Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.
Waterloo - KidsAbility faces a significant budget deficit due to frozen government funding for two consecutive years while costs, primarily compensation and benefits, increased during the same time. Since KidsAbility has no working capital or reserves to support a deficit budget, the organization needs to balance its budget for the 2009/10 fiscal year.
Ontario - Increasing cooperation between Ontario’s and Quebec’s electricity systems could help the two provinces meet their social, economic and climate goals according to Equiterre and the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA).
"Murky Waters" report describes the urgent need for health and environment regulations of bottled water in Canada
OTTAWA - In a new report released today by the Polaris Institute, the current state of federal bottled water regulations in Canada is shown to be woefully inadequate. The new report, Murky Waters: The urgent need for health and environmental regulations of the bottled water industry, describes numerous troubling findings:
Ontario Government To Increase Ontario Child Benefit And Invest In Affordable Housing
Waterloo Region - Ontario is doing more to support low income families in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo who are facing challenging economic times.
Change has important implications for the marine ecosystem
Kingston - A Queen’s University biologist has discovered that the shell lengths of northwest Atlantic Ocean snails – an important member of the Atlantic food chain – have increased by 22.6 per cent over the past century. Until now, this significant change in the marine ecosystem has gone unnoticed.
WINNIPEG - Despite hit and miss stock market returns and an economic downturn, some things don't change. According to new research by Investors Group, high income and property taxes continue to be seen as top threats to Canadians' retirement security. High taxes are viewed with the greatest apprehension (46 per cent), outstripping concerns about inflation, currency fluctuations, poor stock market returns (39 per cent), and fear of job loss (33 per cent).
TORONTO - Sentinelle Medical Inc., has been honoured with Frost & Sullivan's 2009 North American Excellence in Technology Award (within the MRI Scanners Market). Sentinelle receives this Award in recognition of the tremendous success of its Vanguard 1.5T breast imaging coils product line in 2008, highlighted by a number of exclusive distribution agreements secured with leading MRI manufacturers.
WATERLOO - Graduating students in the University of Waterloo's faculty of arts will learn at next week how to launch their careers in recessionary times from a leading expert on entrepreneurship.
WATERLOO—Tom Henderson, a fourth-year Laurier business student and owner of ProScape Land Design & Construction, has been named one of two regional champions in the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) Student Entrepreneur Competition, sponsored by CIBC.
Capital plan supports mainstream performance-computing adoption of liquid cooling
Calgary – CoolIT Systems, the industry leader in advanced electronics cooling solutions, has completed a CDN $6.2M financing package. The investment was led by iNovia Capital, a leading venture capital fund manager, and included existing angel investors and AVAC Ltd.
WATERLOO—The Laurier Symphony Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra will join forces for a concert at Kitchener’s Centre in the Square March 28.
Kitchener - The Ontario Flower Growers Co-operative recently held its 19th annual student floral design competition at its Mississauga headquarters. As has been the case in recent years, the student team from Conestoga’s Retail Florist program did exceedingly well, earning three honours in the competition which also included teams from Algonquin College of Ottawa, Seneca College of Toronto and the Canadian Institute of Floral Design of Etobicoke.
"The World Trade Organization (WTO) issued the most pessimistic report on global trade in its 62-year history, forecasting a drop of 9 percent or more in 2009.... 'Many thousands of trade-related jobs are being lost,' said WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy...." [The Wall Street Journal/Factiva]
WATERLOO—Wilfrid Laurier University announced four finalists for the fourth-annual Outstanding Women of Laurier Award. The award will be presented at a luncheon Thursday, April 2 at The Waterloo Inn.
MONTREAL - Imperial Tobacco Canada stated that Ontario's lawmakers should take a stand against the rampant sales of illegal tobacco in Ontario rather than adopting politically expedient legislation such as the Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act when they return to Queen's Park this week.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday mounted a full-scale push for government authority to shut down troubled institutions like insurer AIG to avoid the need for future bailouts.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's economy has touched bottom but further interest rate cuts remain an option, a Chinese central bank adviser said on Wednesday.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia and NEW YORK - The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. have agreed to launch a joint initiative designed to raise investor awareness of effective corporate governance around the world.
Comprehensive, Multi-modal, Multi-process Solutions Are Designed to Deliver Rapid Results for Customers
ATLANTA - Descartes Systems Group unveiled its latest generation of solutions at its Global User Group Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, which runs from March 24-26, 2009.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator on Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks.
Waterloo Region – Waterloo Regional Crime Stoppers will be hosting its Annual Fundraising Gala on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009. This year’s theme will be The Roaring 20’s.
CALGARY – The Canadian Solar Industries Association and the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. - Northern Alberta Chapter (SESCI-NAC) are pleased with the Alberta Government’s announcement Friday that it has cancelled its Natural Gas Rebate program.
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