TORONTO, April 19, 2012 /CNW/ – As our soldiers return home from Afghanistan, many will be requiring long term care to manage injuries sustained while on tour. Modern military medicine has led to an increased survival rate in combat zones. This is related to high tech body armour and improved delivery of battlefield medicine. Improved [...]
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TORONTO, April 19, 2012 /CNW/ – Trouble is brewing within the debt services sector of Canada’s financial industry. Behind the image of Canadian actor Alan Thicke selling debt settlement services on TV, controversy is mounting around the acceptability of the business model upon which such services are based, and what far-reaching impact these services may [...]
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PwC aims to find out with launch of Citizen Compass survey and idea forum TORONTO, April 19, 2012 /CNW/ – PwC is launching new research to see if Canadians are ready to receive more services and information electronically through their phones, computers and tablet devices. The project, called Citizen Compass, begins April 18, 2012 and [...]
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The lawyer for the man accused in the beating death of well-known gay rights activist Raymond Taavel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says his client shouldn’t have been given a one hour pass from a nearby psychiatric facility. Andre Noel Denny now faces a second-degree murder charge, and investigators haven’t ruled out the possibility of the [...]
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OTTAWA, April 17, 2012 /CNW/ – The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. The profile for global economic growth has improved since the Bank released [...]
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TORONTO, April 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Time is running out to vote for the worst road in Ontario. Only seven days remain in CAA’s annual Worst Roads campaign. Ontarians are encouraged to visit www.worstroads.ca and nominate the bridge, highway or street in their neighbourhood with crumbling pavement, traffic jams or poorly timed traffic lights. “This [...]
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This week David Suzuki announced that he has decided to step off the board of directors at the David Suzuki Foundation. Mr. Suzuki has reached a time in his life when he considers himself an elder. His work and the work that the Foundation has achieved in environment issues in Canada have made a difference [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: Thirty-two years ago a young man, virtually unknown begun a journey that will not end until the enemy he fought against is gone. Terry Fox started his a race across Canada to raise funds for cancer research on April 12 and inspired the world. Terry Fox was one of those kids that others [...]
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TORONTO, April 12, 2012 /CNW/ – Today PEN Canada voiced concerns that the federal government’s restrictions on media access to publicly funded scientists have become a serious infringement on the right to freedom of expression in Canada. Several journalists and organizations, including the Canadian Science Writers Association (CSWA) and L’Association des communicateurs scientifiques du Québec [...]
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PORT ELGIN, ON, April 11, 2012 /CNW/ – The CAW has ignored the sustained protests of hundreds of local residents of Port Elgin, Ontario, and erected a 100m tall industrial wind turbine as close as 200m to dozens of homes. Ontario law now requires such turbines to be at least 550m away from residences due [...]
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