Month: March 2011

  • Improving Accessibility and Quality of Emergency and Non-Emergency Medical Care in Manitoba

    Have you ever felt like your waiting time in the emergency department of a hospital is much too long? And did you feel neglected while waiting and waiting and waiting for professional medical help in the emergency department of a hospital? Well the exceptionally long wait for urgent medical care will soon disappear in the…

  • ‘Cancer Connections’: 1,000 Images of Hope and Courage From Across Canada

    PhotoSensitive, started in Toronto in 1990, is a non-profit collective of professional photographers who use their photography talents, skills and styles to achieve social goals; and together create a compelling social comment on a subject. The founders of Photosensitive are Toronto Star photographer Andrew Stawicki and former Star graphics editor Peter Robertson. “Today PhotoSensitive is…

  • Vancouver Gets Green and Social Benefits from Deconstructing Neighbourhood Homes

    Instead of demolition, deconstruction of neighbourhood homes is a wonderful, great green idea! And it has already happened as a pilot project in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, funded through Service Canada’s Youth Skills Link ($200,000) initiative titled “Creating a Sustainable Tomorrow (CAST) Youth Skills Link Project.” “CAST provides a unique opportunity for “at-risk” youth…

  • Miao, How to take a Purrrfect Pet Shot

    Guest blogger: Yinw | Photoxels.com Taking photos of your pets can be a rewarding pastime since they can be so funny and cute, and make us laugh. On a more serious note, animals also usually have shorter life spans than we do, so photos are one way we can have a keepsake of the good…

  • International Good Deeds of Canada

    Canada’s Finance Minister recently tabled these two annual reports: Canada at the IMF and World Bank Group 2010—Report on Operations Under the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act Canada at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2010—Report on Operations Under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act The Bretton Woods Institutions are…

  • Congrats to Five Manitoba Artists Nominated for Juno Awards in Roots and Aboriginal Categories

    Tomorrow is the 40th Anniversary of the JUNO Awards with a special two-and-a- half hour broadcast, hosted by superstar Drake. Airing this Sunday, March 27 from Toronto, Canada’s Music Awards airs LIVE on CTV in Ontario, Québec and Atlantic Canada at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. AT and at 8 p.m. in all other provinces. Congratulations…

  • Toronto City Hall’s East Tower Gets a Face-Lift With New Thermal, Energy Efficient Windows

    During this week, if you are walking near the east tower of Toronto City Hall and you feel as if you are walking underneath a huge umbrella on a sunny day, there is no need to fear that the sky is falling! Actually, what is happening in the week of March 28, 2011, is that…