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“Deck the Halls”, but Mind the Echo in the Room – Over Half of Canadians Will Not Be Attending Parties or Gatherings This Holiday Season

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While the holiday season might feel overwhelming, getting together with family and friends doesnt need to be, says Dr. Jonathan Davids, Corporate Medical Director at DriverCheck.

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  • While the holiday season might feel overwhelming, getting together with family and friends doesnt need to be, says Dr. Jonathan Davids, Corporate Medical Director at DriverCheck.
  • Taking these necessary steps to keep you and your loved ones healthy and safe makes spending time with others easier.
  • Additional findings from the 2021 COVIDdetect Consumer Insights COVID-19 Survey:
    Half of Canadians (49 per cent) say they will be attending one or more holiday gatherings over the holiday season, with an average of nine expected co-attendees.
  • Six in ten Canadians (62 per cent) do not yet know how to use a DIY/at-home COVID test.

Grove Collaborative Debuts Owned Pet Care Brand With the Launch of Good Fur™

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Grove Collaborative (Grove), the leading sustainable consumer products company and Certified B Corp, announces the launch of pet care brand, Good Fur, a new line of cruelty-free pet grooming products offering shampoos, conditioners, accessories and more, bringing its sustainable innovation to consumers furry family.

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  • Grove Collaborative (Grove), the leading sustainable consumer products company and Certified B Corp, announces the launch of pet care brand, Good Fur, a new line of cruelty-free pet grooming products offering shampoos, conditioners, accessories and more, bringing its sustainable innovation to consumers furry family.
  • Good Fur was inspired by our team members who struggled to find sustainable pet care products that held up to our Grove standards, said Stuart Landesberg, Co-Founder & CEO of Grove Collaborative.
  • The brand name encapsulates what Good Fur stands for: high quality products that are good fur your pet and good fur the planet.
  • Good Fur joins the Grove Collaborative owned brand portfolio that includes a number of other brands the Company has crafted, such as its flagship homecare brand Grove Co.; plastic-free, vegan personal care Peach not Plastic; and clean skincare brand Superbloom.

Canada’s DMV Veterinary Centers Deploys 8x8 Contact Center for Microsoft Teams to Meet Rapidly Increased Customer Demand

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The 8x8 cloud customer engagement solution allows DMV to meet increasing demand for veterinary services and enhance customer experience for pet owners.

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  • The 8x8 cloud customer engagement solution allows DMV to meet increasing demand for veterinary services and enhance customer experience for pet owners.
  • 8x8 Contact Centers tight integration with Microsoft Teams was a game changer for DMV Veterinary Centers, providing advanced omnichannel contact center capabilities to help resolve customer issues quickly across its four veterinary centers in Canada.
  • DMV Veterinary Centers looked at multiple offerings and only 8x8 had the contact center solution and automation capabilities, complete with the Microsoft Teams integration, that we were looking for.
  • Businesses experiencing high volume customer inquiries need a reliable, integrated contact center and communications system that allows employees and agents to work efficiently and quickly, said Ken Berryman, Chief Sales Officer at 8x8, Inc. 8x8 Contact Center for Microsoft Teams, together with 8x8 CPaaS, allows DMV Veterinary Center to collaborate seamlessly in Teams while enhancing customer engagement.

CGTN: China vows to work with developing countries to promote international human rights

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BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China, as the world's largest developing country, pledged to work with all developing countries to promote the sound development of the international human rights cause, at a forum on human rights on Wednesday.

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  • BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China, as the world's largest developing country, pledged to work with all developing countries to promote the sound development of the international human rights cause, at a forum on human rights on Wednesday.
  • The 2021 South-South Human Rights Forum, a biennial event held this year for the third time in Beijing, was themed "putting people first and global human rights governance."
  • Stressing that human rights practices are diverse, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing is ready to work with other developing countries to promote the common values of mankind, in his congratulatory letter to the forum.
  • Countries around the world can and should choose the human rights development path that suits their own national conditions, Xi said.

CGTN: China vows to work with developing countries to promote international human rights

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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China, as the world's largest developing country, pledged to work with all developing countries to promote the sound development of the international human rights cause, at a forum on human rights on Wednesday.

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  • BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China, as the world's largest developing country, pledged to work with all developing countries to promote the sound development of the international human rights cause, at a forum on human rights on Wednesday.
  • The 2021 South-South Human Rights Forum, a biennial event held this year for the third time in Beijing, was themed "putting people first and global human rights governance."
  • Stressing that human rights practices are diverse, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing is ready to work with other developing countries to promote the common values of mankind, in his congratulatory letter to the forum.
  • Countries around the world can and should choose the human rights development path that suits their own national conditions, Xi said.

The Bayat Foundation Launches 'We Give So They May Live' Humanitarian Fundraising Campaign; Releases Shipments Of Emergency Meals, Medical Supplies, And Clothing To Support Afghans At Risk

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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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The contents of these shipments have been generously donated by the Foundation's partner organizations in the United States.

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  • The contents of these shipments have been generously donated by the Foundation's partner organizations in the United States.
  • "Our team on the ground has been serving thousands of displaced families since mid-August," stated Bayat Foundation co-founder, Dr. Ehsan Bayat.
  • The fundraising campaign will enable the Bayat Foundation to serve the growing number of Afghans who are now tragically being forced to choose between migration and starvation.
  • Since 2005, the US-based Bayat Foundation, a 501 c (3) charitable organization, has promoted the well-being of the Afghan people.

Costamare Inc. Announces the Conclusion of Two Shipbuilding Contracts, the Exercise of Options for Six More Shipbuilding Contracts, Charter Agreements for All Eight Newbuild Containerships and the Acquisition of Seven Secondhand Dry Bulk Vessels

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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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Delivery of the vessels under the executed contracts is expected between Q3 2023 and Q1 2024.

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  • Delivery of the vessels under the executed contracts is expected between Q3 2023 and Q1 2024.
  • All eight new building vessels will commence long term charters with a leading liner company upon their deliveries.
  • The acquisition is expected to be financed with cash on hand and debt.
  • Costamare Inc. is one of the world's leading owners and providers of containerships for charter.

Osisko Announces TSX Approval to Renew Normal Course Issuer Bid

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MONTRAL, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (OR:TSX & NYSE) (the "Corporation" or "Osisko") today announces that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has approved the Corporation's notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid (the "NCIB Program").

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  • MONTRAL, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (OR:TSX & NYSE) (the "Corporation" or "Osisko") today announces that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has approved the Corporation's notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid (the "NCIB Program").
  • Under the terms of the NCIB Program, Osisko may acquire up to 16,530,688 of its common shares ("Common Shares") from time to time in accordance with the normal course issuer bid procedures of the TSX.
  • The normal course issuer bid will be conducted through the facilities of the TSX or alternative trading systems, if eligible, and will conform to their regulations.
  • Purchases under the normal course issuer bid will be made by means of open market transactions or such other means as a securities regulatory authority may permit, including pre-arranged crosses, exempt offers and private agreements under an issuer bid exemption order issued by a securities regulatory authority.

Victory Square Technologies Provides Corporate Update as at December 9, 2021

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*Victory Square Technologies portfolio as of December 9, 2021

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  • *Victory Square Technologies portfolio as of December 9, 2021
    Recap from September 1 2021 through to December 9, 2021.
  • Victory Square Technologies Declares a Special Common Share Dividend of Its Interest in Portfolio Company Fantasy 360 Technologies Inc. For more information, click here.
  • Victory Square Technologies Reports Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021.
  • Victory Square Technologies Portfolio Company Turnium Technology Group Announces Onboarding of its SD-WAN Edge Solution to IBM Cloud for Telecommunications.

HTG Announces Major Sales Milestone for HTG Transcriptome Panel

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TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company advancing precision medicine through its innovative transcriptome-wide profiling technology, announced that it has exceeded $1 million of revenue recognized from sales of its HTG Transcriptome Panel (HTP) as of November 30, 2021.

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  • TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company advancing precision medicine through its innovative transcriptome-wide profiling technology, announced that it has exceeded $1 million of revenue recognized from sales of its HTG Transcriptome Panel (HTP) as of November 30, 2021.
  • HTP was launched with commercial availability in the United States and Europe in early August 2021.
  • HTGs panel reduces sample input requirements, is less sensitive to sample age, and provides faster turnaround times than other, currently available methods.
  • HTP has also been shown to have a higher sample success rate than RNA-Seq for gene expression profiling.