Author: Alan Binder

“Last year we were very excited to raise the largest amount of $12 million during Smile Cookie Week. Thanks to the dedication of our passionate community, we were able to raise $15 million this year! 100% of proceeds go to charities and community organizations directly in your neighborhoods.” said Axel Schwan, president of Tim Hortons. “I am very proud of what we have accomplished with Tim Hortons restaurant owners, staff, volunteers and our guests. From humble beginnings as a Hamilton fundraiser in 1996, our Smile Cookie campaign has grown into something truly special that touches many lives.” In 1996, the…

Clearly, the renewal of the broadcasting licenses for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (SRC), as proposed by CRTC in June, did not pass. Dozens of organizations have viewed this as major errors in the mission of the Public Broadcasting Corporation. Last Thursday, the Governor-General, in Council, called on the Radiocommunication Commission (CRTC) to reinstate its duties so that the national public broadcaster could “continue to make a significant contribution to the creation, presentation and dissemination of local news, children, and original French-language programs and programs produced by independent producers.” This decision is something the Canadian production community can rejoice in, and…

To counter illegal immigration entering the country via the Roxham Road, Eric Duhemy does not rule out building a wall between Canada and the United States, a project he had already commissioned and championed in 2017. “We have to find a way to turn off the tap. There is one way to remember (the wall). He answered a journalist who asked him a question about this potential wall. Re-launching on the topic of the specific wall, the Conservative Party leader added that “(prefer) we do it with the five parties together. It will be more uniting for all Quebecers.” In…

If two weeks of international hiatus means for the majority of players a well-deserved rest, this is not the case for those who have been invited to the national team for friendlies in preparation for the upcoming World Cup which will take place in just over a month. This is the case for some Canadians who have the opportunity to better prepare, both tactically and strategically as financially, for the big meeting in Qatar. Five CF Montreal players have received an invitation from Canada to participate in friendly duels. Thus, Kemal Miller, Samuel Peet, Ismail Kony, Alistair Johnston and Joel…

Names, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers… Customers of the U-Haul truck rental company in Quebec have been victims of a data leak. U-Haul spokesperson Jeff Lockridge responded when he said, “I don’t have the number of customers affected for counties and states.” Newspaper He wanted to know how many Quebecers were affected. “Overall, there are approximately 2.2 million customers we have contacted across Canada and the United States who may have personal information from lease agreements that have been compromised by an unauthorized party,” he said. Contract Consultation Between November 5, 2021 and April 5, 2022 lease contracts with…

Ms Rancourt, a lawyer, was denounced on Facebook by a resident of the ride who filmed the scene using one of the surveillance cameras installed around his home, in the Mercier sector. The start of the Twitter gadget. Skip the widget?The end of the Twitter gadget. Back to top widget?Photos shared on the social network first show a PQ volunteer downloading a Paul St-Pierre Plamondon brochure in the resident’s mailbox. Then we see Miss Rancor depositing her leaflet into said mailbox… and picking up the leaflet left earlier by Party Quebecwa. The resident in question, Guy Mason, reached by Radio…

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada has adopted a multi-sectoral approach to border management in order to protect the health and safety of Canadians. Throughout the evolution of the pandemic, adjustments to border measures have been based on the latest available evidence, data, operational considerations, and the epidemiological situation both in Canada and abroad. Today, the Government of Canada announced the lifting of all entry restrictions related to COVID-19, effective October 1, as well as testing, quarantine and isolation requirements for all people entering Canada. A number of factors facilitated the lifting of border measures,…

Radio Canada’s union employees ratified, Sunday, a new collective agreement providing for an increase in wages and the creation of more than a hundred permanent jobs. After nearly a month of deliberation led by the Travelers’ Union of Radio Canada (STTRC-CSN), about 2,800 Crown employees ratified the agreement reached in principle on August 25 at a public meeting. The new employment contract, which will be valid until March 2025, provides in particular for a 1.5% salary increase retroactive to April 2021, a 2% increase in 2022 and 2023 and an increase of 1.5% in 2024, a rate that can be…

(Sydney) After its American neighbor the day before, Canada validated its ticket to the Women’s Basketball World Cup quarter-finals on day three thanks to its huge success against Japan (70-56), the vice Olympic champion, Sunday in Sydney. Posted at 8:47 am The Canadians, impressive since the start of the competition (3 wins by an average difference of more than 11 points), made the hole at the break (41-25) thanks to their superiority in the indoor sector, with Bridget Carlton (19 points, 11 rebounds) and Kayla Alexander (6 points, 11 rebounds) banquet. The Japanese had only one success in Group B…

Just over twelve hours after the last game of the great Roger Federer, and torrents of tears, hostilities resumed in the Laver Cup. After a slow start, the duel between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Matteo Berrettini increased and after two hours and 16 minutes, the Italian won 7-6 (13-11), 4-6, 10-7. “I couldn’t sleep after yesterday evening, it was very moving,” Brittney said in an interview on the pitch. I told Federer, when everyone was crying, that I wanted to play tennis because he was an inspiration to me. When I was young and playing in Rome, I tried to sneak…