REPEAT-BMO Volunteer Day Study: Seventy Per Cent of Canadians Have...
- Ninety per cent feel it is important that their workplace encourages volunteering, yet only 35 per cent say their employer has a program in place - Youth care: 80 per cent of Canadians under 35 have...
View ArticleArthritis run cancelled in wake of bomb threat
A bomb threat that forced one of the Canadian Cancer Society’s biggest fundraisers to cancel on Friday night is still being felt by other groups organizing their annual walks and runs this weekend.The...
View ArticleWalk to Fight Arthritis raises almost $1.7 million for research, education...
Economic impact of arthritis estimated to be $33 billion annually TORONTO, June 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Siena Pacheco is five years old, and enjoys swimming and riding her bike. Sheila Stone has a few years on...
View ArticleSelles Named Winner of Davidson Trust Award (United Church of Canada)
(Source: United Church of Canada) Dr. Johanna Selles has been named the 2013 recipient of the United Church's Davidson Trust Award for "excellence in teaching and scholarship in theological...
View ArticleCanada to make nuclear operators pay more for accidents
By Peter N Henderson TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will make operators of nuclear power plants liable for the first C$1 billion ($980 million) of damages in the event of an accident, up from C$75 million...
View ArticleBNY Mellon Awards Operating Support Grants to Boston-Area Nonprofits (The...
(Source: The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation) News Release Contact: Joseph F. Ailinger Jr. Amy Shipper +1 617-722-7571 +1 212-635-7755 joe.ailinger@bnymellon.com amy.shipper@bnymellon.com BNY...
View ArticleJohn Malkovich Helps Ohio Tourist Hurt in Canada
DEFIANCE, Ohio — A tourist from northwest Ohio says actor John Malkovich played a starring role in coming to his rescue when he fell and gashed his throat on scaffolding in Canada....
View ArticleTCS, Canadian NGO team up on educational programme
MUMBAI: Country's largest software services firm TCS said it has partnered with Canada's Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) to develop a programme to get high school students...
View ArticleRun/walk Saturday in Richland to raise awareness about epilepsy
Tammy Stoflet's son had his first known seizure in kindergarten. Patty Carey's son was a teen. Joe Bartnik was an adult, in his 20s. They're among the millions worldwide with epilepsy, a central...
View ArticleBNY Mellon Awards Operating Support Grants to Boston-Area Nonprofits
BOSTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Through the generosity of The Eugene F. Fay Trust, BNY Mellon has awarded operating support grants to 10 Boston-area nonprofits, providing them with critical...
View ArticleClimbing Mt. Kilimanjaro for Canada's New National Public Cord Blood Bank
Canadian Blood Services and ING DIRECT launch #Climb4Cord TORONTO, June 10, 2013 /CNW/ - For the nearly 1,000 Canadians waiting for a stem cell match, each day is an uphill battle. It's a fight that...
View ArticleUNB researchers claim NSERC grants (UNB - University of New Brunswick)
(Source: UNB - University of New Brunswick) Twenty-four researchers from the University of New Brunswick have won grants and scholarships from the National Science and Engineering Council of Canada's...
View ArticleSFU installation unveils fusion of illusion and science (Simon Fraser...
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Patricia Gruben, 778.782.7881, gruben@sfu.ca Martin Gotfrit, 778.782.3766, gotfrit@sfu.ca Carol Thorbes, SFUPAMR, 778.782.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca Imagine...
View ArticleBell Media Announces Inaugural Award of Distinction at the Banff World Media...
- Previous fellows to be recognized with new Bell Media Fellow Award of Distinction - To tweet this release: http://bit.ly/11bcRhb BANFF, AB, June 10, 2013 /CNW/ - Today, the Banff World Media...
View ArticleUniversity plays key role in new national centre to reduce sports injuries’...
(Source: University of Southampton) University plays key role in new national centre to reduce sports injuries' risk Ref: 13/107 10 June 2013 New national centre to reduce sports injuries' risk...
View ArticleCanada to snuff out medical marijuana production in homes
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada, a pioneer in the use of medical marijuana, will take legal production out of private homes next year as it seeks to address more than a decade of neighborhood...
View ArticleHarper Government Increasing Participation of Women on Corporate Boards
OTTAWA, June 10, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Minister for Status of Women, today chaired the meeting of the federal government's advisory council to promote...
View ArticleNearly half of rheumatoid arthritis patients are forced to stop work at some...
Almost half of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers in Ireland have to stop working altogether for a period of time, due to their condition, according to a new patient survey. Ninety per cent of people with...
View ArticlePfizer Japan and Takeda Launch "Enbrel® Subcutaneous Injection 50mg Pen...
(Source: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd) June 10, 2013 Pfizer Japan Inc. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Pfizer Japan Inc. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; "Pfizer") and Takeda Pharmaceutical...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: Global Psoriatic Arthritis Pipeline Capsule - 2013
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/mvn5z5/global_psoriatic) has announced the addition of the "Global Psoriatic Arthritis Pipeline Capsule -...
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