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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Round 3 of funding for Paid Family Leave Grant...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the Ford and Carney governments continue to negotiate a new child care agreement, a new report released today reveals that the expansion of affordable child care services in Ontario has delivered a substantial economic boost to the province, even as the provincial government lags behind national progress in implementing the new national program. The report, authored by economist Dr. Jim Stanford from the Centre for Future Work, finds that Ontario’s GDP in 2024 was $...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2,500 frontline workers at the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), represented by CUPE, are facing heightened staffing issues while hospitals across the province cut jobs to account for growing deficits. The SHN is currently battling a $36 million budget shortfall. Chronic underfunding has resulted in a dual crisis of both reduced investment and capacity, at a moment when demand for hospital services only continues to grow. A survey of SHN workers conducted by CUPE in la...

ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tom Thumb, Albertsons and Randalls announced the Back-to-School Nourishing Neighbors Campaign, a fundraising effort to help fight childhood hunger....

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE: KLC) (“KinderCare”), the nation’s leading provider of high-quality early childhood education and care, applauds the governors and state legislators in California, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia for their focus on and dedication to investing in their respective state’s early childhood education programs, ensuring that thousands of children across these five states have access to afford...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CitroTech Inc. (NYSE American: CITR), a specialty chemical company whose long-term fire inhibitor is recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Safer Choice program, today announced the appointment of Sim Farar as a strategic advisor and consultant. In this role, Mr. Farar will advise CitroTech's executive leadership to help identify and develop strategic commercial opportunities, with a particular focus on government, public safety, and wildfire defense i...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community newspaper publishers are asking the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, to direct Canada Post to offer publishers the same rate it offers to the country’s dominant flyer printer. Canada Post recently consolidated its stranglehold on the flyer distribution market by offering lower rates to the country’s dominant flyer printer than to community newspaper publishers. Publishers ha...

MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has signed a transformational framework agreement with the Department of War (DoW) and Lockheed Martin, leveraging the government’s multi-year procurement authorities to enable a long-term contract for the PAC-3® Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE). This landmark step represents a dramatic acceleration in America’s ability to surge critical munitions production—fortifying the nation’s Arsenal of Freedom and ensuring its warfighte...

MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has signed a framework agreement with the Department of War and Lockheed Martin for a multi-year contract to quadruple propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. This significant expansion in propulsion capacity further strengthens the nation’s Arsenal of Freedom, made possible through the Department of War’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy that accelerates delivery of critical capabil...

BATH, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Momentum Environmental's acquisition of certain CICS assets expands its capabilities and operational presence in eastern New York and New England....