Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A with some familiar TED faces.
Kitchener - Conestoga College will be training more apprentices and upgrading the skills of youth looking for work to meet the local demand for workers in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. ____________________ Heritage Day
Ottawa – Reduce, reuse, recycle – Heritage Day 2009 is an opportunity for Canadian communities to celebrate the numerous environmental benefits achieved from the rehabilitation of heritage properties. HCF promotes the third Monday in February each year as Heritage Day and has long advocated adopting this date as a national holiday.
TORONTO - More Canadian companies are expected to dole out pink slips this week as earnings season heats up and weaker results could cause corporate Canada to pare costs to deal with a worsening recession.
TORONTO - The CAW, with other unions representing workers at Air Canada, are calling for a stop to the dissolution of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., in light of Air Canada's disastrous financial results for 2008.
TORONTO - Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) is celebrating Family Day on Monday February 16 reminding everyone to talk to their loved ones about their organ and tissue donation wishes. It's a discussion that Angeline Laffin's family is glad they had.
OTTAWA - Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting Canadians today. An estimated 2.2 million Canadians suffer from asthma, and among children, the condition is growing at an alarming rate. While the exact cause is unknown, one of the most important steps in managing asthma is avoiding or controlling the "triggers" that can spark an attack.
PUNTA GORDA, BELIZE - There’s a Chocolate Revolution underway in Southern Belize and three Canadians are helping to support the Mayan farmers of the Toledo Cacao Growers’ Association.
VANCOUVER - Image Control Communications, a 20-year-old Canadian firm citing expertise in PR Public Relations and Publicity for Business-to-Business, and Business-to-Consumer products and services states it has devised a ground breaking new fee structure - Fees Tied To Results, where no releases published means no client fees.
Kitchener - On Tuesday, February 17th, over 400 Grade 8 students from 21 schools within the region will be participating in a Trades and Technology Day being held at Doon Campus of Conestoga College.
TORONTO - United Steelworkers' (USW) National Director Ken Neumann has announced contributions by the Steelworkers Humanity Fund of $15,000 to support relief and reconstruction efforts in Gaza.
TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation Inc. ("OPG" or the "Company") today reported its financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2008. Net income for the year was $88 million compared to net income of $528 million for the year ended December 31, 2007.
TOKYO - Japan's economy shrank 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the biggest drop since 1974 and further confirmation that the world's second-biggest economy is in a severe recession as the global economic crisis deepens.
NEW YORK - Healthcare and consumer giant Johnson & Johnson sits atop an annual list of global corporations held in highest esteem for the second year in a row, while General Electric Co has slipped well below the top five spot it held in past years.
____________________ Climate Change
CHICAGO - The climate is heating up far faster than scientists had predicted, spurred by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India, a top climate scientist said on Saturday.
PRINCESS ELISABETH BASE, Antarctica - The world's first zero-emission polar research station opened in Antarctica on Sunday and was welcomed by scientists as proof that alternative energy is viable even in the coldest regions.
OTTAWA - Canadians like to think it's a tradition that a newly elected president of the United States comes to Ottawa for his first foreign trip, but it's a tradition that's been breached as much as honoured in recent years.
Statscan - Sales of new motor vehicles fell 14.8% in December to 109,831 units. This was the largest monthly decline and lowest sales level since January 1998, when an ice storm crippled parts of the country.
Statscan - The composite price index for non-residential building construction decreased 2.8% in the fourth quarter to 151.5 (2002=100) compared with the previous quarter. The quarterly decrease was mostly the result of the decline in construction material prices and a weakening of the non-residential building construction market.
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