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High-Pressure Spring: Competition Intensifies in Canada’s Luxury Real Estate Market as Buyer Demand Surges

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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TORONTO, April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s luxury real estate market saw muted sales activity in the first quarter of 2023, as a shortage of housing supply across every spectrum of the market compelled real estate sellers and buyers to delay market engagement to the second quarter. The country’s major metropolitan areas are primed to see a resurgence of newly pre-qualified and highly motivated home buyers across the luxury and conventional markets this spring, as those who paused their activity in 2022 renew their search, albeit with an empowered mindset that will deter significant price escalation. Despite buoyant consumer confidence and a level of demand that would typically prime the market for healthy activity, a deficit of property listings is expected to place a ceiling on potential spring sales, hampering the housing needs and aspirations of Canadians.

Key Points: 
  • Sales activity in the City of Vancouver’s luxury real estate market remained calm in the first quarter of 2023, a trend widely anticipated by both the real estate industry and consumers.
  • According to Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, however, pent-up demand for both luxury and conventional housing is intensifying, and consumer confidence in the city’s real estate market remains buoyant.
  • The return of bidding wars in premier neighbourhoods in the city’s conventional and luxury real estate market amplified anxiety for prospective homebuyers.
  • For more information on Sotheby's International Realty Canada and the Top-Tier Real Estate: Spring 2023 State of Luxury Report, contact:

Starkey’s All-New Genesis AI Hearing Aids Receive Second Prestigious Accolade

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, April 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starkey is proud to announce its all-new Genesis AI hearing aids have received a Red Dot Award: Product Design 2023 , marking the second award won by the completely redesigned hearing technology, just weeks after its launch.

Key Points: 
  • Eden Prairie, Minnesota, April 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starkey is proud to announce its all-new Genesis AI hearing aids have received a Red Dot Award: Product Design 2023 , marking the second award won by the completely redesigned hearing technology, just weeks after its launch.
  • The annual awards program recognizes the year’s best products that are aesthetically appealing, functional, innovative, and most importantly, have outstanding design.
  • “At Starkey, product development begins by pushing the edge of what’s possible,” said President and CEO, Brandon Sawalich .
  • Moreover, with a power-efficient architecture, Genesis AI offers more than double the battery life compared to previous technology.

EVER Square Announces Exciting New Businesses in 2024

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Since acquiring the Great Canadian Oil Change brand, Valvoline also acquired 5 Minit Lube stores and 31 Oil Changers stores.

Key Points: 
  • Since acquiring the Great Canadian Oil Change brand, Valvoline also acquired 5 Minit Lube stores and 31 Oil Changers stores.
  • Stacked Pancake House is making its debut in the Edmonton market, with plans to open multiple locations in 2023/2024 including EVER Square.
  • Osmow’s Shawarma has more than 140 outlets across North America, and is opening their fifth location in Edmonton at EVER Square in 2024.
  • EVER Real Estate Developments & RE/MAX Excellence Commercial Division will occupy the top floor of the professional tower at EVER Square.

BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions to invest $75,000 to help grow Prairie communities

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Monday, April 3, 2023
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From April 3-30, individuals in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba can nominate organizations that help grow their communities to win one of the $25,000 prizes.

Key Points: 
  • From April 3-30, individuals in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba can nominate organizations that help grow their communities to win one of the $25,000 prizes.
  • This year, BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions is launching a new community investment program, offering rural farming communities a chance to share what matters most to them.
  • “Farming is the biggest job on Earth and wouldn’t be possible without the inspiring community support seen throughout the agriculture industry,” says Nicole McAuley, Head of Communications and Public Affairs for BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions.
  • To learn more about Growing Home with BASF and for full terms and conditions, please visit agsolutions.ca/growinghome .

Government of Canada highlights $144 million from Budget 2023 that would help address harms related to substance use across Canada

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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This funding will also help to improve health outcomes for Yukoners who are at risk of experiencing substance-related harms and overdose.

Key Points: 
  • This funding will also help to improve health outcomes for Yukoners who are at risk of experiencing substance-related harms and overdose.
  • As part of our bold approach to this crisis fortified by new investments in Budget 2023, our government is supporting communities in their work to address substance use harms.
  • Of this, $75.8 million will be directed to communities across Canada and $21.8 million is earmarked for projects in Quebec.
  • The government is committed to reducing the stigma associated with substance use so that Canadians feel safe asking for help.

The theatre we want in 2040? We used 'strategic foresight' to plan on the Prairies

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Monday, April 3, 2023
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Theatre as an art form asks audiences to “suspend their disbelief” and activate their imaginations.

Key Points: 
  • Theatre as an art form asks audiences to “suspend their disbelief” and activate their imaginations.
  • But challenge a number of theatre practitioners to imagine what the future of theatre might look like in 2040, and this is quite a different prospect.
  • This is what we undertook as Prairie-based artists and researchers with the Future Prairie Theatre research team.
  • Read more:
    How theatre on the Prairies can imagine an equitable and inclusive future

    Strategic foresight, used widely by governments and corporations, is not about predicting the future.

  • We met with artists and arts leaders in the Prairies, and together shared issues critical to the health and sustainability of the Prairie theatre sector:
  • In a process designed by Creative Futures Studio, we met biweekly to collect data, known in the strategic foresight process as signals of change.
  • We looked to local, national and global sources for “signals” from social media, news outlets, academic journals, advertisements, reports and conversations.
  • We then grouped these into trends and the team created four plausible scenarios for an imagined future in 2040 for the Prairie theatre sector.
  • The scenarios contained all the seeds of the signals and trends, the positive and the negative.
  • We imagined:
    In 2040, Canada is in its fifth year of a D4 drought resulting in devastating agricultural loss.
  • The development of synthetic water and resurgence of GMO food production, however, has turned the crisis around.
  • 2010 -2025) have led many of these solutions and this public trust has resulted in a new tier of elected officials under 35.
  • We performed monologues in role as a playwright, stage manager, artistic director and actor in the year 2040.
  • Participants envision Prairie-based theatre in 2040 to be responsible to the past and future, decolonizing, climate-change positive, regenerative and place-based.
  • The scenarios are not predicted or speculative, but propositions for the future based on present signals.
  • Strategic foresight empowered participants to activate tools that we already have at our disposal — imagination, innovation and the suspension of disbelief.
  • Christine Brubaker receives funding from Canada Council for the Arts and SSHRC.
  • Taiwo Afolabi receives funding from Canada Council for the Arts and SSHRC.

SANUWAVE Will Host a Live Conference Call and Webcast April 3, 2023 at 9:00 AM to Provide a Financial and Business Update

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
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Eden Prairie, MN, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCPK: SNWV), a leading provider of next-generation wound care products, will host a live conference call on Monday, April 3, 2023, at 9:00AM (EDT) to discuss a financial update and recent strategic initiatives.

Key Points: 
  • Eden Prairie, MN, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCPK: SNWV), a leading provider of next-generation wound care products, will host a live conference call on Monday, April 3, 2023, at 9:00AM (EDT) to discuss a financial update and recent strategic initiatives.
  • Telephone access to the call will be available by dialing the following numbers:
    OR click the Call me™ link for instant telephone access to the event.
  • A replay will be made available through April 17, 2023:

Saskatchewan’s 2023-24 budget gets government’s fiscal house in order but offers little cost relief for province’s restaurants

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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Restaurants Canada was encouraged to learn the budget contained no new taxes or tax increases, which provides the industry with some stability.

Key Points: 
  • Restaurants Canada was encouraged to learn the budget contained no new taxes or tax increases, which provides the industry with some stability.
  • Unfortunately, it does not provide any substantial cost relief for the struggling foodservice industry.
  • The budget was also a missed opportunity for the provincial government to address a number of operational challenges impacting Saskatchewan’s beleaguered restaurant sector.
  • Restaurants Canada looks forward to continuing to work alongside the Saskatchewan government to keep local businesses, and specifically those within foodservice, alive.

Lucent Bio, AGT Foods and Federated Co-Operatives Limited Partner to Distribute New Crop Nutrition Solution in Western Canada

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Monday, March 20, 2023
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian crop nutrition innovator, Lucent Bio and value-added plant-based agri-food processor AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. ("AGT Foods"), their subsidiary AGT Soileos Saskatchewan, and Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) have entered into a partnership to bring new crop nutrition solution, Soileos® Zinc, to Western Canadian farmers .

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, BC, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian crop nutrition innovator, Lucent Bio and value-added plant-based agri-food processor AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. ("AGT Foods"), their subsidiary AGT Soileos Saskatchewan, and Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) have entered into a partnership to bring new crop nutrition solution, Soileos® Zinc, to Western Canadian farmers .
  • "Lucent Bio's mission is to deliver crop nutrition to growers that increases yield while minimizing impact to the environment," says Michael Riedijk, Lucent Bio CEO.
  • Soileos is made by upcycling pea, lentil and oat hulls from Lucent Bio's partner AGT Foods into micronutrient fertilizers that provides improved nutrient delivery and sustained bioavailability.
  • "We're proud to partner with Lucent Bio, AGT Foods and AGT Soileos to bring this made-in-Canada solution to growers across the Prairies."

Government of Canada announces over $13 million to help address harms related to substance use in the Prairies, Northwest Territories and Yukon

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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The funding announced today will allow people living in the Prairies, Northwest Territories and Yukon to access greater prevention, harm reduction and treatment services including access to safer supply programs.

Key Points: 
  • The funding announced today will allow people living in the Prairies, Northwest Territories and Yukon to access greater prevention, harm reduction and treatment services including access to safer supply programs.
  • This includes people disproportionately affected by problematic substance use or who face barriers accessing services such as youth, equity-deserving, and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals.
  • The Government of Canada continues to work closely with partners to provide a compassionate and evidence-based response to the crisis.
  • Our government is committed to reducing the stigma associated with substance use so that Canadians feel safe asking for help.