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Wawanesa Insurance Announces Wildfire Prevention Grant Recipients

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today announced the 12 recipients of their second annual Community Wildfire Prevention Grants, which were developed in partnership with FireSmartTM Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR).

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  • WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today announced the 12 recipients of their second annual Community Wildfire Prevention Grants, which were developed in partnership with FireSmartTM Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR).
  • “Supporting community wildfire prevention helps build a safer, more sustainable future for us all,” said Anna McCrindell, Wawanesa’s SVP & Chief Operating Officer, East.
  • The grants will go toward a range of wildfire prevention activities, such as creating wildfire buffer zones around homes, home assessments with sprinkler kit incentives, public education, community wildfire protection plans, and more.
  • Wawanesa’s Community Wildfire Prevention Grants Program reinforces the key message that more wildfires don’t have to translate into more loss of communities.

MUNICIPAL LEADERS JOIN WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION AND TORONTO ZOO IN CALLING FOR TOUGHER REGULATIONS AND MEANINGFUL ENFORCEMENT AROUND CAPTIVE WILDLIFE

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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World Animal Protection is calling on Ontario to make this year the last year for 'roadside' zoos.

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  • World Animal Protection is calling on Ontario to make this year the last year for 'roadside' zoos.
  • TORONTO, May 18, 2023 /CNW/ - With dozens of under-regulated 'roadside' zoos and other facilities set to open this weekend, World Animal Protection is calling on all political parties to make sure that this year's operating season is the last.
  • The animal protection organization is urging the government to roll out a comprehensive licensing system to restrict the keeping of captive wildlife to facilities that can meet the highest animal welfare and human health and safety standards, backed by meaningful enforcement.
  • The Toronto Zoo, as well as the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO), and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers' Association (MLEOA) have joined efforts led by World Animal Protection to bring change to Ontario's broken model.