Working Together

Government of Canada signs two bilateral agreements with Quebec to support initiatives to improve health care

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Transfer, Create, MedlinePlus, Homelessness, Government, Shingles, Respite care, Mental, Caregiver, Federation, Patient, Conditional sentence, Dignity, Mental health, Addiction, Working Together, Hospital, Long-term care, CHT, Outline, Data collection, Social services, Investment, Indigenous peoples, Dashboard, Vaccination, Workforce, Disability, Geography, Parent, Health insurance

Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada's Minister of Health, announced the signing of two bilateral agreements to invest more than $3.7 billion in federal funding to improve health care in Quebec.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada's Minister of Health, announced the signing of two bilateral agreements to invest more than $3.7 billion in federal funding to improve health care in Quebec.
  • The Government of Canada will initially provide $2.5 billion to support Quebec's Department of Health and Social Services' 2023-2027 strategic plan.
  • This will enable the sharing of best practices and ensure continuous improvement of the health care system.
  • This will improve the transparency of results, help manage public health emergencies, and ensure that individuals can access their own health information, which will be shared among health care workers in all health care settings.

Canada signs $29 million bilateral agreement to help Islanders age with dignity

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Dignity, Transfer, Government, Indigenous peoples, Federation, Islander, Patient, Mental health, Hospital, Working Together, Long-term care, CHT, Ageing, Parliament, Investment, Safety, Wellness, Geography, LTC, Palliative care, Nursing

MONTAGUE, PE, March 26, 2024 /CNW/ - Every senior in Canada deserves to age in dignity, safety, and comfort, regardless of where they live.

Key Points: 
  • MONTAGUE, PE, March 26, 2024 /CNW/ - Every senior in Canada deserves to age in dignity, safety, and comfort, regardless of where they live.
  • This funding builds on the $94 million bilateral agreement that was announced with the province in December 2023, as part of the Government's Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians plan.
  • Through the Aging with Dignity agreement, federal funding will support Prince Edward Island's five-year action plan to improve health care for seniors.
  • It is important to support our Island seniors age with dignity through home care, community care, long term care and more.

Government of Canada signs agreements with Yukon delivering nearly $86 million to improve health care

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Dignity, Transfer, Government, Icelandic, Capacity building, Indigenous peoples, Communication, Bed, Federation, Nation, Education, Nursing, Patient, Mental health, The Honourable, Working Together, Hospital, Long-term care, CHT, Ageing, Life, Outline, Council, Supervised injection site, Social services, Investment, Safety, YT, Geography, IPM, Recruit

Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada's Minister of Health and the Honourable Tracy-Anne McPhee, Minister of Health and Social Services of the Yukon, announced three agreements to invest a total amount of nearly $86 million to improve health care access and services in the Yukon.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada's Minister of Health and the Honourable Tracy-Anne McPhee, Minister of Health and Social Services of the Yukon, announced three agreements to invest a total amount of nearly $86 million to improve health care access and services in the Yukon.
  • Establish a new walk-in primary care clinic in Whitehorse to provide accessible and essential non-urgent health care services.
  • The THIF supports the territories, which face higher costs compared to the provinces in delivering health care, by providing funding for crucial health care system improvements , innovative health care projects and ensuring stable funding for necessary costs, including medical travel.
  • They will expand primary care, enhance long-term care, home care, and community care, address the substance use health emergency, support health system transformation, and tackle health workforce shortages.

Canada signs $733 million bilateral agreement to help British Columbians age with dignity

Retrieved on: 
Monday, February 12, 2024
Dignity, Transfer, Ageing, Hospital, Respite care, Mental health, Working Together, CHT, Investment, Indigenous peoples, Collaboration, LTC, Federation, Government, Geography, Long-term care, Safety, Columbia, Frailty, Health insurance

VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Every senior in Canada deserves to age in dignity, safety, and comfort, regardless of where they live.

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Every senior in Canada deserves to age in dignity, safety, and comfort, regardless of where they live.
  • Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada's Minister of Health and the Honourable Adrian Dix, Minister of Health of British Columbia announced a bilateral agreement to invest $733 million over the next five years to help British Columbians age with dignity, closer to home, through improved access to home and community care and long-term care (LTC).
  • This funding builds on the $1.2 billion bilateral agreement that was announced with the province in October of 2023.
  • Progress on these initiatives and broader commitments will be measured against targets which British Columbia will publicly report on annually.

Canada signs more than $1 billion bilateral agreement with Alberta to improve health care over three years

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Transfer, AB, First Nations, Google Images, Mental, Geography, Outline, Government, Woman, Collection, Indigenous peoples, Dignity, Long-term care, Hospital, CHT, Magnetic resonance imaging, Federation, Mental health, Investment, Patient, Working Together, Nursing

That is why the Government of Canada is investing over $200 billion over 10 years, which includes $25 billion for tailored bilateral agreements with provinces and territories, to support the Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians plan.

Key Points: 
  • That is why the Government of Canada is investing over $200 billion over 10 years, which includes $25 billion for tailored bilateral agreements with provinces and territories, to support the Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians plan.
  • This agreement is an important step in our collaboration with Alberta to take measurable actions to transform our health care system.
  • The funding will help improve access to primary care and create better mental health services in Alberta.
  • "Mental health is health, and through this agreement, we will be working with Alberta to integrate mental health and substance use care as a full and equal part of our universal health care system.

Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada Management Plan Tabled in Parliament

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 15, 2023
Ship, Research, Climate change, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Indigenous self-government in Canada, Risk, Tourism, Learning, Parliament, NU, History, Parks Canada, Government, Working Together, Inuktitut, Nature, Science, Canada National Parks Act, Department of Defence, High Arctic tundra, Biodiversity, Environment, National security, Whaling, Arctic, Tanquary Fiord, Inuit, Ellesmere Island

The new management plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park was tabled in Parliament on December 12, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The new management plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park was tabled in Parliament on December 12, 2023.
  • Reviewed every ten years, management plans are a requirement of the Canada National Parks Act and guide the management of national historic sites, national parks, and national marine conservation areas.
  • The new plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park outlines the following key strategies:
    Honouring Shared Commitments: Strengthen Inuit engagement in the Quttinirpaaq National Park through active involvement in park management, thereby fostering economic opportunities and community connections in adjacent areas.
  • Quttinirpaaq National Park protects 37,775 square kilometres of land on northern Ellesmere Island and is the northernmost and second largest national park in Canada.

PEOPLES BANCORP INC. ANNOUNCES PLANNED RETIREMENT OF CHUCK SULERZYSKI AND ELECTION OF TYLER WILCOX AS NEXT CEO

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Ohio State University, Insurance, Human resources, Ohio University, Small business, Senior, Culture, Compensation, Best, Brigham Young University, Business administration, Retirement, Trust, People's Bank, Compensation and benefits, Russell, Working Together, Community bank, Big John Farm Limestone Bank Barn, People's Bank (Sri Lanka), Community Bank, Region, Master of Business Administration, Management, Real estate

MARIETTA, Ohio, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples") (Nasdaq: PEBO) today announced that Chuck Sulerzyski, 66, has notified Peoples of his intention to retire as President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of each of Peoples and Peoples' banking subsidiary, Peoples Bank, effective March 31, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • MARIETTA, Ohio, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples") (Nasdaq: PEBO) today announced that Chuck Sulerzyski, 66, has notified Peoples of his intention to retire as President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of each of Peoples and Peoples' banking subsidiary, Peoples Bank, effective March 31, 2024.
  • He also intends to retire from the Boards of Directors of Peoples and Peoples Bank on that same date.
  • Peoples also announced today that Tyler Wilcox, 44, will become the next President and CEO of each of Peoples and Peoples Bank, and will be elected as a director of each of Peoples and Peoples Bank, effective April 1, 2024, filling the vacancy created on each Board of Directors by Sulerzyski's retirement.
  • Peoples offers services through Peoples Bank (which includes the divisions of Limestone Bank, Peoples Investment Services, Peoples Premium Finance and North Star Leasing) and Peoples Insurance Agency, LLC.

Accord Healthcare marks World Cancer Day 2023 appearing in ITN Business news-style programme Working Together: To Tackle Cancer

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Intas Pharmaceuticals, Working Together, Diagnosis, Accord, Quality of life, Cancer, Patient

LONDON, Feb. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accord Healthcare (Accord), one of Europe's fastest growing pharmaceutical companies, marks World Cancer Day 2023 today by taking part in news-style programme for ITN Business alongside other partners from industry and the patient community to raise awareness of the importance of working together to improve the lives and health outcomes of people living with cancer.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Feb. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accord Healthcare (Accord), one of Europe's fastest growing pharmaceutical companies, marks World Cancer Day 2023 today by taking part in news-style programme for ITN Business alongside other partners from industry and the patient community to raise awareness of the importance of working together to improve the lives and health outcomes of people living with cancer.
  • "With so many of us affected by cancer, this has been a really important and poignant programme to be part of.
  • Only through collaboration between cancer experts, industry, academia and patient organizations, can we make real progress toward a world without cancer.
  • 'Working Together: To Tackle Cancer' launches on 4thFebruary 2023 to mark World Cancer Day and will be available to watch exclusively online at workingtogether.itn.co.uk.

REDDING RANCHERIA ANNOUNCES NEW BUSINESS & PARTNERSHIP AIMED AT MITIGATING THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Safety, Tulane University Law School, Culture, EVM, Health, Rolling blackout, Environment, Wildfire, Head, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Working Together

REDDING, Calif., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Redding Rancheria Economic Development Corporation (RREDCO) is pleased to announce the creation of Redding Rancheria Environmental Vegetation Management Corporation (RREVMCO), a company dedicated to the care and preservation of our natural environment. The company is especially focused on the provision of services aimed at protecting against the ravages of wildfires that have devastated California and many other states.

Key Points: 
  • The company is especially focused on the provision of services aimed at protecting against the ravages of wildfires that have devastated California and many other states.
  • "I love being outdoors, but it distressed me to see that the half-burned trees from the last fire became the fuel for the next one.
  • When I met the leaders of Essential Vegetation Management Services (EVM), I knew we had found the right solution.
  • EVM's leadership has decades of experience in providing vegetation management services that ensure public safety and preservation of the natural environment.

CROWN RANKED AMONG TOP ORGANIZATIONS IN NEWSWEEK'S 2023 LIST OF AMERICA'S MOST RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Electricity, Heart, Perception, CCK, Working Together, United Nations Global Compact, Environment, Sustainability, Partnership, Corporate social responsibility, Holding, NYSE, KPI-driven code analysis, Disclosure, Safety, Statista, Social responsibility, Workforce, Marketing, Climate change, Organization, Renewable energy, Online shopping, Crown, Newsweek

YARDLEY, Pa., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com) has been named to the America's Most Responsible Companies 2023 list by Newsweek, in partnership with global research and data firm Statista. The fourth annual list recognizes organizations in the United States with outstanding efforts relating to corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Drawing from an initial pool of 2,000 eligible companies, this year's final list includes 500 companies from 14 different industries, with Newsweek highlighting the greatest number of finalists as belonging to the materials and chemicals sector. This recognition emphasizes Crown's own commitments to its workforce and operational impact, as well as the manufacturing industry's progress and leadership around larger sustainability goals.

Key Points: 
  • YARDLEY, Pa., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com ) has been named to the America's Most Responsible Companies 2023 list by Newsweek, in partnership with global research and data firm Statista.
  • The fourth annual list recognizes organizations in the United States with outstanding efforts relating to corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
  • The 2023 list of America's Most Responsible Companies was compiled based on publicly available key performance indicators (KPIs) derived from Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability reports.
  • The America's Most Responsible Companies 2023 list is available on Newsweek's website.