Month: January 2014
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Ontario’s Minimum Wage Increases to $11 Per Hour on June 1, 2014
This is an update to the previous blogs: Canadian Campaign for a $14 Minimum Wage in Ontario: On the 14th of Every Month-Starting Today 2013; and Your Input: Canadian Poverty Consultation for Ontario Until October 2013. “Virtually every Canadian trying to survive on minimum wage in any province – and the wages vary – lives…
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You’re Invited: Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway & Contest + Free Skateway App
This video presents “New Rideau Canal Skateway clip.” When winter arrives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Rideau Canal is transformed into the Rideau Canal Skateway, the world’s largest skating rink with FREE admission. Skate through the heart of Canada’s Capital on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Skateway is 7.8 kilometres long,…
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Health Hazard Alert: Compliments Brand Stir-Fry Style Vegetables Recalled
Sobeys Inc. is recalling Compliments brand Stir-Fry Style Vegetables from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below. Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC Compliments Stir-Fry Style Vegetables 340 g (12 oz) Best Before 14 JA 21 0 68820 10648 7 Regarding Sobeys Inc.’s…
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Your Input in February 2014: Toronto’s Electronic & Illuminated Signs + Gardiner Expressway East
In February, Toronto wants your input at public consultation meetings in Ontario, Canada, regarding: Toronto’s electronic and illuminated signs and billboards. The future of the Gardiner Expressway East. Toronto’s Electronic and Illuminated Signs and Billboards This is an update to the previous blog, Your Input: Toronto’s Employment Lands Sept.19 + Electronic & Illuminated Signs Sept.23-26,…
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Quebec Food Recall: Certain KIRKLAND SIGNATURE Brand Ground Beef and Ground Pork from Costco
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec / Le ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ), in collaboration with the company operating under the name Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (located at 440 rue Bouvier, Québec {a.k.a. Québec City}, Québec, Canada), is warning the public not to consume the ground…
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Quebec Food Recall: Beans with Bacon in Glass Jars ‘MAISON LE PETIT JUSTIN’
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec / Le ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ), in collaboration with Division of Food Inspection of the City of Montreal and the company operating under the name of Salaison Saint-André ltée (located at 282, boulevard Henri-Bourassa Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is…
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You’re Invited: Shadow Selfies & Text Memories Via Interactive Memory Capsule Jan.21-Mar.21, 2014
This video presents “Assimilation, Dissimilation(interactive installation using kinect).” http://www.sheknowsdesign.org/portfolio/interaction-design-10/assimilation-dissmilation/ Memory Capsule at Union Station FREE Admission Work by Digital Futures Graduate Che Yan (Shino) Temporarily Installed at Union Station January 21 – March 21, 2014 Great Hall, Union Station 65 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada You are invited to submit your memories of Union…