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You’re Invited to Watch FRESH Online Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2012!

January 27th, 2012Community, Frugal Crowd, Green, Health & Wellness, VideosComment

You're Invited to Watch FRESH Online Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2012!

FRESH

New Thinking About What We’re Eating.

A film by ana Sofia joanes

The FRESH Team gives us the good food movement with FRESH tips for greener living, news and action alerts.

The FRESH Team is “always looking for ways to build the good food movement and reach a tipping point where sustainable food is the rule, not the exception.”

So, in order to continue spreading the word, here is their exciting new initiative:

FRESH is available for viewing online for FREE!

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Health Hazard Alert: Neilson Trutaste 2% Microfiltered Partly Skimmed Milk Recalled

January 27th, 2012Community, Health & WellnessComment

Saputo Inc. (Montreal, Quebec), is warning the public not to consume the Neilson Trutaste 2% Microfiltered Partly Skimmed Milk, with best before date February 12, 2012, because it may be contaminated with a cleaning solution.

The details regarding Saputo’s voluntary recall of Neilson Trutaste 2% Microfiltered Partly Skimmed Milk from the marketplace are as follows:

Tags: canadian food inspection agency (cfia), recalling neilson trutaste 2% microfiltered partly skimmed milk, saputo inc.

Poverty Action for Change Coalition Conveys Gratitude to Voters: “One paycheck away” Video – Winner

January 25th, 2012Community, Health & Wellness, VideosComment

One Paycheck Away is a one-minute video depicting the growing gap between the rich and the ‘rest of us” in Canada, as shown here:

This is an update to my previous blog Congrats to PACC Producer of “One paycheck away” Video: Winner of $2000!

Poverty Action for Change Coalition (PACC) Chair Tom Pearson conveys his gratitude to you for voting and giving his “One paycheck away” video the most votes in order to win the $2,000 prize money, as follows:

Tags: "one paycheck away" video, canadian labour congress' national ad campaign, growing gap between the rich and everyone else, one paycheck away, p.a.c.c., poverty action for change coalition (pacc), tom pearson

You’re Invited: Films of Inuit Stories Jan.25-26 + Mediatheque’s Family Day Fun Feb.18-20

January 25th, 2012Arts & Crafts, Community, Frugal Crowd, VideosComment

You're Invited: Films of Inuit Stories Jan.25-26 + Mediatheque's Family Day Fun Feb.18-20

NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, invites you to the following FREE events for your enjoyment:

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Please Urge Your MP to Attend National Conversation on Canadian Poverty in Ottawa Feb.14, 2012 (New Date)

January 24th, 2012CommunityComment

This is an update to my previous blogs:

Update From DIGNITY FOR ALL: Dec. 5, 2011 Event in Ottawa Postponed

Please Urge Your MP to Attend “What’s Next: How Do We Address Poverty in Canada?” Dec. 5, 2011.

Here is a letter from the Dignity for All campaign team urging all Canadians to contact their MPs and encourage them to join the national conversation on poverty in Canada, which has been re-scheduled to February 14, 2012:

“Dear friends for a poverty-free Canada,

The Dignity for All campaign’s “What’s Next: How do we Address Poverty in Canada?” event in Ottawa, originally planned for December 5, 2011, has been re-scheduled to February 14, 2012. With an aim to renew national conversation on poverty issues, the event will feature a panel discussion and Q&A with MPs, people with lived experience of poverty, and social policy & advocacy groups.

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Congrats to PACC Producer of “One paycheck away” Video: Winner of $2000!

January 23rd, 2012Community, Health & Wellness, VideosComment

One Paycheck Away is a one-minute video depicting the growing gap between the rich and the ‘rest of us” in Canada, as shown here:

This is an update to my previous blog Vote For Your Favourite Video: Working Canadians Getting Less While Corporations Getting More Than They Deserve!

Congrats to PACC Producer of "One paycheck away" Video: Winner of $2000!

Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) announced the following winners of the CLC One Minute Message Ad Contest:

Tags: canadian labour congress (clc), clc one minute message ad contest, one paycheck away video wins $2000, poverty action for change coalition (pacc), vancouver district labour council young workers committee

You’re Invited: Visual Arts Winter Exhibitions 2012 Opening Reception Jan. 27

January 23rd, 2012Arts & Crafts, Community, Frugal CrowdComment

You're Invited: Visual Arts Winter Exhibitions 2012 Opening Reception Jan. 27. Above, Harbourfront Centre at night.

Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, invites you to the following FREE events:

Public Opening Reception:

Friday, January 27, 2011
6-10pm
York Quay Centre

FREE

Info: 416-973-4000

York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay W
Toronto, ON M5J 2G8

Visual Arts at Harbourfront Centre presents the following FREE Winter Exhibitions 2012, which offer unique perspectives into the worlds of architecture, craft & design, photography and visual arts:

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