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CANADA | Jun 04, 2025
[News] National Volunteer Action Strategy
A series of initiatives are underway to support the National Volunteer Action Strategy (NVAS).
READ MOREGovernment of Canada Announces Details of the New Canada Recovery Hiring Program and Extension of Business Support Programs
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, and the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, the Honourable Mary Ng, announced that th
Alberta partnership aims to help unpaid caregivers find flexible jobs
A new project is launching that taps into University of Alberta research to help unpaid caregivers find jobs that fit their challenging schedules and responsibilities.
U of A researcher Janet Fast is
Improving community safety, quality standards for SCS
Alberta is the first province in Canada to require quality standards for supervised consumption services, which will improve community safety, provide higher quality services and increase integration
Reclaiming Indigenous names
In light of the tragic discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, Alberta’s government is taking further steps toward reconciliation. Effective im
Non-Indigenous people — here’s what you can do, right now
Communities across so-called Canada are grieving after the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Many Indigenous people are ov
Alberta speeding up second-dose appointments
Alberta’s vaccine rollout continues to reach new milestones, with more than 2.8 million doses administered to date and 63.4 per cent of Albertans aged 12-plus having received at least one dose.
Alb
More Older Canadians Hope to Age at Home Post-COVID: Here’s How to Do It Successfully
COVID has further reinforced the conviction of many Canadians to stay in their homes rather than moving into a nursing home or long-term care facility.
Sixty per cent of study participants said the p
Alberta kicks off Stage 1 of Open for Summer Plan
The Stage 1 threshold of 50 per cent of Albertans age 12-plus having received at least one dose of vaccine was met on May 18. Together, Albertans have driven cases down and kept hospitalizations well
The 215 children found at Kamloops Residential School
Over the weekend many began to process the news of the 215 children’s bodies found at the former residential school site in Kamloops by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation.
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