TED Fellow Sophal Ear shares the compelling story of his family's escape from Cambodia under the rule of the Khmer Rouge. He recounts his mother's cunning and determination to save her children. ____________________ Housing
TORONTO – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released June preliminary housing starts data for the Kitchener Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) today. Construction began on 107 homes, down from the 383 units started in the same month last year.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the World Heart Federation (WHF) called on the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to take immediate action to avert the fastest growing threat by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to global health.
WATERLOO, ON and AUSTIN, TX - Open Text Corporation and Vignette Corporation announced that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has concluded its review of the joint filing made by Open Text and Vignette in connection with Open Text's acquisition of Vignette, and has issued to Open Text and Vignette a letter stating that there are no unresolved national security concerns with respect to the transaction and that the review has been concluded.
OTTAWA - The seasonally adjusted annual rate(1) of housing starts increased to 140,700 units in June from 130,300 units in May, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
TORONTO - Canadian immigrants are narrowing the homeownership gap with their Canadian-born counterparts, according to the latest Real Estate Trends report released today by Scotia Economics.
Oakville - This is certainly reflective of our organization and many of those in the Region of Halton (although not the staff representation). ____________________ Skilled Trades
OTTAWA - The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) welcomes the recent release of the study by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) titled It Pays to Hire an Apprentice: Calculating the Return on Training Investment for Skilled Trades Employers in Canada which provides further proof that an investment in skills training yields substantial benefits for employers.
TORONTO - CTV today announced that the /A\ Windsor station CHWI-TV will continue to operate for the license renewal term that all of CTV's conventional stations have received (expiring August 31, 2010).
Kitchener - Nutrition for Learning announces the 2009/2010 “Feed the Kids” Campaign. There is a substantial increase in demand for Breakfast Programs and Morning Meals for students in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Elmira for the 2009/2010 school year.
Pilot study removes standard hospital bed as focal point of labour
Toronto - A University of Toronto pilot study that re-conceptualized the hospital labour room by removing the standard, clinical bed and adding relaxation-promoting equipment had a 28 per cent drop in infusions of artificial oxcytocin, a powerful drug used to advance slow labours.
TORONTO - Countries rich in natural resources need sound economic institutions such as rule of law, property rights, open markets, and an independent judiciary in order to grow their economies and avoid the "resource curse", concludes a new study from independent research organization the Fraser Institute.
TORONTO - A study released yesterday by York University researchers finds that despite its recently adopted Green Energy and Green Economy Act, Ontario is falling behind other leading jurisdictions in Canada and the US in its policies for energy efficiency.
MEXICO CITY - Yesterday United Steelworkers Western Canada Director Stephen Hunt arrived to join an international delegation of unionists and parliamentarians to support the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico (Los Mineros). The group of legislators is being led by Federal NDP leader Jack Layton.
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