform, the Case for Investment presents evidence that SNOMED CT adds measurable value to a broad range of primary and secondary...

Nearly 60 representatives of worldwide Tai Ji Men dizi (disciples) gathered in Washington, D.C., on December 5-7 to protest against the Taiwanese government's indifference to their case, a major case of religious persecution, and against its...

While Canadian companies struggle against product dumping and other unfair trade practices by China, why are Canadian Ministers of Parliament and other Canadian officials being supplied with only Chinese made masks on Parliament Hill? That was the...

Massachusetts-based biotech Conagen announced its participation in a collaboration supporting the ReSource program funded by a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) grant. The project aims to leverage Conagen's proprietary fermentation technology to...

Researchers at the University of Manitoba (UM), working in collaboration with the Ontario Cover Crop Steering Committee, have shared the results from the 2020 Ontario Cover Crop Feedback Survey, the largest survey of its kind in Canada based on the...