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CANADA | Dec 11, 2024
[News] Ipsos Poll: Majority of Canadians with Household Income Below $60K May Soon Turn to Charities to Meet Daily Essential Needs
Charities facing sustained, high demand for essential services
READ MORENew funding for projects to address overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in criminal justice system
Advancing reconciliation requires dealing with both systemic racism and the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. Understanding the lived experiences of Indigenous p
Screaming into Silence
Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, is the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and a professor at McGill University.
Residential scho
Age UK Bradford District launches new campaign to help create age-friendly communities
AGE UK Bradford District is launching a new campaign to raise both money and awareness for the charity, so that it can continue to connect older people to the information, support and activities that
Canada’s COVID-19 death toll could be thousands higher than official count: report
More than 26,000 Canadians have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to government statistics.
This is a huge number, but researchers say it might not be telling the whol
New report gives immigrant health-care aides platform to speak out on COVID working conditions
A new report is using the stories of immigrant women working as health-care aides in Calgary's long-term care homes to shed light on the extreme pressures of the job and areas that could be improved i
More online registry services now available
Alberta’s government brought four registry services online on June 27. In addition to specialty plates and commercial and farm vehicle renewals, Albertans can now conveniently order in-transit permi
PTSD Awareness Day: Associate Minister Luan
Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan issued the following statement on PTSD Awareness Day:
“June 27 is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day.
“PTSD is a m
Over 4 million vaccine doses administered in Alberta
As of June 24, 4,022,084 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered through Alberta Health Services, community pharmacies and physician clinics across the province.
Now, 71.3 per cent of Albertans
Rewarding investment and driving recovery
Eligible incorporated Alberta businesses are now able to fully write off the cost of qualifying capital assets in the year of acquisition, which will help encourage investment. Adopting the temporary
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