The Daily Thursday, January 24, 2019
Press Release Employment Insurance, November 2018 In November, the number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries was virtually unchanged from a month earlier at 439,000, following three consecutive months of declines.…
Canada and Northwest Territories announce joint investment in the Taltson Hydroelectricity Expansion Project
Press Release Project will expand green energy infrastructure in the Northwest Territories and provide clean power to Yellowknife. January 23, 2019 — Yellowknife, NT — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs…
Lakehead researchers receiving $140k in SSHRC Indigenous Capacity and Reconciliation – Connection Grants
Press Release January 23, 2019 – Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ont. Lakehead University researchers are receiving more than $140,000 in SSHRC Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation – Connection Grants for…
UBCIC: Open letter urges federal and provincial governments to suspend construction of Site C dam
Press Release 23 January 2019 Open letter urges federal and provincial governments to suspend construction of Site C dam: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier John Horgan can’t ignore recommendations…
Supporters Like Sean St. John Ensure Right To Play’s The Heroes Gala Successful in 2019
Press Release Jan 23, 2019 TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2019 – With the start of a new year, Sean St. John and other supporters of Right To Play’s fundraising event, The Heroes…
Cannabis bump won’t make up for oil slump impact on employment: New MLI labour market report
Press Release OTTAWA, ON (January 23, 2019): Record low prices for Alberta oil mean bad news for employment figures across the country, according to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Labour Market Report…
Innovative Quebec start-ups are invited to participate in the CED Fast Forward Challenge
Press Release The Government of Canada will award up to $500,000 to innovative Quebec start-ups January 23, 2019 – Montréal, Quebec – Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) The…
VIU Honours Lawyer for Helping Shape Canada’s Legal History
Press Release January 23, 2019 Marvin Storrow believes that even though something is law doesn’t always mean it is just or right. An accomplished lawyer with 55 years’ experience, Storrow…
FPAC welcomes Canadian Kraft Paper as its Newest Member
Press Release January 23, 2019 Today, Derek Nighbor, President and CEO of Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), announced that Canadian Kraft Paper Industries Ltd. is joining FPAC as its…
SSHRC awards Concordia researchers $100K for Indigenous research capacity and reconciliation activities
January 23, 2019 From Inuit-specific arts training to the Dish with One Spoon, Heather Igloliorte and Nadia Myre pursue important and holistic interdisciplinary projects Two Concordia faculty members have been…
