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Habitat for Humanity, Canada’s only national affordable homeownership provider, welcomes key housing measures in the federal budget and Canada’s Housing Plan

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Habitat has long advocated for an all-in approach to solving this crisis, and welcomes many of the measures in Canada’s Housing Plan, supported through Budget 2024:

Key Points: 
  • Habitat has long advocated for an all-in approach to solving this crisis, and welcomes many of the measures in Canada’s Housing Plan, supported through Budget 2024:
    Additional investments in the Affordable Housing Fund:
    Additional $976 million over five years, starting in 2024-25, for a Rapid Housing stream for deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters.
  • This investment will build on the success of previous investments in the Affordable Housing Fund (formerly the National Housing Co-Investment Fund), that Habitats have benefitted from.
  • Habitat Canada looks forward to learning more about the process and the specific investment in affordable homeownership.
  • Additional measures, like removing the GST on homes sold by affordable housing providers, like Habitat, to lower-income working families can still be advanced.

Green Circle Salons Transitioning Salons and Stylists into Sustainable Beauty Businesses

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
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TORONTO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Circle Salons, the beauty industry's first sustainable salon solution dedicated to fighting beauty waste and climate change, has reached an incredible milestone. More than 16,000 beauty professionals have joined the movement to keep people and the planet beautiful since the company launched its game-changing concept.

Key Points: 
  • "With every new sustainable beauty professional who recycles their beauty waste, we are making a dent in the 877 pounds of waste created by the beauty industry every minute," said Shane Price, Founder and CEO of Green Circle Salons.
  • "Our mission is to create a sustainable beauty industry by helping salons recover, repurpose, and recycle their beauty waste.
  • In 2023 alone, Green Circle Salons and its community of Waste Warriors kept 1,358,103 lbs of beauty waste out of landfills and waterways.
  • Partnering businesses send approved beauty waste items to Green Circle Salons and Green Circle Salons recycles or repurposes all of it.

Serving Support in Style: McDonald's Canada's 30th McHappy Day® is Wednesday, May 8

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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Over the past 30 McHappy Day events, McHappy Day has helped RMHC and other local children's charities support families across Canada with over $92.5 million raised to date.

Key Points: 
  • Over the past 30 McHappy Day events, McHappy Day has helped RMHC and other local children's charities support families across Canada with over $92.5 million raised to date.
  • Guests can see where their support is going through a digital walk-through of RMHC Southwestern Ontario (London, ON) here !
  • Round Up: On McHappy Day, and every day, guests can round up to the nearest dollar to support families across Canada.
  • Last year, McHappy Day raised over $7.5 million in support of RMHC and local children's charities.

Supporting Internationally Educated Nurses joining the Canadian health workforce

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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This investment will support the integration of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) into Canada's health care system.

Key Points: 
  • This investment will support the integration of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) into Canada's health care system.
  • This investment will help more Internationally Educated Nurses join the workforce in Canada to help our current workforce and get more nurses into our health care system even faster."
  • Our government is committed to supporting both the recruitment and retention of this vital workforce and integrating more Internationally Educated Nurses into the workforce is a critical piece of this approach."
  • This announcement is part of the Government of Canada's larger and ongoing efforts to support the health workforce, including:
    A federal, provincial and territorial statement on supporting Canada's health workforce which outlines collaborative actions underway to address challenges facing Canada's health workforce including working together to address retention issues, undertaking a study of the education and training supply and demand for key health professions, reducing the time it takes for internationally educated health professionals to join our health workforce, increasing the sharing and standardization of health workforce data, and more.

It's Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month & CCRAN is Sounding the Alarm on Inadequate Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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TORONTO, March 1, 2024 /CNW/ - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.Despite being Canada's second leading cancer killer, 9 out of 10 colorectal cancer cases can be prevented through screening.

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  • TORONTO, March 1, 2024 /CNW/ - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.Despite being Canada's second leading cancer killer, 9 out of 10 colorectal cancer cases can be prevented through screening.
  • The Colorectal Cancer Resource & Action Network ( CCRAN ) is dedicated to reducing the burden of this devastating disease and is sounding the alarm on inadequate screening rates in Canada.
  • CCRAN is dedicated to raising awareness of this disease and advocating for lowering the screening age.
  • Join CCRAN as it unites in its fight against colorectal cancer in the month of March and every month of the year.

El Niño's final stand; A mild but moody spring across Canada

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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To answer this question, The Weather Network has issued their Spring Forecast for the months of March, April and May.

Key Points: 
  • To answer this question, The Weather Network has issued their Spring Forecast for the months of March, April and May.
  • "Therefore, we expect this spring will feature profound mood swings across Canada as periods of late winter-like weather interrupt our journey towards consistent warm weather.
  • However, we expect that warmer-than-normal temperatures will outduel the cold weather for most Canadians this spring."
  • However, the mild spring will be moody at times with periods of colder-than-normal temperatures, a risk for significant late winter weather and even a threat for a late season frost.

Cunard Announces Royal Canadian Geographical Society Speaker Line-up for 2024 Alaska Season

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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VALENCIA, Calif., Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cunard is proud to continue their partnership with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and announces an extensive speaker line-up for the Alaska 2024 season, showcasing an RCGS speaker on every Alaska voyage starting June 21.

Key Points: 
  • VALENCIA, Calif., Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cunard is proud to continue their partnership with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and announces an extensive speaker line-up for the Alaska 2024 season, showcasing an RCGS speaker on every Alaska voyage starting June 21.
  • Experts from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, one of Canada's largest non-profit geographical and educational organizations, will be featured on 2024 voyages from June to September.
  • RCGS speakers include celebrated and accomplished explorers, naturalists, geographical experts, astronauts, and indigenous advocates who will custom-curate exclusive programming for Cunard guests.
  • For Travel Advisors interested in further information, please contact your Business Development Manager, visit OneSource Cruises.com or call Cunard at 1-800-528-6273.

Federal Investment Supports Building Novel 14-Storey Mass-Timber Academic Tower at the University of Toronto

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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The University of Toronto's Academic Wood Tower project is one of many examples of innovative technologies being used to create resilient and low-carbon buildings, while preventing carbon emissions.

Key Points: 
  • The University of Toronto's Academic Wood Tower project is one of many examples of innovative technologies being used to create resilient and low-carbon buildings, while preventing carbon emissions.
  • The Government of Canada is pleased to help get this tower built, right here in Toronto."
  • "As a global university, we have a responsibility — and an opportunity — to show the world how to positively shape urban environments.
  • Ambitious projects like these are why U of T is increasingly regarded as a global leader in sustainability."

El Niño winter starts mild across Canada; Will it turn wild?

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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OAKVILLE, ON, Nov. 29, 2023 /CNW/ - El Niño has a reputation for bringing mild winters to most of Canada.

Key Points: 
  • OAKVILLE, ON, Nov. 29, 2023 /CNW/ - El Niño has a reputation for bringing mild winters to most of Canada.
  • Strong El Niño conditions have developed in the Pacific Ocean, so can we expect a mild winter across Canada again this year?
  • However, January and February could bring a dramatic pattern change to parts of Canada that would challenge our perception of El Niño winters.
  • "Therefore, we believe that the upcoming season will deliver some curveballs that will set this winter apart from typical El Niño winters.

Canada's engineering regulators united in opposition to Alberta's Bill 7

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Friday, November 10, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - Today Engineers Canada and the country's provincial and territorial engineering regulators sent a letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expressing strong opposition to the government's decision to change the province's Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - Today Engineers Canada and the country's provincial and territorial engineering regulators sent a letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expressing strong opposition to the government's decision to change the province's Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.
  • The changes would enable technology companies and workers to use the title "software engineer" without holding a professional engineering licence from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).
  • "Engineering is not just a title, it's a responsibility to the public."
  • "It risks eroding the established framework of professional regulation and could extend beyond engineering, impacting fields such as medicine and health, among others."