Beauty giant shines on employee mentorship and wellness, sustainability and community giving efforts
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On a global scale, the appetite for meat and dairy products is increasing and, at the same time, many consumers are paying more attention to how their food is produced. These two trends fuel a rising demand for providing livestock around the world with healthy, high-quality forage – they also create a solid platform for exports from Green Prairie International (GPI), a company that combines southern Alberta’s optimal growing conditions with innovative means of harvesting, baling and processing hay.
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China’s economic growth rate may have slipped below 7 per cent in the third quarter, sending ripples of concern across the globe, but the outlook for Canadian firms doing business in the country remains firmly positive, says HSBC Canada executive vice president and country head of commercial banking Linda Seymour.
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By 2050, Ontario aims to reduce carbon emissions by 80% below 1990 levels.
It’s an ambitious target that will require radical technological change.
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Kimberley Rickard was tired, all the time. It was hard just to walk across the parking lot to her office in Fredericton, New Brunswick. “I was doing less and less, and I didn’t realize how much the extra weight was slowing me down.”
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When the gates drop, four racers start speeding down the slope on a track that is full of “big rollers and jumps.” Not only do they need to be able to react to what’s in front of them, they also need to be super fast because only the first two to cross the finish line will advance to the next round. That’s how Kelsey Serwa describes ski cross, the sport in which she’s made a big name for herself.
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The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) is Canada’s mortgage broker channel association and the leading provider of value, service, education and advocacy for mortgage professionals.
Below and throughout this special feature, CAAMP members share their best advice on
buying a home, getting the right mortgage for you, and paying your mortgage off faster.
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When Vancouver artist and precision welder Mark Henderson and partner Meredith Nicole decided it was time to move in together, it was clear that his 1,000-square-foot live-work studio would have to evolve.
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When it comes to buying a home, Canada is a vast landscape with markets that can vary dramatically from region to region. But one thing is true right across the country: through a confluence of low interest rates, mortgage insurance solutions and easy access to expert advice, first-time homebuyers are well positioned to realize their goals.
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Across the United States and Canada, and in parts of Europe and Japan, stand more than 1,400 log buildings that were hewn and handcrafted in a British Columbia construction yard before being packaged and shipped out as building kits.
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Mark Abma, on a slope, is pure magic. Whether you’re watching footage of his progress down a snowy precipice, over rocky terrain or through a forested gully, you’re bound to hold your breath until he’s safely at the bottom.
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As the largest land conservation organization in Canada, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) relies on a vast amount of data in its work to protect some of the country’s most important natural areas. From hand-held GPS devices to camera-equipped drones, NCC staff use a range of technologies to identify natural areas in need of protection, and to monitor properties that NCC manages or owns.
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But he also knows the challenges and was reminded of some once again in the most recent Fraser Institute report on LNG in B.C. The report acknowledged that strong environmental and other protections are necessary before LNG projects can proceed, but warned that regulatory and other delays are hindering the ability of B.C. to compete for potentially lucrative LNG sales in the Asia-Pacific region.
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It was no surprize to the leaders of Canada’s oil and gas industry when Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, told a news conference at the G20 energy ministers’ summit in Istanbul, Turkey, earlier this month that global investment in oil and gas is expected to be 20 per cent lower in 2015 compared to last year – the biggest year-on-year decline in the industry’s history.
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Across the country, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its partners work to conserve important natural habitat for the plants and animals that live in it. Much of NCC’s work aims to improve habitat in wetlands, along riverbanks, in estuaries or along coastlines.
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Two decades ago, few mining exploration companies were open to hearing about Energold’s new modular drilling rig concept. Today, the company’s name and drilling technologies are recognized around the world for efficiency and socially- and environmentally minded practices.
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The co-operative movement is more than 100 years old, but its spirit is alive in young people, who are taking on leadership roles and playing a visible part in the debate on co-operative and sustainable development.
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In Canada, there are some 9,000 co-operatives and mutuals with a total membership of 18 million. Yet while four out of every 10 Canadians are members of at least one co-op, Denyse Guy, executive director of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC), sees a need for more awareness about the principles and values that define the co-op model.
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Research data shows that there are 2.6 million co-operatives worldwide, with 1 billion members and 250 million jobs. Within G20 nations alone, co-operatives account for 12 per cent of all jobs and an annual revenue of $3-trillion (U.S.). This demonstrated economic impact has increasingly enabled members of the co-operative movement to find a seat at the decision-makers’ table for discussing pressing present and future international challenges.
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Former U.S. president Bill Clinton, poet Maya Angelou and media phenomenon Oprah Winfrey are just some of the accomplished individuals who credit a teacher with making a pivotal difference in their lives.
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